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Review - Veerappu |
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| By Jyothsna
and Movie Guru |
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Veerappu
Cast: Sundar C, Gopika, Prakash Raj, Vivek,
Santhanam, Thejashree
Direction: Badri
Music: D Imman
Production: Krishnamoorthy Vijayakumar, Sujatha
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When
a hero's first film is a hit it is only natural
for the viewers to expect the same from his
next film too. In other words, there is a
pressure of sorts on the actor to live up
to this expectation. Director Sundar C after
successfully debuting as a hero in Thalainagaram
returns to silver screen in the same capacity
in Veerappu and has tried his best to live
up to this expectation. The movie is a remake
of the yesteryear Malayalam classic Spatikam.
Veerappu is all about the relationship between
a strict father and his rogue son. The father
played by Prakash Raj is a Maths teacher who
wants his son to become a brilliant mathematician.
His son Sundar C is very good in all the subjects
except the one with numbers.
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Father
tries too hard to make him a mathematics genius whereas
the son is more into science and inventions. Prakash
Raj breaks one of the inventions that his son creates,
compares him with another boy. The fiery youngster
completely irked by his dad's innuendo and not knowing
to streamline his anger lands a compass on the hands
of the other student and lands himself in jail as
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This event becomes the turning point in the
life of this boy who becomes a desperado.
Now his father does not even allow him to
enter the house and like in all Tamil films,
the hero finds solace in the slender shoulders
of his school mate Gopika who brings out the
latent talents from him and needless to say
falls in love with him. Meanwhile Prakash
Raj is framed for a murder and is arrested.
How Sundar C solves this mystery and helps
his father forms the rest of the story.
Debutant director Badri, has nothing new to
offer for the paying public and the screenplay
runs in a set predictable path. Some twists
and turns in the storyline could have helped
in a big way. But the climax sequence where
the hero intelligently devices a plan to make
the villain bring out of the truth has been
well conceptualized and one can find Sundar's
touch in it
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Sundar
C is the life and blood of this enterprise and he
has done a commendable job. His acting and body
languages has improved a lot and can very well give
the action heroes a run for their money. Prakash
Raj makes it look so easy; he has portrayed the
strict father in many other films too and here also
does it with total perfection. There is not much
scope for acting for Gopika and she does her part
well. Tejashri comes and goes mechanically. Vivek
and Santhanam have come up with a good comical performance
and are the only saving grace of this otherwise
emotional masala potboiler.
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Music
by Imman is repetitive and nothing new to
offer.
Overall the movie leaves you with a déjà
vu feel. It is the same old wine in the same
old jar and would find it difficult to make
an impact at the box-office.
Verdict – Average emotional potboiler.
Rating – 
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