Vikram

Vikram Movie Review: Critics Rating: 3.0 stars, click to give your rating/review,Lokesh Kanagaraj brings together the espionage-filled world of Kamal ...

In fact, in a film filled with action heroes, the biggest mass moment comes in a stunt scene involving a female character. There are a couple of cool shots, like a zoom out and zoom in which Karnan and Amar switch places, but after after a point, the stunts leave us unmoved. In fact, the juxtaposition of the events in this portion recalls a similar setup in Master. But once the mystery around Karnan is cleared (actually, it is one that's easy to guess for us, the audience), the narrative becomes rather straight-faced. Vikram Movie Review: Lokesh Kanagaraj brings together the espionage-filled world of Kamal Haasan's 1986 film Vikram and his own Kaithi's action-filled world of drug lordala and cops in Vikram, a predictably plotted action film that is more interested in expanding its universe without really immersing us into it. The chief suspect is Sandhanam (Vijay Sethupathi), a fearsome drug lord with a large family, who is searching for a shipment of raw material that could make him a kingpin.

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It is amazing to see Kamal warm up to a young filmmaker’s sensibilities and be willing to not hog all the limelight in the movie. What Lokesh manages to achieve with Vikram, which feels slightly long with nearly a three-hour running time, is to give a new generation of audiences a glimpse of Kamal Haasan’s versatility. Vikram allows Kamal to have fun, and he’s helped by Fahadh Faasil and Vijay Sethupathi, who make their presence felt with strong performances

Vikram marks the return of Kamal Haasan to big screens after four years. With high expectations, the film opened up with overwhelming response from ...

Vikram marks the return of Kamal Haasan to big screens after four years. Vikram marks the return of Kamal Haasan to big screens after four years. A retired police officer, Vikram is assigned to save the day.

The movie, which is slated to be released on June 3 in theatres around the world, has already notched up Rs 200 crore in sales of TV and OTT rights. Topics.

Another Tamil superstar, Suriya, makes a cameo appearance in the film, which is produced by Kamal Haasan's movie house Raj Kamal and R. Mahendran. If you are in the frame of mind to watch superior quality sensible cinema, go for It #KamalHaasan fans." Superstar Kamal Haasan's much-awaited movie, 'Vikram', is all set to become a super-duper hit.

Vikram movie review: Kamal Haasan reprises his role as a spy named Vikram from the first movie that came out in 1986. The film, however, is set in a ...

Vikram is only the beginning. The style and coolness she brings to the scene sent the theatre into a frenzy. Sethupathi is convincing as a hot-headed drug addict, who speaks so fast that his lips can’t keep pace with the speed of speech. Lokesh weaves a very convoluted chase around the missing raw material that is needed to produce drugs in the first half. Fahadh Faasil’s screen presence promises us that there is something big afoot and keeps us invested in the story. He and his team work outside the bounds of law that keep other men in uniform in check. “Aarambikalangala (shall we start),” says Vikram. And that’s the signal that the good part is only about to begin. And there is Vijay Sethupathi’s Santhanam. One character describes him as a local version of legendary drug lord Pablo Escobar. He is a cook, who produces quality narcotic drugs when he’s provided with the right raw materials. Kamal and a few of his companions go off the radar and live in hiding for about 30 years. The film’s background, however, borrows events from Lokesh’s career-making movie Kaithi (2019). The story: Vikram and his team of spies were disgraced and hunted down by the government after a covert operation in the 1990s went sideways. The spark for the latest Vikram came from Kamal himself. Lokesh, like his other films, lifts material from the cinematic well of Kamal, and reinvents it to suit the taste of the current crop of the movie-going audience.

The new 'Vikram' disappoints the fans of the 1986 original and could have been a standalone film with Fahadh Faasil carrying on the legacy of the agent like ...

