Velan is a not-bad entertainer

In an early scene in Velan, the protagonist, the titular Velan (Mugen Rao, who makes a assured debut) goes to enrol in faculty and is given an software kind to refill. However since he would not know English, he finally ends up copying a woman’s software, even marking Feminine underneath intercourse. If you happen to discover such a situation to be amusing, you can be entertained by Velan for probably the most half. However, for those who discover this far-fetched and foolish, keep away from this movie, until hate-watching is your cup of tea.

The plot revolves round Velan, who will get into the dangerous books of his father Palanisamy (Prabhu, lending dignity to the position), a giant shot in his village, on account of his privileged behaviour. He falls in love together with his faculty mate Ananya (Meenakshi Govindarajan), a Malayali. A mixture-up leads to his father fixing Velan’s match with Vidusha (Mariya Vincent), who can also be a Malayali lady from his faculty. Can Velan and Mammukka Dineshan (Soori, who entertains in a kidnapping scene), Vidusha’s lover, clear this confusion with out hurting his father, particularly when the lady’s father (Thambi Ramaiah, in over-the-top mode) and Velusamy (Harish Peradi, in yet one more clichéd dangerous man character), who holds a grudge in opposition to Velan’s household, are plotting to embarrass Palanisamy?

Velan is the sort of movie the place your entire story would finish in a few minutes if solely the characters select to speak with one another and clarify a mistaken id and clear issues. However they solely preserve including extra to the confusion with their actions. It additionally earnestly believes naivety is sufficient to make a protagonist endearing to audiences. It additionally thinks feminine characters ought to exist solely for the hero or the villain’s sake with no company of their very own. And the villain must be a man who has bitter enmity in direction of the hero and his household, however could have a change of coronary heart in an occasion. In essence, it’s successfully a throwback to the movies of the mid-90s (suppose Murai Maaman or Maaman Magal). In some methods, it is a good factor as you’ll be able to find yourself with a satisfactory entertainer. However however, the movie might sound too simplistic and unrewarding.

Velan exists someplace in between these two experiences. It’s not a movie one can whole-heartedly suggest, however on the similar time, it isn’t precisely dangerous. Is it glass-half-full or glass-half-empty for you?