Vanangaan

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Thozhar Welcome back Bala!! 🙏🏽❤️ Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/25 Full Review Birithivy Y Vanangaan - 6/10. Bala is a director that helped change the tamil cinema landscape in terms of the drama genre. His very raw, very grounded and earthy type of story telling helped make him into a dramatic force with films like Sethu, Nandha, Pithamagan, and Naan Kadavul. But since his perceived magnum opus of Naan Kadavul, things have started to go downwards. His films are becoming shells of the man that once held a firm grasp on the dark side of dramas. Vanangaan might be a little return to form, but it still severely lacks in terms of quality and substance. Its also really reliant on previous films of his in terms of certain aspects. Arun Vijay delivers a solid performance, but I couldn’t help but feel like this was a variant of the performance Vikram had in Pithamagan. He’s delivered a great performance here, but its also interesting to think about what Suriya would’ve delivered in this specific role had he gone through with this production. The story overall is okay, but its really cliched and tired and it only picks up in meaning and actual cohesion in the second half (what was that first half really?). Also, I am super annoyed that yet again, Bala is insistent that throwing in a negative ending will give the movie more credence. Just because your endings that were negative before worked, doesn’t mean that’s always the case moving forward. The ending here just feels shoehorned in to make this drama even more “impactful,” when in reality I got a little sad that Bala decided that was the only way to end this story. Overall, its sad to see a once great director being a shell of themselves, but it happens to the best of people. If you’re a fan of Bala’s you might want to see this. Otherwise, you can skip this! Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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