Movie Review #1 — Vidamuyarchi (trnsl. Persistence)

A spoiler-free and unfiltered view on this Magizh Thirumeni directed Indian Tamil film

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This is my first attempt of an extended review for a film. And it is a film starring my favourite actor. That is why I felt this will be a good choice to start with, as this will be a test even for me to keep my fan-boy mentality aside and see it as any other film. Below are my good and bad aspects of this Ajith-starrer film.

THE GOOD

Its been a long time where the first two Acts of a film felt so well-written and setup. The romance between the lead actors connected to me, and the conflict between them was strong. Ajith as the lead actor gives an exceptional performance, his recent best, with Trisha being no worse than him. But what surprised me was the writing of character played by Regina Cassandra. The depth given to her character was intriguing, and held my attention on what she was doing to the lead actors. For me, Regina was more terrifying than Arjun with her manipulative mind in play. Aarav does a neat job of what the character intended to do. It was to terrorize the audience and the lead actors, and that was what Aarav and gang exactly did. Arjun was flamboyant as usual, and that “Therike” (homage to his previous films) was icing on the cake. A special…