Nice But Lengthy.....Surya 'Vedokkade' Movie review...

Deva (Suriya) is a typical youth. His mother (Renuka) aspires that her son would join government service. Pursuing his post graduate course, Deva instead works for Das (Prabhu), who runs a smuggling racket. A shrewd Deva is a carrier of smuggled articles bringing from abroad everything including pirated CDs of newly-released movies to diamonds without getting caught by customs officials. However Kamalesh (Akashdeep Saigal), who runs a similar racket in the locality starts to give nightmare for both Das and Deva. Keen to topple them, Kamalesh goes to any extremes. Das entrusts Deva with a job to smuggle diamonds from Congo. In comes Kamalesh and he sends his man to make Deva’s mission unsuccessful. But eventually he fails. Meanwhile, Deva falls in love with Yamuna (Tamannah), sister of Chitti’s (Jagan), who also works for Das. Their rivalry hots up and a turn of events leads to Kamalesh becoming responsible for Das’s death. Deva goes on revenge mode. They sort out their enmity in the barren lands of Congo and a surprise awaits Deva in the form of Narcotics Bureau chief Parthiban (Ponvannan) after he returns to the country

The film is more of a no-nonsense presentation of few reality issues that are not usually discussed. Unlike the regular commercial flicks that have loads of goons and high flying dialogues, this film is more on the realistic side and there is a lot of effort that has gone in studying the subject of drug trafficking and piracy. While the first half goes about in a smooth manner with the romance, action episodes, the second half takes off the inertia due to unwanted dragging and over detailed scenes for a situation. Overall, the film must be appreciated for its heavy content, high technical values and a solid performance by Suriya again.

Rating: 6/10  Technically well made but lengthy, one time watch