Film: Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam
Starring: Siva Karthikeyan, Sathya Raj, Sri Divya
Director: Ponram
Producer: P Madhan
Banner: Escape Artist Motion Pictures
Music: D.Imman
Story:
Varathapadatha Valibar Sangam starts
with the serious intro of Village head Sivanandi (Sathyaraj), a man who
dies for prestige. Bose Pandi (Siva Karthikeyan) and Latha Pandi (Sri
Divya) falls for each other and with the routine comedy tracks of Soori,
here comes a twist in the tale. As the story progresses, police
battalion comes to investigate Sivanandi that ends up unlocking the
twist. Watch the movie for climax…
Performances:
Siva Karthikeyan is at
his best in the boy next door role as ever. Tamil RJ turn actor has
improved his dancing skills. His comic sequences with Soori are good but
couldn’t bring the house down. The frames where the duo becomes
founders of Sangam went well through audiences. Soori’s all time
one-liners’ didn’t work big time for Varathapadatha Valibar Sangam.
Sri Divya looks young
and did her parts well, could have done still better. Short, but Bindu
Madhavi’s cameo as school teacher is able-bodied.
Sathyaraj has carried Varatha Padatha Valibar Sangam on his shoulders, with his hilarious yet serious act and especially climax is feast.
Technical Analysis:
Director Ponram has excelled in sticking
the audiences to seats while the script is not so outstanding for
comedy capers, screenplay and characterization were at best. M. Rajesh’s
dialogues lifted the movie to next level.
Though D. Imman’s audio went viral
through music lovers, filming and placement of tracks were bit tedious.
Ootha colour Ribbon and Paakathey Paakathey looks colorful.
Balasubramaniem’s cinematography is one
more plus to the movie that helped film look more pleasing and feel good
on screen experience.
Vivek Harshan’s editing works are according, while narration appears to be dragging at places.
Analysis:
Starting and ending of Varathapadatha Valibar Sangam,
15mins each in particular are enthralling and make audiences stick to
the chairs, for which director Ponram needs a tap, while in the
remaining time he just engaged audiences with comedy that didn't touch
audiences’ chord in the right level.
Varathapadatha Valibar Sangam is out and
out Sathyaraj’s film. The veteran has managed to bond viewers with his
comic expressions, prestige mix police investigation scenes came out
really well and climax is hilarious upshot.
Balasubramaniam’s camera works are worth
watching. Last but not least, scenes like Siva karthikeyan’s fancy
costume for Bindu Madhavi and water pipe scene in the second half are
good.