Kavalan Review
Alas! Never expected such a movie from Vijay. Having delivered so many flops in the row, how could he make such things now?
‘Kaavalan’ didn’t manage to have a big opening like Vijay’s previous films, but guess what? The film is superb and exceeds everyone’s expectations. One could have never imagined that Vijay would come up with such films. Yes, Ilayathalapathy strikes back with a bang that lets everyone to be brimmed with surprise. The film is so nice and appealing that it doesn’t carry traces of ‘Pokkiri’, ‘Villu’, and ‘Sura’ and so on.
‘Kaavalan’ can be regarded as the best family entertainer with Siddique bringing forth a beautiful poetic romantic drama. And when you walk out of theatres, your hearts might be drenched in emotions with the unexpected ultimate twist that occurs during climax.
For the first time, one could witness continuous claps during the last 15minutes in theatre and such is the significance of Siddique’s screenplay.
Bhoominathan (Vijay) owes a lot to the most influential person Semmanur Muthuramalingam (Raj Kiran) as he has helped his family a lot. When Bhoominathan learns that Muthuramalingam’s life is in danger, he decides to go as his bodyguard. After saving his family of wife (Roja), daughter Meera (Asin) and Karthi (KK), Muthuramalingam assigns Bhoominathan to offer security to Meera and her friend Madhu (Mithra Kurien). Meera is annoyed with Bhoominathan’s behavior as bodyguard and never heeds to her plea of behaving normal. Finally, Meera hatches a plan of diverting his attention by making prank calls as a girl in the name of Ammu Kutti. Bhoominathan assumes her to be his childhood love, who had the same name and falls in love with her. But situations go in unexpected way with an unpredictable twist during climax.
Director Siddique has made so many changes from the original version ‘Bodyguard’ savoring to the tastes of Tamil audiences. The first half proceeds with enjoyable moments with the right mix of comedy, action and drama. As the story travels to the second hour, the tale becomes more emotional bringing audiences wonder what’s gonna happen in the climax.
Vijay looks bright and energetic as in his yesteryear romantic movies like ‘Kadhalukku Mariyadhai’, ‘Thullatha Manamum Thullum’. His innocuous nature is very well delineated by Siddhique and nice to see him away from those over exaggerated action characters. Even he has underplayed with his dance sequences that are so cool and captivating. Asin makes a good comeback with a great role and she can keep her fingers crossed as she will win awards for the film. Vadivelu, the comedy king rocks with his hilarious portions. Raj Kiran does justice to his role and newcomer Mithra Kurien is a special surprise as she does a great job.
Vidhyasagar’s songs kindle nostalgic memories with the songs done in his own trademark while cinematography is top-notching
As on whole, ‘Kaavalan’ is an excellent romantic entertainer that is precisely for the audiences from 8-80years.
‘Kaavalan’ is not only for the fans of Vijay, for the universal audiences…
Verdict: Don’t miss the special surprise of Vijay
