Vel --> Oru Kannottam...

Banner : Sree Rajakaliamman Medias
Cast : Surya & Surya, Asin, Vadivel, Kalabhavan Mani, Nasser, Saranya,Lakshmi,Aishwarya, Charan raj, Charlie matrum palar...
Direction : Hari
Music : Yuvan Shankar Raja
Film Certification : U
My Certification : U
Post Certification : U

The film starts off with a rather ominous fashion with the couple of Charan raj and Charanya losing one of their 2 babies in a train. A chain snatcher takes the baby away for getting hold of the gold ornaments worn by the baby. So, it becomes pretty obvious that the Suryas are indeed twins unlike ATM. One Surya(Vetrivel) is bred in a village and he is like a savior for the family and the village from the clutches of Kalabhavan mani who is the comedy villain in the film. The whole family loves Vetrivel like anything and they are one big family. Meanwhile the other Surya(Vasu) is brought up by his parents in city. He is a detective. Asin is a RJ in a tamil channel. Surya falls in love with Asin at first sight. Asin, meanwhile reciprocates Surya's love after some time. Meanwhile, the village bred Surya strolls around the village and just keeps on slicing the heads and hands and legs of whomever belonging to Kalabhavan Mani's gang. The opening scene itself gives a really hard masala + village smell to the film. The first 30 minutes of the film suck like anything with Surya reading out long long punch dialogues, very much unlike the usual Surya. The dialogues too are a pain to the ears. Then some gory fight scenes and the stupid stunt sequences makes the film degrade from its stature. The twist in the tale comes when both Suryas meet each other. Then, both of them swap homes and the Surya(Vetrivel) who was all this time battling with muscles goes to the house of Vasu and Vasu in turn disguises himself as Vel and battles the villain with his brains. Then, another twist in the tale arises when Vasu wants Vel to join their family but the family of Vel refuses to leave him out of love for their dear soul. What happens in the end is the climax. Sorry for letting out some spoilers, cos really I couldnt write a review without letting the story out cos it had nothing else in it. The music of Yuvan shankar Raja turns out to be a big flopper in this film. Almost all songs sound synonymous to many old songs. The familiar beats and the usual village folk music turns out to make our ears sore in the end. Asin looks beautiful in specs initially but later on turns out to be losing out on her looks. Also, Asin has very little scope to act in this film. Its out and out for Surya alone but even his acting doesnt seem to prove his usual might as an actor. But, Vadivelu gives the much needed essence to the film with his amazing comedy and acting. Kudos to him!!


Overall, a usual Hari movie with huge dosage of masala in it aimed at entertaining the audience. But something is missing somewhere. But, inspite of the poor music, the film is worth watchable atleast once.

"+":
* Sentiments coupled with the fiery attitude of Surya
* Vadivel's rib tickling comedy

"-":
* Hari can stop directing such films(Too much for the audience... these usual village stories)
* Disappointing muzik by Yuvan shankar raja who has given us some amazing hits in the past
* Surya and Asin are not at their best in this film
* Finally, stupid stunt sequences and punch dialogues which really were not necessary

So, its high time that Hari stops doing such films and its better if Surya becomes more choosy about his roles. Bottomline: Hari disappoints.. Vel failing to hit the nail on the head...

Rating: 4.5/10

Coming up : Machakkaran