Ganesan Krishnaraj

Not even close to the standard of an average Malayalam movie. Absolute garbage. Waste of money

Another "period" film in south indian cinema , but sorry to say it was boring for most parts. A couple of moments involving the boy and the climax that gives a lead to a possible second part along with another actor s presence at the end gives some consolation to the audience who have paid money to purchase a ticket for the film. Thank God Surya fans it did not release on Oct 10 or on Diwali. There is a limit to create hype for a film . The hype was on the north pole and the final product was on the south pole. For heavensake, hope the second part does not release at all because it is already tiresome.

After a long time in tamil cinema , a director has had the courage to portray the superstar Rajinikanth in a good strong story without compromising on having enough Rajinified moments , and both successfully done in a balanced manner. A lot of directors have tried it in the past but would have failed in one of the two aspects . Kudos to Mr Gnanavel first of all for having achieved that. From a good film s point of view, thalaivar is just one of the important characters in the film , which means all characters in the film are important for the story and help to carry it forward. Thushara Vijayan is one of the luckiest actresses in the recent past who has been privileged to either have a story revolving around her or leaving a very meaty impact in the film. She should be extremely grateful to Mr Gnanavel because she is the soul of this big film which has a dream star cast who are much bigger than her in both experience and stature. The scenes and ideological differences between the two budding actors Shahenshah and Badshah of indian cinema are very interesting to watch and are very much in line with the core story. Fahad Faasil could have been named battery and not Patrick in the original place. If story is revolving around Thushara Vijayan , screenplay is revolving around Fahad and thalaivar. Rithika Singh does her job very neatly as a cop . Manju Warrier , though remains muted for a major part in the film as thalaivar s wife is given one scene at the end which just makes the theatres erupt. In addition the words that thalaivar says over phone during that scene evokes even bigger laughter. Abhirami and Rohini do their roles to perfection , though they have a very small screen time. The main villain of the film Rana Daggubati comes only in the second half . Rana has done what is intended of him and there can be some section of the audience saying there is not enough cat and mouse game between thalaivar and Rana . But the motive of the director is to tell a relevant compelling story than to create mass moments between the hero and the villain. The basic concept that every citizen in the country should be treated equal in front of education and law is the core of the film and it has been spoken from the point of view of coaching centres for a particular entrance examination and police encounters . To blend both in a single story is a good feat by the director as it cannot be spoken in length in two different films. So all in all Vettaiyan is more a director s film than a thalaivar film , where every character plays an important role . I wish , pray as a thalaivar fanatic that he does more films like this in future. The film is a must watch for all family audiences in the modern context of education and for the society where encounters have a lot more relevance and importance behind the scene. One important thing that is said in the film is that encounters are dished out on people with lower social status only and not on higher ones and crimes are not restricted to any particular society. So in short this film is a film for equality for everyone in the eyes of law and education.

Another film after Indian 2 where the director focuses more on the political ambitions of the so called lead actor and not on the plot of the film. Atleast Indian 2 had a story aligned to the political ambitions of the actor but this one just tries to please the actor s fans imagining that the film could be a big hit by doing so and enhance his image but ends up causing headache even to them. There are not too many situations or scenes in the film which enforces the lead actor as the GOAT of SATS.A couple of operations are shown early and that too only in the form of stunt sequences , nothing that differentiates a GOAT SATS officer from others. The film then directly gets into the personal revenge portion and makes a tediously long journey which causes serious fatigue. I don t understand in what way the film deserves the GOAT tag. An atrociously lengthy film considering that the story is very very very weak. The father loses his son during an SATS assignment in Thailand , but what was the assignment is not disclosed till even the end of the film which is a little strange. What happens to Mohan in the climax is not shown. The plan of the antagonists at the climax is to make the protagonist a double agent and get him arrested. But before the plan is executed , the SATS dept identifies what is the plan and who is responsible for it. But still the plan is gone on with and a long fight sequence is shown in a cricket stadium when a match is going on , which does not make any sense. After being in the film industry for many years , it is quite sad that Vijay can t act. He gets exposed in a lot of places as the antagonist. In short a totally brainless film with a lot of "Negatives of all time" Story--Weakest of all time Acting --Worst of all time Songs -Unpleasant of all time Direction-Poorest of all time No way the film deserves the title GOAT. In fact it should be named as COAT "Crappest of all time " Anyone claiming this film to be good in T N can get convinced with the way the film has been received in Kerala , A P and Karnataka. For me the film is one of the "Nonsense of all time".

Nothing new in story but an interesting screenplay saves the film . The presence of Dhanush, s j surya, Prakash raj and the rest of supporting cast including kalidass and the other brother raises the film. Thushara vijayan and varalaxmi sarathkumar steal the show towards the last half an hour of the film. Selvaraghavan plays a role that general cinema audiences love to see in a movie. On the whole the film is a comfortable one time watch .Maybe it is more for dhanush fans than family audiences. The red (violence) in the film is also justifiable considering the reasons for it. Theatres in 2024 are going to have their first big hit with raayan.

If films are made just for an actor s political ambitions , the end product will be a spoilt one and Indian 2 is a perfect example. To add to the agony , Kamal s acting was bad in a few scenes. Nevertheless youngsters being selected by Senapathy to change the existing system , even going to the extent of exposing their own family members was interesting to watch ( only because it is a film). In short a very very average Shankar movie . A lot of actors and actresses have also been wasted throughout the film. Extremely disappointing. Not the one that Lyca wanted.

A nice realistic film , a must watch for all. In fact it is based on a real life incident. Urvasi once again reminds us that the actress in her is still alive and thirsty.

A more than decent watch considering it is based on real life incidents and there is not too much scope for entertainment

Absolute nonsense. Waste of time. Nowhere looked like a lokesh film. Shortly ""Thoo Therikkae ""