‘Vikram’ is the roar of the lion against the foxes who plan to overthrow the foxes by looking at the lion in the forest due to the series of hunts.
Drug enforcement officers continue to be killed. An undercover team led by Fahad Fazil is being appointed by the police to find out the cause and culprits. Who killed the narcotics officers, to get this committee to investigate? Why are they killed? What is the background to this? – ‘Vikram’ is a work that responds to us along with Fahad Fazil with an interesting screenplay.
Kamal on screen after ‘Viswaroopam’ in 2019. He is said to be 67-years-old. In the course of time surely nothing could have gone wrong. The 67-year-old Kamala could not be seen anywhere on the screen. Films with action storylines usually require more energy than regular films. He has given that energy and come down with the same energy we saw in the previous films.
Furious and angry, he melts into love and melts away, making action scenes, and even keeps his cheek acting.
In particular, the machine gun shooting scene shocks the theater. The murmur of the fans that the screen could have given more screen space to Kamal is still to be heard.
Fahad Fazil carries the entire first half of the film only with his facial expressions. ‘We have no rules … if you have, it will be violated,’ threatens the ruthless burglar investigative agent with arrogant body language. The reduced body weight for ‘Pushpa’ can also be seen in this film. In particular, it culminates in scenes where the child struggles to recover.
Lokesh has moved the story by handing over the first half to Fahad Fazil. Vijay Sethupathi has different facial expressions, words spoken without opening his teeth and indifferent body language. His intro shots of him walking shirtless show his love for acting.
Especially in the ‘Papaya’ cartoon he shows action when he eats greens and then adds drugs like Papaya gets heroism.
Kalidas Jayaraman, Semban Vinod, Narain, Ramesh Tilak and Gayatri Shankar have shown the required acting for the role given to them. Surya suddenly comes and gives a surprise. The on-screen feast is definitely waiting for his fans.
Kamal, Fahad Fazil and Vijay Sethupathi have all given duffs to each other in the cast and acted without worrying about the screen space. Once the film begins, it enters the story without any compromise. It adds strength to the film.
Although the film is adorned with action scenes, there are some intermittent surprise scenes to enjoy. In particular, the Interval Block fight scene lifts the whole picture. The way it is filmed and the vibrancy is admirable. Cinematographer Krish Gangadharan has moved the camera back and forth in that single short fight scene.
The film is one in a thousand and one that focuses on drug trafficking. The screenplay, which begins patiently, is accelerated by the investigation. The length of the first half, however, gives the impression of seeing the whole picture.
The love scenes between Fahad Fazil and Gayatri Shankar slow down the story. The war-torn lion song is forced into a place where there is no sense of sentiment. Kamal can understand that even the song ‘Pathala Pathala’ was taken for the fans.
The second half started slowly and was accelerated by action scenes, flashback scenes and surprise scenes. In between Kamal has to tolerate classification.
The way it relates to Kamal’s previous film ‘Vikram’ released in 1986 is impressive. Iconic surprises like this are waiting. The reason why Lokesh Kanagaraj told me to watch ‘Prisoner’ earlier is clear on the screen. Lokesh has given scopes for each character.
Anirudh’s background music sounds parallel to the bullets fired from the gun in the film. The music that gets stuck with the sound of the gun locking gets attention.
This is an important film for Krish Gangadharan, one of the most talented cinematographers of recent times. His cinematography is noticeable in many places. Lokesh may have only shortened the length of the film without listening to Plomin Raj editing. In some places his i linear cutting is perfect. Quality of fight scenes of love. I was able to feel the need for extra focus on VFX footage.
Overall, ‘Vikram’ is a great experience for fans who love action thrillers.