The problem with Viruman is not it's routine village drama set up but with it's irredeemable characters. Viruman (Karthi) hates on his father Muniyandi (Prakash Raj) as he is responsible for his mother and aunt's suicide. He grows up hating on his father to an extent of celebrating when someone slaps him and even gifting that person a ring for slapping. On the other hand Muniyandi is an extremely toxic man / father who treats his sons & daughter in laws badly. With couple of villains around trying to take advantage of this father - son enmity, how will Viruman change Muniyandi for good forms rest of the story.
The thing is Prakash Raj's character is shown to be extremely bad beyond redemption. His actions no way show he deserves a second chance. Yet the whole film comes tumbling down in that terrible third act. As much as Soori tries, those scenes are as funny as he tries to be without any decent support from the writing. It is the same with the entire screenplay as well as it resorts to the same 5 fights 4 songs template. With nothing innovative and overdose of Toxic men, the resolution the director opts for comes out as painful as it can get to watch.
The thing is Prakash Raj's character is shown to be extremely bad beyond redemption. His actions no way show he deserves a second chance. Yet the whole film comes tumbling down in that terrible third act. As much as Soori tries, those scenes are as funny as he tries to be without any decent support from the writing. It is the same with the entire screenplay as well as it resorts to the same 5 fights 4 songs template. With nothing innovative and overdose of Toxic men, the resolution the director opts for comes out as painful as it can get to watch.