''Vedan'' ( ) is a 1993 Indian

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-language crime action film directed by

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and produced by

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. The film stars R. Sarathkumar and

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, with

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and

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in supporting roles. It follows Inspector Vijay as he joins the gang of a notorious criminal, Bhoopathi, under an assumed identity with the sole intention of infiltrating it and also falls in love with his superior officer Ganesh's sister Usha and later witness the slaughter of Ganesh who gave him the task. How Vijay completes the mission even though Bhoopathi has begun to suspect his identity forms the crux of the story. The film was released on 6 May 1993.

Plot

The film starts with a politician being murdered by the henchman of the local don Boopathy. The police commissioner Ganesh appoints the

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trainee Vijay to arrest Boopathy. Vijay finally infiltrates Boopathy's gang under the name Ranjith Kumar as an ex-jailbird. Vijay later arranges to kidnap Boopathy's sister Priya, and he rescues her. Boopathy then starts to like him, and Vijay slowly becomes his right hand. In the meantime, Vijay and the bubbly girl Usha fall in love with each other. Thereafter, Ganesh gets killed, and Vijay has to dismantle Boopathy's gang on its own. In addition to this, Boopathy begins to suspect Vijay to be a mole. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

* R. Sarathkumar as Vijay IPS (Ranjith Kumar) *

as Usha *

as Boopathy *

as Commissioner Ganesh *

as Priya *

as Megharajan *

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as Ezhumalai *

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as McDowell *

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as Madhan *

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as Ajay *Rajesh Kumar as Inspector Bhaskar *

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as Mohan * Thalapathi Dinesh as Nathan * Ponnambalam *

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as Restaurant Waiter *

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*Lalitha Kumari *Abhilasha * S. N. Parvathy * Shihan Hussaini

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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, with lyrics by

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Release and reception

''Vedan'' was released on 6 May 1993. Malini Mannath of ''

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'' called it "lot of gloss and no content; .with a very loosely-etched screenplay woven around it." C. R. K. of ''

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'' praised the acting of Sarathbabu, Sarathkumar and Deva's music and cited for the sake of suspense, evidences which Sarathkumar got continuously getting destroyed and it is not only us who get confused about how the story will end but also the writer and director and concluded by rating major part of the film as A1, sprinklings in between is A and conclusion part is B.

References

External links

* {{Sathya Jyothi Films 1990s crime action films 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1993 films Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police Films directed by Suresh Krissna Films scored by Deva (composer) Indian crime action films Tamil-language Indian films