Story unfolds with the age old story of kidnapping of a bride by mistake and facing the sequences which develop as a result of it. Pooja's (Genelia) entry into Siva's (Dhanush) family brings back the memories of "Santosh Subramaniam". But the bubbling energy which Genelia displayed in that movie is missing here. With not much scope for acting Dhanush makes an ordinary appearance in the movie. As publicized before the release of the movie, Vivek's entry is the main twist in the story. Vivek plays an auditor's (fake) role with the nickname "Emotional Ekambaram" (a new trend started in naming the characters which started with "Erimalai" in Singam and we are likely to witness similar names in the forthcoming movies). His character is definitely enjoyable especially when Dhanush's tricks often puts him in a tight corner before the villains. Bagyaraj has an interesting role as "Washington Vetrivel" which helps in moving the story in the second part.
Uthamaputhiran is a family entertainer with mild characters and incidents.
VA-QUARTER CUTTING
Amazing title which probably would spoil the image of the movie. But as soon as you complete watching the movie you will agree with the title. Movie starts with creative titles with animation. The story is in line with the style of narrating the incidents happening in a short duration like "Newton-in Moondraavathu Vidhi". "Thamizh Padam" fame Siva has done wonderfully well to portray the character, bound to fly to Dubai the next day, spending one full day roaming around Chennai in search of "Quarter Cutting", having come to know that he will not be able to consume liquor in Dubai. With absolutely no story, credit should be given to the Director for making the movie very interesting with a sequence of comic sequences and dialogues. Siva follows the style of comedian Santhanam with his subtle comments. To name a few... "Oru aiyer kitta thayir saadham saapdaathennu sonna... oru sait kitta beeda podathennu sonna...", "antha meen-e ungala vida uyaramaa irukku", "vayasaanavanga saavula en vedi vekkaraanga... oru velai sariyaa saavalainaa vedi sathathula mothama uyir poyidumnu...". Minor but effective characters like Marthandan (SPB Charan), Prince & King in Prince's Den, Chinna Annan, Periya Thambi, Saraswathi (Lekha Washington, may be a sentimental inclusion after the success of Thamizh Padam) make the movie very interesting.
Uncomplicated simple comedy. You can watch it just for entertainment.
VAADAA
Typical Sunder.C formula with a mix of action, romance and comedy. Vivek has imitated Surulirajan throughout the movie. Cleverly the movie starts with Vivek paying tribute to Surulirajan's portrait. Otherwise he would have been criticized as "copy cat". Vivek plays the role of the "Travel Agent" to perfection. The sequences involving stoppage of Vivek's marriage creates laughter. But one wonders how long his "stripping" comedy will go on. That could have been avoided. It is pitiable to watch the Heroine of the movie joining hands with Vivek in this unwanted type of comedy. Majority of the shots were filmed in picturesque Hardwar and Hrishikesh, the place chosen by Sunder.C for hide-out. When you watch the movie you can predict that some flashback sequence is always on the cards and it unfolds at an appropriate time. Sunder.C-Vivek combination is maintained following the success of movies like Sandai, Ainthaam Padai.
Regular Sunder.C movie interspersed with Vivek's comedy.
