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Veerame Vaagai Soodum needs to attempt one thing new however shouldn’t be able to let go of its dated cliches
Our world isn’t a good place for the frequent man. It’s not equal. The techniques are corrupt. Legal guidelines are misused. Energy is abused, and tasks paid off. As frequent individuals, we are sometimes instructed to disregard what is going on round us. We’re requested to let it go, run away. However how far are you able to run? What if, someday, it reaches you? Then, is it flight or combat?
It’s a related query to have, particularly in present instances. And the movie argues that the reply is the title — Veerame Vaagai Soodum (which roughly interprets to fortune favours the courageous). VVS has three completely different tales the place the frequent man is failed by the system, and harassed by the highly effective. One is the story of Dwaraka (Raveena Ravi) and her household. Her brother Porus (Vishal) is a hot-headed police aspirant, her father is a constable. Even that doesn’t get the system to cease her from being harassed by the native good. Second is Divya (Deepthi) who’s blackmailed by her rich, influential college-mates in a case of revenge porn.
Thirdly, there may be Parisuddham (Kumaravel), an activist preventing in opposition to a manufacturing unit that’s polluting his village. This narrative is especially attention-grabbing as a result of Parisuddham believes in not ready for a saviour. “No god will come and save us, we have to combat this ourselves,” he proclaimed in entrance of a crowd. And but, his most used parable is a narrative of a mosquito and a lion. Calling himself a mosquito, Parisuddham claims that his highly effective enemies would possibly have the ability to squash him. However they gained’t have the ability to cease the lion which is able to finally confront them, and annihilate them. A lot for preventing one’s personal battles.
VVS is persistently slowed down by such conundrums. Nearly your entire second half of the movie has the villain committing a number of murders to throw Porus off his path. The explanation we get is that, if Porus finds out who he’s, the villain’s political aspirations might be ruined. The less complicated factor could be to kill Porus himself, however our villain prefers to play a hide-and-seek recreation and homicide a number of individuals as a result of he believes that is simpler to cowl. (Whut?!) And, Porus — the seemingly frequent man who has lastly put his foot right down to the injustice taking place round him — isn’t any atypical man both. He’s overestimated, even by policemen on his hunt. So the premise of a ‘frequent man’ preventing again seems like a farce. The precise frequent individuals on this movie, solely appear to be ready for the Hero’s arrival.
The ladies on this movie, fortunately, show to be of some significance to the narrative. However that doesn’t actually make their characters all that higher. The ideological inconsistencies observe their manner right here as properly. In a second of bravado, Mythili (Dimple Hayathi) chides her colleague for being too ‘flirty’ with their male superior. “Whether or not they respect us or leer at us, depends upon us,” she says empathically. However this ‘punch dialogue’ doesn’t apply to the opposite girls on this movie who’re harassed by males, purely as a result of their egos are rejected. There’s additionally a sequence of Mythili and Porous pretending to have intercourse, as a result of they need Mythili’s mother and father to agree for his or her wedding ceremony. However this doesn’t stop the movie from seductively stripping Mythili off her saree earlier than they lie on the mattress listening to music on separate headphones. Speak of conundrums.
Nonetheless, there may be an effort to rationalise every part. I preferred how the narrative tried to supply motive to the smaller moments and foreshadows it. However these don’t plug in all of the loopholes. The movie needs to attempt one thing new however shouldn’t be able to let go of its dated cliches. Similar to the way it needs its hero to be a typical man, however treats him just like the backyard selection cinema vigilante. The movie argues that bravery is sufficient to win. However it’s not sufficient to be daring; one additionally must be sensible. Sadly, the movie fails on that entrance.
Score: 2/5
Ashameera Aiyappan is a movie journalist who writes about Indian cinema with a concentrate on South Indian movies.
