Vedha

At core, Vedha's story is done to death kind as we have seen this story unfold multiple times before. What makes this stand apart is how Harsha builds the story around his women characters than his male lead. Not that it is sensible, it mostly sticks to murder as the solution / justice. Starting in the present day, the narrative goes through non-linear style jumping from 80's to 60's comfortably. With the father - daughter duo on a killing spree, clearly to avenge the death of their mother, the story is about what really happened for the duo to take law into their hands in that brutal fashion.

Vedha remains a straight forward story told in non-linear style. Probably why it felt Harsha having more control over his script than say Bhajarangi 2 where he overstuffed the screenplay making it too much for him to handle. There isn't much deviation so Harsha's growth as a director / storyteller is visible. Like his Bhajarangi 2, even this initially had superficial dialogues and dialogue delivery but thankfully it didn't last long. The pace does drop frequently but that is more to do with the nature of the script with minimal space for entertaining scenes.

The true strength of Vedha apart from making style is definitely the performances. Shivanna on his 125th film is comfortable in downplaying his character and letting others shine. His is a matured performance where he roars only when he is required to. Aditi Sagar does well with limited dialogues firmly supporting Shivanna. Ganavi Laxman is good in her role but some of her dialogues were hard to understand due to the dialect. Shweta Chengappa did shine in a major scene which drew non stop whistles. The veteran Umashri shows off why the character poses no challenge to her and entertains well.

Since the story isn't new, it has hangover of several films but not enough to ruin the experience. Vedha still delivers despite extreme violence and pacing issues. The gimmicks do land without turning cringe which is an added advantage. Whenever the narrative stalls, the performances make up for it.

I saw it today on television and I literally feel very guilty about it ,how can such a fantastic movie didn't deserved what it's has to be deserved, 😔 In ancient India women are treated as Devi and represent as a symbol of warriors this film literally defined it ,it really shows what real feminism is it ,what can women do if she decided something ,women is born warriors You will find very negative comments about it ,I really think that these comments are of either a person who doesn't want u to see what a women can do ,or these comments are from so called feminist who doesn't want u to show what really naari is ,what Devi is!!!

Don't believe me or others just watch It !!

It is one of the best movies I have seen in recent years. Man, what a storyline! I salute Shivanna. All the women in this movie had strong storylines.

What stunning acting by all of them. It is Adithi Sagar who is the hero of the film. It's a credit to Shivaanna that he gives more screen time to the women in the movie than to him.

The cinematography, songs, and vibe are all top-notch In the world of hero-centric films, there is no better example of what a true hero looks like in this movie.

I really enjoyed watching all the senior kannada actors together on screen.

A big congratulations to the entire team.

When movies like "777 CHARLIE" & "KANTARA"are striving hard getting national recognition,directors like Harsha are adding cheap thrills and gory violent and bloody pointless revenge drama to fill the pockets of producers making way to stay in limelight ....what's women empowerment is it just hero on a killing spree hunting social evils ...Ghanavi laxman and Umashree are the character's to look upon trying to save the movie that falls flat with poor writing and baseless plot...Being Shivraj Kumar's 125th film fails to create a magic or a milestone impact could have wisely chosen a better script ... Overall better avoid watching it to save ur valuable time.

Not a movie to be watched with family. Kids and women will find the violence too heavy and a sensitive subject is commercialised leaving a bad after taste than sending a message. This movie is suited for 2000s not 2020.

A Harsha has not upgraded to reality and well researched cinema which focuses on the message but instead resorts to heroism and hero worship. Songs are average and screenplay is a drag with many slow motion shots. Remove all this and movie time would've been 90 mins. Unnecessary and crude comedy scenes. Overall disappointing movie (again) from Harsha. Please stop directing....