Director Vamshi Paidipally’s maiden Tamil venture is more of a crowd-pleaser that pays a tribute to Thalapathy Vijay.
Published:Jan 11, 2023
Thalapathy Vijay in a still from 'Varisu'. (Twitter)
Varisu (Tamil)
Telugu director Vamshi Paidipally is debuting in Tamil with Thalapathy Vijay-starrer Varisu ( Varasudu in Telugu) today, 11 January. Here’s our review of the much-anticipated movie of this Pongal season:
To make sure that he has the right successor for the family business, Rajendran (Sarathkumar) pits his sons against each other. His elder sons Jai (Srikanth) and Ajay (Shaam) have their eyes on the chairpersonship.
However, Rajendran’s third son Vijay chooses to stay away from the chairmanship as he differs from his father’s ideology and modes of operation.
But Vijay is declared the successor to Rajendran after the latter sees his elder sons for who they really are. The second half deals with what happens next.
Varisu starts like a Vikraman’s version of Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018) but in a Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham (2001) backdrop.
It has many problems: Right from the TV serial kind of makeup and drama in the first half to the dreamy Bollywood/Karan Johar kind of massive sets and, of course, the exhausting runtime (2 hours 50 minutes)!
The film is predictable in every frame. It is neither self-contained nor original.
But, guess what? Even with all these issues, Varisu still works. For, Vijay carries the film like Atlas carries the Earth on his shoulders for all eternity.
Vijay as Vijay Rajendran is perfect to the T. He lends life to the otherwise cliched storyline.
He is in outstanding form. He looks super, his costumes are fabulous, he dances like a river flow, trolls his own dialogues, and he does comedy and emotional scenes well.
In a nutshell, this is a one-man show. The major strength of this movie is in how damn likeable Vijay is.
You guys have nooooo idea how excited I am about this one! 🥰 https://t.co/7IrUXmBKmL pic.twitter.com/lGjOPbFZhm — Rashmika Mandanna (@iamRashmika) January 4, 2023
Vijay and Rashmika Mandanna in a still from ‘Varisu’. (Twitter)
Other than Vijay, two more things work in favour of Varisu : Music composer Thaman S and comedian Yogi Babu.
Thaman does a brilliant job as a music director. The background score is sometimes loud but perfect for the respective scenes. He elevates many scenes with dynamic soundtracks.
Yogi Babu’s comedy timing is superb and keeps us entertained all through. In fact, every time he appears on screen, we hear the audience bursting into laughter.
Srikanth as Jai, Shaam as Ajay and Sarathkumar as Rajendran are good.
Jayasudha is also good as a mother who struggles between a corporate husband and power-hungry sons.
Rashmika Mandanna does not have much to do but is good at whatever she got. She doesn’t go overboard. Others are okayish.
Do watch out for the “ Soul of Varisu ” and “ Ranjithamee ” songs besides the voting scene at the company.
Share a snap of your #Varisu Ticket nanba 🤩 #MyVarisuTicket #Thalapathy @actorvijay sir @directorvamshi @SVC_official @MusicThaman @iamRashmika @Lyricist_Vivek @7screenstudio @TSeries #VarisuPongal #VarisuFromTomorrow pic.twitter.com/TPRJhbi6ei — Sri Venkateswara Creations (@SVC_official) January 10, 2023
Director Vamshi Paidipally does what he knows well: Bringing grandeur into everything.
A jam-packed theatre at Ram Mathruam Cinemas in South Tamil Nadu where ‘Varisu’ is being screened. (RamCinemas/Twitter)
For example, the villain comes in a helicopter instead of an SUV, and Rajendran’s family stays in Mysore palace in the name of a house, a function bigger than the wedding of Ravi Pillai’s daughter!
However, Vamshi did a laudable job by beautifully presenting Vijay’s loveable character. He also wins by giving back-to-back theatre moments in the second half.
The comedy one-liners in the melodrama scenes help Varisu from not becoming too melodramatic. With a lesser runtime, it would have worked even better.
The cinematography is really good. The computer graphics works could have been better.
Varisu works like a tribute to Thalapathy Vijay and it is exactly what the trailer promised. The second half is a crowd-pleaser. It’s silly, crazy, and entertaining, too, because the marvellous Vijay makes it work!
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The major issue with this family drama is that it misses two important things: interesting family dynamics and impactful drama..
