At one stage, he even admits he is unable to come up with a wisecrack to counter a comment. His streak of success has boosted Sivakarthikeyan and here, he effortlessly slips into the role of Bosepandi and finds the right pitch to not make him an annoying character. The film is also overlong, with unwarranted songs (though Oodha Kalaru is infectious) and prolonged scenes that at times make the humour seem repetitive.īut the actors are endearing enough to make us forget these flaws and have a good time. That is why the framing device that he uses to tell this story - the film starts with the question whether Sivanandi murdered his daughter to protect his honour - feels out of place, though, the debutant director does turn this amusing towards the end. What makes this rather predictable film appealing to an extent is the lighthearted manner in which Ponram tells his story. And, on the side, he is using his school-going daughter Lathapandi to send love notes to her teacher (an indifferent cameo by Bindu Madhavi), ruining his plans to marry off the 16-year-old Latha, and eventually falling for her (though, she is 18 by this time). Bosepandi often crosses the path of Sivanandi, the village’s unofficial head honcho, whose fearsome image is fabricated by his four aides. They are their village, Silukuvarpatti’s bête noires, wooing the girls and picking up unnecessary fights with the elders. The film’s leading man, Bosepandi, is an unemployed youth who is content to live with his widowed father, whiling away his time running a club, the titular Varuthapadatha Vaalibar Sangam, with his similarly worthless friend Kodi. Varuthapadatha Vaalibar Sangam continues Tamil cinema’s recent trend of the worship of the wastrel. First, we had righteous heroes, who fought for the common man then, came the angry young men, who rebelled against the corrupt system now, we have the wastrels, who seem to have realized the futility of fighting the system and become aimless, self-centered individuals. Review: If films are a reflection of the times we live in, we are clearly living in the era of the wastrel. Will the hot-tempered father accept his tormentor as his son-in-law? Matters come to a boil when he falls in love with Sivanandi’s daughter Lathapandi (SriDivya). Synopsis: Bosepandi (Sivakarthikeyan), an aimless youth, is constantly at loggerheads with Sivanandi (Sathyaraj), a big shot in his village.
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