The entire film belongs to Fahadh. He is magnetic as Amar and a scene-stealer. But there is a big takeaway in Kamal’s decision to step back and shed his superstar image at this stage in his career. Vijay Sethupathi, on the other hand, is remarkable as Santhanam. Perhaps after a long time, we see the effort he has put in to play a character and not be weighed down by the Sethupathi-ness. But unlike his Bhavani in Master, Santhanam remains wooden for the most part. Except for this oddly-placed song, the film gets going and there is not a single wasted moment in the long-drawn first half. There is a particular scene in the second half that none of us saw coming. And if Master is what Lokesh could do to a Vijay film, one smiles at the thought of what one could expect from him for his vaathi, in Vikram.” This mouthwatering possibility, unfortunately, still remains a theory. As you might know, the screenplay for the film was born out of Kamal’s idea — of a protagonist. He gave us a tease of this new Cinematic Universe in Master. About the Vijay-starrer, I had written in the review, “This mouthwatering possibility, to tie two different films of two different eras, is fascinating — in theory. As a writer-director, Lokesh does a neat job in the world-building exercise and sustains the intrigue. You could have shown Kamal as an Agent and the film still would have worked big time. There’s a certain taste, visual flavour and a certain style to the way he writes and directs. He accomplished this cinema experience with ease in the terrific Kaithi, a pure-genre film that had the flavour of a wholesome Hollywood thriller.

Director Lokesh Kanagaraj's Vikram, starring Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil, has several whistle-worthy moments. But, the plot becomes too ...

The second half makes up for the negatives, though, but is it enough? Watch out for the brilliant interval block and the lead up to it. If only the first half were etched in a taut manner, the film’s impact could have been a notch higher. The investigation scenes in the first half pull us together when the film gets too generic. Who or what is this 'ghost' and whether Amar and Sandhanam succeed in their mission, forms the story. Though Kamal Haasan has less screen presence in the first half, he manages to keep us intrigued.

Lokesh must be applauded for not wasting time on fanboy tributes to the superstar on board, and sticking to telling the story.

He has already shown that he can be audacious in his imagination and ambition, and as one of Tamil cinema’s smartest directors of this generation he certainly has it within him to pull it off. Suriya’s cameo sets the stage for Lokesh’s next which will also feature Karthi’s Dilli. That’s a film that’s going to combine the fairly straightforward story of Kaithi with the more crowded world of Vikram. To make the collision spark, Lokesh must focus more on the emotional quality of the script. Lokesh is a talented director but I wish he would also explore the ‘whys’ of a character and not only the ‘hows’. The good people do what they do for ‘society’ and the bad people do what they do for ‘money’. But human beings are far more complex than that, and I’m going to be greedy and ask that our filmmakers think beyond these simplistic boxes. Lokesh tries to do the same in Vikram with Karnan’s grandson, a baby born with a heart condition that makes it dangerous for him to hear loud noises. Vijay Sethupathi plays Sandhanam, a brute with three wives (of course, this is presented as comedy; we’re in an entirely male cinematic universe) and 67 members in his family. The title of the film harks back to the 1986 film Vikram and borrows the broad profile of Kamal’s character from it. The interval block with the catchy ‘Vikram’ song from the 1986 film is gold. In Kaithi, all that Dilli (Karthi) wants is to reunite with his daughter Amudha. Though the action-packed film had little room for emotion, the fragile thread connecting father and daughter managed to tug at our hearts at the right moments. A curious coincidence is that Tom Cruise’s Top Gun released a few days before the first Vikram came out, and the same is true of their respective sequels too (Top Gun: Maverick came out last week). Like Top Gun’s Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, Vikram also belongs to a top secret government agency. Fahadh Faasil’s Amar, an agent with the government’s secret Black Squad, is called upon to investigate the crimes, and thus begins the game. This is a big plus for the film, but it’s not all smooth going. While Mani Ratnam has managed to pull off quite a few multi-starrers, thanks to many in the industry wanting to tick the ‘worked in a Mani sir film’ box, it’s unusual for big male stars to share screen space generously otherwise.

On Thursday, a few hours prior to the movie's theatrical release, Lokesh shared a note via his social media handles.

This is a surreal experience for me, that I am directing a film in his honour," Lokesh's note reads. On Thursday, a few hours prior to the movie's theatrical release, Lokesh shared a note via his social media handles. On Thursday, a few hours prior to the movie's theatrical release, Lokesh shared a note via his social media handles.

The movie stars Kamal Haasan, Shivani Narayanan, Vijay Sethupathi, and Fahadh Faasil. It also marks the return of Kamal Haasan to the silver screen after four ...

Kamal Haasan plays the role of a retired cop, who is reinstated to take charge. The 67-year-old actor, Kamal Hasaan, has displayed his acting prowess with the power-packed role in the action thriller. The movie stars Kamal Haasan, Shivani Narayanan, Vijay Sethupathi, and Fahadh Faasil. It also marks the return of Kamal Haasan to the silver screen after four years.

