Movie review Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran: Mildly rib-tickling affair
Director: Ezhil
Cast: Vishnu Vishal. Soori, Nikki Galrani, Robo Shankar
Ezhil’s Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran which is the debut production venture of Vishnu Vishal is a comedy film that abandons logic and pays quite a price for it. The premise has a couple of aspects that are the undercurrents for the humour that ensues: one is that Purushan (Soori) is married off unknowingly to an item girl, Pushpa, through a marriage ceremony hosted by Jacket Janakiraman (Robo Shankar) – a local MLA who is like the magnet for a number of things. The other is when his trusted comrade, Murugan (Vishnu Vishal) receives a bribe of Rs. 10 lakhs from a shopkeeper to get his daughter Archana (Nikki Galrani) a job in the police department. Vishal fancies Archana and thus he accepts the bribe and duly hands over the cash to the MLA, in the hopes of accomplishing the above.
While these two fight for the MLA’s attention, a third issue comes along. The MLA’s close friend (who is a minister) is on his deathbed and has access to a wealth of Rs. 500 crores! But before kicking the bucket, he passes on the info to the MLA. With this comes a number of other parties as well who are really interested in getting their hands on that money and into which falls both Murugan and Purushan. What thus ensues is a mildly rib-tickling affair with lots of repetition and very little cohesion.
Vishnu looks bright in a new avatar. Though Vishnu’s role is important to move the plot along, but his actual content isn’t much besides worrying about his love interest. Soori has been given a prominent role in the film and his relationship with Pushpa produces plenty of laughs. Nikki Galrani is entrusted with this role and she looks cute and convincing with minor uncharacteristic change of behaviours. Robo Shankar as the MLA is funny in a limited way. Ravi Mariya is loud yet brings the roof down with his antics. The first half moves at a predictable manner and slow, post interval, it picks up momentum with continuous laughs. Satya’s music goes well with the mood of the film. Other technical aspects are just about adequate. Overall, Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran has its funny spells and entertaining.
