Ajith Kumar in Valimai (courtesy: Boney Kapoor,
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A biker gang dominates Chennai. They smuggle drugs, snatch chains and commit contract murders. The city police are at their wire’s end. A super cop is sent from Madurai to give criminals a run for their money. that, in short, is Valimai For you. Does it deliver the horsepower it promises? hardly.
An expert biker himself, the no-nonsense crime-buster criminal mastermind cracks down on a modern-day Mephistopheles who tempts unemployed, restless youths to sell his soul and do his bidding. A normal battle between good vs evil begins. Many lives are lost in cleaning the mission and the professional skill and moral fiber of the policeman is tested.
Valimai ACP is a massive, spectacular action movie starring Ajith Kumar as Arjun Kumar, a cop who is anything but happy. He is a reformist at heart and believes that criminals should get a second chance. He doesn’t shoot on sight. At least, he breaks a limb or two to prevent the youths from doing more mischief.
That’s not the only difference. Valimai, in which Huma Qureshi shares screen space with the lead actor, has no romantic track. The hero is entrusted with a task that is too important to allow him any scope to get involved in matters of the heart.
The assistant commissioner of police, who has the acumen to stay one step ahead of criminals who use hi-tech tools to wreak havoc on the streets of Tamil Nadu’s capital city, begins an all-out conflict with Naren (Telugu film star Kartikeya Gummakonda) . in his Tamil debut).
The latter, who claim to rid themselves of all emotional attachments, have raised a criminal army of masked motorcycle stuntmen who identify and strike across Chennai in broad daylight. he gets
His match in ACP Arjun Kumar. Once the gates of action are opened, Valimai slips into top gear.
Valimai A perfect vehicle for the seasoned action star. Writer and director H. Vinoth brings the real-life motor racing personality of Ajith Kumar to good effect on the big screen. The film would have been infinitely more entertaining if it hadn’t been as long and opted to skirt around a maudlin sub-plot about a brother’s wanderlust and a mother reduced to an emotional wreck as a result.
The brother in question and the mother both belong to Arjuna. Dedicated to his job and loyal to a fault for his family, he is left alone so that his alcoholic elder brother (Achyut Kumar) and unemployed younger brother Ashu (Raj Ayyappa) face no shortage of financial support.
Captivating cinematography (by Nirav Shah) and action sequences choreographed by Dilip Subbarayan are the high points of the three-hour thriller. Unfortunately, sometimes monotony inevitably comes to the fore. Though the fans of Ajith Kumar have nothing to carp, some parts of the bloated film become a bit too much to digest.
ValimaiProduced by Boney Kapoor’s Bayview Projects, is Ajith Kumar’s first full-fledged Indian release. The Hindi dubbed version of the Tamil film has hit the screens across the country. It is a vehicle that showcases the 50-year-old star’s action movie credentials, however, as evident within Valimai itself and throughout his career, there is certainly much more to the actor.
His entrance scene—the star single-handedly takes on a battery of goons in the rain and in a sequence that’s strategically punctuated with slow-motion shots—sets the stage for the high-octane heroes that propel the rest of the film. .
Lead actors and bad guys inject life into extreme bike and car stunts that Valimai are filled. Indeed, when the action is in the limelight and the motorcycles roar (literally) and plunge (literally again), it seems the director has handed over the reins of the film to the stunt coordinator.
The arch-villain, who rules a network called Satan’s Slaves and works for his ministers through an app, is not a completely round person. Worse yet, his relationship with the girl in his life, Sarah (played by)
Gurbani Judge, better known as Bani J), to the point that it isn’t clear until it’s too late that there is room for love in the bad guy’s dark heart.
Huma Qureshi, in her second Tamil film (after Rajinikanth-starrer Kaala), receives a pre-intermission ‘entry’ scene, although she first appears much earlier in the story. Cast as a Narcotics Bureau officer working alongside the protagonist, she pulls off the role perfectly.
Valimai There would have been another super-cop movie, but H. For the flair that Vinoth displayed in the action set-piece. It is left to Ajith Kumar to save the rest. He does what he can but the weight of the film puts a huge strain on him.
Interestingly, this tale of crime and punishment, unlike most films in the genre, features no politicians intended to underline their often portrayed alliances with the underworld. But not to worry, there are two men among the senior officers at the police headquarters who answer the names of Sarkar (GM Sundar) and Sasan (Selva), which means government and governance. Both are crooked from the core and excel at standing in line for the ACP as he goes about his task of restoring order in the city – and people’s confidence in the police force.
As already indicated, what does reduce Valimai The most emotional is his insistence on playing the subplot which rests on the protagonist’s mother (Sumitra). Its flirtation with Maukish pushes the film into the territory of unnecessary preaching, entirely to its own detriment.
Ajith Kumar’s screen presence saves many scenes from being unimportant. Valimai This is for the fans of the star and for those who dig long stunt sequences. As for the rest of you, the movie will be a mixed bag: when the bike hits the road and the action resumes, and when the tears of grieving mothers whose sons have lost their way, Let’s become the center of tears. the point of the film.
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