| |
|
|
Vedha Movie review |
|
| Behindwoods
Movie Review Board |
|
|
|
|
Starring:
Arun Vijay, Sheela, Jerovardhan, Jayamala, Seetha, Seema
Megalai, Karunas
Direction: Nithya Kumar
Music: Srikanth Deva
Production: Niran Creations International |
|
|
Vedha
is a very unusual tale of sacrifices with a contemporary edge
to its plot. Vedha stands for the heroine’s name: the
story is centered on the complicated relationships she has
to deal with. |
|
Apparently,
the producer of the film did not make the movie seeking
profit but desiring to tell a real-life story that actually
happened to his friend. “I made the movie,”
he is quoted as saying, “to fulfill my soul.”
Vedha
stars Arun Vijay as an orphan who is brought up by a
millionaire couple (played by Sarat Babu and Seetha).
When Arun discovers he was a baby rescued from a garbage
dump, he is filled with gratitude for his foster parents
and their son. Jerovathan (nephew of Governor Surjit
Singh Barnala) plays Arun’s younger brother. From
an overwhelming sense of gratitude, Arun begins to give
up everything for his younger brother –even his
love. Arun and Sheela have been secretly in love for
many years now. On one rainy night, they are driven
to take shelter in a hut. Hungry and tired, they look
around for food and find some in the hut. The food is
spiked with drugs, but the couple is blissfully unaware
of this. That night the young, unmarried couple makes
love in a complete stupor. In the morning they have
no memory of the night.
|
|
|
|
On
returning home, Arun finds Jero depressed. He coaxes his younger
brother to confide in him. Jero tells him he is in love with
a girl but feels the girl will never return his feelings.
Arun is determined to talk to the girl and convince her to
marry Jero. And then to his shock, Jero points to Sheela.
Arun, of course, realizes he has to give her up. He actually
persuades Sheela to agree to marry Jero instead of him. She
does it because she loves him. The marriage takes place. On
the first night, Arun finds Sheela in his room instead. When
he asks her why she isn’t with Jero, she replies she’s
pregnant. |
|
|
|
This
is just the first half of the movie, and already Vedha
throws up dizzying complications into the story. As
the story progresses it takes on even more interesting
turns. The challenge for director Nitya Kumar and
scriptwriter Vasu Baskar must have been how to pull
off this tale of complicated relationships without
coming across as too moralistic on the one hand and
too vulgar on the other. They are able to take the
audience through these relationship turns without
losing our interest. However, the story is took dark
and depressing, leaving an audience tired. The fail
fails to grip and entertain you.
All the performances are good, especially that of
Arun Vijay, Sheela and Jero. Srikanth Deva’s
score is average, except for the song, Ninaithethe
Pavam, sung with genuine feeling by Vijay Jesudoss.
Perhaps another director would have found the right
style and tone for a story like this and made it a
hit. But Vedha just misses being memorable.
|
|
|
Verdict: Interesting but not entertaining
 |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
