Vanangaan (U/A)
10/Jan/2025 Action, Drama 2hrs 3mins

2.50

A Watchable Human Drama Powered with Action!

Might not be highly impactful like Bala�s early works, yet offers something to keep us invested at least for the second half is concerned. Major issue lies in the lazy articulation of the first hour which has many loose ends.(more)

Source: Ashwin Ram, MovieCrow

2.50

Bala's template revenge drama fails to make us feel

The events of the second half do add some kind of curiosity because of the disabilities of the protagonist, but even here, there's a lot of convenient writing, especially with the characters of a judge and an investigation officer. The beats are only too familiar that there's hardly any surprise or ...(more)

Source: Sugath, Times Of India

2.00

Director Bala's film on sexual violence has contrasting ideologies

Arun Vijay, as a man who cannot hear or speak, has given his all in this film of contradictions. Ridha and Roshini Prakash have delivered their roles well. Arun's performance and how the court proceedings make the film interesting. However, the way Bala chose to end the film with the death of a c...(more)

Source: Janani, India Today

2.00

Arun Vijay effectively shoulders a Bala film that feels compromised

Even the system with its might of the police and the judiciary feel ordinary in front of him, and this doesn�t bode well for the realism that Bala goes for in his films. It is such writing shockers that pull Vanangaan down, and makes Bala, the man who would bow to no one, feel like he compromised a...(more)

Source: Avinesh , Indian Express

2.25

Arun Vijay is the lone highlight of Bala's problematic, predictable drama

Vanangaan has a layer that speaks about how the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami are still searching for what they lost, literally and metaphorically. In a different film, the climax would have reminded you of the Bala of the Nandhaa days. In Vanangaan, the effect withers soon, as does a com...(more)

Source: BHUVANESH CHANDAR, The Hindu