Ajith, with his sister Laxmi Menon, move to Kolkata for her studies. Ajith is the altruistic, ever-smiling innocent person. People keep telling him that he is a goodie-good and that's enough to tell you that he is not. He becomes a cabbie in Kolkata. But he has a past, and Laxmi Menon's studies are not the only reason for him to move to Kolkata. He goes on a killing spree and hunts down villains. The why is what forms the crux of the story.
Siruthai Siva has worked the 'mass' image of Ajith and the family sentiments to his advantage. In the process, he has not cared much about logic, which goes right out of the window.
There isn't anything new about the story either. It is the good ol' revenge-at-its-core commercial potboiler, which has been made and remade by the Indian film fraternity to a point that its threadbare. But the director has kept the screenplay flowing with pinches of comedy and sentiment.
There is an army of comedians in Vedalam, and they have tried their best to make you laugh. Naan Kadavul Rajendran's scenes are laugh riots. It has become a trend in Tamil cinema to use villains for humour.
If you are okay with a movie with an invincible hero, who can take down 20 or 30 men (numbers don't matter, actually) at a time and if you can put up with an overdose of sentiment, then you can like Vedalam.
And don't bother about that frame during the end credits which says that the film is dedicated to all women. It has nothing to do with the film whatsoever. Seems like Siva has used it as an answer to all those who ask, "But what is the takeaway from the film?"
Cast: Ajith Kumar, Shruti Haasan, Laxmi Menon, Rahul Dev, Kabir Duhan Singh
Direction: Siva
Ratings:
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2.5/5)
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