Movie Review : Vedaa
Abhimanyu ( John Abraham) gets court martialled by the army and has to leave service after he kills the terrorist wanted alive by his superiors. He has actually taken vengeance for the murder of his wife ( Tammannah in a brief appearance).
He then goes to his father-in-law's home in Barmer where he gets a job as a PT assistant coach. His task involves taking boxing lessons for the boys.
In the same town lives a young college student Vedaa ( Sharvari Wagh) whose dream is to become a boxer and get a job.
But the village bigwig's relative and his goons put a stop to her plans by ragging her and beating her up as they consider it infradig to mingle with her as she comes from a lower social community.
But the beating only makes her more determined to learn boxing. In this she is helped by Abhimanyu who sees the injustice against certain communities in the village.
But soon their world goes haywire when her brother is targetted in a honor killing after he falls in love with an upper caste girl.
Now, Vedaa is forced to run away from her villagr to save her life. She is aided by Abhimanyu as she attempts a daring escape.
What happens to the duo? Who is after them? Where are they headed? Do they survive?
Sharvari shines as the aspiring boxer and does a splendid job as the scared yet determined and courageous girl who never gives up.
John Abraham, with his unreadable expressions and strong physique seems perfect for the role, as he keeps his enemuws guessing and let's his fists do the taking. There are action scenes aplenty and John is impressive in every one of them.
The film touches upon several social issues which is commendable.
The group of supporting cast members are well chosen and do justice to their roles.
But the emotions on screen dont touch a chord in the viewer except in few places.
The final climax fight seems to go on endlessly as do certain dialogues and much prancing by the villains.
A holi song seems out of place and reduces the built up tension of the plot. The intro scenes of John however, are suspensful and impressive.
Had the same pace been kept up all through, it would have perhaps greatly helped the narration.
Cast
John Abraham
Tamannaah Bhatia
Sharvari
Abhishek Banerjee
Crew
Directed by Nikkhil Advani
written by Aseem Arrora
Produced by Zee Studios
Producer - Umesh Kr Bansal, Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani, John Abraham
co-produced by Minnakshi Das
