Vegam (2007 film)
Vegam (English: Speed) is a 2007 Indian Tamil action thriller film directed by K. R. Udhayashankar and starring Ashwin Shekhar and Veda. It is an unofficial remake of the English movie Cellular [1] It was remade again in Tamil as Nayagan.
| Vegam | |
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| Directed by | K. R. Udhayashankar |
| Starring | Ashwin Shekhar Veda Prabhu Khushbu Sundar Sriman |
| Music by | Rajhesh Vaidhya |
Production company | Commercial Creations |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot edit
The movie revolves around Ashwin (Ashwin Shekar) who runs an event management company, and romances Archana (Veda). Aswin comes to Malaysia to meet her. He comes across a telephone call from a woman, who cries out for help.
A former cop Sriman kidnaps a housewife Selvi (Khushboo) and her son and asks for a tape. Selvi does not know anything about the tape Sriman is asking about. To ensure that Selvi does not make any outside contacts from his place, he breaks the receiver of the telephone. Selvi somehow repairs it and dials an anonymous number which is answered by Aswin and Selvi pleads with him to save her life, and her sons. Aswin takes the conversation as light initially but later on when the calls keep repeating, he realises the issue and sets in search of Selvi to rescue her.
He eventually acquired the assistance of a local cop, Prabhu Ganesan in his quest.
How did Aswin rescue Selvi and her son from Sriman and his gang is the rest of the story. This story is a remake from the Hollywood movie, "Cellular", starring Chris Evans, Kim Basinger and Jason Statham.
Cast edit
- Ashwin Shekhar as Ashwin
- Veda as Archana
- Prabhu as Kumaravel, ASP, Malaysia Police
- Khushbu Sundar as Selvi
- Sriman as Cop
- Lollu Sabha Jeeva as Ashwin's friend
- Mohan Vaidya as Ashwin's father
- S. Ve. Shekhar as cameo appearance
- Venu Aravind
- Crane Manohar
- Sridhar
Soundtrack edit
Veena exponent Rajesh Vaidhya made his debut as composer with this film.[2]
- "Aarumugam" — Rajesh Vaidya
- "Kalathara" – P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sekhar
- "Silirkudhe" — Anuradha Sekhar
- "Kya Bole" — Tippu, Harini
- "Vegam" — Ranjith, Haricharan
Reception edit
The film received negative reviews from critics.Behindwoods wrote "Director K R Udayshankar should have worked harder. There are absolutely no elements in the film to create an impact on the audience mind."[3] Balaji of Thiraipadam wrote "Not only is Ashwin completely unsuited to play the hero, the film, a combination of a bad romance and weak action ripped off from Cellular, provides nothing to make Ashwin more tolerable."[4][5][6]
References edit
- ^ "Vegam review. Vegam Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com.
- ^ . www.tamilisai.net. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "VEGAM movie review Ashwin Shekar S.Ve. Shekar Prabhu Kushboo Archana Sriman K S Selvaraj K R Udayshankar hot stills picture image gallery". www.behindwoods.com.
- ^ "Vegam - Tamil Movie Review". www.thiraipadam.com.
- ^ . chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ . movies.bizhat.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2022.