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Tamil
Movie Review : Varalaru |
| Varalaru
review – Ajith’s Diwali treat to set
cash registers ringing |
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Cast : Ajith,Asin
Music Director : A.R. Rehaman
Director : K.S.Ravikumar
Production
: Nic Arts S S Chakravarthy |
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Relationships
entangled in an emotional web – that is
Varalaru for you in a single sentence. The storyline
is not so complex that it can be entered in the
back of a bus ticket. Yet, what makes the movie
worthwhile is a five-letter word. You guessed
it right. Ajith.
The long awaited Varalaru has stuff in it in the
name of Ajith, K.S. Ravikumar and a well crafted
plot. Though there are remnants of the fact that
the movie was under production for more than a
couple of years, the narration and an implausible
screenplay succeed in entertaining the masses
for two and a half hours. |
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Battlefield
The story opens with the classical dancer Ajith,
who inherits his girlishness from the dance he
learns, whose marriage is fixed with his childhood
sweetheart Kaniha. An intolerant Ajith goes crazy
when the bride and her best friends make fun of
him over his actions. He eventually loses control
and ends up raping Kaniha – the bride. With
that, the story leaps into another couple of decades
where the dancer turned rapist has twins (Ajith
X 2) out of his misbehavior. The kids were shared
among the couple and what happens when the mama’s
boy decides to punish his father for his rape
assault is Varalaru. |
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Warriors
– Plot and the Director
If you ever thought, i.e, before the name-change
of the movie from Godfather to Varalaru,
K.S. Ravikumar has derived inspiration from
the famous Hollywood hit sequels, you are
grossly mistaken. Varalaru has no such connections
with the original Godfather series. On the
other hand, it is packed rightly with all
the elements in right proportions that are
inexorable for a Tamil hit movie.
Ajith showcases his indomitable skills with
the three roles that he portrays and tries
to show differences in the articulation
with each different role. However, dancer
Ajith wins the hearts and the thought almost
crosses one’s mind – has Ajith
watched the Malayalam hero Dilip in one
such hit movie ‘Chandupottu’? |
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K.S. Ravikumar, having been behind the
cameras for innumerable hits, has done his job
with ease. Though the first half seems to be dragging
the viewer into a dizzy state, Ravikumar skillfully
manages to make them sit erect with some interesting
twists in the plot and some vibrant dance numbers,
thanks to Rahman. |
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The
conqueror
No second thoughts, Ajith steals
the show with his inimitable presence. His
dancer role wins accolades and when challenged
by his to-be wife for his woman-like features,
Ajith makes us feel this – it is too
early to write this talent off just because
he delivered a few duds at the box office.
Ajith’s expressions have improved
tremendously and he has played his emotions
subtly adding value to the roles.
Asin plays the no-less-than-ordinary heroine
who gets teased by the typical Tamil hero
and shakes her legs for a few dance numbers.
She did not require to do hard work. The
other stars include Kaniha, Sujatha, Ramesh
Kannna, Mansoor Alikhan, Sandanabarathi,
and Ponnambalam who fill in the parts almost
perfectly. |
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Rahman’s
music is worth mentioning in the ‘Innisai’
song, which is often demanded once more in the
theatres. And sadly enough, Rahman is worth a
mention only for a few songs and the background
score fails to make an impact and passes off from
your memory even before the movie ends. |
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The
throne
Standing alone and with no other great movies
for competition, of course an exemption
of Vallavan the fate of which will be decided
in the days to come, Varalaru is here to
stay for a long time at the box office setting
the cash registers ringing. At the same
time, Varalaru has broken all the misconceptions
that movies under production for a long
time are most likely to fall flat on their
noses.
Varalaru – worth a watch, if not for
the other two Ajiths but indeed for the
Ajith who dons the robe of a dancer.
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