CAST: Ajith Kumar, Vivek Anand Oberoi, Kajal Aggarwal, Akshara Haasan, Karunakaran, Serge Crozon, Amila Terzimehic, Arav Chowdharry,
DIRECTION: Siva
GENRE: Action
DURATION: 2 hours 29 minutes
Vivegam is an over-the-top but engaging action thriller with a calculated mix of brawn and brain, action and sentiment, smartly pandering to fans while giving families something to connect with. Right from the moment the film begins, it is all about one man — Ajay Kumar or AK (Ajith Kumar). Once the head of a counter-terrorism squad, AK is now most wanted by the intelligence agencies after his daring strike on a terrorist outfit gives him a hard drive containing codes to launch a nuclear weapon. Assembled to track him down are his former team mates, his friend Aryan Singha (Vivek Anand Oberoi), Mike (Serge Crozon), Rachael (Amila Terzimehic) and Shawn (Arav Chowdharry).
As a team, their previous mission involved capturing Natasha (Akshara Haasan), a brilliant hacker who possessed the codes to launch deadly man-made earthquakes with the nuclear weapons. Even as AK succeeds in tracking down the hacker, we get an unexpected twist that sets him on a rage-filled revenge spree! Meanwhile, there is also AK’s pregnant wife Yazhini (Kajal Aggarwal), who becomes a player in the life-threatening mission he has embarked on.
The action is what Vivegam promises and it is what the film offers — bangs for every buck. And Ajith takes it upon himself to single handedly provide plenty of mass-hero moments (a shirt-ripping, six-pack showcasing climactic moment is a particular highlight) and innumerable punch dialogues.
Kamal Haasan’s second daughter Akshara Haasan is making her Tamil debut with Vivegam, which is one of the major attractions of the film. The film has Vetri’s cinematography and Ruben’s editing. Also, Anirudh Ravichander’s music is another advantage to the project as three songs — Surviva, Thalai Viduthalai and Kadhalaada, have turned out to be chartbusters.
The trailer and the teasers have doubled the hype around Vivegam. The videos have promised the audience to treat them with some power-packed extravaganza predominantly set in a foreign land.
Vivegam Movie Rating: 3.5/5
Overall, Ajith Kumar’s Vivegam turns out to be a mediocre film which comes packaged with the actor’s mind-boggling hard work and some technical brilliance and powerful dialogues. the second half is not as Much as the first half, But Thala Ajith steals the show with his excellent and outstanding performance. Final Word, Strictly for Fans of Ajith Kumar.
