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Quick Review: Vennila Kadadi Kuzhu 2

By Rinku Gupta This is a sequel to the original ( which brought Suseendran,Vishnu Vishal, Soori, Appukutty and others to the forefront). Pasupathy plays a bus driver whose love for kabaddi earns the loathing of his son Saravanan ( Vikranth) when the sport interferes in his livelihood and he is suspended from his job. But as a result, he learns from his mother how his dad sacrificed his love for kabaddi to save his son. Saravanan now decides to revive the Vennia Kabaddi Kuzhu team and bring back the cup and title for his father. Does he succeed? The canerawork transports you back beautifully into the 80s where the film is set as does the melodious music. Vikranth  as hero holds the film together with ease and Pasuathy as the father and former kabaddi player is impressive and completely fits the role to a T. The street  chase and action scene is particularly engaging. The emotional scenes between dad and son are well conceived and executed in a moving manner. But the movie takes

Jai and Athulya in action thriller

By Rinku Gupta It was recently that Jai and Athulya  signed a film together, which is directed by SA Chandrasekhar. Now  they have been signed up together for yet another flick wielded by debutant Vetriselvan SK.  Vetriselvan SK says, “It’s an amalgamation of action, thrill, crime and romance. Jai’s character is laced with realistic shades as he plays someone, whom you would easily spot in your neighborhood. However, compelling situations force him to take justice into his hands. It’s a role that encapsulates joy, energy and yes, the ferocious angry young man too. Athulya Ravi will be seen as Jai’s love interest. Soon after penning the script, we were actually looking up for an actress, who could be identified as girl-to-next-door and we found her befittingly perfect.” While Vaibhav’s elder brother Sunil of ‘Seethakaathi’ has been roped in for playing a vital role. They  are yet to finalize an actor for negative role. Right now, the team is busy involved in holding talks w