There. I have done it.
I watched a Tamil movie yesterday - Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu (roughly translated as ‘To hunt To play’)
So the next time someone teases me “Have you seen a Tamil movie yet?”, I can say “Yes,I have.”. And i’m also planning to buy a camera to capture the look on their faces.
Did I understand the movie, you ask?
Yes, I did. Atleast most of it. It was a typical bollywood/hollywood masala action movie.And it starred one of the kings of southern cinema - Kamal Hassan.You know he rules when you hear the entire ciname hall erupt in whistles and cat calls as soon as he makes an appearance and subsequently everytime he delivers a cracking dialogue.(…..the last time I witnessed such a euphoria jubiliation was while watching Lagaan…ppl were literally dancing near the screen…..)
Anyways, the story revolves around a tough widower cop DCP Raghavan(Kamal Hassan) and his quest to find out the killers (two psychopaths) of his good friend and family.It takes him to various places including New York (which was a welcome relief to me since the dialogues were in english with tamil subtitles).
The motive of the psychos is not explained properly.They keep mumbling something about saving the world by killing people and such crap.But who cares as long as our superstar kicks their b#@$.
There is also the mandatory love angle in the form of Aradhana(Jyothika), a divorcee with a kid who falls in love with Raghavan in New York.The film has a happy ending wherein Raghavan kills the two villains and saves his love.
It’s a staight forward movie which follows a linear story and I could very well get a good drift of the goings on almost 3/4 of the time.Only some scenes heavy with dialogue went over my head.But for those also, I had my friends to translate important tidbits for me.
The performances were fairly good.Kamal Hassan doesn’t get to emote much,hence could’nt display his acting prowess.Jyothika is just a fill-in and does her job well.
Overall the movie was a time pass.
The End
Atleast watch the trailer here - Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu
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