An action-thriller that plays mind games...

CINEMA OF THE WEEK

- Rachana Dubey

Vikram Vedha (Action, Crime, Thriller) 1/2

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Radhika Apte, Rohit Saraf, Yogita Bihani, Sharib Hashmi

Direction: Pushkar and Gayathri

Duration: 2hrs 39 mins

Language: Hindi (U/A)

ikram, an honest officer with the Lucknow police, is on a mission to find and eliminate gangster Vedha. However, when Vedha surrenders himself to the police, and starts narrating stories to Vikram, it alters understanding of good and evil. 

Crafted from the Tamil hit of the same name, Vikram Vedha is a neo-noir action thriller rooted in Betaal Pachhisi, a popular Indian folktale. Vikram, a top-billed officer of the Lucknow Police Special Task Force, is assigned to eliminate gangster Vedha Betaal. However, Vedha surrenders himself to the police. And during the interrogation, he starts narrating stories to Vikram, which slowly changes the latter’s own perception of good and evil.