Hrithik is underwhelming as Vedha - Page 2

Originally posted by: JackSparrowcraz

I compared with the trailer of the original. Ain't that self explanatory?

Hrithik tries too hard to act crazy.

Bud, I have to assume you don't know the story of Vikram and Vetal.

Vetal IS crazy.

Vijay underplayed it. His choice. No probs.

Hrithik is being faithful to the original.

hope Saif saves this film

oh boy as if vijay is the greatest thing since the slice of bread. Hrithik is not copy the OG he is playing it differently. Hrithik is one of india's greatest actor superstar

Agreed, he doesn’t look evil enough. Let’s see if he’s better in the movie.

#groan

Do people even know the actual Vikram and Vetal tale?

Reading the tales would be better, but from Wiki:

In Hindu folklore, the vetala is an evil spirit who haunts cemeteries and takes demonic possession of corpses. They make their displeasure known by troubling humans. They can drive people mad, kill children, and cause miscarriages, but also guard villages.

They are hostile spirits of the dead trapped in the 'twilight zone' between life and afterlife. These creatures can be repelled by the chanting of mantras. One can free them from their ghostly existence by performing their funerary rites. Being unaffected by the laws of space and time, they have an uncanny knowledge about the past, present, and future and a deep insight into human nature. Therefore many sorcerers seek to capture them and turn them into slaves.[1]

There is also a strong Vetala cult in the Konkan region, under the names of Betal, Vetal, Vetoba. Since Betal is said to be the brother of the goddess Shantadurga, there will be a temple dedicated in honour of Betal either within the temple complex of Shantadurga or somewhere in the sylvan surroundings. There is a Betal temple in Amona, Goa. Betal is a form of Bhairava and is the head of all spirits and ghouls and vampires and all kinds of pisachas. He has another form which is a more potent and fiery form, that of Agni Vetal who is the sevak of the goddess Kalika. Agni Vetal (Agya Vetal) has flames on his head and controls fire. Agni Vetal is used by Tantriks to perform evil black magic on people. But it isn't Lord Agnivetal's fault because the Tantriks misuse the powers given to them on propitiating Agnivetal (rather his Daityas which are at his feet-they are the ones who accept the blood sacrifices).

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Vijay Sethupathi played it diff. Hrithik is actually true to Betaal of the folk tales.

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

Bud, I have to assume you don't know the story of Vikram and Vetal.

Vetal IS crazy.

Vijay underplayed it. His choice. No probs.

Hrithik is being faithful to the original.

Is the movie based on the Vikram-Betal? Source?

Originally posted by: 1t1svat1t1s

Is the movie based on the Vikram-Betal? Source?

Adaptation. The team said it even at the time of original movie.

Good thing I have not seen the original 😆so far liked the trailer, hoping for a decent movie

It’s a diff interpretation of the char

One Isn’t more “right” than the other it’s a matter of preference

I like both actors and I liked sethupathis performance in the original …but I’m glad hr isn’t trying to “be like him”

Originally posted by: JackSparrowcraz

Hrithik is overdoing his villain act as Vedha.He is so OTT. No match to the original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLucCWmf6V4

Saif is over whelming 😂