Star Cast: Vijay, Rashmika Mandanna, R. Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Shaam, Srikanth, Yogi Babu, Jayasudha
Director: Vamshi Paidipally
What’s Good: Vijay being Vijay!
What’s Bad: If you remove Vijay from Varisu, you’ll be left with nothing but an over-the-top family drama stuck in the 90s
Loo Break: Whenever there comes a scene without Vijay
Watch or Not?: Only if you’re a Vijay fan, that too, whenever it releases digitally
Available On: Theatrical Release
Runtime: 167 Minutes
Rajendran (R. Sarathkumar) is a billionaire dad to 3 sons Jai (Srikanth) Ajay (Shaam) & Vijay (Vijay) and if you’ve seen 90s family dramas, you already know the youngest son is the ‘khota sikka’ who brings together the rest of the toxic family. Similarly, Vijay rejects his father’s luxurious empire but, after 7 years is called back by his mother to attend a family function.
There he gets to know about how crumbled his family has been without him, and he decides to stay back helping his father to win back his lost sons. Oh, also, cross-checking another cliched family drama trope is the father has to have some life-threatening disease. How else do you think everyone else will realize what family is? Only after the one who started it dies trying to make you realise the same. It’s all about bringing every family member together and staying happily ever after (without papa!).
Letting the story stand tall on the heroic presence of Vijay , script-writers somehow tend to forget to make things intriguing & take shortcuts like relying solely on the lead actor charming his way in. After a point of time, even Salman Khan failed to achieve the same in Bollywood and it seems Vijay has taken the same route. Vamshi Paidipally, Hari, Ashishor Solomon’s story is a poorly rehashed and mashed-up version of every 90s family drama ever.
To enrapture the viewers with this castle of a house, Karthik Palani’s camerawork overcompensates at places with too many angles jerking the scenes. The cinematography is decent otherwise, especially capturing the hand combat sequences’ brilliant action choreography by Dhilip Subbarayan. Praveen K. L’s editing does no help in keeping the pace at a desired speed for such a dragging & predictable story.
Vijay does what he does best but yet again in a film whose story isn’t qualified enough to handle his ‘mass’. The problem isn’t him being the best thing about the film, but the actual problem is he’s the only good thing about the film. His dance, his actions, and his antiques are all perfectly fine but they don’t find the right ‘home’ in this family drama.
Rashmika Mandanna continues to sign the flower pot actress roles & this ain’t much different. Staying in the story without creating any impact on it apart from looking good and dancing well, is something actresses should really refrain from doing. It’s 2023! To be fair to all, every other actor in the cast apart from Vijay is a flower pot actor in this film.
R. Sarathkumar as Vijay’s father doesn’t get much to do to build the emotions in the father-son bond, and the same goes for Jayasudha playing his mother. Vijay, in a scene, mimics Shah Rukh Khan’s iconic index finger waving pose from K3G but that worked purely because of Karan Johar’s rightly dramatic direction.
Prakash Raj as a villain is of no use, not a single scene of him will make you feel terrified for Vijay. Shaam & Srikanth as Vijay’s brothers are just to form a toxic family, both don’t really invoke any ‘bhaichara’ emotions to intrigue the viewers. Yogi Babu continues to be the routine cliched comic relief he has been in such Tamil films.
Vamshi Paidipally had everything at his disposal, a bankable star, a decent cast, money-making genre but the only thing he missed churning out was a justifiable story. I had a similar issue with Salman Khan’s Prem Ratan Dhan Payo as well but that one still had a good music album.
Thaman S has composed the album for this one with only Jimikki Ponnu being the bearable track because of Vijay’s performance & the music. Even the songs get monotonous coming across like they were the only options to the makers for keeping the viewers somewhat interested in the film.
All said and done, the major issue about Vijay’s family drama is it misses two important things: interesting family and impactful drama. Beast, despite all its flaws, was a superior project to this one.
Varisu releases on 11 January, 2023.
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Director: Vamshi Paidipally
Writers: Vamshi Paidipally, Hari, Ahishor Solomon
Cast: Vijay , Rashmika Mandanna , Shaam, Sarathkumar, Yogi Babu, Prakash Raj
The word “toxic” in the headline, dear reader, isn’t my grandstanding judgment. It is Varisu ’s only moment of self-awareness, the words written by Vivek (dialogues) uttered by the film’s hero, Vijay himself. It’s also the off-handed acceptance of the message that Varisu is going for: Even if toxic, to the point of being murderous, families are sacrosanct.
