| Mass masala movies and Vijay seem inseparable. Following the footsteps of Rajinikanth, Vijay seems to have made it a habit to choose a movie that is predominantly hero-centric and a script which has the male protagonist mouthing punch line dialogues besides bashing baddies. Hold on! He also takes time to romance a girl and also try his hand at humour. This patented formula of the actor seems to have paid rich dividends in the past attracting front-benchers. 'Vettaikkaran' too is one more in the long list of Vijay films that is typical of his earlier ventures - perhaps a collage of his recent releases. An aspiring police officer who turns into a one-man army to weed off baddies in the society forms the crux. Babu Sivan, a former associate of director Dharani does in 'Vettaikkaran' what his mentor is known for. He has chosen to tread a safe path - obvious one for Vijay - a mass intro song, hero meeting the heroine and falling in love. Comes to Chennai from his native village only to fight the evil elements. Eventually all ends well. Though Babu Sivan could not leave an impression as a director, yet he manages to make a mark as a dialogue writer penning punch lines that would draw instant applause from Vijay fans. It's Vijay show all the way. He goes all guns blazing with amazing energy levels. Be it an aspiring cop, a romantic youth or an angry young man, he is right there delivering what he did in his earlier ventures - 'Kuruvi', 'Villu' or 'Thiruppachi'. Anushka, who impressed one and all playing a pious woman in 'Arundhathee', takes to a typical heroine's role here. She appears here and there in the film only to shake legs with Vijay in skimpy costumes for some racy numbers. Salim Ghouse who impressed one and all as Jindha in 'Vettri Vizha', makes a comeback to impress as a ruthless don and a rich entrepreneur Devanayakam. Shayaji Shinde plays a negative character while the humour by Manobala and Sathyan fails to evoke laughter. Ravi (Vijay) is a callous youth in Tuticorin. He aspires to become a cop and admires to be one like police officer Devaraj (Sri Hari), his role model. After great effort, he manages to pass plus two and comes to join a college in Chennai. In his journey, he meets Suseela (Anushka) and falls for her instantly. Thanks to her grandmother, he succeeds in wooing Suseela. Meanwhile he lands in Chennai and takes up his studies in a college and also ekes out livelihood plying an auto rickshaw. It is here that his life takes a turn. He comes across a baddie Chella (Ravishankar) who tries to play spoilsport in the life of one Uma (Sanchitha Padukone). Ravi bashes him up. His troubles start only now as Chella's father Devanayakam (Salim Ghouse) with the help of greedy police hatches conspiracy to kill him in a special encounter. It is now a cat and mouse game between the two. And as you would have guessed it right, it leads to a predictable climax. More of action and less of logic, Vettaikkaran's theme seems to have been borrowed from many mass movies. A sense of deja vu prevails all through as many scenes looks repeated and cliched. So are the action sequences resembling 'Kuruvi' and 'Aadhavan'. Music by Vijay Antony is peppy and groovy but the same can't be said of his background score. Produced by AVM Balasubramaniam and B Gurunath and presented by Sun Pictures, 'Vettaikkaran' is a path treaded many times before. The impact is the same and the result is obvious. Vettaikkaran - Masala man | 
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