Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Raj Kumar A violent straight forward man resorts to peace for his new-found love only to find that there is more, to the girl's family, than meets the eye. Veeram is a rare combination that magnetizes both family and fan boys simultaneously. Ajith with the grey hair that matches his dhoti has made the most of his on-screen presence. What he lacks in dance, he makes up with his expressions which the director has explored well with several close-up shots.Tamanna has equal footing with Ajith. This time around she has bound her curves inside and has made an honest attempt to bring forth expressions on to that flawless face.Punch dialogues have been limited to the most possible extent. The only punch comes from the antagonist to which Ajith remarks, "With that big a moustache, I would have been very much disappointed if you had not made a punch dialogue".Santhanam stands apart in the crowded first-half with his wits only to disappear in the second half where Thambi Ramaiah takes the front seat.Despite their many years in the industry, Pradeep Rawat and Athul Kulkarni are still struggling to lip synch let alone act.Logic has been shown the door in a few sequences (Athul escaping an explosion in a "petrol bunk" while others char to death. No authorities investigating the so many dead bodies thanks to Ajith) but in the flow of matters they are passable.DSP, besides the BGM, has disappointed with almost everyone in my screening waiting for the song sequences to exit for the loo.Siva, after a remake in the form of "Siruthai", has come up with an original script which if remade in another languages is not a surprise. Like mentioned ahead, he has balanced the family quotients well with fan-boy's demands.Veeram- Worth your time and money.

SivakumarBalachandran It's a commercial spicy masala pongal for the Tamil cinema industry, since two big stars launch their commercial movies at the same time. Nevertheless both of them where commercial mass entertainer so clearly no space for logics. So now let's see What Thala Ajith has come up with his commercial Pongal recipe for us.Veeram on the whole has got no big fresh story line but the same 1990's style of Tamil rural base story has been presented in a refreshing way. So obliviously the same old wine in new bottle. Director Siva has strategically handled the standard commercial template of cinema. A racy first half filled with typical Brother Sentiment- Comedy- Heroic Action-Romance. An engaging second half with Family Sentiment- Raging Action-Romance. Plus both sides had songs equally distributed. Coming to the star cast first our Thala Ajith as Vinayagam after his continuous urban avatars is now seen on a rural make over. Our Billa was looking equally stylish in the traditional outfit. He has done full justice to his role starting from romance sentiment comedy and fierce action sequences. Tammanah Bhatia as Koppu has given a comeback to Tamil cinema after her average grosser Venghai in 2011.Got to say this diva has still got the oomph factor in her. She had lots of screen space to perform a character in between a traditional and modern girl but I found her flawed in main emotional and crying sequences. But that doesn't stop me saying "Man she looked ravishingly beautiful". When romance department was handled by Tammanah the comedy department was given to Santhanam who did fairly well with his jokes but though it was engaging nothing nailed your heart as a comedy. Nassar as a big shot and a peacemaker of a village entered lately but his performance was superb of course his acting skills are legendary. So moving on to the supporting role casting it had lots of actors, some of them where seen in both big releases of Pongal. As usual the technicalities of the movie had nothing big since it's a commercial venture aimed at satisfying all class audience. So nothing special for elite movie viewers. Music was below average as far as the songs. But BGM was racy.Verdict: Director Siva's second Tamil Venture Veeram is undoubtedly a commercial mass entertainer for the whole family and particularly a true Thala pongal for core thala fans. NB: Viewers who strictly stick on stuff and story based movies are advised to miss this flick for sure.-Reviewed by Sivakumar Balachandran (bsiva84@gmail.com)

yashmishra91 "Veeram" stands out as an all and all simple yet a good Pongal entertainer with some great moments and some style factor. The film's weak points lie in few of the moments which are draggy plus the over melodramatic quotient within few of the moments in the film. Apart from that, the editing by Kasi .V. builds up great intensity somewhere, but the slickness gets loose in some scenes too. The music score by DSP lends some good support to the film and when it comes to the film's positive points, then its the narration by the director Siva which entertains you well, then well choreographed sequences by Silva, great comedy factor and few great punchlines written by Bharathan and Bhoopathy Raja, then the characters especially Tamannah and Santhanam who are at their brilliant best and then comes Ajith Kumar who in his two different looks is at his usual best and his machismo and charisma is as great as usual, making the film worth a good outing! My rating would be: 3.5/5

rajkumar_m It's really different film in Ajith's career where he shows massy difference from classy looks he delivered in his previous films. It should be appreciated that he's the only actor in India who's doing stunts without any dupe in his movies. This dedication gives him success when he's doing right movies with right team. And hatsoff to the Siva&Team that even though story is not new to tamil, screenplay and ajith's screen presence should be give applause. DSP has done good job in BGM and theme song. Tamanna added beauty and santhanam asusual delivered good comedies. As, Arrambam is simple... Veeram is Mass family entertainer...