Vikram Vedha teaser Twitter reactions: Netizens say Hrithik Roshan is a step down from Vijay Sethupathi’s Vedha

The highly awaited Hindi remake of Vikram Vedha is counting down the days to its release. The makers rewarded fans for their long and impatient wait with the film’s electric teaser. The teaser went on garner over 1.5 million views only hours after its release, and fans immediately took to Twitter to express their opinion about the teaser.

A lot of viewers were impressed by the action packed teaser. ‘Amazing’, ‘stunning’, ‘fantastic’, ‘hard hitting’, were some of the words used by netizens to describe the teaser. “Saif is the calm, Hrithik is the storm. Bracing ourselves to experience this in the Cinema hall. VIKRAM VEDHA MANIA BEGINS”, wrote one user. “Saif and Hrithik, Hrithik and Saif and Tabu, holy moly! The #VikramVedhaTeaser is showing how you make movies and how you make them right!!! If I sum this in one word- hard hitting”, wrote another.

The upcoming film is the Hindi remake of the Tamil film of the same name, both helmed by filmmaker duo Pushkar-Gayatri. Hrithik Roshan essays the role of Vedha in the remake, while Vijay Sethupathi portrayed the character in the original Tamil film. The responses to Hrithik’s portrayal of Vedha in the teaser received mixed responses from netizens. There were many who were absolutely blown away by the actor’s performance, his looks and his dialogue delivery. “Hrithik Roshan doesn't only perform action scenes with his body, his eyes are brutal too! Absolute madness in his eyes. Killer #VikramVedhaTeaser”, wrote one user.

But not all were pleased with Hrithik, and many compared his portrayal unfavourably to that of Vijay Sethupathi’s. One user wrote “After watching original Vikram Vedha: Damn, Vijay Sethupati is awesome. After watching Hindi teaser of Vikram Vedha: Damn, Vijay Sethupati was awesome”.

The upcoming film was bankrolled by Bhushan Kumar and S. Sashikanth.

Vikram Vedha will hit the big screens on September 30, 2022.