Velayutham Movie Review - Grand Opening

Velayutham is one of the most anticipated movies this year. It released along with the much hyped Ra-one and 7am arivu. Booking started before a couple of days and it is said that most of the shows for the first week has been already booked. Mayajaal multiplex itself increased it shows from 10 to 25 the very first day of ticket reservation after great demand. Premier shows have already released in UK and several countries the day before its release in India. In Tamil Nadu the first show started from 4.30 in the morning in many theatres across the state.

What Velayutham is all about?

 Velu (Vijay) is a milk man in a village. Hansika Motwani plays the village girl (maama ponnu exactly) and Saranya Mohan is his beautiful sister. To get the money deposited in chit fund and to purchase dress etc., for his sister marriage, Velu moves to Chennai along with the family and friends. Genelia who is actually a television reporter creates a fictional character named Velayutham to fight against the misdeeds of the villians. Accidentally Vijay is assumed as the super hero when he brings out the bomb placed in the railway station without his knowledge while chasing Santhaanam (introduced in this scene) who steals his bag. Similarly few incidents happen and people start to believe that Velayutham will fight against social problems and help them in trouble. Genelia later describes the incidents occurred so far and asks Vijay to be the Velayutham. This is where the interval is placed. The second half is all about the common man (velu) fight against social misdeeds in the name of Velayutham (assumed to be a hero).

Velayudham – Positive aspects

 Vijay is the first and foremost to be admired. His dance skills, face expressions, actions, acting are worth watching. At many instances it hardly makes us to believe that he is almost in the age of 40. Still he is charming like a young hero. Vijay acting during his sister death gets a special applause and it’s very natural. He still proves that he is the best dancer in Tamil cinema. Climax dialogues in the stadium make us to think a while.  Secondly it’s none other than Santhanam. His timing jokes and dialogue delivery entertain the crowd completely. He perfectly played his part and plays a major role in the pace of the first half. Saranya Mohan, Hansika and Genelia too played here role perfectly. Out of them Genelia has an upper hand in character. Saranya Mohan looks so pretty. To be frank there were talks in the theatre that Saranya mohan is much prettier than both the heroines.  Jayam Raja has given a very good screen play which moves in a pace in first half and good action sequences in second half.

Velayutham – Negative aspects

 The only things which can be said as a negative aspect are few stunts in the film. However they come behind a logical reason in the story. The pace is reduced for a while in the second half but gets the pace again after the Rathathin Rathamey song. Over all these negative facts become negligible behind the positive aspects.

Does Velayutham have any relation with Assassins creed?

 Velayutham doesn’t have any relation with the Assassin’s creed game, except the dress code to some extent.

Verdict

 Overall, Velayutham is going to be the blockbuster this Diwali. It’s a complete entertainment pack by the director. Though the expectation meter was slightly below Ra-one and 7am arivu, it is damn sure from the critics from the audience, that Velayutham will be the clear cut winner in the box office. Definetly, “Intha Diwali velayutham ku super collection ma”.

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