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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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TAMIL VELAYUDHAM
EDITOR'S PICK
Rating: **1/2
Director Jayam Raja promised that he is preparing a treat for Vijay`s fans and
he kept his word with Velayudham, an out and out a Vijay show.
The fast-paced actioner starts with journalist Bharathi (Genelia D`Souza) losing
her colleagues and becoming the target of powerful people after her sting
operation to expose a group.
To end the menace, she creates an imaginary character called Velayudham claiming
he would teach a lesson to evil elements.
Little did she know that there is a milkman called Velayudham (Vijay) alias Velu, who leads a content life in a village with his sister Kaveri
(Saranya
Mohan) and cousin Vaidehi (Hansika).
Velayudham, unaware of all this, reaches Chennai and coincidently on the same
day terrorists planned a bomb blast at the Egmore railway station. He saves
people without knowing that he is doing so.
He does the same a couple of times more. Everything happens in such a manner
that his real identity is not known to anyone therefore people start believing
Bharathi`s Velayudham exists.
Both the general public and villains are now searching for Velayudham.
On the other hand Velu is moving around like an ordinary man. Bharathi manages
to meet him and tells him that he has saved lahks of people and urges him to
become the real saviour. Humble Velu refuses to become an avatar.
But he is forced to don the role of the saviour after being duped by a chit fund
company.
The rest is all about how Velayudham fulfils his mission by busting powerful
nexus between the terrorists and the politicians.
Velayudham is for Vijay fans. Though Vijay`s formula failed to hit the bull`s
eye in Kuruvi and Villu, director Jayam Raja has made
the same formula work in this film.
The presence of Kashmir terrorists in Tamil Nadu looks like a joke. The
conspiracy and the network to implement it are not done well. Everything defies
logic and takes too many things for granted. But who cares when the script moves
fast and the hero entertains with his typical comedy, dance, romance, action and
of course punchy dialogues!
The fictitious character becomes a real one, thanks to some unexpected events.
While audience enjoy`s Vijay act as Velayudham without his knowledge, they go
gaga when he becomes the saviour by his choice.
As far as the logic and finesse of the script and narrative is concerned, less
said, the better.
Vijay is full of energy and charm. He is impressive in action-comedy-romance,
which is his forte.
Hanshika looks bubbly and provides some skin show while Genelia plays journalist
with ease.
Shayaji Shinde, Pandiyarajan, Manivannan, and Vincent Asokan add support to the
script while Santhanam steals the show with his hilarious one-liners.
Vijay Antony`s music is not fine but fits the bill. Placement of songs weakens
the flow of the script.
Velayudham defies all logic. But it has the magic of the star called
Vijay and the magic works well with the audiences.
Tamil superstar Ilayathalapathy Vijay has termed his upcoming release "Velayutham" a special film of his career.Read More
Every Human reprises his anger and remains silent to the injustice he
comes across in his life.
Velayudham is a breathtaking tale of a simple villager who realisesthat the only solution for these issues is to break the silence.
Its the tale of an ordinary man under extraordinary situations.
The film is a roller coaster ride of hilarious events and gripping action sequences that race towards a grand and unexpected climax...
