Vedha is essentially a revenge drama that follows the story of a father-daughter duo who are on a killing spree. What is their motive? As they say, revenge is a dish best served cold. But here, it is fiery and gory in every sense of the word. The story doesn’t shy away from portraying graphic scenes and sequences which may make you slightly uncomfortable. Revenge dramas can quickly become pretty routine if you are painted with a generic coat of paint. And so the challenge lies in the fact that the screenplay has to be more layered, by keeping a few cards up their sleeve for a better impact. And thankfully, the screenplay here standing at about a 140 odd minutes does exactly that, thereby making the proceedings interesting.

The drama does oscillate between two timelines right from the beginning(well actually 3 if you include the first and last 5 minutes of the drama). Titled ‘Then’ and ‘Now’, the drama does introduce you to the father-daughter duo in the present timeline wherein they do bump off a cop at a local police station. A parallel track from the past does give an insight about who the protagonist is and the world around him which includes the presence of his wife. Instantly, you can put two and two together to guess that the conflict is revolved around the character of the wife. Having said that, the writers do well in teasing the audience with the mystery but always keeping it under wraps.

The proceedings are layered, engaging and engrossing with the killings acting as a guilty pleasure. Each of the victims are brutally killed off, with the makers not shying away from showing graphic scenes(partially blurred) of their murder. The events are interesting with a good mix of twists and turns which will make you curious about their motive. There are hints thrown in the drama, suggestive of what event may have transpired and that keeps you going. Another strong point being, the characterization of all the characters including the female leads, all of whom have a wonderful role that holds weightage. This was a breath of fresh air considering that women are used just as props in other mass masala entertainers. For this the writers need to be complimented.

If I did have one complaint here then it has got to do with the length of the drama. The events do tend to get slightly repetitive in the middle and perhaps that bit could have been edited out. But the events leading up to the final act are good when the actual incident plays out. And that did make for a heinous and hard-hitting crime and had be shell shocked. While I was anticipating a generic kill all kind of a climax, the twist in the tale did add a nice layer of intrigue right at the end. On playing the events back in my mind, made me realise that the hints were always there and the writers did not allow you to settle in with that thought. And the last messaging was relevant as well(although a little preachy). So overall, the screenplay here does spring a surprise and is hard-hitting and fiery.