Vaaranam aayiram

If you came looking here for a review of this movie, stop reading and look elsewhere. This is a first hand account of my movie watching experience and i've not held back anything to myself.
Vaaranam aayiram is the recent Surya starrer directed by Gautam vasudev menon (that's how his latest movies carry his name), that saw the light of the day at last, when it released last weekend, after a long wait.The movie has three gorgeous-looking women in Simran, Sameera reddy & Divya, playing surya's opposites and surya has donned a father-son dual role in the movie. The movie, in short, talks of the bond between every father and his son. It is no guess that, before the end credits, Gautam lays this movie as a tribute to his father.
This movie had a lot of hype associated with it and i was no less excited about watching it. In addition to that, the music album of the movie had gone on to become a great hit, leaving no room for second thoughts about going for the movie on the first day.
Movie is a slow staright forward narration and it slowly unfolds with no cinematic knot or twist to it. Movies of this kind will have a tough time appealing to the masses and the front benchers.
For instance, this movie had more english dialogues than Quantum of Solace itself !! How about that ! I will be least surprised if this movie is dubbed in tamil and released again !!

I didn't know before watching this movie, that you'd be granted a US visa if you told the visa officer that you want to look for the girl that you love. Since when did the US embassy relax their visa rules ? As if that wasn't enough, the visa officer (an american) breaks down emotionally and wishes surya luck. Welcome to Indian cinema !!

And i almost forgot about the female leads in the movie. Sameera reddy dazzles in her tamil debut. Hopefully should see her around more. Simran and Divya too have shared the screenspace with Surya quite gracefully. Of course, they are saved of the attrocious dance sequences with 30+ insignificant mortals, a rarity in a Gautam movie. That's a Solace !! The scenes that had Sameera were quite clearly the rosier part of the movie, and the sole reason if one should see the movie again. And about Simran & Divya, think its 'Nuff said.

It is definitely laudable that Surya has worked on his physique and cut a great six pack to awe-inspire the audience. His acting too has achieved significant levels of greatness compared to his previous outings. May be its Gautam that brings the magic out of Surya !!
I personally expected much more from Gautam as a Director and to say the least i'm mighty disappointed. This movie didn't touch my heart or kindle my senses [at times made me sleep].
I came out of the hall exhausted and disappointed.

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