As you would surely have guessed by now, Varisu is the story of a family. At its head is the controlling and competition-obsessed father, Rajendran (Sarathkumar), who also runs a business conglomerate. His wife, Sudha (Jayasudha), is a long-suffering mother and family peacekeeper. She dresses in gorgeous saris, serves everyone food, laments about the greatness of a family and worries endlessly.
Their elder son, Jay (Meka Srikanth), is an incompetent businessman, philanderer and a sore loser. His wife (Sangeetha) is a long-suffering loner with a perpetual long face. Their 16-year-old daughter is a rebellious teenager, who smokes in the garden and leaves butts behind that apparently no one sees or even smells — perhaps the perils of living in a house that large!
The middle son, Ajay (Shaam), is an incompetent businessman in debt, easily falling into the hands of evil corporate forces. His wife (Samyuktha)...well, by now, you know the drill. Forget the Bechdel test, she is such an integral part of this film’s family that she has not a single dialogue of consequence.
All that is left is for the prodigal son, Vijay (played by Vijay), to return and put this broken family in order — and that’s what he does. No spoilers there, no?
The good thing about Vamshi Paidipally’s Varisu is that there is no pretense of doing anything new, unique or imaginative. It is the ten-a-penny template film that Tamil cinema has been grinding for years and years. In typical Telugu cinema fashion, there are dozens of characters always crowding the scene. Prakash Raj as a meek villain, Ganesh Venkatraman as a loserly financier, Prabhu as the endearing family doctor, Yogi Babu as the ‘kitchen uncle,’ once a Rajinikanth villain Suman as some sort of business collaborator, Sriman, VTV Ganesh, Sathish, and even SJ Suryah in a cameo, for good measure.
So, there is always something going on. The template has its beats and there is something to give us a booster shot every time the predictability flu is about to hit. For instance, every time we hit a painful vacuum created by this silly family’s pointless antics, Varisu breaks into song and dance. Oh, don’t blame me for forgetting to mention Rashmika Mandanna until we got to the song-and-dance drill — that’s entirely on the writers, Paidipally, Hari, Ashishor Solomon and Vivek. Rashmika, for her part, dances her heart out. In fact, at various points, she has a more arresting screen presence than Vijay himself.
There are plenty of fight scenes, too, choreographed in typical uninventive fashion — you know, flying goons, breaking necks, kicking on the chest, carrying a half-dead man over the shoulder kinda things. Thaman, with his songs and background score, gives us great nostalgia, whether it’s deliberate or not, I couldn’t tell.
As for the comedy, though, the joke is on us. Vijay blackmails board members of a public limited company with inane personal stuff in response to which they vote for him as chairman; some of them even dance at the board meeting (somewhat à la that Vaikuntapuram film). Vijay’s “startup” — some kind of undefined social enterprise, I gathered because he keeps talking about serving those with hunger or some such — is a unicorn, but we never see him do any work on it except scroll through some India maps. Vivek’s dialogues often feel like a listicle of things that actor Vijay — or his colleagues — have said in his previous films, often so forcefully inserted that it bleeds a little. If you’re curious, yes, there is a fat-shaming joke about Yogi Babu too.
For most of the first half, the predictability of these beats and the setup-punchline-slomo structure of these scenes make us restless to just get on with it. I found myself wondering which of these punchlines would give me the much-awaited interval block. It felt like it took too long. In the second half, Vamshi Paidipally makes up for this somewhat. He ups the mass quotient, the obstacles shatter, and the sly remarks keep coming. While the intent is probably fan service, it’s unfair to classify this as exclusively for the fandom. If you can catch the references (I couldn’t, at least not all) and enjoy the ridiculousness (I most certainly could), Varisu is certainly tolerable.
That doesn’t discount its violently flattened-out view of the family structure. By its own admission — a moral-of-the-story type voice-over summary in the end — Varisu is a message padam. A message that prioritises the toxic family collective over progressive individual values. One that reduces its women to just wives and mothers destined to remain silent spectators and sufferers. Varisu celebrates a woman’s stoic acceptance of the kitchen as her place. It writes off a woman’s entire life of loneliness, lack of emotional fulfillment and blatant rejection by her husband with a one-word apology. It refuses to even consider a woman’s abject lack of agency in something as basic as where she lives — boxed around by her husband’s trigger happiness and father-in-law’s control of the finances — a legitimate problem. It fills its boardrooms with silly men.
