The long-awaited movie ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ from Kollywood’s best director Gowtham Menon has finally hits the screens. Wow! That sounds really great especially for diehard fans of Suriya and aspiring young filmmakers who inspire a lot from Gowtham Menon. So, are your expectations exceeded or duo combo fails to do it so? Uh-Huh! Let’s check this out now…
Gautham Vasudevan Menon has reveled emoting to his own live inspiration of relationships between his dad and son. In simple terms, you can ennoble ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ as a bio of an ordinary man and he hasn’t hyperbolized with stuffs of superhero tactics of a person hitting 15 men at a time. On the pars, there are certain aspects he has failed to brim up with perfection….
On the whole, Vaaranam Aayiram centers on kitschy relationships between a father-son and both of them fall in love with their respective woman, losing their love and more… Remember this! It’s not for those audiences who enter theatres to watch alike previous films of Gowtham Menon where heroes where worshiped with their vital importance….
The film opens with old-aged father Krishna (Surya) suffering from throat cancer… On the very next shot, you’ve the terrible message conveyed to his son Surya (played by Surya himself). Surya is on his mission of army across the border region of Himachal Pradesh or somewhere closer to it. It’s a silent breakdown as he starts recollecting his past days with his dad and mom (Simran). The flashback too reveals how his father fell in love and he fell in love with his girl (Sameera Reddy). Their pains on losing out for their loved ones have been precisely depicted that’ll melt everyone’s hearts.
For diehard fans of Harris Jayaraj, it’s gonna be a grand fiesta in first half, since songs dominate the show eclipsing the scenes or performance of actors. Especially, ‘Adiyae Kolludhae’ is a fantabulous number for young lads and missies. However, on the traits of gripping screenplay inclusive of more emotions and action-packed sequences like kidnap sequence; the second half offers great delight to the audiences.
So, who rules the entire show of Vaaranam Aayiram? Is it Surya or Gowtham Menon? Obviously, it’s our hero Surya who sways accordingly on his dual role. Be it the father role of son’s characterizations, he is there up with his top-notched performance. Nevertheless, Gowtham Menon should’ve bit focused on mannerisms and gestures of dad’s role played by Suriya. Certain aspects on his characterization look artificial and odder; the way he slowly utters dialogues with middle-aged looks frizzles up with annoyance. Well, nothing to blame on Surya for it for he has just performed with Director’s instructions.
Simran, Sameera Reddy or Divya: who scores the best? We have these three missies putting on their never-seen-before efforts. Gowtham Menon who usually brims up with depicting his female characterizations so powerfully lives up to our expectations. It’s a good start for Sameera Reddy as a young bubbly girl and it would have been nice, if she had focused a bit more on her performance. For a girl, who kept on playing item girl roles in Bollywood flicks, this is something really a different show or her. Great work by Divya and better she clings on to this kind of shows with good team rather than going underrated commercial movies. How about Simran? Maybe her Diwali release Sevval would have led her down dashing her hopes of comeback. But, she has to thank Gowtham Menon for offering a great role. She has done everything with decent efforts. Watch out for her emotional outburst when she informed that it’s time for her husband’s funeral procession; they are just awesome…
Though Gowtham Menon draws on with a good drama, somehow he inherits the same old clichéd masala stuffs like in Minnale. Take a glimpse through young Surya fleeting to meet Sameera Reddy in United States. It’s unimaginable as his father is dying out to make up for savings and how does his son get money to flee? Its a million dollar question and Gowtham Menon should answer this if he believes himself to be Mr. Perfectionist….
Musical score by Harris Jayaraj are off different genres; ‘Anal Melae’ is an honest classical work by Harris, while ‘Anjale’ is a soft folk kinda song where the emotional bond between a guy and his lady love is exposed. It’s a song that will go gaga with B and C centres. ‘Anjale’ song is well conceptualized on screen and director deserves a special applause for this. While for the elite groups, ‘Nenjukkul Paidhidum’ and ‘Adiyae Kolluthae’ would just transfix them. Cinematography has lots to play with psychological aspects and credits goes to Gowtham Menon and same credits for slow-cut in and fade outs of editing.
Cast & Crew:
Banner: Aascar Ravichandran
Direction: Gowtham Menon
Star-casts: Suriya, Simran, Divya, Sameera Reddy and many others.
Music: Harris Jayaraj
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