Release Vikram Vedha

1 release

1.1 critical reception
1.2 box office
1.3 legacy

release

vikram vedha given certificate central board of film certification, producers approached revising committee u/a certificate appeal family audiences , television channels show interest in procuring film s satellite rights. move delayed film, did theatre owners strike of july 2017 across tamil nadu, prompting scheduled release date shift 7 july 2017 later date. producers further delayed film allow makers of vanamagan (2017) , ivan thanthiran (2017) recoup losses suffered during strike. vikram vedha subsequently released worldwide on 21 july 2017.

critical reception

vikram vedha opened positive reviews critics , audiences, several tamil film industry personalities showing appreciation film. manoj kumar of indian express labelled far best film release in tamil year far adding readers not miss film . hindustan times s karthik kumar called film remember , must watch , path-breaking , while adding not film entertaining start finish, it’s equally engaging , succeeds in piquing intellect of audiences no recent tamil film . likewise india today s srivatsan wrote vikram vedha smartly-written thriller, has texture, well-developed character arcs , filmmaking gimmickry , deccan chronicle stated nuanced , well-rounded film in deadly combo of madhavan , sethupathi , definite highlight of 2017 . sify.com s reviewer stated brilliantly written intense crime drama , icing on cake being brilliant actors, terrific storyline , ingenious characterization , concluding must watch . furthermore, vishal menon of hindu wrote film terrific exploration of good, evil , in between , while suganth of times of india stated generally, term well-crafted film used describe film has been made well, vikram vedha, applies not filmmaking, script, . tamil film actors including rajinikanth, suriya , siddharth praised film.

box office

the film became commercial success @ box office, becoming second biggest grossing tamil film of year after baahubali 2 (2017) @ time of release. made @ budget of 11 crore rupees, film grossed ten crores in tamil nadu alone within first weekend, earning seventeen crores worldwide. within week of release, film had grossed on forty crores worldwide. vikram vedha continued perform in second week, outperforming new releases @ chennai box office. film ran on fifty days in chennai. went on become profitable tamil film in careers directors pushkar , gayathri, producer sashikanth , actors madhavan , vijay sethupathi. film performed in usa, becoming highest grossing tamil film of year earning on $360,000 end of first week.

legacy

following release of film, pushkar , gayathri revealed there had been demand public sequel. added second part film materialise if lead actors accepted part of film. before release of film, madhavan expressed interest in remaking film in hindi adaptations made film s setting.