Indian Blog
Search India Tamil Movie Reviews
Cheap Tickets to India
Home                                                  Tamil Movie - Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
Categories
Amazing America
America
Android
Arts
Auto
Bollywood
Books
Box Office
Business
Cloud Computing
Cricket
Diaspora
Digital Media
Economy
English
Food
Foreign Movies
Gandhi
General
Health
Hollywood
Humor
Immigration
Incredible India
iPhone
IT Industry
Legal
Linux
Liquor
Malayalam
Microsoft
Music
NYC
Pakistan
People
Photography
Pictures
Politics
Religion
Reviews
Science
Smartphones
Sports
Startups
Tablets
Tamil Movies
Telugu Movies
Terrorism
Tourism
TV
Weird Stuff
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
(Scroll down to read the review)
Once Upon a Time, Kamal Haasan Attracted Crowds
Tamil Movies
Madras
7Aum Arivu
180 Review
Aadhavan
Aalwar
Aanai
Aayirathil Oruvan
Aegan
Alai Payuthe
Amirtham
Anbe Sivam
Annamalai
Anniyan
Aran
Arrambam
Asal
Aval Oru Thodar Kathai
Avan Ivan
Ayan
Azhagai Irukkirai..
Azhagiya Tamil Magan
Bheema
Billa
Billa
Billa II
Biriyani
Chennai Kadhal
Chidambarathil..
Chithiram Pesuthadi
Dasavatharam
Deiva Thirumagal
Dharma Durai
Dishyum a.k.a Dishoom
E
Enthiran
Engeyum Eppodhum
Ghajini
Goa
Idhaya Thirudan
Indiralogathil Na Azhagappan
Jilla
Jillunu Oru Kaadhal
Kaakha Kaakha
Kaavalan Music
Kavalan Trailer
Kadal
Kadhalan
Kadhale En Kadhale
Kalvanin Kaadhali
Kandukondein Kandukondein
Kannathil Muthamittal
Kanthaswamy
Ko
Kokki
Kurumbu
Kuruvi
Kuselan
Madurey
Maanavan
Mahanadi
Malaikkottai
Manmadhan Ambu
Manmadhan Ambu Music
Mankatha
Manthiran
Mayaavi
Mayakkannadi
Michael Madana Kama Rajan
Minnale
Minsara Kanavu
Moondru Mugam
Mozhi
Mullum Malarum
Muthu
Mynaa
Naan Avanillai
Naan Kadavul
Naan Mahaan Alla
Nandha
Nayagan
Neethaane En Ponvasantham
Ooty Varai Uravu
Pachaikili Muthucharam
Paiyaa
Pammal K. Sambandam
Paradesi
Parattai Engira...
Parvai Ondre Pothume
Pokiri
Priya
Punnagai Mannan
Raman Thediya Seethai
Raavanan Review
Rajapattai
Rendu
Roja Malare
Run
Sachein
Salangai Oli
Sanda Kozhi
Santosh Subramaniam
Saroja
Sathum Podaathay
Satyam
Shankarlal
Settai Trailer
Sigappu Rojakkal
Singam
Sivaji
Sivakasi
Something...Unakkum..
Soodhu Kavvum
Sura
Tamil Padam
Thalaivaa
Thalapathi
Thandavam
Thenali
Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai
Thimiru
Thirumalai
Thirupaachi
Thithikudhe
Thoranai
Thotti Jaya
Thuppakki
Tik Tik Tik
Ulagam Sutrum Valiban
Unnaipol Oruvan
Unarchigal
Unnale Unnale
Uthamaputhiran
Uyirile Kalandhadhu
Va Quarter Cutting
Vallavan
Varalaru
Vaaranam Aayiram
Vedi
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
Veyyil
Vel
Velayudham
Vettai Review
Vettaikaran
Villu
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
Vishwaroopam
Yaaradi Nee Mohini
Other Movie Reviews
Hindi Movies
Hollywood Movies
Tamil Movies
Telugu Movies
Kannada Movies
Malayalam Movies

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu

Reviewer's Summary - Disappointing

Language: Tamil
Year: August 2006
Actors: Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Kamalini Mukherjee, Prakash Raj, Balajee
Director: Gautham Menon
Producer: Manikam Narayanan
Lyrics: Thamarai
Music: Harris Jeyaraj
Screenplay & Story: Gautham Menon

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu is a bitter pill to swallow for eager fans of Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan and director Gautam Menon.

Much awaited owing to the presence of popular favorites Kamal Haasan and Jyothika, Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu starts off on a brisk note but quickly stumbles. And stumbles so badly that it just drags on and never manages to recover its footing.

Like Gautham Menon's previous movie Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu is also a cop story. Another episode in the life of a cop, as director Gautham Menon puts it at the beginning of Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu.

Unlike Kaakha Kaakha, however, Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu is a mediocre cop story at best.

Thanks to a well developed plot, excellent chemistry between the lead pair and fine music, the fast-paced Kaakha Kaakha starring Surya and Jyothika got a big thumbs-up from the audience and was a phenomenal success.

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu's principal weakness is a shaky script that goes careening all over the place. The movie's strongest point is its fine music.

Raghavan (Kamal Haasan) is a sincere police officer investigating the disappearance of his colleague Arogya Raj's (Prakash Raj) daughter. Soon the body of the brutally assaulted girl is recovered. Arogya Raj and his wife head for New York to get over their daughter's horrid end. But they too meet the same gruesome fate there giving Deputy Commissioner of Police Raghavan an opportunity to head for the Big Apple as part of his investigations.

Thanks to Raghavan's assistance, the NYPD cops soon realize that they have a serial killer (actually not one but two) in their midst.

In his spare moments in the Big Apple, Raghavan also saves Aradhana (Jyothika) while she is attempting to commit suicide after her marriage falls apart. Soon, he's in love with her but the young lady says she is not ready to jump into a new relationship yet.

Although extremely intelligent - after all, they've committed several murders without getting caught - the serial killers Amutha (Balajee) and Ilamaran are stereotyped in typical Tamil film fashion as weird looking, crude characters.

One of India's gifted actors, Kamal Haasan never really gives us a glimpse of his vaunted acting capabilities in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu leaving us very disappointed. Perhaps, Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu's weak script never gave him a chance to demonstrate the range and depth of his histrionic skills.

Jyothika's acting is so listless that it doesn't do the young lass any credit.

Raghavan's wife Kaayalveli (Kamalini Mukerjee) is quickly disposed off but she does all right in the limited time given to her.

Despite the opportunity of shooting in the Big Apple and elsewhere, Ravi Varman's camera work is pedestrian and breaks no new ground. A bunch of banal aerial shots of New York City does nothing to enhance Ravi Varman's reputation.

The music is great. Harris Jeyaraj has once again done a superb job. Every single song delighted us. Although it's very hard to pick a favorite, if pressed, we'd say our favorite songs were Karka karka and vennilave.

While Gautam Menon deservedly got the credit for the success of Kaakha Kaakha, he also deserves the censure for failing to deliver the goods in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu.

N.B. - Watching Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu at the Clearview Theater in Edison, New Jersey was an unpleasant experience with the sound going off twice and the theater management not rewinding the film despite promising to do so.- Copyright SearchIndia.com.


About us    Advertise    Disclaimer    Privacy    © 2019, All Rights Reserved