Bollywood actor Kunal Kapoor's multilingual project Veeram, directed by popular Malayalam director Jayaraj, hits theatres in Kerala, Bengaluru, Mysore, Manipal and Mangaluru on Friday, February 24. It is the fifth movie in the filmmaker's Navarasa series, and the big budget project has been simultaneously made in Malayalam, Hindi and English languages.
Watch Veeram trailer
Storyline
Veeram is the adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Kunal plays the infamous warrior Chandu Chekavar, who lived in in the North Malabar during the 13th century taking inspiration from Vadakkan Pattukal (Northern Ballads) of North Malabar in Kerala. The movie, which deals with love, lust, deceit, revenge and treachery, also stars Divinaa Thackur, Shivajith Nambiar, Himarsha Venkatsam and Satheesh Menon in main roles.
Also read Interview: Divinaa Thackur
Pre-release hype
The trailer of Veeram has opened to a fabulous response from the audience. Even Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Karan Johar, Abhishek Bachchan, and many others have stated that they are waiting for the release of the movie. Most of them even shared its Malayalam trailer on their social media handles.
Audience review
The audience is already impressed with the quality of graphical work in Veeram, accompanied by the notable performances of the lead actors. Veeram is expected to garner immensely positive reviews from the audience. "Best wishes to the makers of Veeram.. LJ films have always stood up bravely with new experiments.. Looking forward to watch this film.. ", Mollywood filmmaker and actor Vineeth Sreenivasan wished the team of Veeram.
Check out live audience updates on Kunal Kapoor's Veeram here:
Roshan
#Veeram : Thrilling Kalari fights, Stunning graphics, good BGM and the decent act of all leading characters. This is gonna be a classic. Veeram is a great coming back of the National Award Winner Jayaraj. Looking forward to see the future projects of this man. Pointless to compare this with movies like Baahubali, but I felt it is somehow better than Baahubali. Thank God, Chanthu was real.
Gokul AD
A different adaptation of a familiar story.......!!....
Loved it's making and CGI....!!
Vinay Govind
Veeram is a great feat achieved for a comparatively smaller commercial industry like ours. It should be applauded and supported in our state. With an appealing production design and a very aesthetic styling, crossing borders in case of talent and a bold interpretation of our own vadakkan pattu, it keeps us engaged for the entire running time. Yes the language used is uncommon but that doesn't make it any difficult to comprehend because its a story that we all know. Of course we can celebrate our own Magnum opus. #Veeram
Tom Babu
#Veeram interval... Fight scenes are really great...It is a very good watch... Should be seen as a martial arts film rather than a character study... Should be watched on a big screen...
BMS Users
Jayaraj's take on the story take you to unfamiliar backdrop - rockcut caves and richer costumes than we have come to associate Vadakkanpatt stories. Visually and technically the film is brilliant and the cast has done a good job, though many of them are unfamiliar, probably due to their getup for the movie. The familiarity with story is a bit of dampner for the malayali audience. Over all a good movie of international tech standards.
Mind blowing!!! Proud that Jayaraj has made a movie on big canvas that can match any Hollywood blockbuster. Watch this one only on big screen with excellent sound fx. Hats off to Kunal.
excellent cinatography... excent cgi. motivational bgm as well as all songs. kudos to stund teams.. excelent colouring... and nothing else to say.. iam stunded by seeing the making of this filim. although some negatives are there but overalla its a remarkable movie..
good art work...good camera...dialogues are good...but script have some lags in betweenall actors done their part well...not suitable for family audience...average movie...real chandu story...
nice movie...and story the way telling and actor and actors are doing well on the film.. such a good movie. director do his job well.. pictureisation is well .. every things are good
veeram is like a poem which is having great content but lacks emotions.. great cinematography, actions,art,graphics..but lacks the emotions which was needed for the characters. mthe casting is gone bad..kunal is not up to the mark but OK..but unniyarcha and Kutty maani was a disaster.. their acting seems fake..and the adult contents ..I can take it as a part of art, I see no wrong in it..but would have been better if the character was done by prithvi and other malayalam actresses.. jayaraj wants to make it international.. u did it..but it lacked the soul..sorry to say but my first ever first day first show was not up to the mark..
A visual treat for all movie lovers. Casting was only a small drawback. But it doesn't steals the technical sound of the movie. Kudos jayarajan.. All the best
Forumkeralam
#Veeram Average movie..Felt lagging throughout !! VFX also not upto the mark..Dailogue Delivery Decent perfo from Kunal & BGM r positives
rohith ks
watched veeram.epic.brilliant performance.$best movie so far.
RJ Arun
Veeram...first half over...phew.....kalipppppp
Vyshakh Arakkal
Proud moment for a Malayali !!! Go and watch VEERAM !!!!! Jayaraj !!! Thank you !!!
Sebil Simon
Veeram. First half nyc and class. All characters done their job very well. Intrvl punch
Sangeeth Sadanandan
A Visual treat but not for all audience..
haris
Stunning visuals and cinematography. A story of lust and betrayal. #veeram
ജയരാജ് നിരാശപെടുത്തിയില്ല..#veeram
— haris (@harispmna) February 24, 2017
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