Vikram - Film Companion

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Five Hindi Blockbusters And Their Tamil Remakes Nobody Asked For

Posted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
by Vishal Menon

Sivaji Ganesan as the Big B, Suriya as SRK and GVM replacing Farhan Akhtar for the Dil Chahta Hai remake. As blasphemous as this may sound, here’s a back-of-the-school bus conversation we’ve all indulged in at some point in time.

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Happy Birthday Vikram: 30 Years; 30 Dimensions

Posted on April 17, 2020May 15, 2020
by Ashutosh Mohan

Today, as Vikram rings in his 55th birthday, we mark 30 years of his acting career by listing 30 notable roles, from the explosive Saamy and the poignant Deiva Thirumagal to films such as Anniyan and I, where the star and the performer come together, something that Vikram has, uniquely, come to be known for.

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Producer Mukesh Mehta On Making The Tamil Version Of Arjun Reddy

Posted on March 7, 2020May 12, 2020
by Vishal Menon

With talks of Varma, director Bala’s version of Arjun Reddy, getting a release soon, producer Mukesh Mehta speaks about why he would release a film he scrapped, his reaction if people end up liking it and the economic advantages of nepotism.

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20 Years Of ‘Sethu’, Which Made Vikram A Star And Bala A Brand-Name Director

Posted on December 9, 2019May 13, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

Bala, as a filmmaker, is very much like Sethu, a very unique kind of brute force. His generation of filmmakers would go on to shape the Tamil hero we see on screen today.

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Kadaram Kondan Movie Review: A Flat Thriller That Dares You To Care About Anything Or A...

Posted on July 23, 2019May 6, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

Vikram is terrific but once again, the actor does more for a movie than the movie does for him

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Saamy Square Movie Review

Posted on September 25, 2018May 6, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

A terrific sequel idea that cries out for a more invested writer, a less ADD-ed filmmaker

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Chiyaan Vikram’s Saamy Square: What Works, What Doesn’t

Posted on September 21, 2018May 15, 2020
by L M Kaushik

Director Hari’s film is a middling cop action entertainer, which pales in comparison to the first part in every way

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‘I Admire Mani Ratnam, Bala And Ameer Because They Do What I Can’t’: Filmmaker Hari

Posted on September 20, 2018May 14, 2020
by Subhakeerthana

The Saamy Square director on why cops are such a big draw in Tamil cinema, his equation with Vikram and how he responds to criticism of his films

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Keerthy Suresh Makes Playback Singing Debut In Saamy Square

Posted on July 24, 2018May 13, 2020
by L M Kaushik

From Aishwarya’s thoughts on replacing Trisha to Hari’s response to trolls, here’s what we found out at the film’s audio launch

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Southern Lights: Saamy vs. Dhruva Natchatiram

Posted on June 5, 2018May 13, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

Thoughts about the two new Vikram trailers and what they tell us about the films ahead

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Vikram’s 5 Best Performances

Posted on April 18, 2018May 10, 2020
by Anand Venkateswaran

From a man with multiple-personality disorder in Anniyan to a disfigured supermodel in I – here are the Dhruva Natchathiram star’s best acting moments

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5 Things We Know About Vikram’s Saamy Square

Posted on April 5, 2018May 12, 2020
by L M Kaushik

Director Hari’s sequel to the 2003 smash hit Saamy will feature Vikram in a double role, with plenty of memorable one-liners

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