Vetrimaaran’s debut feature film opens up with a gruesome and brutal fighting sequence and then using the device of flashback, the filmmaker takes us into the dynamic world of contemporary Chennai
Based on the Tamil novel Lock Up by M. Chandrakumar, Vetrimaaran’s third outing in its first half has such brutal scenes of police torture that one could genuinely feel the bestial act of police torture.
‘Aadukalam’ is a remarkable Tamil film as it bagged National Award under several categories. Dhanush played the role of a Madurai based cockfighter.
Vetrimaaran and Dhanush joined after a gap of several years for the gangster drama ‘Vada Chennai’.
Dhanush’s character in ‘Asuran’ was an elder one, and he played the father of two youngsters.
With Vada Chennai, Vetrimaaran returns to the titular North Chennai where he shot his debut film.
Asuran perfects a lot of Vetrimaaran’s pursuits — the mass film without the mass conventions. There is no hero entry scene. There is, instead, the intermission block.
In one sense, Viduthalai is the culminating artistic collaboration between Vetrimaaran and cinematographer Velraj, who has lensed all of Vetrimaaran’s films except Visaranai.
A motorbike-obsessed son dupes his father into paying for his chopper in order to impress his lady-love.
A young man gets sucked into an adventure as he searches for his lookalike. Vetrimaaran gave story and dialogues for this experimental movie.