Kamal Haasan's Vikram leaves with an open ending and the scope for a potential sequel. The film, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj uses the talent brilliantly to ...

For instance, you will anticipate what’s coming during the interval block but that will not stop you from experiencing one of the best fan moments in the film. One of the killer action sequences in this film is similar to Kamal’s Vishwaroopam transformation scene. He keeps us guessing what’s next, rewarding us with a surprise at the most unexpected moments and happiness even when we guessed it right. Vikram is a befitting comeback of Kamal Haasan to satiate his fans’ 4-year-long hunger to see him on the big screen. On the other hand, Vijay Sethupathi is remarkable as Santhanam especially in his whistle worthy and quirky introduction scene. But that doesn’t mean there is a dearth of mass moments for his favorite star.

Vikram's first half is a fascinating exercise, marked by surprisingly swift appearances from Kamal Haasan, playing Karnan (and later, Vikram).

And yet, Vikram’s merits lie in how Lokesh refuses to have succumbed to the temptation of making a film that sings paeans for the superstar. Much like the morality of both characters, I’ll have to say it lies somewhere in between, and much like those two men, the film does tilt towards the good. But where the English film, despite being about all the action, was a thorough dissection of humanity, of the sacrifice it takes to do good, of the interdependency of good and evil, Vikram is largely content to capture the carnage. In another, there’s the beautiful idea of a man forced to kill many men in order to be able to feed a baby. You learn that their boss is Sandhanam (Vijay Sethupathi, playing a drug-addled, quirky boss). I liked that Sethupathi experiments with his look and dialogue delivery in this film. Fahadh Faasil gets ample screen time to express himself, and I enjoyed that even his relationship with Gayathrie, as hurried as it is, feels fresh.

The technically-superior filmmaker, in his most ambitious project yet, has made a compelling, violent, action film, which is a treat for the fans of the ...

This is a clear-enough proof that he is currently the country’s best. Sandhanam (Vijay Sethupathi), a dreaded drug lord, is one of the suspects. The film begins with a series of murders and a black ops team, headed by Amar (Fahadh Faasil), is handed the case. For Kamal fans, nostalgia is wrapped beautifully in dialogues as we are reminded of ‘Nayakan’, and many other classics. The first half, which rests on the shoulders of Fahadh, isn’t gripping enough but it’s still a neat build up to the film’s bigger highlights. The technically-superior filmmaker, in his most ambitious project yet, has made a compelling, violent, action film, which is a treat for the fans of the genre.

Kamal Haasan-starrer Vikram had a great first day at the box office. · The film is expected to enter the Rs 100 crore club in Tamil Nadu itself very soon.

Manobala Vijayabalan predicts that the film will secure third place in the list of top opening movies at the TN box office in 2022. While the actual box office figures are awaited, the film’s box office numbers are way more than just promising. The film also stars Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil in lead roles.

'Vikram' starring Kamal Haasan, Fahadh Faasil and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles has released in theatres on June 3. The movie is an action thril.

Sharing his look from 'Vikram', actor Suriya thanked Lokesh kanagaraj and said that he loved being on the sets with the director and his whole team. One of the Twitter user requested audience to enjoy the film and the talent the cast and crew has showcased in 'Vikram'. The user wrote, "Apram 20 varusham kazhichu, ellarum varuvaanga... Kamal Haasan's fans have flocked the theatre to watch the film 'Vikram' . The film has been receiving positive reviews and Lokesh Kanagaraj is being critically acclaimed and praised for directing a good movie. The Kamal sir fan in me is super excited❤️" 'Vikram' starring Kamal Haasan, Fahadh Faasil and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles has released in theatres on June 3. So here's a small recap to the old film of Kamal Haasan.

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Amar (Faasil), a policeman who operates in the shadows and is deployed only for top secret missions, is called in to nab a gang of mysterious masked men who are believed to be responsible for the killings. Kamal Haasan packs a punch as an action-oriented character who is capable of being mindful of his advancing years and paternal instincts. It is for the super sleuth Amar to discover the missing pieces and complete the jigsaw puzzle. However, as the pace of the film settles and the flurry of details gives way to steadier plot exposition, it all begins to fall in place and soar. The deal is that, with Kamal Haasan stepping away from the spotlight, the script carves out space for Fahadh Faasil, in the guise a plainclothes cop who specializes in dangerous undercover operations, to make his presence felt. The film has it all - espionage, serial killings, vigilantism, a covert police investigation and a drug bust that unleashes mayhem.