Dream Valley Corporation 'Vaamanan' is a series of events commingled together and narrated in a predictable stereotypical style which creates little impression in the end.

On the good side of the story, the movie has a slew of things to boast of such as the lead cast, musical score, technical department and especially the webbed kind-of story that unravels in the end that helps twofold to keep audience engaged in the movie. But, as in every other action thriller the director confident with his hardheadedness had just sprinkled scene after scene to bring about the contrived climax.

The story begins with Anand's, played by Jai aspiration to be a big star in Kollywood and his embarking in Chennai. With the help of his mumbling friend Santhanam, he starts looking out for the right chance and determined not to leave the city of opportunities until the right chance comes.

As you might have predicted by now, instead of finding his career a whiff of fresh air in the form of a girl named Priya (Priya Ananth) enters his life in a chance encounter. He tries his best in wooing the girl and his mother Urvashi while also stalking behind his role model guy played by Rahman, who is actually a thief himself. Meanwhile, another track of story comprising of Pooja (Lakshmi Rai), her buddy and an evidence tape containing video of the minister's murder joins in. During his attempt to get a chance in cinema, the naive and young Anand falls into the trap and gets suspected to have murdered Pooja. It's high time the youngster wakes up and find the real culprit to save his future which is the rest of the plot.

The gripping plotline surely sounds good on paper but things went a tad amiss while bringing it on-screen. As an actor, Jai has improvised himself drastically since Subramaniapuram. Yet again he's been entrusted with a more subtle role similar to his earlier and the other characters are stronger than him. Debutant Priya Ananth's performance is adequate and Lakshmi Rai steals the show with a good amount of glamour.

Urvashi displays her experience naturally and the same goes for Rahman and Sampath competes well in coping up with these veterans.

The man of the show is none other than Santhanam whose accurately timed comical remarks tickles us in many instances. His part is quite extended in the film and he's good but the stereotypical style of being the protagonist's friend making cliched one liners is getting bit repetitive nowadays. Yuvan Shankar Raja's songs are a major plus but the BGM is a letdown. Technically, Arvind Krishna's cinematography and editing is top notch.

Debutant director I Ahmed has definitely given his best in the film and he should be laurelled for not ushering in action without sensibility. Yet, the story travels at its own pace with loose ends which are tied at the final scenes but before then our interest level to know the facts goes low as it is filled with potholes along the path.

'Vamanan' is visually rich with spontaneous editing and mellifluous songs but falls short to keep us entertained.

Verdict: Below Average