The Movie:
'Actor-Choreographer-Director' Prabhu Deva and Vijay teams up once again after the huge of success of their earlier movie Pokkiri with their recent film 'Villu'. The movie Villu will be a ‘Power pack Pongal’ for all Vijay Fans. The Die-Hard Vijay Fans in USA are excited to taste the feast two days prior to release in India. After the two not so good movies in Vijay's recent carrier such as Azhagiya Tamizh Magan (ATM) and Kuruvi, Vijay is back in form with his usual 'heroic' acting with a rigid formula everyone in the theatre expect only a Mass entertainer from Vijay. As a director, Prabhu Deva has done his best to maintain all the commercial spices needed to give a complete Vijay movie - with super hero intro, romance ,comedy, several fights, item songs and finally hero wins over the baddies.
The Story:
In the first half, the movie starts with the introduction of Pugazh (Vijay), a local area super hero who is the savior of poor and the needy. He acts as a Villu (arrow) of a Senior Police officer Manoj K Jain and follows secretly his instructions. In his mission he targets international Dadas and he makes love to Jhanvi (Nayantara) as a part of the mission (!!!) , who, as anticipated, is the Main Dada Prakash Raj’s daughter. In the second half, the story sets a flash back to slowly reveal about who is Pughazh and why is he back of these dadas. Director Prabhu Deva has succeeded in keeping the suspense till the end. Though there are logical flaws here and there, story falls in some places.
The First half of the film rocks the theater with good comedy sequences and the major credit goes to Vaigai puyal Vadivelu. He tickles us every time he appears on the screen and especially his Nakka Mukka dance in front of Swiss Police is highly comical. Only Kids can enjoy his fight with the graphic cow. Nayanthara chills the screen now and then, its high time she start doing something than a regular heroine shouting at the hero and showing recession in costumes. She is the same in all her recent movies. Nayan, better try to act for a change !!
The music scored by Devi Sri Prasad rocks the floor in ‘Jalsa’ and ‘Nee Kova Pattal’ is nice to hear and to see. He could have worked more on BGM as they don’t sync with the movie, rather sounds too bold at unwanted places. ‘Vaada Maapla’ and item song ‘Daddy Mummy’ is gonna be sizzling in channels for the following days for sure. ‘Dheem Thanana Thillana’ is a good dance number and ‘Rama Rama’ is a typical Vijay intro song meant to bring out josh in his fans, Prabhu Deva shows his mark in all songs and Vijay has proved that he is no less a dancer than the director. Kudos to the Choreographers! Kushboo and Prabhu Deva’s special appearance in the song adds spice. Villian Prakash Raj fails to impress and has been wasted.
Camera man Ravi Varman did a nice job and has beautifully captured Zurich in songs and fight sequences are stunning. Prabhu Deva has brilliantly capitalized the talents of Ravi. Only one or two dialogues like ‘Enakku pottukudukka theriyadhu, Poda thaan theriyum’ pin the mind while others fly no where.
Verdict:
Villu has an entertaining first half, flash back in the second half is totally hindi ‘Soldier’ with added Tamil senti facts. Major Vijay, logic less Blue Ray Disc sequences, Drunk Nayanthara and no different villain Prakash Raj make the movie lag. Vijay imitates Superstar in some scenes which look very obvious and repetitive. Hero Vijay, song sequences, Cinematography and Vadivelu make ‘Villu’ a pretty good entertainer. On a whole, Villu will be a ‘Power pack Pongal’ for all Vijay Fans.
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