Vidudala Part 2 Review

Vidudala Part 2: What's Behind

Vetri Maaran is known for his realistic, natural and hard-hitting message-oriented films. His Viduthalai 1 released simultaneously in Telugu as Vidudala 1 one year back. The film turned out to be a hard hitting action drama between cops and naxals. Now the film's second part Viduthalai 2 is releasing in Telugu as Vidudala 2. Let us see what impact the film created on movie lovers.  

Vidudala Part 2 (2024): Story Review

Vidudala 2 is a crime thriller involving cops and the naxals and the developments involving the two and how the innocent people become pawns in their actions for supremacy.

Cops by chance happen to arrest Perumal ( Vijay Sethupathi) through Operation Ghost Hunt and they revoke the suspension of Constable Kumaresan( Soori) as they face the logistics problem while shifting him to unknown location. 

During their journey, Perumal shares his flashback as to why he became the wanted person for the authorities. What twists and turnsand how Perumal's wife Mahalakshmi (Manju Warrier), A. Subramaniyan(Rajiv Menon), Chief Secretary, Ilavarasu(Ilavarasu), Minister of Public Works,Operation Ghost Hunt headed by Sunil Menon (Gautham Menon) are involved in  their journey unravel form the rest of the proceedings. 

Vijay Sethupathi's Vidudala 2: Artists Review

Soori continued from where he ended in the part 1. He came up with subtle expressions and emotions and with a calm and composed mannerisms and the physique of the cop , he looked realistic on the screen. Manju Warrier is good in the role of Vijay Sethupathi's wife.

Vijay Sethupathi carries the film forward with his intense and impactful performance. He showed good mannerisms and body language and his dialogue delivery is not only calm and serene but also made the required effect on the viewers. He showed good expressions and emotions to elevate the scenes.

Others like Rajiv Menon, Ilavarasu, Balaji Sakthivel, Saravana Subbiah, Chetan, Munnar Ramesh, Kishore, Anurag Kashyap, Bose Venkat, Vincent Asokan, Ken Karunas and Surya Vijay Sethupathy made their presence felt in their roles accordingly.

Vetrimaaran's Vidudala 2: Technicians Review

Vidudala 2 story penned by Vetri Maaran continues from where he ended the Vidudala 1. While the first part highlighted showcasing the atrocities of the cops on the poor, downtrodden and lower-caste people and also how the higher ups in the cops torture the trainees, the second part ended up highlighting the fight of the downtrodden and the consequences faced by them when they raise their voice against the brutality.

The operations involving the cops and the fight to get credit, hiding up the facts due to ego clashes have been also highlighted along with the outlawed, so called naxals fighting against them. Vetri Maaran starts the narration with the capture of the protagonist by the cops and later how they try to coverup as they try to score brownie points in their own departments as to who should get the credit.

In the midst of all this, Vetri Maaran through Vijay Sethupathi character took the narration forward by showing his flashback and how he became the outlaw in the eyes of the Government and the cops. The dialogues are powerful, intense and thought-provoking. The hard-hitting words and sentences will leave an impact even after one leave the theatre.

The story offered nothing new and turned out to be predictable. However the screenplay turnedout to be decent in the first half with the director showing how the various departments try to get credit for the arrest and Vijay Sethupati through flashback showing the fight against the higher caste and influential people and the brutal and gory violence involved in it. The first half comes to a decent ending setting the tone for the second half. The romantic angle acted as a hindrance to the flow of the narration.

But the second half turns tedious with the screenplay turning out to be  flat with no real twists and turns. The conversations go on and on and the violence goes non stop and at times, the way Vetri Maaran showed gory scenes in a brutal manner shocks all. He should realise that there is no need to glorify by going overboard by showing the brutal and violent scenes in such way.

Finally the film comes to an end as expected leaving viewers that they did not get anything new form Vetri Maaran than the same old story of fight of the oppressed against the rich and the influential people and the police brutality and the fight of the so called people branded as naxals. Screenplay and direction assumed the set template and Vetri Maaran did not deviate from the tried and tested formula.

The songs tuned by Ilayaraja are situational and extremely emotional. They touch the hearts piercing them to the core. He elevated the intensity of the scenes with his background music. The cinematography of R.Velraj is realistic and captivating. He showed the forest locations naturally and the operations involving the cops and the naxals in a gripping manner. The editing of R.Ramar could have been better. There are many repetitive scenes and the slow pace in narration impacted the flow. The film's narration dragged which ended up viewers getting irritated. Production values are good.

Vidudala 2: Advantages

• Vijay Sethupathi
• Powerful Dialogues
• BGM 
• Cinematography

Vidudala 2: Disadvantages

• Gory Scenes
• No real twists
• Flat Narration 
• Slow Proceedings

Vidudala Part 2 (2024) Movie: Rating Analysis

Altogether, Vidudala 2 offers nothing new to the viewers. Vetri Maaran comes with the same old scenes highlighting the fight of the poor, inferior and oppressed against the rich and affluent and the consequences they face when they take up guns and police and the government gets involved. Vijay Sethupathi livened up the proceedings with his performance in the role tailormade for him. Considering that the story offers nothing new, Cinejosh goes with a 2.25 rating for Vidudala 2.