Vetayadu Vilayadu

I got to watch Vetayadu Vilayadu (Hunt and have fun) here at Bangalore. Apart from the visual treat that the film had to offer, I also got a chance to catch up with the fan-following related whistles, claps that is very common in Tamil Nadu. But I was relieved that they did not over do it, as I was able to watch the film comfortably without too many paper bits flying all around as you would see in a Rajnikanth's movie.

I personally liked the movie for too many reasons - the cinematography, the background score, the holloywood kind of visuals taken in New York (where the major part of the story revolves around) and the charismatic Kamal Hassan. And it was realistic. Kamal Hassan's age shows, but he lives up to the expectations of the character.

The movie is an episode that takes place in a Cop's life. Though its just another cop story where the cop gets over the bad guys, its a well narrated story that keeps you at the edge of your seat through out the movie.

DCP Raghavan (Kamal Hassan) goes to Madurai to investigate the gruesome murder of the daughter of the City Police Commissioner. Rani gets brutally raped and her finger is hung as a dristi rope along with three green chillies and a lemon, outside her house. This is how the story begins.

If you hate such scenes please avoid the movie. There are a lot more scenes in those lines. Gruesome acts by psychopathic serial killers!! Though the violence part is on the high in the movie, I guess with all the violence headlines going around in the real world, its just the reflection of the sort of crime that happens in the society today.

Here are some other interesting aspects about the movie...

There are many scenes where the cop is on conversation using his Motorola V3 Razr mobile phone. And guess what is the tone that has been used... its "Hello Moto". I think there is a commercial part associated to it. No wonder that Motorola is quite desperate to reach the No.1 spot in the mobile industry.

And don't get to the movie expecting too much of the usual romantic scenes in Kamal Hassan's movie. There is hardly a scene where he touches Jo. So don't expect a hollywood touch from that view point. Doubt if that was a part of the aggrement before Jo agreed to do the movie. Oh! I guess that is getting too much and will stop it here!

And there are loads and loads of censorship done to the bad language used through out the movie. Both in english (for the shots taken in the US) and in tamil (shots taken in Chennai). But of course there could be this justification that cops need to use these words to match them word-for-word just as they match them hit-for-hit. Huh!

My wife felt that the movie was not as entertaining as Kakha Kakha and was disturbed by the violence shown. But I felt that it was a good movie to watch... because it was different. Its different from most of the Tamil movies made today and different in many aspects. Thumbs up to the movie.

I doubt if I would have liked the movie to this extent, if it had been watched via a DVD on a TV. Have to watch the movie at the theatres to enjoy the superb visuals and the musical treat, and not to forget the timely comments passed by the audience. It was a plus, because there is no other major commedy element attached to the film. So, watch it in theaters and you could help the no-piracy movement also!