Vikrams next film "VEDI" to be released on July 15th

t’s not often that an actor gets to play the hero as well as the villan in the same film and ends up winning accolades for both the roles.  ‘Chiyaan’ Vikram, the unassuming star, has done just that by playing the hero or the title role in Maniratnam’s ‘Raavanan’ and playing a negative role in the same director’s Hindi version of the same film titled ‘Raavan’. 

Vikram’s portrayal of Dev Pratap Singh in ‘ Raavan’ hasn’t gone unnoticed in Bollywood.  The actor is said to have been flooded with similar roles but is taking his own time to decide whether he should venture into Hindi films full time.  Meanwhile, the actor’s next Tamil film, to be directed by Boopathy Pandian (of ‘Devadhaiyai Kandein’ fame) and titled ‘Vedi’, is all set to go to floors on 15th July. 

After his portrayal of a trigger-happy and upright cop in director Hari’s highly successful ‘Sami’ a few years ago, Vikram would again be donning the role of a police officer in ‘Vedi’.  Vikram’s heroine in the film would be Telugu hottie Ileana, who has been ruling the roost in Telugu films. 

Readers might recall that Ileana, who has an hour-glass figure, debuted in Tamil films as heroine in the dud titled ‘Kedi’, which released a few years back and sank without a trace.  In fact, the other debutante in ‘Kedi’ was the now-popular Tamannaah, who played a negative role in ‘Kedi’. 

Devi Sri Prasad would be composing music for ‘Vedi’, which also stars Kota Srinivasarao and Telugu comedian Brahmanandam in major roles.  Ravi Raja, father of actor Aadhi, is also playing an important role in the film.