Vanangaan Preview: 5 Reasons to watch Arun Vijay, Bala film

PUBLISHED DATE : 08/Jan/2025

Vanangaan Preview: 5 Reasons to watch Arun Vijay, Bala film

Director Bala is making a comeback with Vanangaan, 7 years since the filmmaker's last theatrical release, Naachiyaar (2018), and 5 years since his direct to OTT release, Varmaa (2020). Vanangaan releases in theaters on January 10, 2025, and here are five reasons to watch the film:

 

1. The maverick director Bala:

By the director's own admission, Bala makes movies on subjects that others do not want to or do not care about much. Exploiting such worlds has been Bala's strength, and he has once again wielded this formula with Vanangaan. A speech and hearing impaired protagonist at the center of a full length motion picture, sure peaks curiosity, and once cannot wait to see what this taskmaster of a filmmaker has extracted from his actors this time around. 

 

 2. Arun Vijay

A deaf and mute lead character implies that Vanangaan has to be majorly performance-oriented, and from the glimpses we've seen so far of Vanangaan, it is evident that Arun Vijay has stepped into next phase of his career. A complete submission to the craft isn't easy with a filmmaker like Bala, and Arun Vijay peaks curiosity about the movie in the waiting. 

3. The crime angle:

Vanangaan trailer reveals that the story revolves around a crime, and the investigation surrounding it brings forth a lot of untold truths. The genre of cinema always finds viewers among the Tamil cine audience, and actors like Ridha (adopted sister character), Mysskin (Judge), Bala Sivaji (Priest/Father character), Roshni Prakash (female lead), and Samuthirakani (Police Officer) add a whole lot of mystique to it. 

 

4. Crisp runtime

Vanangaan comes with a theater friendly runtime of 2 hours and 3 minutes. This is a huge plus for the movie. 

 

5. Strong technical team:

Vanangaan has some good songs from GV Prakash. If Irai Nooru is thumpingly classical, Mugilin Mele is a haunting ear-melt, and the cheerful Mounam Pole comes in both male and female versions. The Yaaro Nee Yaaro song encompasses the essence of the film with the lines, "Mounam onnale nyayam saagadhe, meiyin munnale sattam selladhae", which translates to 'Justice doesn't die because of just silence (inability to speak) alone, in front of absolute truth, law doesn't apply (justice being taken into own hands)'.  

 

Sam CS' background score also seems uplifting from what one sees in the trailer. Technically, Vanangaan promises to be good, then be it with  R. B. Gurudhev's cinematography, Silva's stunts, Sathish Suriya's edits, or Selvamira and Karthick Netha's lyrics.

 

Stay tuned for Vanangaan review on MovieCrow soon!

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