Little did I know about this movie before it got released, such was the kind of low profile that it maintained. But as soon as it released there were some really good reviews that urged me to go for it! Vijay Vasanth who was was appearing in some supporting roles has taken the plunge to do a full length protagonist’s role and the good thing was that he is aware of his strengths and has chosen an apt character and a decent story to make a mark for himself!
Vijay (Vijay Vasanth) is a poster contractor in Chennai and lives a happy-go-lucky life with his mother (Saranya) and a bunch of buddies. He romances Madhu (Mahima Nambiar) who works as a nurse and aspires to pursue her career in Canada. Madhu gets cheated on her ambitions to fly to Canada and in order to restore peace in her life, Vijay proceeds to take a risky job that is run by the mafia head and an aspiring politician, Burma (Raghuman). The job proves nearly fatal for Vijay and pushes him to a corner where he roars against the challenges and leaps forward against all odds.
On the outside this looks to be a standard template of a ‘hero triumphing over the evil’ kind of a story, but the plot was quite interesting and the debut director Rajapandi with his engaging script makes us glued to the screen at least for the first 30 minutes. The unravelling of the plot and the flashback points were done neatly. The downside was the much hyped up mystery about the touted crime - it simply falls flat, perhaps it must be because we’re used to seeing much bigger ones in real and reel lives these days! Also the characters were quite interestingly written, especially the relationship between the mother and son - Vijay hitting his mother in a fit of rage and then consoling her with a packet of ‘biriyani’ was something that would be a regular among this strata of society that is largely marginalized. Also Prabhu as ‘boxer’ Parthibhan had a brief but effective role.
So the twists were fine, plot was quite pacy, but the things that hindered the pace were a couple of songs that got thrusted and some melodrama in terms of mother sentiment which cannot be termed as entirely unwanted but the intensity was not felt as the next scene moves on without much thought.
The movie is a good break for Vijay Vasanth in his newfound avatar and hope he continues to choose the character and script wisely as he has done for this one.
Verdict: Watchable
Rating: 2.5 / 5
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