kannada star shivarajkumar aka shivanna has joined hands with actresses umashree ganavi laxman shweta chengappa aditi sagar and veena ponappa for his 125th film vedha which hits the screens today the womencentric film is said to depict the lives of these women as well as vedha played by shivarajkumar over three time periods produced by zee studios in association with geetha pictures the film is slated to release in kannada tamil and telugu excerpts from a chat with the star vedha is your 125th film and so comes with a lot of expectations from fans and audience what are you expecting from it this is an extremely special film to me my first film anand was produced by my mother and 36 years later vedha is produced by my wife also this is a womencentric film and i am so proud to be a part of it we have addressed an ageold problem faced by many women without being preachy i think we as a team have done a fantastic job in every department the film is presented in a nonlinear pattern keeping several factors in mind for anyone their 125th film is a landmark and is bound to be special and i am no exception our efforts are fruitful only when the audience embrace the filmwho is vedhasimply put vedha is someone who has the heart of a flower but carries fire in his eyes i play two shades of this character one in his late 30s and the other in his 50sthere is a great balance of all emotions for he is the sort who can make you laugh as well as cry and even think about the harsh realities of life the women in this film umashree ganavi laxman shweta chengappa aditi sagar and veena ponappa have all supported my character very well and viceversa the film is shot across three time periods the 60s the 80s and the present timeline it is interesting to see how they are connected and how they all travel through the different time periods with my characterthis is your fourth collaboration with director a harsha what is your equation likeworking with harsha has always been very light and breezy he is very dedicated and his descriptions have always been simple and to the point this film is close to both of our hearts when narrating the story harsha kept invoking the ancient vedhas drawing comparisons thats how the title of the film came about as well it was initially registered with another producer but he was happy to give it to us your films with harsha come with a bit of a fantasy theme can we expect that here as wellall three of our previous films have been embraced by the audience for its unique content and i am sure they will shower the same love for vedha since the film is set across three time periods it was up to the cinematographer swamy gowda to bring in the