Story

In a bid to help his younger brother unite with the girl he loves, Vetrivel and his friends decide to kidnap her. Things take an ugly turn when their plan goes wrong and results in messy situations.

Sasikumar’ s movies always scream out variety, especially in terms of content not falling out on the sentiments too. ‘Vetrivel’ too has its moments, like a brother who takes the heat for going to an extent of losing his love for his sibling returns a with a smile in the end, the mother who fumes at her daughter in law, then talks a simple line on morals and welcomes her back, and also that light hearted comedy which always makes the perfect backbone served in the form of the talented Thambi Ramiah who makes us giggle back and forth through the first half. ‘Vetrivel’ s biggest plus is the cast and their prowess in rising to the occasion,  AnanthNag as a faithful brother, Miya George’s cute expressions, Nikila’s sullen but powerful silence, Ilavarasu & Renuka as the perfect middle class parents, Prabhu as the village head, Samuthrakani’s quick cameo, they all have their parts sketched out with perfection and do it extremely well.

One of the weakest links of ‘Vetrivel’ is surely the villain character, it lacks the punch and is rather made too much predictable, also hindering the length of the movie with fights and what not. The music apart from Adiye Unna, don’t do much justice and the BGM is average on what is required.

The movie has a lot of good things to take back. Even though it’s essayed on lines of ‘Nadodigal’, Vetrivel has its moments. Sasikumar stands out with his performance, shows why the B & C sections simply adore him. The engaging screenplay in the first half takes a good chunk of credits aided by some good performances from the cast, the first half is a clear winner. It’s the second half’s predictability, length and poorly framed villain segments that doesn’t go down well. Vasantha Mani’s vision of a good rural movie is aided by Kathir’s good work behind the lens who captures the long shots and village essence neat and clean.