Vedalam - Wikipedia Vedalam Vedalam Release poster Directed by Siva Produced by A.M. Rathnam ( Presenter ) S. Aishwarya Screenplay by Siva Story by Siva Aadhi Narayana Starring Ajith Kumar Shruti Haasan Lakshmi Menon Ashwin Music by Anirudh Ravichander Cinematography Vetri Edited by Ruben Production company Shri Sai Raam Creations Release date 10 November 2015 ( 2015 - 11 - 10 ) ( India ) Running time 148 minutes Country India Language Tamil Budget ₹ 61crore Box office est. ₹ 125.7 crore Vedalam ( English : Phantom ) is a 2015 Indian Tamil action - masala film written and directed by Siva, and produced by Aishwarya. Ajith Kumar and Shruti Haasan play the lead roles, with Lakshmi Menon, Ashwin Kakumanu, and Kabir Duhan Singh among others, appearing in supporting roles. Anirudh Ravichander composed the film 's music and background score, while Vetri and Ruben were the film 's cinematographer and editor respectively. The film began production in April 2015 and was released on 10 November 2015, coinciding with Diwali. The film was later dubbed in Hindi under the same name by Goldmines Telefilms in 2016. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Filming 4 Soundtrack 5 Marketing 6 Release 6.1 Critical reception 7 References 8 External links Plot Ganesh ( Ajith Kumar ) and his sister Thamizh ( Lakshmi Menon ) come to settle down in Kolkata where she has enrolled for a course to hone her artistic skills. Ganesh is an extremely peace loving soft - hearted person who makes even rowdies like Kolkata Kaali ( Rajendran ) like him in one instant. Kolkata is also the operating base of a high - profile international criminal syndicate run by three brothers Rahul ( Rahul Dev ), Abhinay ( Kabir Duhan Singh ) and Aniket ( Aniket Chauhan ). Ganesh advised by his new house owner ( Mayilswamy ) starts working under Laxmidas ( Soori ) who owns a Taxi company. Cops in Kolkata ask Taxi and Auto drivers for help in nabbing criminal members of Rahul 's gang and prepare a suspect list. Ganesh identifies one of the suspects and informs the police about the where abouts of the criminals which leads to a large haul of illegal weapons, drugs, money and also to the arrest of many of the lower level gang members belonging to Rahul. Frustrated, Aniket finds Ganesh and brings him to his Yacht to be killed, but is instead killed by Ganesh who becomes extremely violent during the altercation. Simultaneously Ganesh gets acquainted with Swetha ( Shruti Hassan ) and Swetha 's brother Arjun ( Ashwin ) gets acquainted with Thamizh in two separate incidents and they are attracted to each other and Arjun gets his parents to meet and officially ask for Thamizh 's hand in marriage. Abhinay who gets to know about Aniket 's death comes to Kolkata and tries to find the murderer using a highly sophisticated technical team who track the GPS of the mobile which were in the area. As the final trace emerges it is revealed that Ganesh has infiltrated the building where Abhinay had set up camp. Ganesh after a violent fight with the mercenaries and Abhinay, kills everyone in the building and receives Rahul 's call and informs him about the deaths of Abhinay & Aniket, while all this has been witnessed by Swetha. Swetha rushes to stop the engagement of his brother, but is stopped by Ganesh, who reveals his history of being Vedalam, a notorious goon in Chennai, who was shown affection by Thamizh and her parents even though he vacated them out of their own house for money. Thamizh gets entangled in a flesh trade kidnapping scandal under Abhinay and is rescued by Ganesh, but also incurs injury impacting her memory. Her parents are also murdered during this incident. Ganesh brings her to Kolkata to take revenge and also to enroll her into the best arts college in the country which is present there. Rahul who coincidentally gets help from Thamizh to sketch out the suspect kidnaps her and thus ensues a final take down fight with Ganesh. Ganesh is able to hide his true violent self from Thamizh and also kill Rahul thus exacting his revenge and keeping his sister safe. Cast Ajith as Ganesh Shruti Haasan as Swetha Lakshmi Menon as Thamizh Soori as Laxmidas Thambi Ramaiah as Thamizh 's father, Ashwin as Arjun, Swetha 's brother Rahul Dev as Rahul Kabir Duhan