Comments on: Vettayadu Vilayadu – déjà vu!

By: nithya

nithya — Mon, 07 May 2007 06:03:44 +0000

Hey gr8 review whether I agree or not… But it did help me with my story that I am working on. I only got to watch Vv two days ago and I loved it, I watched kk on you tube so I don’t know much about contextual background of both movies. However my opinion is that Vv is an awesome movie, way better than Kk!! Plus I am glad that Tamil movies are moving away from the clichéd plot lines. Somehow Vv clicks with my general plotline (I mean without the rape and sexism)!!! The only thing I did not like about the movie was Jyothika coming back to life??? I know it’s a Tamil film convention but conventions are there to be subverted!! Besides the casting was okay… except for Jyothika… I am starting to dislike her… but I haven’t watched mozhi yet… so can’t say much about her acting…lolx so yea… in general thanks for the review, and can I request a list of movies of a similar genre if you guys have time?? I would appreciate it very much, just email it to me at dragon_princess@rediffmail.com because I have just stumbled on to this site during my research and I am not so sure if I can find it again =P thanks a great bunch!

By: HRayan

HRayan — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:03:25 +0000

TOTALLY agree with your review…
the plot and jyothika’s character was way too similar to KK…
of course the reasoning behind the killers’ motives etc is different…
the gore and violence int he movie may have been too much to watch for family audiences…but i think it is an essential part of the script…i mean u cant go to watch a a police movie and say ‘i dont want to see murders/rapes etc’….
also agree that it is a good movie…definitely worth a watch…but i too at the end felt like i had just seen KK again….

By: Karthik

Karthik — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:00:05 +0000

Yes it resembles. But defenitely it didn’t occur to me at the time of watching. So it is a winner for director. Even though the characters are similar the motive is different.
It defenitely keeps you to the edge of the seat. I have watched several episodes of C.S.I (crime scene investigation) serial in CBS. Some of the scenes remind me of that. You have to watch it as a whole. You shouldn’t pick each scene and compare that scene with some other movie. Martin Scorcese a legendary director. If you look at most of his mafia movies they follow more or less the same pattern. Still they are enjoyable. I don’t think this movie is that bad a movie even assuming you have already watched kakka kakka. Only kink is Kamalhasan and his king kong size body.

By: edwin

edwin — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:38:24 +0000

If someone doesn’t like kamal i have to tell that they dont have 6th sense. I watched the movie “VV” for more than 10 times specially for the song “karka karka”. I dont think there would be anyone who can match the majesty of kamal in that song. hats off for the video editing. Kamal is unique and this movie is another feather in his cap. There is no need for me to tell abt that great guy who introduced tamil cinema to the world….Kamal always lethal.

By: Sujith Babu

Sujith Babu — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:28:13 +0000

I immensely liked the film. But of course I have n’t seen Kakka Kakka

By: thallukrish

thallukrish — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:40:29 +0000

What seem to be interesting is the way kamal has underplayed the role. He has brilliantly portrayed the role of how a Raghavan would look like, stiff, straight walking, less talks, (except for the first scene masala introduction) and maintaining decency with women, mildly but clearly putting across his love etc. The kamal-jyothika scenes definitely set a new trend in tamil movies. The other aspects are the sheer technical brilliance. I think hollywood would soon start outsourcing cinematography and background scores, editing etc. from tamil movies at a low cost.

By: Ravi

Ravi — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:01:33 +0000

One more clarification,

1) The lass that u mentioned about, who gets killed in Khaka Khaka at the end of the Thoodhu Varuma song is not the girl who gets abducted in the first scene. Mr Vijaykrishna, you are welcome to have your own opinion about the film however if you are going to point out errors, you might want to get your facts straight..

By: Ravi

Ravi — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:27:12 +0000

A small word to Mr Vijay Krishna, who wrote the review, i just have to make two points..
1) The charecter that helps kamal in the investigation is SATISH not SANTOSH.
2) The actor who played that charecter did NOT act in Khaka Khaka.
3) Most importantly, repeat casting is not a problem if u have good enough actors to play their charecters well…

By: Shriram

Shriram — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:41:34 +0000

A very good review…only bcos it matched with what i felt after watching the movie…

The dialogue in the movie needs some fine tuning..they are pretty ordinary…
Same “potturu”( killing) lingos…

kamal looks a lot detached from the movie,unusually..

By the way what do both the villains do for a living???
Gautham shudn reply that they are medical practioners…who have a clinic in the US…

By: dennis

dennis — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:21:44 +0000

MAN THIS MOVIE REALLY SUCKS!

IT’S WASTE OF TIME WATCHING THIS MOVIE!

GUY’S DONT WASTE UR TIME !IT’S BETTER TO WATCH KK AGAIN!!!!!!

D FROM CANADA.

