Vikram

Vikram was one of the ambitious film projects of kamal, who collaborated with writer Sujatha. This was the last film in which Satyaraj acted as villain.

He had started acting as hero then & was reluctant. But kamal insisted that he act as the villain with the assurance that he would later produce a film with him as hero. That film was "Kadamai Kanniyam kattupadu".

Vikram had a good cast, lovely locales, melodious songs, gorgeous heroines & a smart & handsome kamal as a cop, yet it failed at the box office.

The reason was that that the usual masala elements were missing. Also, after a riveting first half, the film went haywire in the 2nd half when the story moved to Salamia (imaginary country). Janakaraj's antics were annoying & also the pace of the film slackened a bit.

The trailer was in the theatres for a few months before its release raising great expectations, specially amongst kamal fans.

Over the years, it has gone on to become a classic & shown repeatedly on TV.

Yes we should say this is a Sci-Fi movie of that time (80's).

ICBM is a dream for India on that time, the Computers with Tamil text was nearly impossible. Science fiction does speaks the "not so far future" too.

The way the movie goes, the opening RPG shot, Sathyaraj's intro, Sujatha's dialogs, the comedy scene's at Salamia are well taken. The innocent politician.

We well know that the scene's are from different H/W movies, but the way Kamal presented the movie for Tamil audience is nice. Every one in the movie did there role perfectly.

This is the Second Sci-fi after M.G.R's Kalaiarasi.

9/10- because for non originality.

especially sujatha's dialogues was very poignant in fact this was his first venture in dialogues and the film script was also written in form of a novel in a tamil weekly. In the novel's prologue sujatha has given credit to kamalhassan ( producer, actor and co writer) for his inputs.I think this is the only one novel which was done for film and later came as a novel normally it will be the viceversa. Vikram was the first important film from south India in terms of science fiction rather than magical. After this film kamal and sujatha joined and worked for many other films like Indian, marudhanayagan etc... and sujatha was a active member in kamal's discussion team and ironically kamal's speech about sujatha after death quoted that "one cannot judge sujatha's creative skills by seeing his work in films "

Today in Indian cinema, where several filmmakers struggle to make a decent spy thriller, kamal hassan made a very good spy thriller back in 1986(pre Timothy Dalton era) like james bond.

Vikram is a fun and entertaining spy adventure movie without any dull moments. Ilaiyaraja's music was perfect. It very well captures the essence of james bond films. Technically or writing wise, it has not aged well but if you see it without the eyes of a modern audience and back as an 80s film, you will enjoy it.

Vikram!.. The Catchy Title Theme, New Electronic Gadgets, Salamia, Salamaian Language were all the things which made this film stand unique among the 80s films.

Made at a high budget of that time, The Film had a Horse Pace first-half followed by a Camel Pace Second Half.

Kamal Haasan potrayed Agent Vikram with a classy and cool touch. Whereas the highlight was the role played by Sathyaraj and Janagaraj. They literally nailed it with their sarcasm and funny gestures respectively. The best thing about this film is the stunts which were done in real by Haasan. Director Rajasekhar has done a great work. The Cinematography of the Title song were beauty in the sight. Maestro Ilaiyaraaja gave a timeless classic album and a beautiful background score.

Overall this 80s thriller never fails to entertain you..