When good-for-nothing Satish finally joins a Pharmaceutical firm as a Medical Representative, things start looking up. However, the one thing which keeps embarrassing him is his old phone. Even when he buys another Korean mobile his status is not lifted as that phone is also irritatingly loud. When he chances upon an unclaimed iPhone in the local grocery store, greed & his own friends make him pick that up. Only later does he realize that the iPhone has thrown him into a web of crime.
Language:
Tamil
Running Time:
122 min
Rating:
U
Release date:
19 June 2014
Directed by:
Saravana Rajan
Produced by:
Dayanidhi Azhagiri
Written by:
Saravana Rajan
Starring:
Jai
Swati Reddy
Rj Balaji
Sunny Leone
Venkat Prabhu
Music by:
Vivek Shiva
Mervin Solomon
Shot by:
Venkatesh S.
Editing by:
Praveen K. L.
N. B. Srikanth
Distributed by:
Radiance Media

What’s Hot

  • Jai has acquitted himself well to the role of the lower-middle class guy surrounded by good-for-nothing friends and hoping to woo a nice girl. He has done well in the comic as well as serious scenes. Swathi is drop-down-gorgeous as ever and in spite of not having a particularly important character she catches the eye in Anusha Dhayanidhi’s excellent costumes.
  • RJ Balaji looks like the next big addition to the comedy bandwagon of Tamil Cinema. To be fair not all of his one-liners work and his expressions are found wanting on a few occasions, but still he has the ability to turn even a hostile situation to his favor which is evident from the second half when he starts playing carrom with his captors.
  • Arul Doss and Kasturi are heavy-weight additions to the cast and they emote well. Particularly, when Arul Doss mouths a smashing dialogue about our very own ‘Puratchi Thalaivar’, the entire theatre erupts in unison. Such is the power & following for the late great MGR. The character of the cheated Dhayalan has been crafted well and Ajay Raj is convincing in this role. The unknown actors who support Dhayalan in his quest have also performed well.
  • Debutants Mervin & Vivek’s background score has lifted the chasing sequences. The ‘Nenjukulle Nee’ song is hummable and the song, ‘Ullangaiyil Ennaivaithu’ which happens totally within an iPhone has been conceived well. It brings the not-so-much-touched concept of zombies in Tamil Cinema. Credit to the cinematographer Venkatesh, the make-up team and the VFX folk for this.
  • The editing department headed by Praveen.K.L deserves a pat on the back for keeping the run-time in check. There are minimal number of scenes that hamper the flow of the film.

What’s Not

  • The casting of Ramachandran in a dark role is spot-on but his usage is downright pathetic. Also, it is a good tactic to refrain from revealing the prime antagonist until the climax but since his character has not been built up adequately, it has no effect whatsoever when he is revealed and this prevents the film from being an edge-of-the-seat thriller.
  • It is alright to have traces of your mentor in your treatment of a script, who in the case of the director Saravana Rajan is Venkat Prabhu. But he loses ground when he fails to hold the fine line between comedy & seriousness which Venkat Prabhu aces almost every single time.

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Verdict

Verdict Stamp

Vadacurry has an interesting plot, adequate acting and good pacing but where it is found wanting is that the film is neither a rip-roaring comedy nor an adrenaline-pumping thrill ride but somewhere in-between.