Vada Chennai

This movie has been in the making for a decade or more and its totally worth it and understandable! Every character, scene, dialogue means something and its so well etched that you have to accept it sets a benchmark for regional cinema. It is comparable to all the great gangster dramas that world has produced like the untouchables, godfather, and our own nayagan, satya and gangs of wasseypur. Amusing that directors find their best work in describing crime from its origin to effect.

Yes, this movie describes a reluctant young man's journey through the slums surrounded by crooks eventually into a leader and ganglord and is inspired by all those movies listed above. What stood out were few things among many, how the director has given attention to detail right from cinematography to dialogue to time period it feels as if the tale is unscripted, the superb acting from all the cast led by Dhanush, the editing which deserves multiple awards for carrying out non linear story telling with aplomb, the music which is not jarring and giea with the flow and above all the direction which is a cut above the rest taking the best out if his crew Vetri maaran gives his best work here.

Enjoy the intensity, political satire (for eg when a character asks if rajiv gandhi succeeded mgr as prime minister) the lawlessness, the dilemma of who or what is right and wrong, is it all by design or free will and many other uncomfortable questions.

You will definitely root for the lead character and have many moments with tears in your eyes and lump in your throat!

A perfect film is the one that can involve the audiences into the story.Vada chennai is one such blended masterpiece.Every scene will have reality in it.Every scene teaches something to the audience, eg:the lives of prisoners .With non linear screenplay,we try to connect the scenes to have clarity which makes us not to get bored and suspense remains throughout the film.Since i am a non tamilians,i couldn't get the feel of dialogues.No need of review the performance of actors.They did as if they were made for that.The director didn't even try to elevate the hero as in normal movies but the story itself elevated the hero.I got stunned by watching Andrea in that role.Music and bgm by Santhosh Narayan makes the movie more emotional.

Dhanush acting is awesome, everyone is done superb, fight scene, Mass bgm each and every seconds. Waiting for #vadachennai2

The story starts with a murder without revealing the victim.The huge plus of the movie was it's screenplay.Top notch performance by every character in the film.Dhanush had lived the character of Anbu.All the changes in Anbu were so real.This story makes you a part of it in which you have to decide your side.All actors in the movie had given their best of their career.This movie gives you a feel like "why did it end".

This is a season of good Tamil movies. Vada Chennai also makes the list thanks to it's outstanding script and film making. All cast has done a very good job. Waiting for the next part.