Sameera Reddy expressed her long held desire to own a sprawling house in Chennai's ECR Road

Sameera Reddy

Actress Sameera Reddy had expressed her long-held desire to own a sprawling house in Chennai’s ECR Road, one of the most-loved places in the city. It now appears that her dream of owning a house in Chennai would remain a mere dream as the idea has so far not met with the approval of her parents.

Sexy Sameera, who is a busy-bee in Hindi films with quite a few projects on hand, had her Vedi opposite Vishal releasing a few weeks back. The actress hasn’t had any super-duper hit in Tamil except for her debut film Vaaranam Aayiram opposite Suriya. Despite the publicity glitz indulged in by Sun Network whose Sun Pictures distributed Vedi, the film has only managed a lukewarm response from the members of the public.

As such, Sameera is hoping her upcoming Vettai opposite Madhavan and directed by Lingusamy would be the super-hit she had been looking for a while now. The film has another pair in Aarya and Amala Paul. In her free time, she is said to be assisting her favourite director Gautham Vasudev Menon in the making of Needhanae En Ponvasantham starring Jiiva and Samantha in lead roles.

Talking about her shattered dream vis-à-vis owning a house in Chennai, Sam sas, “My parents are already upset with me that I’ve been spending many number of days in a month in Chennai to fulfill my shooting commitments. As we already own a house in Mumbai, my parents are not likely to approve my idea of purchasing a house in Chennai,” says Sameera.

Won’t it be Chennai’s loss to miss out in having a beautiful girl as its permanent resident?

Will Sameera Reddy sharing screen space with Vijay?

Gautham Vasudev Menon, even as busy filming his first trilingual venture 'Neethane En Ponvasantham', seems to have zeroed in on the heroine for 'Yohan Adhyayam Ondru', his maiden film with Vijay. If sources are to be believed, Gautham's 'favourite actress' Sameera Reddy would share the screen space with the Ilayathalapathy in this big-budget venture, which is set to hit the floors by early 2012. "But an announcement is kept under wraps since Gautham wants to complete Neethane En Ponvasantham, before shifting focus to Yohan Adhyayam Ondru. Vijay too is happy to have Sameera on board," sources say. Sameera was the leading lady of two of Gautham's earlier movies- 'Varanam Aayiram' and 'Nadunisi Naaygal'. In an interview earlier, the actress mentioned that she would act in a film without even listening to the script, if it is directed by Gautham.

Tamil Movie "Vedi" Review | Starring : Vishal, Sameera Reddy | Director: Prabhu Deva

Starring: Vishal, Sameera Reddy, Poonam Kaur, Vivek
Direction: Prabhu Deva
Music: Vijay Antony
Production: Vikram Krishna (GK Film Corporation)

The word VEDI essentially means a FIRECRACKER. Firecrackers can be of three types, there is the SARAVEDI ( serial cracker) that  produces a series of continuous overlapping blasts, there is then this single bombs that  take some time to get triggered creating tension, then give out a high decibel blast that might make your ear go deaf for a while. There is a third category of VEDI, the damp ones, that give out the pre-trigger sparks and smoke but never get triggered at all!

Vishal starrer VEDI, made by his home production company GK Film Corporation and distributed  by Sun Pictures is a remake of  the2008 super hit Telugu film called Shouryam starring Gopi Chand and Anushka.

With  Prabhu Deva , with his proven ability in handling remakes, at the helm of affairs, backed by an impressive cast and crew, a producer like Vikram Krishna who makes no compromise, VEDI definitely raises the expectation of a regular movie fan seeking  bang for his buck.

VEDI is the story of a fearless cop Prabhakaran and his effort to win  back the love of his estranged sister ever since they were forced to separate during their childhood due to exceptional circumstances.  While performing his duties as a cop he  goes all out to clean up the local mafia in Thoothukudi, a small town in Tamil Nadu and in the process earns the wrath of the local goon Easwaramurthy who is now hell bent on hitting back the hero where it hurts the most – by going after his long lost sister. 

Vishal is out and out the trademark Indian Hero personified – a tall, dark and handsome angry young man. He executes  the role of the angry cop with absolute ease. He  proves his mettle as an action hero and  is absolutely ferocious in all the fight sequences. The director has played on his strengths and has given him more exposure to his areas of comfort and has underplayed scenes that involve sentiment.  Sameera Reddy, as the college girl Aishwarya, who looks stunning in her designer wardrobe, is breezy and bubbly as ever. She almost one sidedly romances the hero and surprisingly there is absolutely no reciprocation of the romance from the hero till the end, though he accepts her love in a left handed way.  Her introductory number where she dances on the roads of Kolkata in the company of someone  who makes a cameo appearance ( not Prabhu Deva tho’) is worth a mention.

