Vizha is a rural story of love between a ‘thappu’ artist and an ‘oppari’ singer, two people who thrive on deaths for a living. They meet during one such death and their love blossoms. The rest of the movie is about the typical obstacles that they are faced with and how things resolve in the end.
Language:
Tamil
Running Time:
138 mins
Rating:
U
Release date:
27 December 2013
Directed by:
Barathi Balakumaran
Produced by:
Rama Narayanan
Sunir Kheterpal
Written by:
Barathi Balakumaran
Starring:
Mahendran
Malavika Menon
Theni Murugan
Music by:
James Vasanthan
Shot by:
UK Senthil Kumar
Editing by:
Praveen K. L
Srikanth N.B
Distributed by:
Sri Thenandal Films

What’s Hot

  • Lead hero Mahendran, who was a former child artist, shows real promise and comes across with a natural and earnest portrayal. He resembles a young Arun Vijay, so much. The pretty new heroine Malavika Menon looks innocent and emotes decently. The two make a good pair.
  • Among the other actors, Yugendran and the actor who plays Mahendran’s ‘mama’ shine. We have the quintessential hero’s friends who come up with some funny moments and also throw up a few pivotal moments which shape the movie.
  • The hero’s little back-story about how much he loves his instrument, though clichéd, is sentimental and features a very smart young boy putting up a sprightly show.
  • James Vasanthan has come up with some pleasant numbers and there is a whole lot of ‘death music’ as celebration of death happens to be the core of the movie. Death has never been portrayed so lightheartedly and ‘matter-of-factly’ on screen before in Tamil cinema.

What’s Not

  • We have characters such as Kadhal Dhandapani and a loud female antagonist who are irritating to the senses. They give a feeling of seeing a 80s Tamil movie with their overacting and old fashioned villainy.
  • In spite of director Bharathi Balakumaran’s novel setting for the love story, the movie looks dated with the situations, treatment and the making reminiscent of yesteryear flicks.

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Verdict

Verdict Stamp

The fresh lead pair and the novel usage of death as an important player in the script, make Vizha a reasonable watch.