The scene where pasupathy meets bharath and introduces himself, one where his dad refuses any emotional sidekicks to pasupathy moves you like ghee that melts in hot air. Special mention about Vasanthabalan, the debutant director, for his characterization and casting.
Bharath plays the anchor for Pasupathy in the house now and rallies everyone around to show their love for their lost-and-found elder brother. While their mother (another fitting display of the characterization) shows ample love, its second to what she has for Bharath, who took the family to where it is, with his banner advertising company.
Pandi, Pasu's childhood crush is another manifestation of suffocated life who is now a single mother. She offers motherly affection to quell Pasupathy's emotinal starvation.
When the whole family keeps him away and still doubts him (mistakenly) for jewels that disappeared the second time, Pasupathy's reaction to the characters and props, tell you that he is the next big thing in tamil cinema.
Veyyil. The heat permeates in every screen and manifests itself in all the characters, sometimes with a shining glow and many a time through its suffocation.
Murugesan and Kadir, played by Pasupathy and Bharath, are brothers from a rustic village near virudhunagar (madurai). Bharath is as exuberant and shiny as the sun is and Pasupathy is like an eclipsed sun, full of feared energy lying dormant.
Pasupathy's crush with Pandi (played by Shirya, as the character reaches middle age) comes to a grinding halt, when Kumar (Pasu's dad) man-handles and strips him naked in hot sun, for giving a miss to school and relishing MGR movie (in the midst of rings of smoke, perhaps).
The scorch of the sun in his life starts here, as Pasupathy sets off to a destination that he never reached. Losing money, jewels (taken from home), Pasupathy carries hope and MGR in his mind.
The story then is about his love for the smalltown movie hall where he is the operator. Carefully scripted poetic relationship between him and his gaurdian, Pasupathy's handlebar mouthstache, all add to director's meticulousness and focus in story telling.
Pasupathy is the heart of the film.He has proved the same performance like what he has done in Virumandi.i really felt emotional.The movie is realistic.Inspired from Cinema Paradiso.........
This movie is rated 'U',but I would advice not to take kids for this movie,because the climax scene is of gory violance.The director of this movie would've been obsessed with "thavamai thavamirundhu",that many of the scenes in Veyil brought me the reminiscence of Cheran's make. The scenes featuring Bharath and Bhavana are really good,but most other scenes fails create a sense of being with movie, albeit the ardent performance of the Actors and the efforts of the Director.
The movie is done with the mindset of audiences in 80s. This movie is a big bore to watch it and especially in the second half when everything is predictable. The characters have not been well thought out and there are a plenty of hopeless scenes in this pic. I will never recommend this a good film!
RE:Sorry to criticise, but this is a very stupid movie
by prabhu on Dec 13, 2006 02:40 PM
whats...this a stupid post.. watch the movie again.. have u seen a movie like this before...
Nice review but the stars should be higher than 3.
Should be given 3.5 or 4. Truly reality based movie. top class acting from leading actors. Watch it only in threatres. TAMIL CINEMA still ALIVE !!!! Well done to DIRECTOR for brave attempt !! Bravo !!!!
