Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga

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Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga- Audio Review

Cast: Arya,Santhanam,Tamannaah
Lyrics: Rokesh, Na.Muthukumar, Snighdha Chandra
Music: D.Imman
Direction: Rajesh

Album Analysis:
Lucka Matikitchu
Singers: Senthildass, Palaniammal, Gaana Jagan
The most entertaining song of the album! Although Tamil cinema has churned out more than half a dozen songs like this in the last two years, ‘Lucka Matikitchu’ works because of the funky tune & simplistic arrangements. The local lyrics gel very well with the tune. Quirky!

Naa Romba Busy
Singers: Santhosh Hariharan, Neeti Mohan,Sharanya Gopinath
If ‘Dandanaka’ from ‘Romeo Juliet’ was for TR, ‘Naa Romba Busy’ is the same for Goundamani which features several famous one liners of the ace comedian. With a highly funny hook & EDMish interludes, this track works totally. There is a good fusion of old school & house music in the arrangements.

Vaasuvum Saravananum
Singers: Sooraj Santhosh, Kailash Iyer
The title track! ‘Vasuvum Saravananum’ has certain parts that work like the prelude,background beats & there are portions which don’t work like the lead tune,choice of singers. At best, watched with the visuals where there are going to be lot of montages.

Sona Sona
Singers: Armaan Malik,Varun Parandhaman,Maria Roe Vincent
‘Sona Sona’ reminds us of the early 60’s rock n roll tracks. With Imman exploring the genre in the interludes, Armaan Malik makes sure the same hangover is felt in the rendition as well. Harmless listen!

Adada Onnum Solladha
Singers: Benny Dayal, Shakthisree Gopalan
‘Adada Onnum Solladha’ is signature D.Imman! With an ear pleasing tune & highly capable singers, the track becomes one of the better songs in the album. The track has a jazz mix to it & the interludes which have traces of Pan Flute are likeable. Lovable Melody!

On the whole, ‘VSOP’ works as an entertaining package. If tracks like ‘Lucka Matikichi’ & ‘Naa Romba Busy’ are bound to work with youngsters, ‘Adada Onnum Solladha’ is one for the typical Imman fans.

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Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga Review

Director: Rajesh
Cast:Arya, Santhanam, Tamannaah, Banu, Vidyu

Watching a Rajesh film is like buying an iPhone. With every new model, the changes are very minimal and the features remain the same. But it feels good to buy the latest version. Rajesh new film Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga (VSOP) delivers what we expect from the director– a brainless, time pass, popcorn entertainer!

Just like any other Rajesh movie (read Siva Manasula Sakthi, Boss Engira Bhaskaran, Oru Kal Oru Kannadi), the basic wafer-thin plot of VSOP goes like this—Vasu (Santhanam) and Saravanan(Arya) are close buddies who run a mobile shop.  But when two girls Seema (Banu) and Aishwarya (Tamannaah) enter their life, life changes. The rest of the film tells us how Vasu and Saravanan struggle to keep their friendship going.

VSOP is definitely not out of the box, it’s not a film which is going to take Tamil cinema to the next level! There is nothing new in story or presentation and quite a few scenes which make you cringe too. But the director tries hard to keep the audiences entertained  with Arya and Santhanam jokes, but some of them are as stale as yesterday’s Sambar!

It’s good to see Santhanam back to doing what he is best at. He is there in every scene and is virtually the hero of the film.  Arya is obviously piggy back riding on Santhanam  with his ‘I’m so cool’ attitude. Arya says punchline comedy dialogues like ‘Sema Kalaai Machi …Sema Kalaai’, but nowhere near the comedy dialogues in the director’s earlier films.

Tamannaah looks pretty and her effort to learn Tamil must be lauded. Though someone has dubbed for her, her lip-sync is perfect which has become a rarity in Tamil cinema. Easily, VSOP is by far the finest performance from Vidyu Raman, especially the ‘Kaalai’ portion with her family comprising of Swaminathan and Siddharth Vipin is laugh riot.

VSOP’s another biggest strength is Nirav Shah’s cinematography and his crystal-clear visuals give grandeur feel to the film.  Two songs—‘Subscriber’ and ‘Luck ah Mattikuchu’ are hummable in Imman’s composition but the background score is not up to the mark.

Overall, VSOP is an uninteresting story told in a predictable manner which may appeal to few mainly because of the cheerful Arya- Santhanam combo and Rajesh’s trademark comedy! From the clumsy plotting and a manipulative screenplay and an uninspiring background score, there’s little to recommend in this movie.