Film review:

Ideal for entertainment

Karthiga RUKMANYKANTHAN

CINEMA: Varalaru (History) depicts the story of a father who sacrifices his life for his children. This masala film long awaited by the Tamil audience is a come back to the 'Ultimate Star' Ajith Kumar.

The film begins with Ajith's memories rolling back to his past life. Ajith Kumar has given a triple action performing both the roles of the father and sons.

The plus points of this film are Ajith's distinction in portraying the provided characters and the music by A.R. Rahman.

Nevertheless the director K.S. Ravikumar knows the pulse of the audience and with his great sense of humour, he has entertained them in all possible ways.

Social work

We see a cheerful Ajith journeying to a village for a social work with his friends where he falls in love with Asin. The sequences of scenes that take place in the village are although below standard, they are quite entertaining.

The movie heats up and moves into the main story where Ajith shows some peculiar characteristic changes. The suspense of Ajith's transformation is kept to the maximum to pin the audience to their seats. The truth is revealed to the audience after the interval.

As noticed in Kanika's debut film 'Five star'she is good for sensitive characters and is a good dancer who has the ability to give vivid expressions for classical songs. She plays Ajith's lost wife.

Most of the Tamil film stories are woven with prominence to the hero or the protagonist and this film is in no exception to this formula. In the flashback, Ajith plays the role of a professional dancer who develops feminine movements from his young age.

There is a fashion to give something completely new in at least one aspect of the film. In Varalaru, Ajith has worked on his feminine movements to give something spicy. As it is clear that this idea is far beyond reality, it makes these scenes rather humorous. Yet, Ajith lures the audience attention towards him.

The film is unsuitable for serious filmgoers who would expect some convincing plots which are much closer to reality. If one doesn't mind watching a film without questioning just for entertainment, this is a recommendable film.

Comedy track

A.R. Rahman scores in his music as usual making almost all the songs in the film memorable. The specialty of this film is the presence of wit in all the characters of the film without having to create a separate comedy track.

Asin has performed fairly well in this film and has given a dazzling performance in the song 'Kaatrilor varthai'. Kanika who has been given the role of mentally challenged has performed her part with ease taking no strain on intricate expressions.

The antagonist Ajith brings out the fury of child whose life is ruined without parents' guidance.

The pace is kept at the same level without boredom until the end. To leave the audience with a heavy mind, the director gives an emotional touch by creating sympathy over the death of dancer Ajith.

Varalaru mostly contains commercial elements and the wrong perception of the directors to create high budget films with weak and delicate plot in the name of entertainment is reflected through this film.

Such films could affect the growth of quality films however this is an example of a commercially successful film.

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