Singh as Abhinay, Rahul 's first younger brother Mayilswamy as the house owner Appukutty as Kuzhandai, Vedalam 's assistant Avinash as Rahul 's assistant Aniket Chouhan as Aniket, Rahul 's second younger brother Mansoor Ali Khan as Inspector Manimaran Nagineedu as the Doctor Rajendran as `` Kolkata '' Kaali Swaminathan as Swamy, Swetha 's junior Bala Saravanan as Swetha 's Junior Raviraj as Swetha and Arjun 's father Jasper as Manimaran 's brother Ramesh Thilak as the phony witness Yogi Babu as Chatterjee, `` Kolkata '' Kaali 's assistant Kovai Sarala as Laxmidas 's mother - in - law Sudha as Gomathi, Thamizh 's mother Sriranjini as Swetha and Arjun 's mother Meera Krishnan as the house owner 's wife Vidyullekha Raman as Esther, Thamizh 's friend Sharmila Thappa as Laxmidas 's wife Aryan Ashik as Doctor Kalairani as a victim 's mother Sreeja Ravi as a nurse R.N.R. Manohar as a corrupt police officer Sukran as a sub inspector Rajkumar as Arjun 's friend D.R.K. Kiran as a gangster Production Development After the success of their previous collaboration Veeram ( 2014 ), Siva announced that he would direct Ajith Kumar again in May 2014, with the planned venture announced to begin after the completion of Ajith Kumar 's prior commitments with his ongoing film, Yennai Arindhaal ( 2015 ). Siva worked on the script in Bangalore and approached corporate companies, including PVP Cinemas, to produce the film, though eventually A.M. Rathnam announced that he would finance the production. The production of the film was briefly delayed because Ajith Kumar wanted to spend time with his pregnant wife following the completion of his other film. Anirudh Ravichander was signed to compose the film 's music and background score, while Vetri and Ruben were announced as the film 's cinematographer and editor respectively. The film developed without a title, before it was confirmed that it would be titled as Vedalam in September 2015. In late 2014, Hansika Motwani denied reports which had suggested she had also signed on to appear in the film. The producers entered discussions to finalise the cast and crew of the film during early 2015, with Shruti Haasan and Kabir Duhan Singh signed on in March to portray the leading actress and antagonist, respectively. The role of Ajith 's sister in the film took considerably longer to finalise, with several actresses approached to portray the character. Actresses Sri Divya, Nithya Menen and Bindu Madhavi all turned down the opportunity, with the latter citing she was only interested in playing the lead actress opposite Ajith. After further unsuccessful negotiations with Parvathy Nair, actress Lakshmi Menon was signed on to play the role of Ajith 's sister in the film in April 2015. Soori joined the film 's cast soon after production began, after replacing Santhanam in the film who became busy with his own productions. Ashwin was also added to the cast to portray a supporting role in late May 2015. Filming An official launch was held on 9 April 2015, with scenes intermittently shot for the rest of the month. The first official schedule began shoot in Navalur, Chennai with scenes featuring Ajith and Lakshmi Menon entering a college being canned. Subsequent scenes were shot around sets in Chennai throughout June 2015, with Kabir Duhan Singh joining the shoot, while a song resembling a ' pooja bhajan ' was shot featuring Ajith, Lakshmi and actor Mayilswamy. The team then moved to Kolkata and scenes were canned featuring Shruti Haasan as a lawyer and Ajith as a taxi driver, with images from the shoot being leaked on social networking sites. The unit then moved to shoot a song sequence in Milan, Italy featuring Ajith and Shruti Haasan. The team returned to Chennai in August 2015 to film night scenes and action sequences, with actor Rahul Dev joining the team for the shoot, while scenes were also shot at Ramee Mall. A final schedule was held at Mohan Studios in Chennai, with Ajith Kumar portraying cropped hair, resembling his look from his earlier film, Red ( 2002 ). The team finished production in mid-October 2015 after completing patch - up work on a song. Ajith was injured during the final day of shoot, prompting a minor delay in the shoot. Despite his injury, Ajith began dubbing for the