7AUM ARIVU

Suriya- AR Murugadoss- Harris Jeyaraj who gave us the Ghajini are back in 7 Am Arivu but failed to recreate the old magic, due to a weak plot and a worst screenplay. The story is a mix of English movie Out Break & MI2 with some Indian flavour of Antha oru nimidam and Thasavatharam. Suriya has done his work perfectly but he cannot save the whole film which has nothing interesting. The new Villain Johnny Tri Nguyen as Dong Lee is too good. Harris music is average and the songs in the movie are placed in wrong places and it makes us sick. The movie is supposed to be a thriller but director never even thought of it and never even tried for it. Graphics are good. BG is very bad. The climax is big letdown Bodhivarma who taught Kung fu for the whole world is fighting with the help of rope and flying in air. As usual Suriya is taking of his shirt in songs and fight sequesnce(Salman Khan should be blamed for this act)

Final Verdict—Disappointed movie.

Velayudham

Vijay is back to his old formula in Velayudham.Director M.Raja is working with Vijay for the first time so he didn’t take much of risk for search of story. He took the old Telugu film and modified a bit and presented with new songs and actors as Velayudham. Velayudham is similar to Thirupachi with thangachi sentiment and Vijay fighting against the unknown bad guys. Songs are good.Vijay is energetic and acted as usual. Genelia has some role to play as a reporter but Hansika is only for songs. Santham has done his job, his comedy is too good. The first half is ok with comedy and action but the second half is typical telugu film type. If they have done some editing in second half the movie will be little more crisp and racy but now it is lengthy and making us tired watching the same action sequences. But taking of shirt in the climax is little bit too much.

Final Verdict—An Extended version of Thirupachi.

Deivathirumagal

Deivathirumagal is a poetical tale of love and affection between a dad and his 5 year old daughter. Vikram is the dad and Sara is the daughter. Vikram is a mentally challenged person to the world but he is her dad. Vikram’s acting is too good in this movie. The plot is so simple when Vikrams daughter Sara is going to school where she is facing the day to day problems of todays children but in the other side her dad is mentally challenged. When a new school correspondent enters the scene she meets Sara who happens to be her sisters daughter now the story starts she takes sara with her and Vikram is fighting with them to get her back with Anushka and Santhanams help. Anushak is a lawyer and Santhanam is her assistant. Anushka looks ravishing and as a struggling lawyer who wants to bring justice to her client. Santhanam’s comedy gels along with the story line and brings in enjoyable lighter moments. Sara as Nila almost steals the show as Vikram's daughter, the bonding between the father and daughter is well brought out especially in the court scene.Nirav Shahs camera work is too good.Director Vijay is able to draw the audiences from the first scene into the life of Vikram. His matured handling of the script and his characters are just testimony to this film.Music by G.V Prakash is good. Among the songs Vizhigalil Oru Vaanavil stays in your mind. Dialogues like “Vakil kitayum doctor kittayum poi pesa koodathu, aana vakillum doctorum poi pesalam” and ‘Saamikku amma kedayaada’ ,’Nee mattum appavoda iruke naan iruka koodatha?’ are noteworthy. There are quite few scenes that tug at your heart’s strings and almost all of them happen between the dad and the daughter.On the downside the movie is very slow. This movie is in the lines of I am Sam movie.


Final Verdict-Watch it for Vikram.

Venghai

Hari directed Venghai, is a commercial entertainer with all essential ingredients. Venghai is nothing but a old wine in a new tetra pack with hardly any story or twists but it is the furious speed. Venghai is set in the Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu. Hari follows the old 70-80’s formula film pattern where all the characters are either black or white. The milieu, clichéd characters and a larger-than-life hero who says that “my family is a temple and my parents are the Gods” will reassure the dying joint family system and values. Apart from Dhanush and Tamannah the movie also has Rajkiran, Prakash Raj, Ganja Karuppu and Vijaykumar in prominent roles.The story is similar to Hari’s Ayya and has some shades of his earlier film Aaru. Tamannnaah is there only for the sentimental twist, romance and mandatory songs. Dhanush makes Venghai a gripping story of grief and heroism due to his powerful performance.Highlight of the film is Prakash Raj, his cat and mouse game with Dhanush in the second half is the highlight. Songs by Devi Sri Prasad are just about ok. The film moves at a slow pace in the first half but gains momentum in the latter half.


Final verdict—Better than Mappilai

Vaanam

Vaanam follows a multi narrative format similar to Naan Mahan Alla.Telugu director Krish comes to Tamil with his critically acclaimed Vedam as Vaanam. The characters in Vaanam are very ordinary with little bit of grey shades. In this film STR plays as cable Raju, Bharath as rock star, Anushka as the sex worker, Saranya the helpless mom of an abducted son and Prakash Raj on the lookout for his lost brother are the axles around which Vaanam revolves. The screenplay is woven around these characters and Krish builds his narration in a neat pattern by not losing steam or our attention. Nirav Shahs cinematography is too good. Music is by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Except Evandi Onna Pethan none of the other songs are good. On the downside the movie moves in a slow pace and sometimes we feel certain characters and scenes are included without any meaning or scope. The climax sequence is totally a letdown.




Final Verdict-A multi starrer drama with less substance. Watch it on your own risk.

KO

After Ayan Director KV Anand has given us one more visual treat KO. Similar to Ayan Anand has take a different plot with good characterization and a neat script. Jiiva as Photo journalist has done a good work the story revolves around him, the film is the jouerny of this photo journalist. Ajmal as young politician is too good. Karthika(yester year herione Radhas daughter) has done a good job as fellow journalist of Jiiva. Piaa too has done her part as journalist in this film. Music is the plus all the songs are good to hear and a visual treat. Photography and editing is crisp and it gives us the feeling to involve ourself in the film.Prakashraj, Kotta srinivasan has done their part to add commercial flavor to the film. The role done by Bose Venkat is the highlight of the film. The dialogues are sharp and too good. Little bit trimming in the first half should have made this film racy. 2 songs are placed in un wanted situations.

Final verdict-A Visual cum Entertaining treat for the audiance.

Payanam

One more Radhamohans & Prakashraj combination film but this film travels in different genre which usually Hollywood film makers do it.This film is about a passenger flight with 100 odd passengers is hijacked by few terrorist. In the passenger list we have an actor, politician, priest, doctor, mimiciry artist etc. The screenplay is around this hijack.Director has followed Hollywood style by concentrating on the terrorist and their demands, just talking government negotiator and finally the action commando who successfully implements a risky rescue act to save the passenger. Prakashraj plays as negotiator, Nagarjuna acts as the commando. All the actors have done a good job. Music by Pravin mani is ok.In this thriller we too have humour which is enjoyable but logically when the flight is hijacked the passengers can’t be so relaxed as shown in the film. Though the plot is good and the story is straight forward the screenplay seems to be little slow in 2nd half,if the tempo is maintained this could be a enjoyable thriller.


Final Verdict—Good movie to watch it in theatre.