Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven is an upcoming Indian Tamil language action comedy film directed by Sundar C and produced by Lyca Productions. The film stars Silambarasan in the lead role alongside Ramya Krishnan, Megha Akash, Prabhu, Catherine Tresa,Mahat Raghavendra, and Yogi Babu in supporting roles. Hiphop Tamizha composes the film’s music. It is a remake of the Telugu film Attarintiki Daredi (2013). The title of the film is taken from a dialogue by Silambarasan in Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018).
Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven Movie Review
Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven opens with Raghunanthan (Nasser, in a role that he could do in his sleep), a rich businessman in Madrid, telling his grandson Adhi (STR) that he wishes to reunite with his daughter Nandhini (Ramya Krishnan, in a role that turns out to be underwhelming because of the writing), whom he had driven out of their home for marrying a man (Prabhu, who performs this role in the same vein in which he uttered the now infamous “Enna Koduma Saravanan Idhu” line in Chandramukhi) of her choice 20 years ago. So, Adhi comes to India and ingratitaes himself into Nandhini’s household as Raja, a driver. How the young man convinces his aunt to forgive her father and reunite with her family forms the plot.
If there is one term that could describe Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven, it is old-fashioned. The film is a remake of the Telugu hit Attarintiki Daredi, but actually, almost every element of its plot harks back to the commercial melodramas of the 90s. Think Minsara Kanna, except that here, the super-rich hero decides to pose as someone else for the sake of family instead of romance. The been-there-seen-that vibe only becomes stronger because director Sundar C, who made his name in that era, films it with a sensibility that is so distinctly 90s. We get two heroines – one traditional (Catherine Tresa, who gets to shake a leg with STR in a song, but is actually the third wheel), another modern (Megha Akash, whose performance is as minimal as her costumes), comic sidekicks (Yogi Babu, Robo Shankar and VTV Ganesh) who constantly break the fourth wall by referring to the hero’s past glories, a plethora of supporting characters, all of whom are rather inconsequential, action blocks that exist only for the hero to show off his ‘mass’, innumerable songs (the music is by Hip Hop Tamizha) that turn out to be unintended bathroom breaks, and some emotional drama just to make us believe that these are characters with feelings.
There is only one stretch the resembles the madcap fun that Sundar C’s popular films exhibit… a throwaway scene which has a re-enactment of Agalya’s story that features STR and Yogi Babu (one of the film’s saving graces). The film needed more such ridiculously funny moments.
But the problem is that it also wants to be an STR showcase. While that isn’t necessarily bad (as Silambattam proved), here, the writing and the dated execution let it down. The actor, for his part, tries his best, mouthing punch dialogues (“Enna nambi kettavan yaarum illa. Enna nambaama kettavan dhaan neraya per irukkan”) and gamely letting the comedians pull his leg (in one scene, when the actor wonders why he shouldn’t act in films, VTV Ganesh retorts it wouldn’t be easy because he will have to go to shoots on time). But there is only so much star power can save in a weak script. In trying to be both an STR film and a Sundar C film, the film ends up as being neither.
Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven Official Trailer
Source: Lyca Productions
