Vedi

<p>Vedi tells the story of Prabhakaran ( ), a young police officer who goes to in search of his sister Aishwarya ( ). Prabhakaran, at his native place, , had developed enmity with a local don named Easwaramoorthy ( ) by thrashing him in public and putting him behind bars. The enmity reaches Kolkata when Easwaramoorthy joins another local gangster to take revenge on Prabhakaran. The baddies trouble Aishwarya and her friend Parvathy ( ), who falls in love with Prabhakaran. While the enmity between Prabhakaran and Easwaramoorthy continues, a flashback of Prabhakaran goes on. Prabhakaran and Aishwarya were ill-treated by the society as their father was a smuggler. Prabhakaran decides to send Aishwarya to an orphanage, saying that he does not know who she is. This creates a bad name about Prabhakaran in Aishwarya’s books. Later, Aishwarya gets adopted by a North Indian family and settles in Kolkata. In a parallel scenario, Prabhakaran locks horns with Easwaramoorthy and his pervert son Rajapandi ( ). They kill his mentor, who made him a police officer, and the occasion of giving a doctorate to Easwaramoorthy, Rajapandi gets tempted of a lady constable outside the stadium and rapes her inside his car. After a few years, Aishwarya’s foster parents die of an accident, and she is sent to an orphanage again. Therefore, Prabhakaran goes to Kolkata and masquerades himself as Balu, a physical trainer in a college as he is scared that Aishwarya might avoid him. How Prabhakaran defeats the baddies and joins with Aishwarya is the action-packed climax of the movie. In July 2010, it was revealed that GK Film Corporation had signed on to direct a film featuring Vishal in the lead role. Initially was approached for the lead female role but turned it down as the role did not excite her, Similarly refused the project, while cited that her call sheet was full. Reports emerged that , , and were considered, before the role was handed to . In her third Tamil Flim . signed the film in March 2011, agreeing to reprise her role as the protagonist’s sister from the original. The scenes were shot in with all lead roles. Vishal began his first schedule in February 2011, after completing work from his other film . An featuring was shot in April 2011 for the film. By May 2011, it was reported that 80% of the shoot was completed after scenes were shot in Bidar a district in the north of Karnataka State. The team then shot a song in later that month.The movie, originally titled (also the name of leader ), was renamed and was released by on 30 September 2011. s soundtrack, composed by , released on 5 September 2011 receiving positive reviews. The song “Bombay Ponnu” became first and only Tamil song at the moment for singer of song fame. The satellite rights of the film were sold to . Vedi received mixed to positive reviews from critics and audiences. Nowrunning.com rated it 3/5 and called it” a loud cracker” Supergoodmovies.com rated it 3/5,calling it entertaining and enjoyable. Oneindia.com similarly rated 3/5, calling it a paisa vasool entertainer.</p>