Repute notwithstanding actors do
find their nemesis when they begin to believe in their infallibility or become
prey to the illusion of the celluloid grandeur that their fav directors cast
them in. Surely when Ajit does a Balakrishna you sit up and seriously question
not so much the end product but the dwindling X factor in the actor and his
choice of script.
Vivekam is such certified hogwash in the name of sleek western stylised
espionage drama that you begin to wonder whether the film maker is out to dish
out a Dhoom – Kabir Khan fiasco. In any event that is exactly what the film is.
Ajay Kumar heads a counter terrorist group with friends and colleagues Aryan
Singha (Vivek Anand Oberoi), Shawn (Arav Chowdhary), Mike (Serge Crozon) and
Rachael (Amila Terzimehic). That is, however, a thing in the past. Now he is
perceived as an international enemy. He goes balllistically berserk shooting at
will with fancy gadgets and escaping a posse of policemen with cinematic ease
somewhere in Serbia.
Cut into a set where Chief of the Bureau (Sarat Saxena) is taking stock of the
deeds of this international criminal and how to handle the challenge. Aryan and
team are summoned and given the task of apprehending the allusive one time anti
terror officer. A further peep into the past wpuld show Ajay as the sincere
officer who lives of his suit case and is perpetual and perilous danger to the
awe of his wife Hasini (Kajal Agarwal). On a mission he runs into Natasha
(Akshara Hassan) who is a professional hacker.
The story is about how Ajay Kumar overcomes every villain in the plot with
brawl, brain muscle technology and native skill. This Ajit Siva outing is
simply over the top and so filled in gadget sales and cliché mongering that you
yawn as they fight. Why would an intelligent actor be blind to the screaming
faults of the film that is in fact kid stuff for the adult and adult nonsense
for kids?
Karunakaran tries hard to introduce some humour in a film intended to only show
case Ajit. Oberoi is hardly the villain you want in this scale of a film. All
the wisdom in the title. In the film there is very little Vivekam.