Vedam (2010) :
Brief Review -
Vedam is a dated melodrama boosted by hyperlink storytelling and tearful climax. An anthology in mainstream cinema is rare because usually mainstream and money-seeker filmmakers don't use it. It is only used by those filmmakers who crave for artistic cinema and wants to do something new. With Vedam, these two different poles have come together as the film is very much an entertaining drama with smartly set anthology. Like I said, it's a dated melodrama so you will see many mediocre and typical scenes. It was dated even for its time, i mean by 2010, the storytelling had became much matured and the filmmaking was very much advanced. Vedam fails to impress there but otherwise it gathers a lot of elements together in the climax to leave audience fulfilled. The film is about different people coming from different places for different reasons, unknowingly gathered together at a place which goes through a horrendous attack by Jihadis. The first half of the film is underwhelming because it only manages to introduce all the characters and their lives in an hour long runtime, and nothing else. So, we have to wait for last 30 minutes when the actual process and meaning of the anthology starts. Overall, it's a decent script just like any other common popcorn flick but it is the climax which gives it some meaning and some extra values. It solves all the problems within those 20 odd minutes by using plenty of dramatic ingredients like Love, Break Up, Patriotism, Care, Sacrifice, Humanity etc. All the actors are average to above average in their roles. Maybe that was the requirement. Krish pulls off a watchable film from experimental tricks because he doesn't forget the basics of a mainstream entertainer. Vedam may not be overwhelming but it is not that underwhelming either. An attempt to be proud of.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
Vedam is a dated melodrama boosted by hyperlink storytelling and tearful climax. An anthology in mainstream cinema is rare because usually mainstream and money-seeker filmmakers don't use it. It is only used by those filmmakers who crave for artistic cinema and wants to do something new. With Vedam, these two different poles have come together as the film is very much an entertaining drama with smartly set anthology. Like I said, it's a dated melodrama so you will see many mediocre and typical scenes. It was dated even for its time, i mean by 2010, the storytelling had became much matured and the filmmaking was very much advanced. Vedam fails to impress there but otherwise it gathers a lot of elements together in the climax to leave audience fulfilled. The film is about different people coming from different places for different reasons, unknowingly gathered together at a place which goes through a horrendous attack by Jihadis. The first half of the film is underwhelming because it only manages to introduce all the characters and their lives in an hour long runtime, and nothing else. So, we have to wait for last 30 minutes when the actual process and meaning of the anthology starts. Overall, it's a decent script just like any other common popcorn flick but it is the climax which gives it some meaning and some extra values. It solves all the problems within those 20 odd minutes by using plenty of dramatic ingredients like Love, Break Up, Patriotism, Care, Sacrifice, Humanity etc. All the actors are average to above average in their roles. Maybe that was the requirement. Krish pulls off a watchable film from experimental tricks because he doesn't forget the basics of a mainstream entertainer. Vedam may not be overwhelming but it is not that underwhelming either. An attempt to be proud of.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.