Vadhandhi Season 1
8 episodes · about 7 hours · complete season
Filmi Score · season 1
Good
9 reviews
57
16+
Summary
Murder of Velonie, a young Anglo-Indian girl in Kanyakumari, seen from the Rashomon-esque perspectives of an unrelenting obsessed cop, a novelist captivated by her grace and an opportunistic news editor.
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All seasons
Season 1The Fable of Velonie2022 · 8 episodesGood · 9 reviews16+
Season 2The Mystery of Mani2026 · 8 episodesVery good · 6 reviews16+57
66
Cast & crew
Created byAndrew Louis
Season 1 directed byAndrew Louis
Season 1 written byAndrew Louis
Cast
Summary
Murder of Velonie, a young Anglo-Indian girl in Kanyakumari, seen from the Rashomon-esque perspectives of an unrelenting obsessed cop, a novelist captivated by her grace and an opportunistic news editor.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.Family Room
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Parents should know
A true-crime-style murder mystery about misogyny and media rumour after a young woman's death. Critics call some scenes upsetting, note sexualised framing of the victim, and brief violent justice-taking by the investigating cop.
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The record, item by item
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“saunters into the situation, after the fact, and bloodily avenges her” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“Suryah makes an entry as a sardonic cop, coolly justifying encounter-killings” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“sexualisation of an 18-year-old while simultaneously infantilising her” view the record →
Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record
“The scenes make your skin crawl, and once you are sufficiently triggered” view the record →
Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record
“a triggering waste of time” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“good girls go to heaven, but bad girls go everywhere” view the record →
Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record
“the recent real-life horrific murder case of a woman in Delhi” view the record →
Positive messages · Clear · Reviewer on record
“appreciate the ambition of this show, to use a tense murder mystery to challenge” view the record →
What the critics said
9 reviews read · the critic’s own number where they gave one
12 Dec 2022
Calls the screenplay and relentless twists the series' biggest asset and praises every lead performance as exceptional. The one reservation—twists… Read it there →
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YouTube · rating spoken aloud · 2 Dec 2022
8/10, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in videoFilmi’s reading 8080
4 Dec 2022
Praises the performances, cinematography and score as major strengths and credits the writing's whodunit pull, but faults the series for lacking… Read it there →
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11 Dec 2022
The critic calls the investigation gripping, with twists at every episode's end and strong work from SJ Surya and Sanjana, but flags logic lapses… Read it there →
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YouTube, Tamil · transcript read · 8 Mar 2023
Praises the performances, background score and cinematography and calls it an engaging crime-mystery-thriller for genre fans, but faults… Watch it there →
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Avinash Ramachandran · 2 Dec 2022
The critic finds the slow-burn mystery and central performances compelling but says the season overstuffs its eight episodes with unnecessary… Read it there →
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Varun · YouTube · transcript read · 9 Dec 2022
The reviewer praises the music and locations for sustaining suspense and calls the story's characters engaging, but flags the editing and… Watch it there →
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YouTube · transcript read · 3 Dec 2022
The critic admires the show's ambition to indict patriarchal victim-blaming but calls the execution serviceable, blunt and uneven, with weak… Watch it there →
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Bharathy Singaravel · 2 Dec 2022
The critic calls the season an exploitative, male-gaze-driven spectacle with a forgettable lead performance, a botched regional dialect, and… Read it there →
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