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Telugu films, Darling and Vedam have spread their wings to the neighbouring states. Although, Telugu films being remade in Kannada or Tamil isn’t a new phenomenon, the buzz surrounding the Tamil remake of Vedam has been deafening over the past couple of days. Vedam, a multi-starrer had Allu Arjun, Anushka and Manoj in lead roles and it was directed by Krish. Prasad Devineni and Shobu Yarlagadda produced this film on Arka Media Works banner.After having impressed the audience and critics alike, Vedam was touted as a trendsetter. The film narrated five different stories of people who come from different walks of life and how they criss cross each other at some point or the other. If the performances of the lead actors infused the much needed power into the film, the first of its kind screenplay gave the film a new meaning. Now, the film is going to be remade in Tamil. R.B.Chowdary of Super Good Films has bought the remake rights of the film for a whopping amount. Although no official announcement has been made about the star cast of this film, buzz is that Manoj, Anushka and Simbu might be the lead actors. Both the actors, Manoj and Simbu revealed this information on their twitter profiles that they will be doing the Tamil remake; however an official announcement is yet to be made. The rest of the crew, including the director for the Tamil remake hasn’t been confirmed yet.
On the other hand, Prabhas, Kajal starrer Darling will soon be remade in Kannada. Directed by A.Karunakaran, Darling was a romantic comedy which went on to become one of the biggest hits in Prabhas’ career. Challenging star Darshan has bought the remake rights of the film from BVSN Prasad, who produced the film in Telugu. In the recent few years, quite a few Telugu films have been remade in Kannada. Darshan himself had starred in Porki, which was a remake of Mahesh Babu starrer Pokiri. The film will go on floors later this year after Darshan completes shooting for Prince, Chingari and couple of other films which were recently launched.Source:SouthScope
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'Vedam' fame Punjabi beauty Deeksha Seth recently in an interview she revealed that she would love to do glamorous roles and that is what she will be doing in her new venture 'Mirapakaaya' alongside Ravi Teja. Meanwhile, inside sources say that Deeksha has also given an indication that she would be willing to go in for a bikini scene if the script demands and if that happens then the Telugu crowds would be in for a proper Punjabi visual feast.
Film:- VedamCast: Allu Arjun, Anushka, Manchu Manoj (guest appearance), Manoj Bajpayee, Lekha Washington, Deeksha Seth, Posani Krishna Murali, Ravikanth, Brahmanandam and others
Music: M M Keeravani
Cinematography: Gnanasekhar V S
Editing: Sravan K
Action: Ram – Lakshman
Art: Rajiv Nayar
Produced by: Prasad Devineni, Shobu Yarlagadda
Banner: Arka Media Works
Story, screenplay, dialogues and directed by: Radhakrishna (Krish)
CBFC Rating: A
Release Date: June 04, 2010
What’s it about!
A rock star (Manchu Manoj) is on way to Hyderabad from Bangalore to perform a show along with his group. A cable operator (Allu Arjun), who lives in a slum in Hyderabad, aspires to lead rich life by marrying his rich girl friend (Deeksha Seth). A sex worker (Anushka) runs away from her brothel house in Amala Puram to lead her own life in Hyderabad. A poor weaver (Nagayya) in Sirisilla comes to Hyderabad along with his daughter-in-law to sell off her Kidney to clear the debts. Having humiliated by a police cop and losing his twins, a Muslim guy (Manoj Bajpayee) plans to head for Dubai. Due to various circumstances, they all land up in a Hospital. What happens next is rest of the story.
Analysis
Director Krish won huge accolades for his debut movie, Gamyam. So naturally Vedam has created lots of buzz. Does Vedam live up to the hoopla? Well, Vedam is not regular commercial cinema. Its multiple-stories narration is somewhat new to us despite a similar film Om Shanti came few months back. In that way, Vedam sets new trend but more than the movie, its lead hero’s performance and some other actors’ acting skills impress us.
Allu Arjun steals the show with his honest and earnest performance. He is the pillar. In fact, it is his film although there are several other lead actors. He gives the movie’s most heart-warming performance in many sequences. Although Vedam does have some poignant moments especially in the second half but in the entirety it loses steam. The film’s strength lies in the last 20 minutes of the movie and great visuals by cameraman Gnanasekhar. Rather than the script, and direction, actors shine in the movie. Like in his first film, the director has borrowed the basic theme from a Hollywood movie. This time, he lifts theme, plotline, several characterizations from multiple Oscar winner Crash (2004). The Oscar winning film explored racism in America. Here in Vedam, he speaks about the same prejudices society puts on a section of the society. Although the idea is lofty, the director has presented in preachy manner.
One thing that is nice in the movie is that it is devoid of clichéd scenes like sumos blasting in the air, hero fighting with a sword, etc.
Analysis
Although the film deals about several characters, Allu Arjun gets the lengthy role and he is exceptional in his role. He delivers his career best performance. Anushka in the role of sex-worker is good but her character lacks the depth. She is sex-woker by choice but she is never shown in offering sex, instead she always escapes from the act. What kind of characterisation is this? Manoj has equally lengthy role but his role is hardly connected to main story (wonder why his name is given as guest appearance as he has enough screen space). Manoj Bajpayee, the powerhouse of performance, brought dignity to the forthright Muslim guy. Newcomer Nagayya has body like a poor weaver but he seems to have no experience in acting. Sharanya, on the other hand, as his daughter in law gives first rate performance. Ravikanth in the role of cop (a straight copy from Crash) is topnotch. In other roles, the new girl Deeksha Seth looks glamorous by acting like a doll and Lekha Washington is okay. Brahmanandam is hardly there. Raghu Babu is good. So is Satyam Rajesh.
Among the technical crew, cinematographer Gnaneshwar deserves all the praise. The film has got classy look and his visuals are so good. Music by M M Keeravani is major drawback. As a director, Krish has nothing new to score with this film. He just borrowed several scenes from various movies and used clichéd scenes. His pseudo-intellectual dialogues and preachy narration irritates after a point of time. There is a dialogue in the film. Perugu Vada Lo Perugu Vuntundi Kani Pulihora Lo Puli Undadu..Smart dialogues Evadaina Ceheptadu. That sums up for Krish too. Taking some phrases from here and there and turning them into dialouges is not a great thing.
Bottom-line
Vedam has good performances, terrific cinematography and some heart-wrenching moments. Allu Arjun and Anushka should be appreciated for accepting this kind of movies, which doesn’t give them commercial mileage much. More than the director, it is actors who have brought novelty.
Rating: 3.25/5
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‘Vedam’, that was supposed to release on June 3rd has been postponed by one day. Therefore it will now release on June 4th instead of June 3rd. This is the second film for director Krish after his stupendous success ‘Gamyam’. Starring Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu, Anushka, Manoj Bajpai and Nagayya in central roles, its’ jointly produced by Prasad Devineni and Shobu Yarlagadda under Arka Media banner. Musical scores are rendered by M M Keeravani. This is a unique conceptual film being brought to the audience by director Krish.
Allu Arjun's Cable Raju Stills From Vedam
