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Vedi is a film of genre Thriller directed by Prabhu Deva with Vishal
Vedi (2011)
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Add to a movie listVedi (Tamil: வெடி; English: Firecracker) is a Tamil action film directed by Prabhu Deva featuring Vishal and Sameera Reddy in the lead roles. A remake of the successful 2008 Telugu film Souryam, the film was released on 30 September 2011 across 250 screens in Tamil Nadu, 62 screens in Kerala and 28 screens in Karnataka Vedi received mixed reviews, but ended up as a commercial success at the Box Office. It has been dubbed in Hindi as The Fighter Mard No.1.
Synopsis
Vedi tells the story of Prabhakaran (Vishal), who is a young Police Officer, who goes to Kolkata in search of his sister, Aishwarya (Poonam Kaur). Prabhakaran, at his native place, Thoothukudi, had developed enmity with a local don (Sayaji Shinde) by thrashing him in public and putting him behind bars. The enmity gets travelled to Kolkata also where the don join another local gangster to take revenge on the police officer. The baddies trouble the police officer's sister and her friend, Paaru (Sameera Reddy), who falls in love with Prabhakaran.Actors
Vishal
(Prabhakaran / Balu)
Sameera Reddy
(Paaru)
Poonam Kaur
(Aishwarya)
Sayaji Shinde
(Easwaramoorthy)
Vivek
(Varun Sandhesh)
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