Vivek and his ‘over inflated’ comedy track where he  fakes a well built body and his one sided love for Sameera  evoke laughter , inconsistently though.

Among other performances Shaayaji Shinde does his usual villain role that we are so used to seeing in his earlier movies and has attempted nothing new. Poonam Kaur makes the best of the role given to her. Urvashi and Seeman  in cameo roles are impressive.

Vijay Antony’s background score is brisk and suits the mood of the film. Among the five songs, ‘ichu Ichu’ is hummable and  Kavignar Vaali’s lyrics for this song once again establishes  his eternal youthfulness through his lines.

Cinematography by RD Rajashekar is at it’s best in the action and song sequences. His camera work definitely raises the impact of the action scenes several notches higher and sets the canvas on fire. Full credits to VT Vijayan for his crisp editing . Anal Arasu who is the stunt master lives up to his title and the stunt sequences  radiate the required heat and provide meat for Vishal’s abilities to flex his muscles.

The first half of the movie caters to the quintessential humor and romance while establishing the premise and makes us hope for a cracker of a second half.   But sadly the director has remained faithful to the original and the second half, while it has the elements to make the going interesting, just does not deliver the goods. (Like the dialogue that comes couple of times in the movie, ‘Number correctu member wrongu da!’ )The item number is a damp squib while the 12-hour deadline sequence doesn’t really excite the audience as similar sequences are not new to Tamil films. And there is a scene where the hero is beaten up and is half dead, when his abducted sister screams out ‘Anney !’ And the hero’s eyes immediately open,  he instantly regains his lost strength and is on his feet in no time – it cant get more predictable than this !

An adopted child will still carry the semblance of the original parents. VEDI is no exception. If only there were conscious efforts to weed out the out-dated elements and infuse some fresh treatment while carefully working around the nativity, VEDI would have been a cracker of a movie.

VEDI definitely has good elements– actions sequences, songs, humor, decent performances - and each of us can pick what we want and ignore the rest. It belongs to a fourth category of cracker called Bijili Vedi ( Electric Crackers)  – which can be burst one by one – it’s a sheer joy when one bursts and no loss when another one doesn’t.

Verdict: the cracker that has the spark, the sound, the smoke and the fire – but not all of them together at all times !

Hot beauty Sameera Reddy find her perfect match

Sameera Reddy has made an impact in Tamil cinema but so far she has been unfortunate in finding the perfect onscreen match. In her debut film, Vaaranam Aayiram, Divya Spandana gets Suriya. In Asal, she was part of a two heroine project so she had limited screen time with Ajith. Then in Nadunissi Naigal, her boyfriend gets killed by a psychopath who is obsessed with her.

Sexy Sam has Vettai with Arya and Maddy next, but that is also a two heroine project. But finally, it seems her luck has changed and she will be seen opposite Vishal in Vedi which is her first solo heroine project. Besides, everybody is saying that they make a great couple as they are both tall and have dusky good looks.

Sameera Reddy worry for acting in Gautham Menon's Nadunisi Naaygal

Sameera Reddy has said that she is not worried about acting in Gautham Vasudev Menon's last directorial venture 'Nadunisi Naaygal', a film which gave raise to many an eyebrow for its 'controversial content'.

"I did the role just for Gautham Menon. I don't have any regrets about it," said the actress from Andhra Pradesh, whose earlier venture with the director, the Suriya-starrer 'Vaaranam Aayiram', was a good hit.

Currently part of two Tamil films, Lingusamy's 'Vettai' and Prabhudeva's �'Prabhakaran', Sameera says, "I am sharing the screen space with both the stars of Avan Ivan, Vishal and Arya, in Prabhakaran and Vettai respectively."

Happy about bagging two meaty roles in Kollywood, she says, "I believe this year is going to be so memorable for me in Tamil." Meanwhile, Sameera is busy supervising the construction work of her new house in Mumbai.

Amala Paul, Madhavan, Arya & Sameera Reddy in new tamil Movie Vettail | Exclusive Stills

Vettai is an upcoming Tamil action film written and directed by N. Linguswamy, that stars Madhavan, Arya, Sameera Reddy and Amala Paul in the lead roles. The film revolves around two brothers settled in Thoothukudi, with the elder one working as a police officer. The film score is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while cinematography is by Nirav Shah and editing handled by Anthony Gonsalves. This film is expected to reach the theatres by the early 2012.

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