Vaanam Kottattum

Nice entertainer with colours of emotions. Particularly with the elderly couples. Story seems to be usual one but lot efforts are behind to make the screenplay entertaining. Cast n crew fits their roles perfectly and did justice to their respective roles. Music is nice except too much vocals even in place which needs silence. Aishwarya Rajesh, though delivered a very good acting but a usual Mani Ratnam heroine role (bold and crazy girl, repeated in most of the movies)

I watched this film for R Sarathkumar's acting and he fulfilled my expectations. This is a great example of a good family drama. The screenplay, dialogues, characterisation, editing - everything looks perfect. All the actors fit perfectly in their roles. As a Sarathkumar fan, this movie is special because he made a comeback with his signature dual-role acting. Though the young Sarathkumar has little screen time in this film, he still steals all the limelight. The flashback scenes will remain a favourite to many Sarathkumar fans. I am moved by the color grading of this film. The cororist blends warm tones perfectly. I must say Vaanam Kottattum is a perfect drama.

Boasting a star-studded cast that includes real-life couple, Sarathkumar and Radhika, the movie feels more like a TV drama than a feature film. The movie does feature touches of Mani Ratnam-ness (the movie is produced by Mani Ratnam and directed by his assistant, Dhana) in it's minimalistic approach towards dialogues and a simple plotline.

I am of the opinion that the movie's core discusses areas such as the importance of good upbringing, parental guidance and acceptance. Or maybe, I'd assume this is what the director was going for. Sadly, these core themes never get translated to the screenplay and it leaves much to be desired.

The biggest drawback of the film also comes in the fact that the director has chosen to over-complicate a simple narrative. Too many sub-plots featuring the other characters makes the film messy and none of the lead characters have an interesting arc for the audience to feel invested upon.

Technically a strong film, the music department also features debut music director and famous singer, Sid Sriram, scoring the songs and BGM of the film. Take nothing away from this guy's amazing singing capabilities, but the background score of the film was often too loud and could have been more mellow to allow some breathing space for the onscreen happenings.

All in, Vaanam Kottattum is not entirely a bad movie at all; it's an average, uninspiring film with sprinkles of family values and drama woven along the way. Watchable on a lazy Sunday afternoon at home after a heavy lunch.

It's a watchable movie. Unfortunately, had big thoughts before watching it because of the name of Mr. Manirathnam.

A normal story, but the screenplay was a bit slow. But the Background score was good. Sid sriram did a good job