Vikram

"Once upon a time there lived a ghost..."

2022 2h 54m TA

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7.6

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59%

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8.3

IMDB

★7.6TMDB · 190🥫59%Rotten Tomatoes★8.3IMDB · 84,609

ActionCrimeThriller

Synopsis

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Amar is assigned to investigate a case of serial killings. When Amar investigates the case, he realizes it is not what it seems to be and following down this path will lead to nothing but war between everyone involved.

“Once upon a time there lived a ghost...”

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Cast

Kamal Haasan
Karnan / Arun Kumar Vikram
Fahadh Faasil
Amar
Vijay Sethupathi
Sandhanam
Narain
Bejoy
Chemban Vinod Jose
Police Chief Jose
Santhana Bharathi
Uppiliappan
Elango Kumaravel
Lawrence
Vasanthi Guru
Tina

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lokesh Kanagaraj
Writers: Lokesh Kanagaraj, Lokesh Kanagaraj, Rathna Kumar
Languages: Malayalam, Tamil
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 174 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Malayalam, Tamil.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Vikram Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, shot by Girish Gangadharan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anirudh Ravichander. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Philomin Raj shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lokesh Kanagaraj directs. Girish Gangadharan behind the camera. Anirudh Ravichander scores. Philomin Raj cuts. A long sit — settle in. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Malayalam, Tamil.

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1Clocks in at 174 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.
3Released 4 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Malayalam, Tamil.
5Part of the "Vikram Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, shot by Girish Gangadharan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Anirudh Ravichander. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Philomin Raj shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Kamal Haasan and Fahadh Faasil and Vijay Sethupathi carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Once upon a time there lived a ghost...".
11IMDB entry: tt9179430 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Girish Gangadharan
Original score: Anirudh Ravichander
Editing: Philomin Raj
Costume design: Pallavi Singh
Makeup / hair: K. P. Sasi Kumar
Sound: Sachin Sudhakaran
Runtime: 174 min · 2h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,354,648
Box office: $54,172,014
Return: 353% of budget
Original language: TA
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Vikram (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes: 59% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 8.3/10 · 84,609 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Awards

6 wins & 11 nominations total

Part of

Vikram Collection

A collection of films from the franchise "Vikram".

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moviepoptime2024-11-07
Vikram streaming now is a circular of action and nostalgia intended to enrich the universe-building that Lokesh Kanagaraj executed in Kaithi. With excellent performances by Kamal Haasan, Fahadh Faasil, and Vijay Sethupathi this film again tries to be the next big thing with an array of subplots and fails to provide a proper narrative. My Experience: Therefore, watching Vikram was rather intricate. Special features The movie starts with a good acceleration and very good scenes of action that interested me. Nevertheless, as the story developed further, this, like the previous one, puzzled me, and fell apart into a trivial plot. The references to Kamal Haasan’s previous movies were a good laugh but at times it appeared as if the director was merely trying too hard to tell a new tale. Some scenes were made good by cinematography and music composed by Anirudh Ravichander. However, the action-filled scenes granted, upon leaving the theatre, I got the impression that the movie could have done more as far as the creation of wonderful characters and a prosaic, heart-touching story. All in all, Vikram is a very parallel friendly, and entertaining movie but they defeated my expectations and I was expecting a foolproof movie. If you liked my experience, then check out the <a href="https://moviepoptime.com/telugu-movie/vikram/" target="_blank">Latest Movie Reviews</a>.

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