Pari is different from other Bollywood horror films. Yes. But, we still have a long, long way to go in the genre.

If you are okay with a movie with an invincible hero, who can take down 20 or 30 men at a time and if you can put up with an overdose of sentiment, then you can like Vedalam. And don’t bother about that frame during the end credits which says that the film is dedicated to all women. It has nothing to do with the film whatsoever. Seems like Siva has used it as an answer to all those who ask, “But what is the takeaway from the film?”

After all the buzz which Puli had generated, you would expect it to pounce on the audience. But Vijay’s Puli crouches and crouches till you are bored to death.

Never lacking in energy, Kumar unleashes his Punjabi spirit and manages to pull off both the comedy and the action. But there is only so much one can accomplish from a story that is thinner than buttermilk.