Goutham could have used all of Suriya’s efforts with a better narration

Nirmal

One can understand the director’s angst at losing a parent, and trying to make a film about the loss, but then the man’s (father) enigma never takes center stage throughout the film.

Probably the biggest drawback of the film. The narration of the film has been designed to follow a ‘classic approach’. Unfortunately, all the ingredients that go into the making of a classic are missing thereby making the screenplay stagnate at times to irritable proportions.

All films that have been successful in being called classics portray enduring human emotions that can be related with instantaneously. Goutham has most definitely missed the plot with ‘Varanam Aayiram’ giving more emphasis to incidents rather than connecting them well.

joie de vivre or ‘life goes on’

Tushar @ PassionForCinema as ‘Vaaranam Aayiram – and they lived happily ever after…’

Gautham’s characteristic narrative pinch and an eye for realism, be it through close-ups or witty dialogs or jazzed up background score. Lots of well-executed montages here.

the dirty dark suburbs of Delhi(after Dil Se, I feel this film captured it so well, a style now conveniently termed Anurag Kashyap style-gritty, dark, harsh suburban reality of an otherwise picture perfect and prosperous city), Srinagar(beautiful use of filters, ambient light, much like Yahaan)