Many times hand cooked dinner made of readymade recipe with minimal effort would taste better than carefully made exotic feast. Lingusamy has just managed to do the former with his latest offering “Vettai”. With minimal fuss & readymade formula , he has given a engaging & fast-paced movie which is enjoyable.
Instead of breaking his head in searching for inspirations from European or Asian movies, he has made a script based on Bhagyaraj’s successful movie if the yore “Avasara police 100”. Taking the basic premise from that movie he has woven over it a racy script with flashes of intelligence here & there. He has managed to keep the viewer engaged for the whole length of the movie leaving no scope to complain.
Aarya has nothing much to do as far as acting is concerned , all he has to do is flex his muscles in numerous action sequences & shake his legs in the dance sequences. Madhavan has more scope to perform as a gullible elder brother who becomes a police inspector & who gets name and fame due to the actions of his younger brother. However it is rather shocking to see this once charming chocolate boy hero who has become so flabby that it looks quite uncomfortable when he tries to dance or perform action sequences.
Both the heroines don’t have much in terms of screen space. Amala Paul is cutie pie while Sameera Reddy is chilly Bajji.
Ashutosh Rana comes in a routine villain character ably aided by “Thalaivasal ” Vijay’s dubbing. Nasser’s is a confusing character , what is the relevance of his character to the main story & his mannerisms leaves a lot to be desired.
Yuvan Shankar Raja’s Music is below average , only “Papparapa” song managed to get the attention of the viewers.
Nirav Shah does a okay job. Wonder what happened to the once talented cinematographer.
Brinda Sarathy’s dialogues are sharp & witty , able to bring out a comical vein throughout the narration.
Lingusamy is back to his best on the lines of “Run” & “Sandakozhi” after slip-ups in his previous couple of movies.
On the whole, “Vettai” is a racy masala entertainer without much logic or novelty.
Bottomline : Tasty
3.5/5
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