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.

Movie is inspirational: About our quest and purpose for existence

Karthik M

The lines before the song Adiye Kolluthey wherein Surya says “The 90 days I spent with her, I seem to have forgotten Ilayarajas music! Its just rock now!” Then begins the song with the heavy guitar!
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Gautham appears in this movie too as a person covering his face with a white cloth. Make sure you recognize him with his eyes and voice

This movie does have a message

Muralidharan Krishnamoorthy

I had listened to the songs more than 1000 times had a little too much of expectations which the movie failed to fulfill. Harris Jeyaraj is amazing in his composition and has tried different synchs(like anjalaey song) and back ground score is out of this world. Music and picturusation works wonders for this movie and is a huge plus.

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)