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.