Vedham

Vedham is a South Indian Tamil film released in 2001. The film has Arjun and Sakshi in the lead roles with Vineeth, Divya Unni, Goundamani and Senthil playing important roles. Arjun is the director of the movie.The film was a commercial success. Actor Vishal worked as one of the assistant directors in the film.

Plot

This movie is about how Arjun travels to a new location and fixes a marriage in tatters. Divya Unni and Vinit are on the verge of breaking the marriage when Arjun narrates his love story and makes them fond of each other. However, at the end of the movie, Arjun's story was partially fiction as his wife Sakshi is now dead.

Cast

• Arjun
• Sakshi Shivanand
• Mumtaj
• Vineeth
• Divya Unni
• Goundamani
• Senthil
• Mayilsamy
• Chinni Jayanth
• Venniradai Moorthy

Soundtrack

Soundtrack is composed by Vidyasagar. The song "Malai Kaatru" was reused from composer's own Malayalam song "Oru Raathri Koodi" which appeared in Malayalam film Summer in Bethlehem.^[1] Lyrics written by Vairamuthu and Pa. Vijay.

• Malai Kaatru - Hariharan, Mahalakshmi
• Konji Konji Pesi - S. P. Balasubramaniam
• Oh Anbe - Shankar Mahadevan
• Hey Meenalochani - Shankar Mahadevan, Swarnalatha
• Mudhal Poo - Hariharan, Sujatha
• Umma Ayya - Sriram Parthasarathy

Critical reception

Sify wrote:"Action King Arjun’s maiden directorial Vedham is sleep inducing. Arjun should stick to patriotism, guns and scantly clad girls dancing in ribaldry. But here he wants to experiment with the idea – “To be in love for ever” but ends up making an insufferable film that leaves you with a migraine'.^[2] Hindu wrote:"Generally it is patriotism that is the underlying theme of Arjun's films. But in Vedham he deviates much, to talk about the sanctity of the institution of marriage and glorify the familial unit. The message is loud and clear - so clear that it turns didactic".^[3]

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