Vikram is a Tamil movie directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj released on 3rd of June 2022 in theatres. This movie has a tremendous cast which includes Kamal Hassan, Surya,Fahad Faazil, Vijay Sethupathi, Narain, Swathishta, Gayathri. The film is set to be the return of “UlagaNayakan” Kamal Hassan to the industry after a long gap of 4 years and we couldn’t ask for a better comeback than Vikram. For those who haven’t experienced the massive perfomance of Kamal Hassan in theatres, Lokesh has brought that experience to us through Vikram. The film deals with a general plot, ‘The fight for a Drugs-free world’ but, as we say its not about the story its about the presentation, and Lokesh kanagaraj just nailed it. The theatre experience was honestly marvellous and breathtaking.
As we mentioned earlier Vikram is about the brawl in opposition to the Drugs, which is quite ordinary. But the perfomances and the direction made it extra ordinary. Anirudh again proved to be a maestro with his stupendous BGMs in Vikram.The BGMs helped to elevate all the mass and fight sequences. The Stunt Masters Anbu and Arivu has also done their part superbly. All the action scenes were truly world class. The cinematography by Gireesh Gangadharan also requires applause.The plot becomes quite generic after some time. The screenplay also was just ok. The story also has got connections to 2019 movie Kaithi directed by Lokesh himself which is quite impressive. Each and every Kaithi reference was accepeted by the audience with massive plaudit and everyone is hoping for the return of Dilli (Lead role in Kaithi played by Karthi). The interval scene is simply a powerful punch but the climax feels more similar to Lokesh’s Master.
When we come to the acting department, it is almost a Kamal Hassan Show. He plays the role of Karnan aka Vikram and is going to one of his career best. Fahad Faazil(as Amar) and Vijay Sethupathi(as Santhanam) who plays the other lead roles in the movie has also performed exceptionally well. Another remarkable perfomance in the movie was by Vasanthi who plays the role of agent Tina. She goosebumps us with extraordinary action and mass sequences. The main attraction of the movie before its release was the role of Surya. The Cameo played by him just added more flavours to the film and was indeed terrific.
According to us Vikram is an Ardent Mass Action Flick which has to be experienced in theatres itself. The film was truly up to the Hype. And all we can say about the so called LOKESH CINEMATIC UNIVERSE is Aarambhikalangala!!
IMDb – 9.3/10
NDTV – 3/5
Our Rating – 4/5