Vedi (film)

Vedi
Promotional release poster
Tamil	வெடி
Directed by	Prabhu Deva
Produced by	Vikram Krishna Sriya Reddy
Written by	Ravi Chakravarthy (dialogues)
Story by	Siva
Starring	Vishal Sameera Reddy Poonam Kaur
Music by	Vijay Antony
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Production company	GK Film Corporation
Distributed by	Raadan Media Works (Tamil Nadu) Sun Pictures (Worldwide)
Release date	30 September 2011 (2011-09-30)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vedi (English: Firecracker) is a 2011 Tamil action-thriller film directed by Prabhu Deva featuring Vishal and Sameera Reddy in the lead roles. A remake of the successful 2008 Telugu film Souryam, the film was released on 30 September 2011 across 250 screens in Tamil Nadu, 62 screens in Kerala and 28 screens in KarnatakaVedi received mixed reviews, but ended up as a commercial success at the Box Office. It has been dubbed in Hindi as The Fighter Mard No.1.

Vedi tells the story of Prabhakaran (Vishal), a young police officer, who goes to Kolkata in search of his sister, Aishwarya (Poonam Kaur). Prabhakaran, at his native place, Thoothukudi, had developed enmity with a local don Easwaramoorthy (Sayaji Shinde) by thrashing him in public and putting him behind bars. The enmity gets travelled to Kolkata also where the don join another local gangster to take revenge on the police officer. The baddies trouble the police officer's sister and her friend, Paaru (Sameera Reddy), who falls in love with Prabhakaran.

While the enmity between Prabhakaran and Easwaramoorthy continues, a flashback of Prabhakaran goes on. It is about how bad him and his sister were treated by the society as their father was a smuggler. So, Prabhakaran decides to send his sister to an orphanage saying that he doesn't know who that girl is. This creates a bad name about Prabhakaran in his sister's books. Later, Aishwarya, Prabhakaran's sister gets adopted by a North-Indian family and settles in Kolkata. After few years, Aishwarya's foster parents die of an accident and she is sent to an orphanage again.

Therefore, he goes to Kolkata and he masquerades himself as Balu, a physical trainer in a college as he is scared that his sister might avoid him.

So, how the police officer defeats the baddies and joins with his sister is the action-packed climax of the movie.

In July 2010, it was revealed that GK Film Corporation had signed on Prabhu Deva to direct a film featuring Vishal in the lead role. Initially Trisha Krishnan was approached for the lead female role but turned it down as the role did not excite her, Similarly Anushka Shetty refused the project, while Hansika Motwani cited that her call sheet was full. Reports emerged that Samantha, Kajal Aggarwal, Tamannaah Bhatia and Reemma Sen were considered, before the role was handed to Sameera Reddy.Poonam Kaur signed the film in March 2011, agreeing to reprise her role as the protagonist's sister from the original. The scenes were shot in Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering with all lead roles.