After Kaadhal & Imsai Arasan 23aam Pulikesi, Shankar has rolled out his next production Veyyil with much expectation from audience. Whether the movie delivered or not is the next big question. The answer is, hmmm, I’m not sure.
Veyyil, is primarily a story of two brothers, one being the biggest loser in life and the other one has everything in life. Murugesan (Pasupathy) is the elder son of the family and is severely beaten up by his father for bunking the school and going to movie. He steals money and jewels from his home and flees away. After losing money, he settles in a theatre and becomes a projector operator there. His life then is full of hardships and turmoil and he is forced to go back to his home. Even after returning to home after 20 years, his life is not changed and his woes continue. His only consolation is the support of his younger brother Kadhir (Bharath), who runs an advertisement agency successfully. How Murugesan’s life goes on forms the rest of the film.
As in Kaadhal, Veyyil also captures the essence and nativity of Virudhunagar quite beautifully. Director Vasanthabalan gets the full marks for that, while the writer Vasanthabalan has messed up in the screenplay department. The movie is told in Pasupathy’s point of view for most of the time and because of that, the scenes which involve Bharath don’t gel with the movie properly in the first half. Lot of things happen in the first half which makes the movie seem to be longer and test the viewer’s patience. Songs spring out of nowhere post interval and heavily mar the proceedings. Most of the scenes are really good, but the link is missing somehow. If the director had worked more on screenplay, the film would have been more gripping. The initial and final scenes are loaded with violence with throats being cut and some scenes reminding Kaadhal are the other minor drawbacks of the film.
Pasupathy delivers a knockout performance as the prodigal son, easily the best of the year. When his character undergoes a lot of emotional trauma, most of the actors tend to go overboard. But he has not overacted even in a single shot and proves his talent. Watch out his body language when he accompanies Bharath in local municipal office for tender meeting. Bharath is pushed to the background in the film, but he has done his part really well. The scenes between him and Bhavana evoke laughter and provide relief from the serious tone of the movie. The supporting cast is also good with Shriya Reddy in a small role as a childhood friend of Pasupathy.
Cinematography by Mathi compliments the movie very well without artificial lighting or unnecessary gimmicks. G.V.Prakash, nephew of A.R.Rahman churns out some good numbers in Kaadhal neruppin, Uruguthey maruguthey & Veyilodu vilayadi.
Despite the flaws, the film is well worth a watch.
Rating: Black Ticket – Reservation – Queue – Free Ticket – India tholaikatchigalil muthal muraiyaga.
Veyyil, is primarily a story of two brothers, one being the biggest loser in life and the other one has everything in life. Murugesan (Pasupathy) is the elder son of the family and is severely beaten up by his father for bunking the school and going to movie. He steals money and jewels from his home and flees away. After losing money, he settles in a theatre and becomes a projector operator there. His life then is full of hardships and turmoil and he is forced to go back to his home. Even after returning to home after 20 years, his life is not changed and his woes continue. His only consolation is the support of his younger brother Kadhir (Bharath), who runs an advertisement agency successfully. How Murugesan’s life goes on forms the rest of the film.
As in Kaadhal, Veyyil also captures the essence and nativity of Virudhunagar quite beautifully. Director Vasanthabalan gets the full marks for that, while the writer Vasanthabalan has messed up in the screenplay department. The movie is told in Pasupathy’s point of view for most of the time and because of that, the scenes which involve Bharath don’t gel with the movie properly in the first half. Lot of things happen in the first half which makes the movie seem to be longer and test the viewer’s patience. Songs spring out of nowhere post interval and heavily mar the proceedings. Most of the scenes are really good, but the link is missing somehow. If the director had worked more on screenplay, the film would have been more gripping. The initial and final scenes are loaded with violence with throats being cut and some scenes reminding Kaadhal are the other minor drawbacks of the film.
Pasupathy delivers a knockout performance as the prodigal son, easily the best of the year. When his character undergoes a lot of emotional trauma, most of the actors tend to go overboard. But he has not overacted even in a single shot and proves his talent. Watch out his body language when he accompanies Bharath in local municipal office for tender meeting. Bharath is pushed to the background in the film, but he has done his part really well. The scenes between him and Bhavana evoke laughter and provide relief from the serious tone of the movie. The supporting cast is also good with Shriya Reddy in a small role as a childhood friend of Pasupathy.
Cinematography by Mathi compliments the movie very well without artificial lighting or unnecessary gimmicks. G.V.Prakash, nephew of A.R.Rahman churns out some good numbers in Kaadhal neruppin, Uruguthey maruguthey & Veyilodu vilayadi.
Despite the flaws, the film is well worth a watch.
Rating: Black Ticket – Reservation – Queue – Free Ticket – India tholaikatchigalil muthal muraiyaga.
Question 1:
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis.
Would you recommend that she have an abortion?
Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates:
Candidate A:
Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologers.
He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8-10 martinis a day.
Candidate B:
He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whisky every evening.
Candidate C:
He's a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and hasn't had any extramarital affairs.
Which of these candidates would be your choice?
Answers in comments section...
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis.
Would you recommend that she have an abortion?
Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates:
Candidate A:
Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologers.