In the end, the message is clear: Every family is upheld by the silencing and erasure of its women. Behind every victorious Varisu lies a million women's dead dreams and happiness.
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தயாரிப்பு - ஸ்ரீ வெங்கடேஸ்வரா கிரியேஷன்ஸ் இயக்கம் - வம்சி பைடிபள்ளி இசை - தமன் நடிப்பு - விஜய், ராஷ்மிகா மந்தனா நேரம் - 2 மணி நேரம் 50 நிமிடம் ரேட்டிங் - 2.75/5 பெரும் எதிர்பார்ப்புகளுக்கிடையில் இந்த வருடப் பொங்கலுக்கு விஜய் நடித்துள்ள இந்த 'வாரிசு' படம் வெளிவந்துள்ளது. இதற்கு முந்தைய படங்களில் ஆக்ஷனை மட்டுமே நம்பி களமிறங்கிய விஜய் இந்தப் படத்தில் குடும்ப சென்டிமென்ட்டை நம்பி களமிறங்கியிருக்கிறார். தெலுங்கு இயக்குனரான வம்சி பைடிபள்ளி தெலுங்கில் இதற்கு முன்பு வெளிவந்த சில பல படங்களின் சாயலில் ஒரு குடும்பக் கதையை எழுதி, அதில் விஜய்யின் ஹீரோயிசத்தையும் சேர்த்து இந்தப் படத்தைக் கொடுத்திருக்கிறார். விஜய்யின் முழுமையான ஆக்ஷன் இல்லை என்றாலும் அவருடைய எமோஷன் ரசிகர்களை ரசிக்க வைக்க வாய்ப்புள்ளது. மிகப் பெரும் பிசினஸ்மேன் சரத்குமார். அவருக்கு மூன்று மகன்கள். ஸ்ரீகாந்த், ஷாம், விஜய். தன்னுடைய வாழ்க்கையை தன் விருப்பத்திற்கு வாழ நினைப்பவர் விஜய். அதனால் அப்பாவுடன் சண்டை வர வீட்டை விட்டு வெளியேறி அவருக்குப் பிடித்தமான வாழ்க்கையை வாழ்ந்து வருகிறார். அப்பா, அம்மாவின் அறுபதாம் கல்யாணத்திற்காக அம்மா வற்புறுத்தலால் வீட்டிற்கு வருகிறார். அப்பா சரத்குமார் கேன்சரால் பாதிப்படைந்திருப்பதை விஜய்யிடம் மட்டும் சொல்ல, அப்பாவுக்காக அவர்களது கம்பெனி நிர்வாகப் பொறுப்பை ஏற்கிறார் விஜய். அது பிடிக்காத அவரது அண்ணன்கள் ஸ்ரீகாந்த், ஷாம் வீட்டைவிட்டு வெளியே போகிறார்கள். ஒரு பக்கம் குடும்பம் கலைய, மறுபக்கம் பிசினஸ் எதிரியான பிரகாஷ்ராஜ், சரத்குமார் பிசினஸை அழிக்க நினைக்கிறார். அவற்றை விஜய் எப்படி சமாளிக்கிறார் என்பதுதான் படத்தின் மீதிக் கதை.
