Vazhkku enn 18/9- A Gutsy Classical movie - Highly recommended

Balaji Shakthivel the man who made "Kadhal," which is one of the reasons for the transition in Kollywood, is back with a bang. Vazhakku enn 18/9 is produced by UTV and Lingusamy's Tirupathi brothers. All the lead characters are debutantes, famous Guitarist Prasanna debuts as music Director. It's a film which is low only in budget; every other aspect of the movie is very high.

Cast:
Two male lead's Sri as Velu and Mithun as Dinesh, female leads are Urmila Mahanta as Jothi and Manisha Yadav as Aarthi. A pivotal role was played by Muthuraman(Kumaravel). He plays a role of a cop. Chinnasamy play's the role of Velu's friend.

Story:
Velu is a guy from a poor village family,  due to the debts he indulges for a work in north India, where the owner's cruelty extends to the peak, who doesn't reveal the information about velu's parent's death, for the sake of business. Tragic hits Velu after two months, afterwards he returns to Chennai. Subsequently, velu will work for a road side eatery, famously called as "Kaiyendhi Bhavan" in Tamil Nadu. Velu will fall in love with Jothi but failed to express his love to her. Jothi works as a servant maid along with her mother, who is a widow. Jothi works for Aarthi's apartment. Aarthi is a common school goer from a middle-class family. Dinesh the creepy guy lives upstairs in the same apartment. He is a rich spoil brat, son of a principal who once had a bad background with a minister. Dinesh follows Aarthi and acts decent to make her fall in his trap, he and his friends takes some secret videos with women and share within them, and Aarthi is the latest victim for Dinesh. Finally, how Aarthi finds it, how is Velu and Jothi linked with these and what really happened to Jothi is the story.

Film starts off with an investigation by Kumaravel on Jothi's case, who was being admitted in an intensive fire burn care unit at a hospital. Jothi's mom doubts on Velu and as the police investigates, Velu reveals his own background and his one side love on Jothi, with that first-half ends. Aarthi comes in voluntarily to police to inform about Dinesh and his obscene character. Finally, Dinesh will be called and what happens next is the rest with a gritty climax.

What works:
Everything has worked for the film. Casting was perfect all the five main characters were realistic. Kumaravel's characterization was distinct and fluctuating between good and bad, which was awesome. The biggest plus for the film is it throughout stays realistic and unpredictable. Prasanna had just two songs, but he has done it in a new way, without background music heavily backed by lyric from Na.Muthukumar. Costumes; slang  and location were tuned to perfection. Story had a lot of twists and leaves you awestruck when the movie ends. In addition, the film is crispier, which is exactly  115 minutes, which is a huge plus.  A spellbinding work by Balaji Shakthivel, he has not just touched a lot of stories; he has stabbed our heart without any clue. He needs a standing ovation for taking Tamil cinema to a different level.  

What doesn't?
This field should be blank, because the story will fill all the gaps left, but here it is to name a few. Velu's father dubbing was non-sink in some areas, nothing else.

Final word: A Gutsy Classical movie with spellbinding performance -Highly recommended.

Rating: 4.5/5

My review in Moviecrow.com, click the link to read it.

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