A rugged rowdy from Tuticorin & a wannabe actor from Palani are destined to cross paths when they travel to Chennai. As fate would have it, a tussle (involving an MLA-to-be) to which they are unrelated appear at the cross roads taking them both and the ones they love through unexperienced & dreadful routes and puts all concerned in a pit of danger. Do they get to escape?
Language:
Tamil
Running Time:
144 min
Rating:
U
Release date:
11 September 2015
Directed by:
Vishnuvardhan
Produced by:
Siddharth Roy Kapur
Vishnuvardhan
Written by:
Vishnuvardhan
Subha
Starring:
Arya
Kreshna
Kishore
Swati Reddy
Deepa Sannidhi
Adil Hussain
Thambi Ramaiah
Y. Gee. Mahendra
Harish Uthaman
Music by:
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Shot by:
Om Prakash
Editing by:
Sreekar Prasad
Distributed by:
UTV Motion Pictures

What’s Hot

  • The premise of Yatchan, which has taken shape from a Story published in Vikatan, is mouth-watering and Vishnuvardhan takes its creators SuBha alongside in setting it up wonderfully with loads of fun-filled entertainment.
  • Arya, as the uncouth carefree Chinna, plays his role as if it was a walk in the park and takes us back to his Arindhum Ariyamalum and Pattiyal days. For Kreshna, there is enough space offered and he does well providing comedy through his frustrations.
  • Swathi, Thambi Ramiah, RJ Balaji & Ponvannan add a bit of hilarity to the proceedings. The villain Adil Hussain (an up and coming actor in Bollywood) plays his role with a calm demeanour and gives us the feeling that he may have done even better if there had been even more scope on offer.
  • Yuvan Shankar Raja never fails to impress in his collaborations with Vishnu and Yatchan is no exception. His energetic songs & pulsating background scores add much needed strength to the happenings on screen. Om Prakash’s camera work makes its mark in the initial hour when it distinctly captures the intricacies of three cities.
  • Sreekar Prasad shows his experience with the seamless transitions between the parallel tracks of Chinna and Karthik & also with his cuts in the exciting and teasing build-up to the interval. Silva’s stunts are commendable and are as realistic as you can expect in commercial films.

What’s Not

  • While the first half gives you the feeling that you get while reading an interesting best-seller novel, the second half look more like pages from another not-so-good book. The film takes a long detour in the second half mixing amusement with seriousness, which is a dangerous risk if you can’t make it work.
  • An integral part of building a solid twist and revealing it involves introducing the character. The lack of that makes the climactic twist look fake and add no value at all (like the one you see in Venkat Prabhu’s Biryani).
  • As beautiful and charming as she is, Deepa Sannidhi’s role plays a bit of a spoilsport and is unable to hold proceedings in scenes where her character is pivotal around which the happenings revolve. Blame it on the unimpressive and monotonous dubbing!

Badges

Verdict

Verdict Stamp

Vishnuvardhan takes the interesting premise on offer involving a bit of fate and role-reversal, spices it up with a brilliant build-up leading to a teasing Interval. What follows as a long detour is where he misses the target, screws up the fun a bit and makes the film end rather clumsily.