“குடும்பம்னா குறை இருக்கும்தான், ஆனா, நமக்குன்னு இருக்கிறது ஒரே ஒரு குடும்பம்தான்,” என அந்த ஒரு குடும்பத்தை எப்படி ஒற்றுமையாக வைத்துக் கொள்ள வேண்டும் எனப் போராடுகிறார் விஜய். அண்ணன்களுக்கும், ஏன் அப்பாவுக்கும் கூட குடும்பம் என்றால் என்ன என்று புரிய வைக்கிறார். குடும்ப உறவுகளைப் பற்றிய ஒரு அழுத்தமான கதையை எடுத்துக் கொண்ட இயக்குனர் மனதில் பதியும்படி கொஞ்சம் ஆழமாக, இன்னும் உணர்வுபூர்வமாகக் கொடுத்திருக்கலாம். அதற்கான பல சந்தர்ப்பங்கள் படத்தில் இருந்தும் நம்மை எந்த ஒரு காட்சியும் கலங்க வைக்கவில்லை என்பது படத்தில் பெரும் குறை. 'ஆட்ட நாயகன்' என படத்தில் இருக்கும் வசனத்திற்கேற்ப விஜய்க்கான மைதானமாக படம் முழுவதும் இருக்கிறது. ஆக்ஷன், சென்டிமென்ட், காதல், காமெடி என அவருடைய வழக்கமான ஆட்டத்தை ஆடியிருக்கிறார். அவருக்காக எழுதப்பட்ட 'பன்ச்' வசனங்கள், அவருக்காகவே உருவாக்கப்பட்ட பாடல்கள், அதற்கான நடனம், அதிரடி ஆக்ஷன் என எந்த இடத்திலும் அவர் குறை வைக்கவில்லை. ஆனால், விஜய் என்ற விராட் கோலியை வைத்துக் கொண்டு டி 20 ஆடாமல், டெஸ்ட் மேட்ச்சில் ஆட வைத்தது போன்ற ஒரு உணர்வே படம் முழுவதும் இருக்கிறது. ஹீரோக்களுக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் உள்ள படம் என்றால் அதில் ஹீரோயின்களுக்கு வேலையில்லை என்பது இந்தப் படத்திலும் நிரூபணம் ஆகியிருக்கிறது. 'ரஞ்சிதமே' பாடலைத் தவிர ராஷ்மிகாவுக்கு படத்தில் பெரிய வேலையில்லை. ராஷ்மிகாவுக்கு மேக்கப் போட்டிருக்கிறார்களா, அல்லது சரியாகப் போடவில்லையா என்ற சந்தேகம் வருகிறது. பல காட்சிகளில் பளிச்சென இருக்காமல் டல்லடிக்கிறார். விஜய்யின் இரண்டு அண்ணன்களில் மூத்த அண்ணனாக தெலுங்கு நடிகர் ஸ்ரீகாந்த், அடுத்த அண்ணனாக ஷாம். அப்பா நிழலில் வாழ்ந்து கொண்டு அப்பாவுக்கே குழி பறிக்கிறார்கள். விஜய்யின் அப்பாவாக சரத்குமார், அம்மாவாக ஜெயசுதா. விஜய்க்குப் பிறகு படத்தில் இவர்களுக்குத்தான் முக்கியத்துவம் அதிகம். வில்லனாக பிரகாஷ்ராஜ், பல படங்களில் பார்த்த அதே நடிப்பு. படத்தின் முதல் பாதியில் அவ்வப்போது சிரிக்க வைக்கிறார் யோகிபாபு. தமனின் இசையில் 'ரஞ்சிதமே' பாடல் மட்டுமே படத்தோடு ஈர்க்கிறது. மற்ற பாடல்கள் சுமார் ரகமாகவே உள்ளன. பெரும் பணக்காரர் என்பதால் சரத்குமார் வீட்டை பிரம்மாண்டமான செட்டாக உருவாக்கியிருக்கிறார்கள். படம் முழுவதும் அதே வீட்டில் அதிகம் நகர்வதால் ஒரு டிவி சீரியலைப் பார்க்கும் உணர்வு வருவதைத் தவிர்க்க முடியவில்லை. விஎப்எக்ஸ் காட்சிகளை இவ்வளவு சுமாராக செய்திருக்க வேண்டாம். வீட்டில் நடக்கும் சில காட்சிகள் கூட விஎப்எக்ஸ் எனத் தெரிகிறது. அவ்வளவு பெரிய குடும்பத்தில் விருந்தினர்களுக்கு முன்பாகத்தான் அடிக்கடி சண்டை போட்டுக் கொள்கிறது விஜய்யின் குடும்பம். பணக்காரக் குடும்பத்தின் கதை என்பதால் சாமானிய ரசிகர்களுக்கு நெருக்கமா படம் அமைய வாய்ப்பில்லை. ஏறக்குறைய மூன்று மணி நேரப் படம். இரண்டு பாடல்களையும், சில காட்சிகளையும் தாராளமாக வெட்டி எறியலாம். விஜய் எப்படிப்பட்ட படங்களில் நடித்தாலும் பார்ப்போம் என்ற ரசிகர்களுக்கு மட்டும் படம் பிடிக்கும். வாரிசு - தந்தையைக் காத்த தனயன்
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டைரக்டர் எஸ்.ஏ.சந்திரசேகர் - ஷோபா தம்பதியரின் மகன் நடிகர் விஜய். 1974ம் ஆண்டு ஜூன் 22ம்தேதி பிறந்த இவரது இயற்பெயர் ஜோசப் விஜய். 1984ம் ஆண்டு டைரக்டர் எஸ்.ஏ.சந்திரசேகர் இயக்கத்தில், விஜயகாந்த் நாயகனாக நடித்த வெற்றி என்ற படத்தில் குழந்தை நட்சத்திரமாக நடித்தார். அதன் பின்னர் 1992ம் ஆண்டு வெளியான நாளைய தீர்ப்பு படம் மூலம் ஹீரோவாக அறிமுகம் ஆனார். இந்த படத்தைம் விஜய்யின் தந்தை எஸ்.ஏ.சந்திரசேகரே இயக்கினார். ஆரம்ப காலத்தில் தந்தையின் இயக்கத்தில் நடித்து வந்த விஜய் பின்னர் துறையில் தனது இடத்தை தக்க வைத்துக் கொண்டுள்ளார். விஜய்யின் ரசிகர்கள் அவரை "இளைய தளபதி" என்றும் இளைய சூப்பர்ஸ்டார் என்றம் பட்டப் பெயருடன் அழைக்கிறார்கள். பூவே உனக்காக, லவ் டூடே, ப்ரியமுடன், துள்ளாத மனமும் துள்ளும், குஷி, பிரண்ட்ஸ், கில்லி, மதுர, திருப்பாச்சி, போக்கிரி உள்ளிட்ட பல்வேறு வெற்றிப்படங்களில் நடித்திருக்கும் விஜய் தனது படங்களில் இடம் பெறும் ஏராளமான பாடல்களையும் பாடியிருக்கிறார்.
