Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu

An asusual gangster drama which works out well due to great writing , mind blowing music , phenomenal performance and unique kinda treatment in making . GVM as a director gave a great visuals to the Jayamohan's writing , he completely worked out of his comfort zone , happy to see him in a new avatar . Jayamohan's writing was great , Muthu's characterisation was well designed and movie completely focused character arc of Protagonist . First half , story took it's own time to build and interval block was totally insane . Second half , movie explores underground gangster rivals and Romantic life of Muthu it wasn't great as first half but good . STR once again gave a marvelous performance . AR Rahman gave a mind blowing album , his music treatment for gangster drama was unique and great . Cinematography was phenomenal , some of the long single take Shot was great . Drawbacks , 3rd act was bit odd , too many single take shots and finally last 5 mins was totally meh . Overall a well made gangster drama movie to watch , give a try I hope you like it .

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This new version GVM works out well with the Magic of STR and ARR First and foremost ARR is the main piller behind this gangster drama his background score elevating the scenes to another level second piller is the STR acting wow his manarisam in every stage of the character his impeccable other than ARR and STR writing stands out each and every character has a scope and it catches screen space perfectly after all these positives there are some negatives too some romantic portions felt like not needed(including a song) If you don't mind these small lags film will entertain you for sure go enjoy this ride in theatres.

RATED 7/10 Language: Tamil Media Partner: Amazon Prime Source: Nil

Different attempt from GVM and ARR. And the best ever performance from Simbu...his acting and body language perfectly fits to this role. The interval fight scene shows the full potential of simbu and ARR together, goosebumps guaranteed. The first half has engaged flow.

Because the story is age old one, the second half struggled bit. Other than main characters, others are shown in very high level. This also not helped for the second of twists. Even though the second half is jarred, it has quite good surprises here and there.

Instead of leading to second part, GVM should have closed this one like "Kaaka Kaaka". This second part lead also brings back the old Simbu and it looks totally disjointed The engaging first half and Simbu make this as watchable.

To be honest my expectations were pretty low before watching the movie Cause the press were continuously forcing Gautam to admit this isn't his sort of movie different from all his previous flicks Which I consider is utmost disrespect to Gautam Menon whom i consider one of the very few great directors in tamil cinema or Indian cinema too First half was very good and slowly takes you to the to the journey of Muthu and convince us with how the circumstances makes Muthu to take gun in his own hands and becomes a gangster The only thing I disliked were the climax potions where the movie fast forwards to 5 years and shows simbu kind of like a modern gangster Personally didnt like those portions, except that 10 mins movie was pure gold. Simbus acting was very good and he kind of pulled off Muthu gracefully And it is Gautam menons movie.

Venthu Thanindhadhu Kaadu - Simbu has given his best performance in this movie. One can see only Muthu and not the star actor in any frame. The writing and cinematography are top notch with long one shot scenes at many places that does not distract the viewing experience.

The protagonist becomes a gangster by circumstances. And, it was convincing. The comparison with the Sreedhar character was new and refreshing in this gangster milieu. You know exactly what Muthu has lost and gained due to his choices. One man's choices and the universe decides your fate. This is one of the best Gautam Menon movies after ages.