Courtesy:
Galatta
Wednesday,
November
08,
2006
Vallavan,
the
directorial
debut
of
Little
Superstar
Simbu,
is
a
love
triangle,
but
not
the
run-of-the-mill
type.
Simbu
has
worked
at
moving
the
film
through
twists
and
turns
rapidly
and
carrying
the
burden
of
portraying
a
rainbow
of
emotions.
Silambarasan
is
Casanova,
friend
and
angry
young
man
in
one;
and
has
weaved
all
the
three
female
characters
around
his
myriad
personalities
perfectly.
The
interesting
story
starts
with
the
college
student
Valavaan
(Silambarasan)
who
wins
the
heart
of
his
professor
Swapna
(Nayantara)
-
but
she
doesn't
know
he's
a
student!
The
first
turn
in
the
movie
comes
when
Swapna
finds
that
Vallavan
is
a
college
student
3
years
younger
than
her.
On
discovering
the
truth,
she
stops
the
planned
wedding
between
them.
The
story
moves
to
Vallavan's
past,
when
he
had
a
relationship
with
his
classmate
Geetha
(Reema
Sen).
She
is
an
arrogant
girl
and
is
obsessed
with
him;
something
that
puts
Vallavan
off
and
he
moves
away
from
her.
But
arrogance
goes
hand-in-hand
with
cunning
and
Geetha
plays
her
own
game
to
ruin
the
relationship
between
Vallavan
and
Swapna
.
Kaadhal
Sandya
plays
the
role
of
Vallavan's
childhood
friend
-
sweet
and
loyal.
With
the
mess
in
his
life,
thanks
to
Swapna
leaving
him
for
lying
to
her
and
Geetha
playing
her
sick
games
with
him,
Vallavan
is
furious
and
wants
revenge.
What
does
Valavaan
do?
Does
Geetha
win?
Do
Vallavan
and
Swapna
get
together
again?
What
happens
to
Geetha?
The
film
is...
disturbing.
Many
dark
emotions
roiling
throughout
the
film,
many
murky
games
of
passion
and
revenge.
Simbu
has
portrayed
different
moods
with
all
3
women,
with
his
real
self
probably
only
shown
to
his
true
friend,
Sandya's
character.
It
seems
to
be
the
time
of
anti-heroines
and
Reema
Sen
has
played
the
role
of
Geetha
to
the
hilt.
The
music
of
Yuvan
Shankar
Raja
has
been
on
everyone's
stereos
enough
to
bring
them
to
the
cinema
halls
for
the
audio-visuals.
No
introductions
to
"Loosu
Penne" and
the
remixed
"Kaadhal
Vandhirichu"
are
required.
Is
Simbu
turning
playback
singer
too?
The
background
music
has
geared
the
fast-moving
screenplay.
The
man
behind
the
camera,
Priyan,
has
brought
the
colours
of
youth
to
life.
Comedian
Santhanam
has
provided
much-needed
comedy
relief
amidst
the
dark
and
tension-filled
emotions
in
the
film.
Valavaan
is
different
-
no
rose-tinted
glasses
here,
but
light
and
dark
warring
with
each
other.
Cast-
Ajit,
Asin,
Kanika.
Banner
-
NIC
arts
Producer
-
Chakravarthy
Story,
Screenplay,
Dialogues,
Director
-
K
S.
Ravikumar
Arts-
Thottadharani
Stunts-
Kanal
Kannan
Choreography
-
Sambathraj,
Balaji
Music
director
-
A.R.
Rahman
PRO
-
Maunam
Ravi
Date
of
Release
-
21st
October,
2006