A son wildly looking out to retaliate the humiliations encountered by his father, but what the girl he loves surprises him as well. This is the simple plot of Jai-Andrea starrer ‘Valiyavan’ directed by Saravanan of ‘Engeyum Eppodhum’ fame. When this auteur made his debut with the film suffixed to his name in previous line, it had a simple story, but the narrative panache took the first call to embrace the audiences. The filming style and emotions vented out through characters had a huge impact on audiences. So was his second film ‘Ivan Vera Maathiri’, which didn’t make a huge success, but somewhere managed to connect with the audience. ‘Valiyavan’ is not a script we expect from Saravanan. Maybe, he adds some social issue before shutting down the film with his by line credits, but it really doesn’t travel in his style.
Bleak characterisations, weak script and screenplay ruins the film and doesn’t manage to keep the audiences engrossed.
The story is about Vinoth (Jai) who cannot stop dreaming about the beautiful girl (Andrea) who proposed him in the mid-day at Chennai subway leaving him discombobulated. Apparently, he starts looking out for her and when things are set to go right, he gets a shock from his girlfriend that his love would be accepted only if he manages to knock down the country’s most knocking champion (Aaron). What’s the reason behind her challenge posed on Jai? Why Jai has additional reason to strike him down?
What’s the problem with Jai? He had delivered some decorous performances in the past movies and all of sudden he looks so much uninvolved in every movie. An actor has the responsibility to turn even the boring scenes into engaging ones with their performance and dialogue deliveries, but he is so much dull and under-reactive. Andrea Jeremiah has been completely used for oomph factors to throw the glamorous transfixing spell upon the audiences and nothing special to act here. Aaron looks perfect and outstanding, but he is simply an usual villain.
There are certain things that stock up disappointments.
1. While Jai has an unbearable pain in heart over his father’s shame in public, he should have started working out to settle scores, but remains cool and happy until a girl has her need to push him for this.
2. There is no father-son emotional relationship.
3. A romance just like that is something we have seen for three decades. Though there is a back story for Andrea, it doesn’t hold weight.
4. Musical score by D Imman fails to work out.
5. There is not even a single gripping element, except the last 20 minutes.
Overall, ‘Valiyavan’ has lots of unsatisfying things that fails to let us enjoy. Maybe, for the masala film lovers, the glam-show of Andrea would work out some results in favour and Jai’s six pack fight during climax as well. Apart from these two factors, rest are big letdowns.
Verdict: Not an engaging one. Lacks substance throughout
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