film immediately, in order to ensure that the film would release to coincide with the festival of Diwali in November 2015. Soundtrack Music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander collaborating for first time with Ajith Kumar and Siva. Vedalam Soundtrack album by Anirudh Ravichander Released 16 October 2015 ( 2015 - 10 - 16 ) Recorded 2015 Genre Feature film soundtrack Label Sony Music India Producer Shri Sai Raam Creations Anirudh Ravichander chronology Naanum Rowdy Dhaan ( 2015 ) Naanum Rowdy Dhaan 2015 Vedalam ( 2015 ) Thanga Magan ( 2015 ) Thanga Magan 2015 Track listing No. Title Writer ( s ) Singer ( s ) Length 1. `` Veera Vinayaka '' Viveka Anirudh Ravichander, Vishal Dadlani 4 : 23 2. `` Do n't You Mess With Me '' Madhan Karky Shruti Haasan, Shakthisree Gopalan 4 : 58 3. `` Uyir Nadhi Kalangudhey '' Viveka Ravi Shankar 3 : 05 4. `` The Theri Theme '' Siva Anirudh Ravichander 1 : 52 5. `` Aaluma Doluma '' Rokesh Anirudh Ravichander, Badshah 4 : 20 Marketing The film 's title and first look poster were reported to be revealed in September 2015, on Ganesh Chaturthi which did n't happen. On 23 September, Ajith 's manager Suresh Chandraa officially confirmed via Twitter that the title and the first look will release on that night. At 12 : 00 am, the film 's first look and title was released which confirmed the title ' Vedalam '. Behindwoods commented on the film 's first look, `` Ajith wears a super cool red kurta with short trimmed hair, a trim stubble, to go with a metal bracelet in one of the hands and a big stud in his left ear. A look that takes us back to his ' Red ' days ''. The film 's teaser was released on 8 October 2015. By amassing 50,000 likes in one hour from the time it was made public, it created a new record in the history of YouTube set previously by Taylor Swift 's Bad Blood. Release Vedalam acquired a `` U '' certificate without any cuts from the Censor Board officials. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Jaya TV. Vedalam 's Tamil Nadu rights were sold to Jazz Cinemas for 33 crores. Critical reception Sify gave the film an `` Blockbuster '' verdict and stated that `` Vedhalam is Ajith 's one man show and it might enthrall his ardent fans for others, it 's a formulaic film with lot of enjoyable moments. '' Indiaglitz rated 3 out of 5, stating that `` Vedalam is an enjoyable mass entertainer. '' Avinash Gopinath of Filmibeat gave the film 3.5 / 5 stars and concluded, `` Though this movie suffers from logical loopholes and melodramatic sequences, it gets saved by Ajith and director Siva 's propaganda that puts human values before money, which makes Vedalam watchable. '' Behindwoods rated the film 2.5 out of 5, stating, `` Vedalam -- Sparks do fly but not frequently enough. '' M. Suganth of The Times of India rated the film 3 / 5 and called it `` a packaged mass entertainer for Ajith fans and family audiences ''. References Jump up ^ `` ' Vedalam ' ( Vedhalam ) opening day box office collection : Ajith 's film beats ' Dheena ' on first day ''. 11 November 2015. 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External links Vedhalam on IMDb Filmography of Siva Souryam ( 2008 ) Sankham ( 2009 ) Siruthai ( 2011 ) Daruvu ( 2012 ) Veeram ( 2014 ) Vedalam ( 2015 ) Vivegam ' ( 2017 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vedalam&oldid=801409069 '' Categories : 2015 films Tamil - language films 2010s Tamil - language films Film scores by Anirudh Ravichander Films directed by Siva ( director ) Indian action films Indian films Masala films Tamil - language films dubbed in Telugu Tamil - language films dubbed in Hindi Films set in Kolkata Films shot in Kolkata Films shot in Italy Hidden categories : Use Indian English from November 2015 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Use dmy dates from November 2015 Articles with hAudio microformats Album infoboxes lacking a cover Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Track listings with deprecated parameters All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Bahasa Melayu தமிழ் Edit links This page was last edited on 19 September 2017, at 14 : 03. 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Question: what is the meaning of vedalam in tamil
Answer: Phantom