Vathikuchi movie review

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2.5 / 5

A share auto driver living in the outskirts of Chennai gets into trouble with three sets of people, who are after his life. The reason being his proactive helping nature which gives him an urge to question and act against the anti-social wrongdoers in the city.

It seems Chennai is replete only with gangsters and other crooked minds, as evidenced in movie after movie.

We also have his loving family, his girlfriend and her family, thereby completing a typical commercial action entertainer with its share of romance in place as well.

The movie is fairly interesting thanks to the screenplay which is engaging but it gets too far-fetched at times thereby eliciting laughter from the audience even in some serious scenes.

Deliban is convincing in the action scenes but not so in the romantic portions. Anjali repeats her Engeyum Eppodhum act and her character also has shades of Asin from Ghajini. Her experiences at the Spoken English class, her friends from the class and her episodes at trying to be the typical city girl are hilarious and entertain the audiences. Her dressing is also typical of middle class girls with some weird clothes at times. She better watch her flab.

Jegan, Sampath and Jayaprakash are the antagonists and they are all either bashed or outsmarted by the hero. Jegan's so-called evil reactions are repetitive beyond a point. Saranya Ponvannan plays another of the zillion mother roles that she has done till now.

Ghibran's songs and background score lift the movie a notch, for sure. Amma Wake Me Up has been picturized interestingly and so are Kuru Kuru and Kanna Kanna. The action choreography with ultra slow motion shots is attractive though it becomes repetitive as well.

On the whole you may give it a shot, you won't complain. The narration is interesting and though the portions with Anjali are a speed breaker, the movie on the whole is a decent action flick though it becomes illogical and unbelievable on occasions.

Forget logic, switch off your minds at some instances and you may savor this fare.