Naane Varuvean

Pros: -It has a unique storyline (however let down by major plot issues; it would have been better as a psychological thriller rather than a supernatural one)

-Great performances by Dhanush

• Great BGM

-First half was done really well

Cons:

• Selvaraghavan has failed to execute a compelling plot as it felt like a wasted opportunity ( certain scenes could have been taken differently)

• Dialogue is too simplistic and does not serve any other purpose than moving the plot further

-Could have avoided a supernatural storyline as it turned a really good story into one which has multiple cliché s

Overall, this is a decent thriller with some flaws that pull it down from becoming really good. 6.5/10.

A review by Rajesh Puvvada

Selvaraghavan and his brother came together after a decade. I thought it would be a psychological thriller, but this time he went paranormal. They went out of their limits and stepped into a wrong territory.

The movie commenced well, but the moment the audience it's paranormal plot, the expectations dilute like solid ice in a hot iron pan!! These kind of movies should leave the audience into believing that the paranormal things may mostly exist. But in this case you will realise that you are getting into a illogical paranormal stuff.

The score from Yuvan Shankar Raja is very good and that holds the movie to some extent.

Dhanush delivers well, especially as the mischievous twin. I could see that there was some yester year style statements in it. It's a decent performance on a weak plot.

When the plot is weak, what ever you do will be like applying lipstick to a grannie!!

If you have time to kill you can watch this. If you are keen on a good movie, avoid.

I am going with a 6/10, and the score is only for Danush and Yuvan!! Rest scored a zilch!!

It's a movie where it describes about that how a person changes a lot due to the incidents that happens into his life.

Selvaraghavan and dhanush with their team members had nailed it with their narration and some clues left out on there at everywhere to make a signature move of Selvaraghavan sir.

It's a kind of ghost movie but hits totally different with the film, the dual actors of dhanush also makes it different in the screen.

The intermission makes it to feel some goosebumps right there with the Yuvan's BGM.

Second half was not more specific to pick the particular scenes but they did a great job by completing a good looking film in the whole screenplay.

The rating of 7 is the reason for being pretty slow in the first half but we know as that's how director selvaraghavan and so it's acceptable for us to go through with this........

The First half of this movie was great especially "Kathir's" Glimpse few minutes before the Intermission and the second half was overall great Because of "Kathir's" Flashback, the way it was shown was beautiful to me and The "Veera Soora" scene will literal goosebumps, He killed each and every moment of it, Prabhu may have been bland but As Kathir he shines......Everything in this movie is great Dhanush's Acting, Yuvan's Music, Selva's Directing, Om Prakash's Cinematography everything was on spot, Except for the climax, I mean It's better but could've been a little bit better, The movie would have been interesting without comedic side and without Prabhu (Dhanush) character.... An overall good film You Can Watch Twice But Not Thrice!.

Story is very simple and watchable mainly for the menacing persona of Dhanush's kathir character. First half travels as a supernatural touches slowly alters as a psycho thriller in the backstory ( 2nd half). Special mention to the psycho path role of dhanush offers a threathening feel to the audiences. Female leads are seen in less scope which is a small loophole in the film, also yogibabu and prabhu had weightage. This naane varuvean is a sure treat for thriller genre fans and also for the psycho horror thriller fans. The eerie scenes in the 1st half is so intense and doesn't follow the routine creepy touches. This film is mostly inspired from hollywood flicks like insidiuos and conjuring, Overall - this outing a definitely a decent movie with good thrills and emotions!