Like it or not, Dileban is being promoted as an action-hero material by A.R Murugadoss. To some extent, Dileban does deliver the basic outputs expected out of an action hero. He is adept in pulling off action scenes, puts his bulky and well-built physique to rough treatments, and has good stamina. But that alone will not make the audience to root for you. There is the acting performance side to being an actor, and Dileban has way lots of room to improve. He maintains a single expression throughout the film (its not convincing, even if the director wanted Deliban to be projected as the as-cool-as-cucumber type !) The dialogue delivery has no modulations in it and he looks stiff in certain sequences. If he is to survive, he needs more practice in acting ! Anjali's role looked like an extension of her 'Engeyum Eppodhum' Manimegalai, with a little modification, with more naughtiness and chirpiness. Her own dubbing makes it perfect for the role but she has to start taking care of her physique more. Saranya Ponvannan was the archetypal sporty and casual mother, we had seen in many recent movies. Sampath Raj and Jayaprakash have easy roles, as they would have done such roles several times, in their previous films. The rest of the cast such as Ravi Maria, 'Pattimandram' Raja, V.C.R, Rajshree, Bala Singh, Sri Ranjani and etc sufficed the need of the script. But what was the director thinking by having Jegan play a negative role ? It was a terrible miscast as he is nowhere near being convincing enough, and ends up looking comical. Its either perfect his acting skills or just concentrate doing on what Jegan is comfortable at !
The film carries some decent technical work. R.Krishnamoorthy and M.J Raju's sound works were good, especially in fight and shoot-out sequences. Sanjey Karan's artwork was decent enough for the simple script, with appropriate props, as most of the shooting was in live locations. Praveen K.L and Srikanth N.B's editing work, keeps the film compact, even with the accomodation of the lacklustre romance and comedy portions. Their handling of the flashback portions and also the fight sequences, was very professionally and maturely done. Rajasekar's action choreography was a big letdown with excessive and terrible rope usage, in the fight sequences. The bad handling of the ropes, makes the action sequences too exaggerated and fake in nature. R.B Gurudhev handles the camera skillfully, with clever usage of the slow-motion techniques for the action sequences and his choice of lighting and color tone, gives the film a raw look, but with a blue tinge.
M.Ghibran's musical score was fantastic, with quirky tunes and background score. "Kuru Kuru" has montages of the hero, going after the heroine, after getting the green-light from her. This song has some well framed, shots. "Amma Wake Me Up" is a groovy and impish song, picturized on the heroine and her bunch of friends, with their shopping 'adventures' and antics. In tandem with the lyrics, the song has been mostly shot in and around shopping malls. "Kanne Kanne" is a dreamy song, where the hero imagines being married to his heroine, and has plenty of montage sequences. "Ari Unnai" is a situational song, showing the hero, getting caught in a dangerous situation. M.Ghibran rocks in the background score with unique sounds, and he is definitely a cut above the rest, among the upcoming young music directors. Expecting more from him, after this and the brilliant debut in 'Vaagai Sooda Vaa' !
P.Kinslin's script is engaging in bits and pieces. The narration was interestingly told in flashback mode but the narration must grow organically and not forced upon. Kinslin shows some talent in handling his script, but his dialogues were not up to the mark, where better writers would have done wonders, especially in the monologues. Also, Kinslin's unnecessarily injects his film, with typical hero machismo, where he is portrayed as the do-gooder and struggles to come to a smooth end. Kinslin's character development was half-baked, especially with the antagonists. The worse was Jagan and his bunch of scheming friends. Which schemers would go on mouthing-dialogues, instead of seizing the opportunity to kill off their targets ? But here, you can see all sort of silly antagonistic antics, especially by Jegan ! But Kinslin should be appreciated for portraying lives of the middle-class characters from a myriad of raw outskirts of Chennai, such as Tambaram, Avadi, Ambattur, Samathuvapuram and etc.
'Vathikuchi' does not live up to the promises it made, but a little more of deft handling and maturity in the script and direction, would have made this film, much better. Keep improving, P.Kinslin !
Ratings: 2.75/5 STARS
BY:TAMIL
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