Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable

Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

jagdheesh The movie is too rooted in the culture of south Tamil Nadu for it to receive universal acclaim. Non-Tamil Speakers, Urban Tamil folks might have serious difficulty understanding the language and culture depicted in the film. The movie is about a brash, honest, foolish bumpkin who is caught up in the politics of two warring villages. The rivalry between castes, which is a highlight of South Indian politics, has been etched out neatly. The jail riot scenes remind you of Natural Born Killers vaguely but the jail set, actors and dialogues fit to the T. The capital punishment angle seems a tad bit forced into the movie as the movie doesn't really have anything to do with capital punishment apart from the cameo by a former Indian Judge. That apart, Virumaandi is one of the finest movies to have made it to Indian screens.The Pros: Brilliant acting, Clever dialogues, Interesting narration, Good Music The Cons: Made for a very niche audience

jyothi_jagannathan Virumandi has a very different story telling/narrative style for an Indian/Tamil Movie. The premise of different versions of reality as narrated in flashback style by the characters involved is well executed here by everyone involved in this movie, the actors, director, editor etc. Kamal as usual gives his dose of a social message, in this case an opposing view on capital punishment.Also, anyone seriously interested in world cinema and art should definitely checkout Akira Kurosawa's classic movie Rashomon. You will be surprised at some similarities with the premise of this movie and Rashomon especially the multiple story angles of rape and murder. However, Kamal's push to lift the Indian movie making style by borrowing from World Cinema is well taken and he has been trying hard since Nayakan (Godfather). Keep it coming...

pvramarao This movie is different and off-beat. Already with the way of innovative story telling (as a flashback narrated by two different people with opposite interests) which is a very BIG plus point, the recipe is spoilt with overthinking on Kamal's (the director) part to add a "message" to the film. The message (to abolish capital punishment) is a disjoint, not even fit as an appendix to this movie.This is really a story of one person, and should have been left like that - no need to add universally applicable messages. After all deeds done by Kamal and his villain, even those opposing capital punishment would feel these 2 guys deserve it. It is not important though made deliberately noticeable, that the villain got only life sentence whereas Kamal got death sentence. One couldn't care less.Its like - a spoilt recipe in the end which started innovatively with a brillant screenplay, and ran well though most of the film. Also, Kamal shouldn't have acted in this film - he should have just directed it - someone like Mohanlal would have lived in this movie, with much less (just adequate) action in some scenes. May be even Vikraman would have done a great job.

ganesh-2 Virumandi is another masterpiece from genuis kamal.The way in which the story has been told is something amazing and very rarely you can see in Indian Cinema leave alone Tamil Cinema. I was very much depressed when films like Anbe Sivam and Hey Ram failed with people but hats off to kamal for his perseverance and hardwork and never giving up attitude to stage a great comeback in Virumandi and scripted a message in Film Industry that realistic and Quality films can also do well in box office. In my opinion currently Kamal is the best in Indian film Industry when it comes to making high quality films.Look at Virumandi - the way in which story being told with flawless screen play, powerful dialogues and aesthetic direction and utilising the technology to a fullest extent. I think his mentor Balachander should be proud of his student. As an actor he has already proved that he is No 1 in the country and from film Direction point of view he is the process of taking Tamil/Indian cinema to International arena. Probably in years going forward we can witness a range of International awards being confered on this great artist.