By: aneesjabbar

aneesjabbar — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 13:57:10 +0000

hi this is actually a nice movie but could’ve reduced the lengthy scenes of the murders. and the love bloomin between jyothika and kamalhassan is really beautiful like a rainbow. partha muthal naale song wil be the hit of this yr

By: Ashok

Ashok — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 15:26:47 +0000

Box office report (link) for VV –
http://sify.com/movies/tamil/f.....d=14278338

For me the real box office success cannot be gauged before 3 or 4 weeks. I happen to read somewhere that the movie was infact released at a loss (with Gautam distributing it in Chennai – which is the movie’s forte)

By: Pradeep

Pradeep — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:35:06 +0000

Wow, great review ! I especially liked someone’s comment saying he watched it with Gautom Menon in the front row – that should have been interesting Do we have any place to get BOX OFFICE data – how much collection a movie is making ? Movie buffs, any ideas ?

By: Ashwin(IMS wala)

Ashwin(IMS wala) — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:07:33 +0000

I just checked out the movie last week.First half was just awesome.But i felt 2nd half of the movie could have been handled better.Though its no way even close to Kakha-Kakha its worth watching.One thing I really liked about the movie is the ease with which kamal has carried forward the good work done by Surya..

By: Prema

Prema — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:47:50 +0000

The review is good. I have not seen KK, but I still feel the second half in VV is too long, Jyotika’s role unnecessary. It could have been anybody as the cop, Kamal’s talents have been mostly wasted. The who-doneit part is extremely watchable and has a good pace, but the chase in the end was unbearably elastic. Sometimes it pays to keep songs out of the way, if there is a racy script.

By: Hiren

Hiren — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:56:16 +0000

Every Kamal hassan movie is special because he is a fantastic actor. After watching chachi 420 in which he plays that versatile woman so well, one wishes that all his Tamil movies be dubbed in other languages to enable other audiences who admire him. That man is an institution in himself.

By: prabs

prabs — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:53:53 +0000

VV is a good movie.. Could be a better movie without Jyotika.. Kamal’s silly comedy & his famous cry is not so evident made further nice… Neat screenplay from Gautam… Above all, I appreciate the villian’s performance (Daniel Balaji)…
It’s tough to reach the rural population in T.Nadu.. 1st target seems to be NRI indians…

By: vishnu

vishnu — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:36:44 +0000

The crew had been facing neck tight situations right from the beginning, as the producer tried to commit suicide. from then on one thing that would have been on the crew’s mind would be to make the film success-by making it as much commercial as you can, even following the KK’s sequence, which would cash-in. Moreover Kamal’s movie is always Kamal’s movie- never anyone in the crew can take it over from him. if it would have been in Gautam’s hand, we would expect a different twist. Wait for the next romantic movie from Gautam.

By: Arumugam

Arumugam — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:32:59 +0000

The biggest drawback by far of this movie is not so much the plot, similarities to Kaaka Kaaka (which were only in some of the event sequences), etc — is the COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY and VIVID depiction of the various scenes of violence and rape against the women who are victims in this movie. Where on earth was the need for those unnecessary re-captures and flashbacks to each victim’s rape or murder? Especially horrible was the scene involving the murderous duo’s teacher — come on, this was just unconscionable and a HUGE BLACK mark on an otherwise well-made movie. These scenes were thoroughly disturbing and should have not even been shot or at the very least excised at the censor’s or the director’s own hands!

By: Prabu

Prabu — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:45:11 +0000

Actually, this movie is far better movie than KK. KK’s villain story is a usual villain story but this movie had a villain story that was very different than anything we’ve seen in a tamil movie. It talked about repressed sexuality and sociopathic psychosis forming a very deadly combination.

I liked the line where Kamal says “it’s a gut feel” and Anderson goes “UH!”. I don’t think Kamal used the word “hunch” there and that was the whole point of that dialogue. I was surprised Gautham Menon had made that observation where everyday usage in India doesn’t make sense for Americans. If Kamal had used the term “a hunch” then the guy would have understood and that is the reason why Kamal (being an India used to saying “a gut feel”) said it in the best possible way – “Raghavan Instinct”.

I don’t understand how you can call this movie a SEQUEL. It is not about Anbuselvan or anybody related to him in KK. Gautham Menon only says “another episode in a police officer’s life” – not the SAME PO!! This whole crib about bringing back dead people to life doesn’t make sense to me. These are different people not the same characters. This movie actually seems less of a Kamal movie than any other Kamal movie from the recent past. For heavens sake, Kamal did not even sing a single song in this movie!!! Let me ask you this – why shouldn’t the movie have both Kamal and Gautham Menon’s artistic enhancements – I in fact expect that when Kamal and Gautham team up. If Surya where in GM’s movie, then I don’t care but when Kamal’s in the movie, wouldn’t you want his trademarks felt? How about that deft look at the girl he bumps in the discotheque in the title sequence – wouldn’t you want those things from a Kamal’s movie?

I think you’ve gone with a mindset of comparing it against KK that you’ve not really enjoyed the movie for what it has offered. I suggest you take a second look at it without worrying about the baggage of KK and KP.