Raaj Kamal Films International is the producer of Vikram, an action thriller film in the Tamil language that was released in 2022 and was directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. Alongside Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil, Narain, Kalidas Jayaram, Gayathrie, Chemban Vinod Jose, Santhana Bharathi, and Elango Kumaravel, Kamal Haasan plays the title role in the movie. It is a spiritual sequel to the 1986 movie of the same name and the second installment in the Lokesh Cinematic Universe. The movie centers on Vikram, a former pilot batch leader for the black-ops team, and his pursuit of Sandhanam, the head of the drug trafficking organization Vetti Vagaiyara. The movie was formally revealed in September 2020 with the working title Kamal Haasan 232 because it is the actor’s 232nd feature film in which he plays the lead.
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| Directed by | Lokesh Kanagaraj |
| Screenplay by | Rathna Kumar Lokesh Kanagaraj |
| Story by | Lokesh Kanagaraj |
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| Cinematography | Girish Gangadharan |
| Edited by | Philomin Raj |
| Music by | Anirudh Ravichander |
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Raaj Kamal Films International
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| Distributed by | Red Giant Movies |
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Release date
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Running time
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169 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | est. ₹120 crore |
| Box office | est. ₹435–500 crore |
Cast
- Kamal Haasan as Agent Arun Kumar Vikram/Karnan
- Vijay Sethupathi as Sandhanam
- Fahadh Faasil as Amar
- Narain as Inspector Bejoy
- Chemban Vinod Jose as Commissioner Jose
- Kalidas Jayaram as ACP Prabhanjan IPS
- Gayathrie Shankar as Gayathri Amar
- Santhana Bharathi as Uppiliappan
- Elango Kumaravel as Lawrence
- Vasanthi as Valliammal / Tina
- Hareesh Peradi as Stephen Raj
- Swathishta Krishnan as Prabhanjan’s wife
- Gowtham Sundararajan as Veerapandian
- Ramesh Thilak as Elango
- G. Marimuthu as Nagaraj
- Aruldoss as Rudra Prathap
- Myna Nandhini as Sumitra
- Maheshwari Chanakyan as Kousalya
- Shivani Narayanan as Keykayi
- Shreekumar as a member of the Black Ops Squad
- Gajaraj as a police officer
- Vinoth Munna as Sandhanam’s uncle
- Jaffer Sadiq as Pablo Sandhanam
- Gokulnath as Sandhanam’s gang member
- Sampath Ram as Sampath
- Pondy Ravi as a police constable
- Nambi as Lab Technician
- Sandeep Raj as Amar’s friend
- Arunodhayan as Techie, Amar’s friend
- Raghu as Amar’s friend
- Anish Padmanabhan as Vikram’s aide
- Phathmen as Vikram’s aide
- Pradeep as Vikram’s aide
- Priyadharshini Rajkumar as an escort
- Maya S. Krishnan as an escort
- Jai Varma as Sandhanam’s family member
Special appearances
- Suriya as Rolex
- Arjun Das as Anbu
- Harish Uthaman as Adaikalam
- Dheena as Kamatchi
- Baby Monica as Amudha
- Village Cooking Channel members as themselves
- Karthi as Dilli (voice-over; uncredited)
Release
Theatrical
Vikram was released in theatres on 3 June 2022. It was initially scheduled for release in mid-April but was preponed to 31 March, postponed to 29 April, and then to June 2022, both times after the producers adjusted the release date due to the scheduling of several other big-budget films and production delays caused by the pandemic. Vikram was dubbed in Telugu and Hindi under the title Vikram Hitlist.
