Vanthaan Vendraan

Story: A different story with a lot of twists just to mislead audience. Filled with action and romance with small portion of emotions and drama. Story of a man and his struggle to win his love. Love can be seen different point of view actually. Of course it has all commercial entertainment value just like usual Tamil film. It takes a lot of time to determine the protagonist intention throughout the movie. Directed by R.Kannan (Jayam Kondaan & Kanden Kadhalai).

Casting: Jeeva plays the lead man while Taapsee Pannu of Aadukalam fame plays the lead lady. And we have Nandha playing the antagonist character. This would not be Jeeva's best since this doesn't have that much added value in his character. Just like usual Chocolate boy who is in love and had to face Nandha due to some circumstances. But his determination was well potrayed after the second half of the movie, at that moment Jeeva did some good performances.Taapsee had a  totally different role from Aadukalam, an urban chick who has contemporary thinking. She was attached to Jeeva due to an incident which she has an obligation to pay him back. She somehow can lip sync better than Hansika. Nandha had a great Image there as a Villain but his dialogue were common ones. And we have Santhanam to take care of the comedy section and of course he at his best made everyone laugh with his words. Santhanam were part of the twists as well.

Screenplay: It was at slow pace for 1st half of the movie. But it gets better and faster at second half. The romance scenes were displayed quite good yet songs placing were kind of a spoiler. The songs and its visualization were super good but just that it did not take place at the correct time and the transitions were kind of short. It breaks the actual mood of the scenes. There are about 3 twists in the movie which will change the directions of the movie. The 3rd twist may receive critical acclaims but the second half will sure entertain you with some Jeeva getting into action moments. But the climax were too simple with some 90's family value elements. Great thing about the movie is actual message that the director wanted to share with the audience.

Music: The music was composed by Thaman and the songs were chart busters especially Kanchana Mala. The visualization were also great. There is no compromise that music was one of the greatest thing in the movie.
 
Plus Point: 2nd half of the movie, Romance and action scenes, Santhanam comedy, Storyline was different

Minus Point: Songs timing and climax, Flashback transitions.

Verdict: Can be watched once at cinema. It is a good movie though, with some weakness in screenplay. Still there are a lot of entertainment value in it.

Engeyum Eppothum

Story: It's a love story of 2 different couples and both were interlaced until it leads to an incident. Good element of simple romance and humor with some emotions. Quite a good drama for a newcomer director on his effort to potray a few good messages such as ; Drive safely and think about your loved once, Importance of organ donating, express your love to your loved ones before you regret. The points were clear and realistic, very few elements of exaggeration. Directed by Saravanan, Produced by A.R Murugadoss and Fox Star Studios.

Casting: The leads for the movies were Jai, Sharvanand(Newcomer), Anjali and Ananya. Jai with Anjali while Sharvanand with Ananya. Credit goes to Ananya playing her role very well as a Village girl who was like a "fish out of water' since she is new to Chennai. All her great expressions and speech potrayed the role very realistic. Of course not forgetting the other couple in the movie Jai and Anjali, they took care of most of the humour part of the movie and they had very good chemistry on screen. Sharvanand did not have enough scope to show his performance yet for he did his role well. He was good for a newbie. And then we have a few supporting characters  and most of them were new faces which added spice to that movie.

Screenplay: Of course all credit goes to the screenplay. They movie brought in a very systematic order. It may look lengthy because it revolves 2 different couples story. Yet the interlace between the flashbacks and the key incident worth being appreciated. It wont seem like a new directors work. Climax was kind of a spoiler for the movie though. Maybe as an audience I expected more fleshy climax. The turning point was introduction and the end point for the movie. Maybe most of them would not understand the significant of the "INCIDENT"  occurred for that 2 couples. It was ambiguous. But I feel that the movie verdict should not be based on the climax since the director gave a very deep plotting throughout the movie. Some may say "Kathe ille" due to the climax. The song visualizations were all on the flow, none of it was shot out of the show at foreign locations. It goes with the story in a simple manner. This movie is a collaboration between Fox Star Studios and A.R.Murugadoss, yet i can say that it didn't look that massive and gigantic.


Music: The music was composed by Sathya, also a newcomer. Chotta chotta song was superb and managed to grab peoples attention. Others were good and can be listened a few times but it wont stick to our heart.

Plus Point: Screenplay, Ananya's acting, Jai and Anjali scenes. Editing was super good since it will make us anticipate for the next scenes.

Minus Point: Climax and significant of turning point.

Verdict: It comes under category of movies like Naadodigal, Kalavaani, Pasanga and Subramaniapuram. Simple and could be watched at cinema once. Maybe for most guys would not enjoy this movie.