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{{Infobox film
| name = Vedan
| image = Vedan poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Suresh Krissna]]
| producer = Selvi Thyagarajan<br />G. Saravanan
| writer = Suresh Krissna<br />M. S. Madhu <small>(dialogues)</small>
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[R. Sarathkumar]]|[[Khushbu]]}}
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cinematography = P. S. Prakash
| editing = Ganesh Kumar
| studio = [[Sathya Jyothi Films]]
| released = {{film date|1993|5|6|df=y}}<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19930506&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref>
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Vedan''''' ({{trans|Hunter}}) is a 1993 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[crime film]] directed by [[Suresh Krissna]]. The film stars [[R. Sarathkumar]] and [[Khushbu]], with [[Charan Raj]], [[Sarath Babu]], [[Easwari Rao]] and [[Radha Ravi]] in supporting roles. The film, produced by Selvi Thyagarajan and G. Saravanan, had musical score by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] and was released on 6 May 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=vedan|title=Filmography of vedan |access-date=2012-05-09|publisher=cinesouth.com}}</ref>

The film follows Inspector Vijay as he joins the gang of a notorious criminal, Bhoopathi, under the identity of Ranjith with the sole intention of infiltrating it & also falls in love with Ganesh's sister Usha and later witness the brutal slaughter of his superior officer Ganesh who gave him the task. How Vijay completes the mission even though Bhoopathi has begun to suspect his identity forms the crux of the story.

==Plot==

The film starts with a politician being murdered by the henchman of the local don Boopathy ([[Charan Raj]]). The police commissioner Ganesh ([[Sarath Babu]]) appoints the [[Scotland Yard]] trainee Vijay ([[R. Sarathkumar]]) to arrest Boopathy. Vijay finally infiltrates Boopathy's gang under the name Ranjith Kumar as an ex-jailbird. Vijay later arranges to kidnap Boopathy's sister Priya ([[Easwari Rao]]), and he rescues her. Boopathy then starts to like him, and Vijay slowly becomes his right hand. In the meantime, Vijay and the bubbly girl Usha fall in love with each other. Thereafter, Ganesh gets killed, and Vijay has to dismantle Boopathy's gang on its own. In addition to this, Boopathy begins to suspect Vijay to be a mole. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[R. Sarathkumar]] as Vijay IPS(Ranjith Kumar)
*[[Khushbu]] as Usha
*[[Charan Raj]] as Boopathy
*[[Sarath Babu]] as Commissioner Ganesh
*[[Easwari Rao]] as Priya
*[[Radha Ravi]] as Megharajan
*[[Charle]]
*[[Chinni Jayanth]] as Ezhumalai
*[[Janagaraj]] as McDowell
*[[Kazan Khan]] as Madhan
*[[Ajay Rathnam]] as Ajay
*Rajesh Kumar as Inspector Bhaskar
*[[Poovilangu Mohan]] as Mohan
*[[Thalapathi Dinesh]] as Nathan
*[[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]]
*[[Kavithalaya Krishnan]] as Restaurant Waiter
*[[Mohan Raman]]
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]]
*Lalitha Kumari
*Abhilasha
*[[S. N. Parvathy]]
*[[Shihan Hussaini]]
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album
| name = Vedan
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cover =
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| released = 1993
| recorded = 1993
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 30:03
| label =
| producer = Deva
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The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]. The soundtrack, released in 1993, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by [[Vairamuthu]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.music.haihoi.com/filmsongs.php?songs=Vedan&id=1877|title=Vedan Songs|access-date=2012-05-20|publisher=music.haihoi.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s)!! Duration
|-
|1 || "Chinna Mulla Thottivida" || [[Minmini]] || 4:56
|-
|2 || "Dina Thanthikku Oru" || [[K. S. Chithra]], [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || 5:04
|-
|3 || "I Love You" || K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 5:10
|-
|4 || "Kamma Karayile" || K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 4:49
|-
|5 || "Vazhkaiye Porkalam" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 4:50
|-
|6 || "Vedan" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 5:14
|}

==Reception==
''The Indian Express'' called it "lot of gloss and no content; [..] with a very loosely-etched screenplay woven around it."<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19930507&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref>

==References==
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{{Suresh Krissna}}
{{Sathya Jyothi Films}}

[[Category:1993 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1990s crime action films]]
[[Category:Indian crime action films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]
[[Category:Films directed by Suresh Krissna]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]

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