harish-murali001
Reached expectations? Not at all. IF you expected comedy and masala, you guessed right. Movie would have been nice if it released in the 80s. Direction: 7/10 A classical direction. Half the shots you just like, you have got to be kidding me, it's that cheap. Half of the shots had no effort into it. The other half however were nice like the train action scene was the best in the whole movie. Mainly the action scenes had effort. The rest had none. Nothing special added. Screenplay: 7/10 Movie was fast paced at first and had nice comedy. 2nd half it could get boring for a few. Some people didn't mind. The movie did have decent screen writing and etc. But nothing special.Editing: 7/10. Nice editing. Some parts it was cheap and annoying. But overall it was decent.Story: 4/10 Nothing new, another stupid 80s story added in. It was cheap, nothing new, and sometimes annoying.Acting: 7/10 Decent acting. Sometimes the characters were over exaggerated. Ajith did an excellent job. Santhanam did too. Villains were OK and the rest did decent.Music: 6.5/10 Background music was not bad. It was nice and enjoyable. Theme music was nice too. The songs were OK. Some were horrible and some were decent. Verdict: Movie was OK and could have been way better. 6.4/10
Bala Manigandan
Very Good Family Entertainer. Especially it's entertained me a lot. The Vinayagam Character is very tremendous & appreciable role did by Thala Ajith Kumar. His role delivers the total village mass, dedication of work, love, care & affection to his brothers are mind blowing. The Archaeological Researchist character did by Tamanah. Her acting shows the elegant glamor & her love telecast sense is really good. In her residence, Ajith's marvelous protection shows him as a mass hero. This signifies Ajith is our next Super Star. At least the climax Fight & pre-interval Train Fight is a very good experiment did by Ajith Kumar. Hence I conclude this summary, it's a very good mass & commercial family entertainer in this pongal 10-jan-2014.
Raj Kumar
A violent straight forward man resorts to peace for his new-found love only to find that there is more, to the girl's family, than meets the eye. Veeram is a rare combination that magnetizes both family and fan boys simultaneously. Ajith with the grey hair that matches his dhoti has made the most of his on-screen presence. What he lacks in dance, he makes up with his expressions which the director has explored well with several close-up shots.Tamanna has equal footing with Ajith. This time around she has bound her curves inside and has made an honest attempt to bring forth expressions on to that flawless face.Punch dialogues have been limited to the most possible extent. The only punch comes from the antagonist to which Ajith remarks, "With that big a moustache, I would have been very much disappointed if you had not made a punch dialogue".Santhanam stands apart in the crowded first-half with his wits only to disappear in the second half where Thambi Ramaiah takes the front seat.Despite their many years in the industry, Pradeep Rawat and Athul Kulkarni are still struggling to lip synch let alone act.Logic has been shown the door in a few sequences (Athul escaping an explosion in a "petrol bunk" while others char to death. No authorities investigating the so many dead bodies thanks to Ajith) but in the flow of matters they are passable.DSP, besides the BGM, has disappointed with almost everyone in my screening waiting for the song sequences to exit for the loo.Siva, after a remake in the form of "Siruthai", has come up with an original script which if remade in another languages is not a surprise. Like mentioned ahead, he has balanced the family quotients well with fan-boy's demands.Veeram- Worth your time and money.
Sudhakar Parthasarathy
Veeram - A perfect blend of mass action, comedy, romance and sentiment. Director Siva has read audience pulse perfectly. I feel it has the best ever introduction scene for Ajith when compare to his other films which justifies his nick name "Thala". This movie fully revolves around Ajith and I doubt if any other hero can create this much impact for this character.Pros: 1. Ajith's action is phenomenal. To mention a few his Introducton, tender auction scene, train fight sequence, festival fight, the climax flight . 2. Comedy from actor Santhanam which made me laugh at last. Some quality comedy from him after many crap movies. But still if he should have reduced those few double meaning comedies it would have been more quality.3. DSP's BGM which is a big support in many scenes. It is his BGM which makes us feel the real mass of Ajith in many scenes.4. Cinematography is pretty awesome. A full 100 marks for the cinematographer. I loved his introduction scene and auction scene camera work.5. No overacting Tamannah which I feel is another plus for the movie.Cons: 1. Songs not that catchy as everyone already expected. Very poor choreography for couple of duet songs. The worst is Thangamae Thangamae song followed by Kannum Kannum song. Producer's money wasted in foreign location. But still the Intro song and the festival song is watchable.2.Actor Thambi ramaiah. Felt a little Irritating acting. Just remembered this character suits aptly for a comedian like Vadivelu. 3.Ajith's second half shaved getup takes little time to accept. Not seen him like that for many years.Was surprised and happy to see late actor Abdullah (a) periyar dasan in this last movie. All together Veeram a perfect mass entertainer which satisfies not only Ajith fans but all kind of audience. And now we can expect Income Tax ride in producer's house. My Verdict : Veeram a 8 star rated movie which can be watched in theaters multiple times for that one introduction scene of the Great Thala Ajith.
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