Vaigai Puyal Vadivelu returns after a short rest to cinemas and to what he specializes in, engaging the crowd. This movie is a sincere attempt for his comeback in to the industry, it is a chronicled topic for the comic and in a dual role as a ruler and his minister Tenali Raman. 

 

As we all know about the famous intelligent stories of Tenali Raman, director Yuvaraj has made a sincere effort on bringing the character to the cinema through Vadivelu. Truth be told, those scenes look great on screen and exchanges from Vadivelu's old movies have been cleverly mixed. 

 

The outline of the two characters has been brought out well by the veteran who with his skillful non-verbal communication draws out the insight of the minister and his ruler individually. Both characters were performed very distinctively.

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Out of the two Vadivelus, the ruler with his open mind and an extraordinary forked eyebrows advances well while Tenali Raman with his keenness steals the show. 

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Despite the fact that the film has its reason dating to the monarchical times, the issues that individuals face in the time period doesn't match well. With a Chinese group's penetration into the kingdom the attention is drawn to the plot of the film. 

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Tenali Raman's wittiness and Vadivelu's humour building ability into any scene makes the movie as entertaining as it should be. Continuous laughter will be guaranteed throughout the film including a lot of small moral stories to attract the younger audience.

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Meenakshi Dixit as Princess Maadhulai has carried out her responsibility satisfactorily. There is a force of supporting cast which includes Mano Bala, Radha Ravi, Krishnamurthy, Divya Darshini, Rajesh, Bala Singh are only a small number of the cast. Every one of them have been satisfactory in their presentation. 

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Imman's BGM passes on the retro feel well. The art direction is effective in bringing the vibe of the reason while cinematographer Ramnath Shetty demonstrates significant in his specialty. 

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There are very many plotholes in the script and furthermore, in the second half, circumstances appear to get into an auto settle state of mind and goes without bringing any interest to the end.

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Taking all things together, Tenali Raman, as an independent film, may be celebrated in family crowds and kids and may seem to be a much needed entertainment. In any case, for enthusiastic Vadivelu fans, who look for his funniness to de-stress, the film may work just as a one-time watchable. I would like to rate this film a 3.5 out of 5.