Starring | Vijay Sethupathi, R. Madhavan, Shraddha Srinath, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar | ||
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Music By | Sam C. S | ||
Lyric By | Mohanraj | ||
Singers | D. Sathyaprakash, Anirudh Ravichander, Shakthisree Gopalan | ||
Year | 2017 |
Vikram Vedha is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Pushkar–Gayathri and produced by S. Sashikanth under his banner Y NOT Studios. The film features R. Madhavan, Vijay Sethupathi, Shraddha Srinath, Kathir and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in the lead roles. Prem, Achyuth Kumar, Hareesh Peradi and Vivek Prasanna play supporting roles. Sam C. S. wrote the soundtrack and score, while P. S. Vinod handled the cinematography. Inspired by the Indian folktale Baital Pachisi, the film tells the story of Vikram, a police inspector who sets out to track down and kill Vedha, a gangster. After Vedha voluntarily surrenders himself, he tells Vikram three stories which change his perceptions of good and evil.
In January 2015, Sashikanth revealed that he would be producing a film directed by the husband and wife duo, Pushkar and Gayathri. Following a year of development on the script throughout 2015, Madhavan and Sethupathi were selected to play the lead roles in February 2016. Principal photography started in November of the same year and was completed by January 2017. The film was shot mainly in North Chennai, with the area being used as its backdrop.
Vikram Vadha was released on 21 July 2017 and received positive critical feedback, with praise for Pushkar and Gayathri's direction and script, Vinod's cinematography, and the performances of the two male leads. Made on a budget of ₹110 million (about US$1,661,631 in 2017), the film performed well at the box office, grossing ₹600 million (about US$9,063,444 in 2017) worldwide.
The film's success resurrected the Tamil film industry, which was experiencing difficulties after the changes resulting from the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax. Vikram Vedha won four Filmfare, Vijay and Norway Tamil Film Festival awards each. Additionally, it received three Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, two Techofes Awards and an Edison Award. The film was dubbed into Hindi with the same title and released by Goldmines Telefilms on 10 June 2018.