VIVEGAM
Produced
by-Sathya Jyothi Films
Direction-Shiva
Cast-Ajith
Kumar, Kajal Agarwal, Akshara Hassan, Vivek Oberoi, Bharath Reddy, Karunakaran
and Sharat Saxena
Censor
Rating-U/A
Running
Time-149 minutes
Rating-***
The much
awaited and much hyped Ajith starrer showcases his chiseled
torso like never before as he moves around in foreign locales sporting army
fatigues and a salt-and-pepper hairstyle much to the cheers of his hard core
fans. Ajith is certainly impressive in the action sequences that too,
reportedly without using dupes with the film’s end-titles bearing testimony to
that! The film has in fact opened up worldwide extensively screened in very
many screens. The film’s script that has been set on foreign soil as well as the execution give a feeling of watching an Hollywood as the genre happens to be a global spy thriller!
Right from frame one till the time the curtains are dropped down, the
scenes and sequences, the dialogue included, stand out as an interesting exercise
in entertainment with never a dull moment !Ajith keeps churning out apostles about
good and bad and about trusted friends who turn foes for materialistic reasons!
Vivek Oberoi makes his debut in Tamil as
the villain of the piece and has gone about his character in a stylish manner As an antagonist, he makes his moves like the coins on a chess
board which are countered by the protagonist effectively in a reciprocal manner! As an actor, Vivek manages to generate the much needed momentum!
Kajal Agarwal’s glam-quotient goes
missing but she has carried herself as the 'carrying' wife of a dare devil husband who will stop at nothing to right the wrongs! She has emoted adequately well too!
This flick stands out a vehicle of introduction for
Akshara Hassan at Kollywood who is already two films old at Bollywood! Just a
scene or two for her and she is shot to death! One would expect more of space for her in the proceedings!
Just to prove that the team has taken logic into account the director has permitted the entry of Karunakaran into the screenplay in the ‘capacity’ of a translator as most of the scenes showcase conversations in Tamil but he goes missing in the second half!
But yet, he makes his mark!
Anirudh’s background score generates the much needed impact but the songs are just passable! Vetri, the
cinematographer deserves all praise for his breathtaking visuals.
Ajith lets loose philosophical statements, right in the beginning, at the
end as well as at other situations in between!
Ajay Kumar (Ajith Kumar), Aryan (Vivek
Oberoi) and a team of others serve the Anti Terrorist Squad. A missile launch
or so is underway but Ajay is not aware of the fact that a couple of his
teammates are working for some external powers and are poised to take
advantage! Ajay’s wife is Yazhini (Kajal Agarwal) is carrying but would dare to
face and overcome any kind of hurdle, at the instance of her husband!
Then there is Natasha (Akshara Hassan), a
computer whiz-kid who holds the key to the challenges that face the launch! The
moment Ajay gets it from her, Aryan shows up to show up his true colors! How
Ajay saves the world and plays the ‘terminator’ for Aryan is the action packed rest!
The efforts that have gone into the act
of an exercise in image-building could have gone into building a good script!
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