Review - Kuruvi

Movie Name : KURUVI
Director : Dharani
Cast : Vijay, Trisha, Suman, Vivek..

Storyline :


Velu (Vijay) is a happy-go-lucky young man, loved by everyone and is the only male offspring of his father’s triple wife family. He is a passionate racer, an exceptional dancer and is also unbelievable at stunts. Like every other Vijay movie, this one also has a hyper exaggerated introduction scene and a song.


Now to the story..Velu’s dad is missing for some unknown reason and so, he works hard to settle all the family debts. One of the cheques given by his dad bounces and the recipient threatens to auction his house, unless he is paid 25 Lakhs in a week. Velu and his friend (Vivek) decide to go to Malaysia and retrieve his dad’s money. Being a bit low on cash, they fly as “Kuruvi”s, small scale merchants who sell Indian products to NRIs. There, Velu encounters Gocha (Suman), the rich, sophisticated hoodlum who refuses to pay the money he owes and tries to kill him instead. Thus on a desperate attempt for money, Velu purloins Gocha’s diamond and returns to India. During his escapade, Devi (Trisha), Gocha’s sister falls in love and flies along with him too. Gocha and his allakaingal follow them to Chennai and pressurizes Velu into giving the diamond.


Only at this point, Velu learns that his Dad is being kept a slave along with several others at an illegal, underground diamond mine near Cuddapah, Andhra by Gocha and his partner Konda Reddy (Ashish Vidyarti), with help from local dog, Cuddapah Raja (some Telugu actor). Velu jumps, flies, and does every impossible, insane stunt and kills all the villains of the movie and releases his father and the people with him. The movie ends with Gocha being arrested by the police for illegitimate mining.


Comments :


Too many logic flaws in the movie.. Few of them for Mr.Dharani to note :
1.The family is unconcerned about the whereabouts of the head of the family.
2.A guy’s three wives living together is virtually impossible in any part of the globe!
3.No family would love u how good u are, without a job.
4.Winning races by accelerating the car, clutching the wires using one’s teeth is not that easy.
5.No one can jump 150m in a single jump.
6.Heroines are not meant to be stupid.
7.Coma patients don’t recover that easy and
8.Just dance and songs in a movie won’t do!


The Punch dialogues are irritating too. Everyone seems to have something to say to the audience! A few of those flicks :

“Kaadu na, naan Singam,
Vaanam na, naan Idi,
Kadal na, naan Sura,
Kathu nu, naan Suravalee”

“Dai fire, car ku pinnadi irunthu prayojanom illa da, manasula irukanum”

“Ivanukku pinnadi tamil nade irukku da!”

“Pechu than oru mathiri irukum, aana namma adi…. Sara Vedi”


"Pottu Kodukira Parambarai engalathu illa,
Pottu Thallra Parambarai thaan engalathu!"

But u got to admit it, Vijay is the best dancing tamil actor today. He does a lot of freakishly-insane-looking-almost-impossible dance steps in an elegant manner.


Rating: A at the max, 5/10


P.S. A good laugh, if u have a very good sense of humor.