Writing a review in English for his film could perhaps offend director Seeman, who used the Sangam Tamil equivalent ‘Natram’ for the word ‘fragrance’ and ‘Namma Chera nadu, Namma muppattan boomi’ kind of description for Kerala.

In the name of ‘Tamil patru’ (or Thamizh patru), Seeman has dished out Vazhthugal by carefully avoiding mixing up of any other language. On the other hand, he has also avoided logic—the quintessential thing for the success of any movie.

It sounds quite funny when Madhavan, top executive of a software company speaks in pure Tamil. At one point of time, he tickles the funny bone to its extent when he utters ‘payanacheettu engay?’ at the airport.

At the time when Seeman deserves a pat for not infusing commercial elements of filmmaking such as violence and punch dialogues, he himself denies it by falling into the prey of cliched script and snail-like narration.

As a result, the end product is a somber and slow movie revolving around a big family, whose members are flawless, the kind of people you always see in the films of Vikraman.

Well, talking about the story, it is the usual one which Tamil cinema is seeing since Thiyagaraja Bagavadhar’s period. Madhavan, running a software firm, falls in love with Bhavana, for her liking towards joint family.

With her family members (especially the grandfather) posing hindrance to hit, how Maddy wins their hearts forms the crux of the film.

Yuvan’s music is one of the few saving graces of the film. In some songs, the lines of Na Muthukumar gives us a glimpse of Tamil’s beauty and chaste. However, other technical aspects fail to go beyond the average level.

Finally, while coming out of the theatre, we felt like telling ‘Vazhtugal’ to Seeman, not for this ‘brave Tamil’ attempt, but in advance for his forthcoming movie.

Vazthugal- For what?

Scoresheet

Area - Marks (out of 20)
Script - 6
Performance - 10
Music - 9

Technical aspects – 7
Direction - 7

Total - 39/100