What is "vedam"

Vedam may refer to:

• Singular form of Vedas in some South Indian languages
• Vedam Jaishankar, cricket correspondent
• Vedam Venkataraya Sastry (1853–1929), Sanskrit and Telugu poet, critic and dramatist
• Vedam (film), a 2010 Telugu film
• The meaning of "Vedam", as per Sanskrit,is "Knowledge","Enlightenment". The scripture which enlightens towards salvation is called Vedam. Veda is initially exists as one. Sage Krishna Vaishampayana (Vyasa) bifurcated them into Four and named them as Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvana Veda. Vedas are said to be Shrutis. which means 'heard'. Also they are called 'Apourusheyas' (not written or spealt by any one).

Vedam (English:Chant) is a 2010 Telugu language Indian drama film written and directed by Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi, starring Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu, Anushka Shetty, Manoj Bajpayee, Saranya Ponvannan, Deeksha Seth, Lekha Washington, and Siya Gautham. Broadly falling into the Hyperlink cinema genre, the film was critically acclaimed, receiving several accolades including four Filmfare Awards (Best Movie, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress) and had a decent run at the box office as well.

The film was dubbed in Malayalam and Krish later remade the film in Tamil as Vaanam (2011), with Silambarasan, Bharath and Prakash Raj, while Anushka and Saranya reprised their roles. It was also dubbed in Hindi as "Antim Faisla" by Goldmines Telefilms.