He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8-10 martinis a day.
Candidate B:
He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whisky every evening.
Candidate C:
He's a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and hasn't had any extramarital affairs.
Which of these candidates would be your choice?
Answers in comments section...
Oh! What a disappointment! What I expected was a breezy romantic movie, but it turned out to be a painfully boring one. After roping in actors like Surya & Jyothika, technicians like A.R.Rahman, R.D.Rajasekar and Antony, we expect the director to give a neat film. But he got it wrong in story and screenplay which makes the viewers wriggle in their seats.
The movie is about a married young man who is shuffled between his current married life and past love. Surya and Jyotika were happily married for 6 years and when Jyotika learns about his love through his diary, things take a ‘U’ turn. What happens next in their life is told in an unconvincing way by the director. He takes a long time to establish the story and the conflict happens only in the last hour of the movie.
Surya and Jyotika are adequate in their roles as their off-screen chemistry is well reflected on-screen also. Bhumika looks pretty and that’s it about her. Lesser said about Vadivelu, the better. Only Santhanam provides little relief here and there. The songs could have been picturised better. I didn’t expect the song ‘Newyork Nagaram’ would be shot as if Surya is 'Ulagam Suttrum Vaaliban'.
The only consolation for me is to hear A.R.Rahman in Dolby Surround. Sorry Krishna, better luck next time.
The movie is about a married young man who is shuffled between his current married life and past love. Surya and Jyotika were happily married for 6 years and when Jyotika learns about his love through his diary, things take a ‘U’ turn. What happens next in their life is told in an unconvincing way by the director. He takes a long time to establish the story and the conflict happens only in the last hour of the movie.
Surya and Jyotika are adequate in their roles as their off-screen chemistry is well reflected on-screen also. Bhumika looks pretty and that’s it about her. Lesser said about Vadivelu, the better. Only Santhanam provides little relief here and there. The songs could have been picturised better. I didn’t expect the song ‘Newyork Nagaram’ would be shot as if Surya is 'Ulagam Suttrum Vaaliban'.
The only consolation for me is to hear A.R.Rahman in Dolby Surround. Sorry Krishna, better luck next time.
The Politicians are all the same. No matter where you go. The Tamil movie "Imsai Arasan 23 am Pulikesi" is banned in Karnataka saying that it is insulting the original Pulikesi, who was a Chalukya king from Karnataka. Having seen the film, I could say that the film nowhere has referred to the original King. Only the names are same. There could be no other reasons for this except vote bank politics (the same reason for the ban of Da Vinci Code in TN).
Why not the ruling people take some steps to ban the 24 hour news channels? They simply create mayhem in the name of news reporting. They seem like vultures who rejoice when corpses fall. Be it is Mumbai blasts or Tsunami or Kumbakonam fire accident; they make it a sensation to increase their viewers.
• Rajdeep Sardesai, CNN-IBN quoting “These pictures are now being beamed on all CNN networks all over the world. Indians all over the world watching CNN are now watching CNN-IBN. This is the power of CNN-IBN” while reporting Mumbai blasts.
• NDTV closely covering the grief filled family of Suryanarayana (the Engineer killed by Talibans), inside their home.
• Sun TV repeatedly airing the clips of Kumbakonam fire accident including the burnt dead bodies of children.
These are the few events which made me sick of these news channels. It is not that in the name of press freedom, they can do whatever they want. I don’t know when they will think responsibly and act.
If even a small step is taken in this regard, MSM will cry that their rights are being denied. Oh yeah, we are living in a democratic country.
Why not the ruling people take some steps to ban the 24 hour news channels? They simply create mayhem in the name of news reporting. They seem like vultures who rejoice when corpses fall. Be it is Mumbai blasts or Tsunami or Kumbakonam fire accident; they make it a sensation to increase their viewers.
• Rajdeep Sardesai, CNN-IBN quoting “These pictures are now being beamed on all CNN networks all over the world. Indians all over the world watching CNN are now watching CNN-IBN. This is the power of CNN-IBN” while reporting Mumbai blasts.
• NDTV closely covering the grief filled family of Suryanarayana (the Engineer killed by Talibans), inside their home.
• Sun TV repeatedly airing the clips of Kumbakonam fire accident including the burnt dead bodies of children.
These are the few events which made me sick of these news channels. It is not that in the name of press freedom, they can do whatever they want. I don’t know when they will think responsibly and act.
If even a small step is taken in this regard, MSM will cry that their rights are being denied. Oh yeah, we are living in a democratic country.
One more movie to prove...An interesting book does not necessarily make an interesting movie.
Have anybody watched the movie “Cellular”. A riveting thriller in which, the heroine is kidnapped by an unknown gang. Using a shattered phone, she calls to a random number which happens to be the Hero’s cell phone. When she pleads for help, he reluctantly agrees. If the line is hanged she cannot call him again and might not get any other help. How he saves her without disconnecting the phone is told in an exciting way. In spite of some logical loopholes, movie moves in a breakneck speed.
Watch the movie and you won’t regret. Although a 2004 film, Cellular got released in India this week only.
Watch the movie and you won’t regret. Although a 2004 film, Cellular got released in India this week only.
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