Vaadu Veedu Movie Review

Movie Name: Vaadu Veedu

Starring: Vishal, Arya, Janani Iyer, Madhu Shalini and others

Cinematographer : Arthur Wilson A

Music Director: Yuvan Shankar Raja

Producer: Vikram Krishna

Story, Screenplay & Director: Bala

Movie Banner: G.K. Film Corporation

Movie Realease Date: June 17^th, June 2011

Having made films like Siva Putrudu, Nenu Devunni, and Bala has managed to earn a good number of followers for ‘his kind’ of films. His next, Vaadu Veedu, with Vishal and Arya, is yet another ‘realistic’ tale, though it lacks the genuine ‘shock’ value that his previous films had. Director Bala, who makes non-formulaic yet commercial films with characters that we don’t come across too often, has now come up with Avan Ivan, which was dubbed in Telugu as Vaadu Veedu. Bala said that he has tried an entertainer in his style.

Story:

Movie begins with the trade mark scenes of Bala. Walter (Vishal) and is the step brother of Dhandala Swamy(Arya). The brothers have a celebration time in their village living life in their own way but don’t maintain good relationship on each other as they have more ego rifts. Walter aspires to become and actor while his brother Swamy wants to turn as a petty thief. Both Walter and Swamy work near one Jamindar (GM Kumar), who is a rich and influential landlord in the village. He sacrifices all his wealth for the villagers and commands their respect in return. One day Jamindar gets snubbed by a forest ranger and he decides to take revenge on them. As Walter and Swamy are very close to him he takes the help. In order to take revenge on the forest ranger the brothers block the way of and attack him. In the meantime Police rush to the spot but both escape from the spot. Walter, falls for a police constable Baby (Janani), while Naga Malleeshwari (Madhu Shalini) develops feelings for Dandalu.

Analysis:

Vishal, who has done mostly mass entertainers proved his mettle with this distinct film Vaadu Veedu. He has given an outstanding performance in the role of Walter. Vishal as squinted eye boy and also a transgender has delivered his best as one can watch his effort in each & every scene of the movie. The film will surely be a land mark film in Vishal’s career. Arya has done his best with his dialogues and the humor part done by the film is an added flavour to the movie. All his hard work shows up in the film and has given a tough competition to Vishal in terms of performance but his character is on par with Vishal’s role. Bala who never tried his hand at comedy tried to make a comedy entertainer with some typical characters that are seen in rural Tamilnadu. The take off of the movie and the introduction of characters is good. Janani Iyer is cute and Madhu Shalini doesn’t have much scope. G.M.Kumar’s performance is natural. Ambika and Prabha lived up to their characters. Rest of the star cast is fine with their job.

Tehnicalities:

The best part of the film is Bala’s direction which is terrific and outstandingly brilliant. He should be appreciated for characterization and appropriate casting. But unlike Bala’s earlier outings Vaadu Veedu lacks in story. Yuvan Shankar Raja’s music is good. Although there aren’t any songs that can be remembered, his background score is brilliant. Aurthur A Wilson’s cinematography is topnotch. Suresh Urs editing is okay. Although the director in him came to rescue the film at times, the writing has let the film down.

Plus Points:

• Vishal’s performance

• Background score

• Few entertaining scenes in the first half

Minus points:

• Story and screenplay

• Boring second half

• Pointless narration

Analysis:

First half of the film is outstanding while the second half has some dragging moments with very slow pace. However the director got back his pace in the pre climax. The last 30 mins of the film is effective again. Vaadu Veedu doesn’t stand on par with Bala’s earlier films (which were much appreciated) in terms of its story, but over all the film is packed with humorous scenes. Vaadu Veedu can be enjoyed as a time-pass entertainer; it gives you a different experience watching a different film.

Final Word: Poor story line, Excellent Characterizations