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Varisu trailer.
In this Varisu film, Vijay , Rashmika Mandanna played the primary leads.
The Varisu was released in theaters on 11 Jan 2023.
The Varisu was directed by Vamsi Paidipally
Movies like Meiyazhagan , Viduthalai Part 2 , Andhagan and others in a similar vein had the same genre but quite different stories.
The Varisu had a runtime of 169 minutes.
The soundtracks and background music were composed by Thaman S for the movie Varisu.
The cinematography for Varisu was shot by Karthik Palani .
You can watch the Varisu movie on ,Sun NXT,.
On 22 Feb 2023 Varisu was released on the ,Sun NXT, platform.
The movie Varisu belonged to the Action,Drama,Family, genre.
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Vaazhai review: this is not just another tamil film - it makes you laugh, cry and most importantly, think. this rural drama is based on true events..
Director Mari Selvaraj is one of those Tamil directors who gives the audience stories which come from his core combined with his beliefs and values. Vaazhai, his latest film, is based on true events from his life and this rural drama combines everything from life, hope, dreams and destiny to the unsavoury reality. (Also Read: Mari Selvaraj denies that Dhruv Vikram’s Bison Kaalamaadan is a biopic; says film revolves around kabaddi )
Sivanaindhan or Sivanenjam (Ponvel) and his bestie Sekar (Raghul) go to the Karunkalam village government school and it is Sivenenjam’s crush on teacher Poonkodi that gets him into trouble. When the pink and white handkerchief drops from Poonkodi’s (Nikhila Vimal) hand, Sivanaindhan quickly grabs it and hides it in his pocket. In class, he takes a whiff of the hanky and starts to think of himself as Rajinikanth and his teacher as Radha in Rajathi Radha whom he falls in love with at first glance.
Incidentally, Sivenanjam is an ardent Rajini fan while Sekar is a Kamal fan and the two banter about their idols quite a bit. Living at home with his mother and sister Vembu, Sivenenjam goes for plucking bananas in the plantations with them on the weekends to make ends meet. Sivenenjam hates working on the plantations and will come up with any lie for escaping this arduous chore and in Poonkodi he finds a sympathiser who forgives him his lies rather than punish him.
Beyond his own family, the villagers who are engaged in work on the banana plantations. Kani (Kalaiyarasan) who helps load the banana stalks on three truck becomes the voice of the village against the scheming trader who gives them a meagre wage. All this comes to a head when the Kani demand more money. What happens next? Does Sivanenjam still go to help his mother on the plantation?
Writer and director Mari Selvaraj’s repertoire of work is so haunting that every film of is a piece of art that transcends the silverscreen. In Vaazhai (Banana), he presents a simple film through the eyes of a child but it is not a children’s film. Sivanenjam represents everything that a child does - innocence, joy, and happiness despite the poverty and despondent life he has. Yet the painful and tough experiences he goes through are all that affect the entire community.
