Director Muthaiya has developed a popularity as being one of many few Tamil administrators, who can pull off movies about rural Tamil Nadu. Yet, his motion pictures supply nothing substantial concerning the villages and the folks inhabiting them. The mere aesthetics of his movies are mistaken for real representations of rural life. While Karthi has repeated his look from his debut venture Paruthiveeran on this movie, Viruman is not any match for Ameer’s 2007 tragic drama. Of course, Muthaiya doesn’t faux to make slice-of-life affairs. He merely exploits the ‘rural’ tag to make palatable industrial motion pictures – or in Tamil cinema lingo, mass motion pictures. Like all his earlier movies, Viruman is one other easy movie with moralistic stands and conservative concepts which might be welcomed by the plenty. However, what makes Viruman and his earlier ventures work is that they’re enjoyable – many instances unintentionally.
Take the interval scene, for instance. Viruman (Karthi) and his father Muniyaandi (Prakash Raj) are on the verge of getting right into a bodily scuffle on the village panchayat. The hero takes out his sharp weapon to complete off his dad, whereas the villagers forcefully pull the 2 aside. However, Viruman is uncontrollable, and he’s moments away from going for the kill. Now, our heroine Thaen (Aditi), a bystander, springs into motion and kisses Viruman on the lips bringing the entire panchayat to a standstill. And then comes the interval card. It is Muthaiya’s method of telling us, “Look, how this raging bull has been tamed by the gentle touch of a woman.” It is certainly problematic. Yet, the theatre goes berserk.
As far because the story goes, Viruman is a few son who needs to convey down his corrupt and grasping father, who was the explanation behind his mom’s suicide. With assist from his maternal uncles, Viruman tries to win over his three brothers and show to his dad that there are issues in life that may’t be purchased with cash or energy. The innate situation with Viruman is that it has none. Viruman is conflictless from the beginning. Things pan out precisely the best way you need to, and with an invincible hero, nothing appears to be at stake in any respect. Ironically, that works in favour of the movie.
Instead of changing into a snoozefest, the predictability of Muthaiya’s story makes for a simple watch. Not simply the outdated concepts, the movie additionally harps on the outdated formulation of Tamil cinema, the place the whole lot ends on a cheerful word. The seamless performances of Prakash Raj, Karthi, and Aditi, cinematographer Selvakumar SK’s vibrant frames, and Yuvan Shankar Raja’s music are different components that assist in promoting this generic enterprise.
One can go on and on concerning the ingrained sexism and the romanticisation of familial values that teems in Viruman. Also, we surprise when Tamil administrators – from Muthaiya to Gautam Vasudev Menon – will forgo the thought of creating the wives and girlfriends as stand-ins for the moms of our heroes. In Viruman, there’s a scene the place Thaen’s face displays on Viruman’s lifeless mom’s photograph – it was one in every of many cases the place I laughed on the movie.
At the tip of the day, the issues however, Viruman is a protected movie for each the makers and the viewers. It doesn’t make you are feeling a lot whereas watching it, nor leaves you with loads of ideas about parenting. It is essentially a satisfactory film.
