After the hype and hulla about Vaaranam Aayiram, I got to watch the movie on the day of the release, well as of today, I have watched the movie twice now. Well, to start with, Surya plays a double role. After successfully playing a double role in Perazhagan, this double role is more of a serious one.. Surya as the father is simply too good.. the make up, the body language..he has done a great job.. the movie starts off with Surya the father coughing up blood and then on deathbed.. then you have the Surya the son who is on a special rescue mission as a part of the NSG (yes you heard it right as that word has more relevance to today's scenario) and recounts the special relationship that he shared with his father.. it is more than appropriate to say the number of physical transformations Surya has gone through in this movie and that shows his versitality..as a teenager, he is just too good..as the college going boy he is good too.. the way he tries to woo Sameera.. and then his acting skills came to the fore when he looses Sameera..the scene he cries uncontrollably on the phone to his dad and the reaction by Father Surya was really a scene you should watch out for..Surya as the drug addict was also well potrayed and then the Surya that all (or atleast the girls were waiting for..grrr), the six pack Surya.. over all it was a Surya movie all the way and he has proven again that today in tamil cinema when it comes to versitality, Surya is a fore-runner.
Now, coming to the other characters, Simran as the mother was good, except that her make up (or rather was that no make up?) could have been better.. she looked a lot older than she should have..this is entirely my opinion.. Sameera Reddy was a revelation.. she has got a great height (she is atleast a good few inches taller than Surya) .. great figure and an infectious smile..this should open more doors for her in Kollywood considering the fact that bollywood has done nothing significant to her career.. Ramya's role could have been given more meat.. she is a capable actress and I really liked her job in Polladhavan.. she has got the capability to oomph but this girl can also act..
Now, coming to negatives, the movie could have been clipped (heard it has been now) as there were a few unnecessary scenes in the movie.. this is definitely not a movie for the front benchers..am sure nobody would associate with a son calling his dad "dad".. they would be more used to appa or "naina" :).. no father would call his son "kiddo".. this is a movie for the middle class, upper middle class and up..
On the whole, VA did not pull down the hype it had caused.. this is definitely a landmark movie for Surya as an actor and also for Gautam as a director.. last but not the least.. the songs.. these songs have been playing like forever in my car.. my son's (he is only 3 btw) favorite is the Yethi Yethi song.. though you can kind of connect to some English tunes.. like when Mundinam starts, you can immediately say that the guitar notes are from Faith by George Michael.. but the songs were great and I love them.. sad to note of the parting of ways between Gautam and Harris.. but hopefully they should get back..
On the whole, a good movie, nice watch.. a bit lengthy but watch it for Surya..
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Hi read your comments on VA. I am from Malaysia and the movie is a huge hit here and is playing to packed houses in its 3rd week. I wrote a review of this movie for Behindwoods and although I got lots of positive feedback, I also got some really vicious feedback about this movie from guys (mainly from India) - they called it crap, the worst movie they saw, hopeless etc. Everyone I know in Malaysia who saw the movie loved it and understood the movie very well but the people from India seem miffed about many things about this movie starting from the fact they speak English quite a bit, and other insignificant things. I guess you are right in that this movie will appeal more the middle and upper middle class families...and yes, there are some fathers who call their children kiddos -- they do in my family at least. I know Gautham Menon does not know anyone from my family if not I could have sworn he based the characters of Malini and Krishnan on my 60-something uncle and aunt! Great review just wish the Tamil press and people in India saw it the same way as you did..hope this movie is a huge hit in India.
Sharmila..thanks for your comment..I definitely liked it and yes I did watch it the second time..I think it is a great effort.. when somebody cannot connect to a movie they usually call it crap :) Initially the movie was not doing all that well but now it is going great guns and is a becoming a big hit at the BO..
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