But there is also tremendous love, a sense of nurturing and the vibrant beauty of nature that this story encapsulates. The themes of caste, capitalism, exploitation and oppression are woven into the story very powerfully and subtly and that’s what is most striking in this film. Mari Selvaraj has given us a heart-wrenching film that is also heartwarming and that’s a big achievement for any director.
The music by Santhosh Narayanan is a highlight in this movie as he has captured the village, its people, nature and emotions so seamlessly through his BGM. The visuals by DOP Theni Eswar are captivating and with the music are a real visual treat. Most importantly, Ponvel is the backbone of this movie and his performance is worthy of a National Award. Raghul too is perfect as Sekar and the chemistry between the two boys is a delight on screen.
Vaazhai is not just another Tamil film - it makes you laugh, cry and most importantly, think. The oppression and disparity that exists even today in society needs a voice - and who better than a brilliant Mari Selvaraj for this.
Vaazhai ( 3.5 / 5).
Sometimes you look forward to watching a film and then when it finally arrives, you are left with little to no emotions to speak about it. And then when the climax unfolds, you just want to quickly pick up every visual and thought, and hold it together in memory for as long as possible. Director Mari Selvaraj, who has a knack for arresting his audience with deeply personal and affecting stories, has pulled out a page from his life with Vaazhai , a film so tender that it tugs at your heartstrings and then uproots it all at once. Director: Mari Selvaraj
Cast: Ponvel M, Raghul R, Kalaiyarasan, Nikhila Vimal, J Sathish Kumar, Dhivya Duraisamy, and Janaki
Within the first fifteen minutes of Vaazhai , Mari Selvaraj sets the stage for how his story will pan out. An old man in Puliyankulam village dies and the whole area gathers for his funeral. Sivanaindhan (Ponvel) is woken up by his sister Vembu (Dhivya Duraisamy) that morning. When he protests, she tells him that they don’t have to carry banana stalks since they have a funeral to attend. Later, Sivanaindhan innocently tells his friend, “ Naalikum yaarachu setha nalla irukum (It would be nice if someone dies tomorrow as well).”
Of course, Sivanaindhan doesn’t understand the gravity of his words, nor does he feel the weight of it. And the film too traverses along with his innocence as he and his closest pal Sekar (Raghul) move through each day in school figuring out if actor Rajinikanth is the bigger star or Kamal Haasan is. When they are not engaged in fan wars, they are gushing over their teacher Poongodi (Nikhila Vimal). If it was Jo (Anandhi) in Pariyerum Perumal who was Pari’s angel, Poongodi is Sivanaindhan’s angel, his respite when things go awry. She can teach him dance moves, sew his shirt and even offer him her handkerchief as a memory. Sadly, that’s all she could do as an elite who remains distant as ever to the oppressed and their dreams. The theatre erupted in laughter every time Sivanaindhan and Sekar’s mischievous acts played out on screen. Their chalk-and-cheese love story is a delight to watch. But all those moments die down when the director paints a no-holds-barred reality of the workers. It is gruelling and every little joy is sucked out of their lives before they could earn a penny, but perhaps the best line that summarises their agony is when a villager points out to the buyer that he has been working in the same field since the latter’s father was a buyer. The filmmaker doesn’t stop there. Kani (an aptly-cast Kalaiyarasan) stands as a leader and a rebel with a cause who believes in the dignity of labour. Sivanaindhan’s mother (Janaki) fights for her family’s respect to be protected at all costs. And when the film gets too heavy, Sivanaindhan brings in marudaani plants (henna) as a truce and to forge love. I grinned from ear to ear when Kani and Vembu wore marudaani on their hands and lovingly showed it to each other.
While several of these ideas piece the puzzle quite well, the characters could have stayed with us for a bit longer. For example, we know little about Vembu other than as a doting sister and a coy lover. Similarly, we would have loved to see more about Sivanaindhan’s mother's communist values and Kani’s story behind his rebellious self. Mari and cinematographer Theni Eswar present these ideas in a visual grammar that is both visceral and evocative. Among these images are that of Sivanaindhan just running several miles on foot, chased by the trauma that he has endured, the agony that the ghosts of his past have left for him and the scars that he has to carry forward for the rest of his life. The banana plant is renowned for its all-round utility, from stem to leaf. Yet, when one plant dies after fruiting, its offshoots continue to grow—a symbol of prosperity. Vaazhai beautifully captures the inherent irony of how the underprivileged are doomed to be exploited and traumatised even at the hands of a symbol of prosperity.
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