‘Veeramae Vaagai Soodum’ movie review: This Vishal-starrer doesn’t have a protagonist’s want

Three completely unrelated strands of the storyline converge on the pre-interval level of Veeramae Vaagai Soodum to turn into one. These interconnected occasions, although going down underneath various circumstances, have one factor in widespread. The same scenario unfolds to the three predominant characters the place they’re put in a good spot and should make up their minds: both succumb to energy or take the bull by its horns. They determine for themselves and pay the value too. However the best way these scenes are put collectively by the editor NB Srikanth and director Thu Pa Saravanan is maybe the one time within the practically three-hour-long movie we get to see the prospers of the director on the helm. The remainder of the movie is usually boring and useless.

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By the impression of the interval level, we get a way of a “huge” hero second. However the consequence it produces is way and few in between. An concept with out execution stays simply an concept and Veeramae Vaadai Soodum appears content material with a number of fascinating concepts; a few of these aren’t precisely nice and provides us a way of deja vu from the textbook of masala cinema. However the issue is deeper; the movie doesn’t have a backbone to carry your consideration for 3 hours and comes throughout as a end result of masala moments from earlier movies. And these “mass” moments aren’t new, aren’t efficient or sufficiently big.

On the centre, now we have Porus aka Purushothaman (Vishal who appears equally disinterested with the proceedings), who aspires to be a police officer however will get sucked right into a cycle of violence. Consider Mohanlal’s Kireedam, minus the sensible star forged and writing. However Porus stays porous all through. He has a sister (Raveena Ravi) whose title I didn’t care to note. She might be Shanthi, Mala, Kavitha or Jennifer, or only a thangachi. However what you do know is, she wouldn’t final past the interval.

As is the case with the heroine (Dimple Hayathi), about whom you had been proper all alongside. She comes right here and there, simply to remind us she had given name sheets. In her introduction scene, she makes a loud assertion about sexual harassment which is well essentially the most laugh-out-loud second. You must pore by means of Veeramae…to seek out with such gems.

However these movies are by no means about girls, proper? And even when so, it’s to intensify the excessive factors for the hero. Anyway, Porus has to seek out his goal, which is able to lead him to the villain. Therefore, Porus’ sister is the sacrificial lamb.

If revenge is the core concept, then Vishal himself has acted in an outstanding revenge-drama referred to as Pandiya Naadu, the place he goes towards the individuals who killed his brother with a terrific efficiency by Bharathiraja. However revenge will not be Veeramae’s predominant concern. It needs the hero to have a bigger goal. Consider this: Porus loses his sister to turn into anna for the opposite. There’s a sensible scene involving a crocodile feeder in direction of the tip. Once more, an concept with out execution is simply an concept. The writing in Veeramae… is terrible; heroic moments wanted extra thought and maybe the movie wanted an even bigger funds too. Actors and dialogues don’t assist both; they offer a very tv serial vibe.

Veeramae… is the sort of movie that has a lame intercourse joke involving Porus and his girlfriend, whose title might be Malarvizhi, Janaki or Sentamizhselvi. It’s the sort of movie the place a physician would say, “It’s not in our palms” when a personality asks if one other character would make it until the tip credit. It’s the sort of movie the place extras look method scarier than villains. It’s the sort of movie that exhibits least empathy in direction of sexual assault and harassment. Allow us to not even get began a few social activist and his struggle for justice, written as an excuse.

All of this makes you marvel if Thu Pa Saravanan completed the ultimate draft, tore it in frustration, and determined to go-ahead with the movie by pasting collectively all of the random bits of paper. The ultimate product appears to be like scattered, feels scattered.

Veeramae Vaagai Soodum is presently working in theatres