Yaman (Yeman) movie review: Live audience responses

Vijay Antony, who has earned the status of 'hit machine' of low-budget films, has collaborated with Jeeva Shankar for Yaman or Yeman. The duo has earlier delivered a successful film in the form of Naan. The latest movie is a political thriller, in which Mia George plays the role of the female lead.

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Thiagarajan will be seen in an important role in Yaman, which also has Sangili Murugan, Charlie, Swaminathan and others are in the cast. Vijay Antony himself has composed the music and Yem Mela Kai Vacha Gaali song has impressed the audience. The director has taken additional responsibility of cinematography department, while Veera Senthil Raj has edited the flick.

Yeman tells the story of an ordinary man, who tries to attain power in politics. Thiagarajan is the political mastermind named Karunakaran in the film, but it has no reference to the present-day politics of Tamil Nadu.

Vijay Antony has done the role of Tamilarasan, an ordinary man, whose journey in politics is narrated with a lot of twists in the flick. Yaman also tries to show the interesting developments in the background of politics. How key decisions play important roles in deciding consequences of some issues will be narrated in about two-odd hours.

Tamilarasan needs money badly to save his cancer-affected grandmother. An option to save her life comes at a huge cost as he now admits to a crime done by someone and has to go to jail. The prison becomes the starting point to make his political entry and his journey in the politics forms the rest of the story. 

The Tamil film has garnered a lot of good pre-release talk. Will Yaman live up to the viewers' expectations? Find it in their own words below:

Sreedhar Pillai: #Yaman 3/5, 1st half terrific, 2nd half loses pace . Still a decent watch 4 dialogues & packaging. @JeevaSankar & @vijayantony combo works
#Yaman 3/5. Political machinations r well stitched together in dialogues, with twists & turns. #Thyagarajan & #ArulJothy r brilliant.
#Yaman 3/5.intriguing & intense political thriller. @JeevaSankar blended his screenplay, camera & making well, @vijayantony does it in style

Surendhar MK: In a way, #Yaman does come across as a relief since it talks 'politics' without any rousing sermons and contrived emotional killings
#Yaman: The storytelling slightly falls flat in the second half, which becomes too predictable and old-fashioned for the genre.
#Yaman: In a minimal setup, @JeevaSankar nicely untethers a cobweb of twists & turns in the 1st half. @vijayantony aces the role of Tamizh.
#Yaman is a watchable political thriller. @vijayantony's assured 'minimum guarantee' formula has once worked for the major part.
#Yaman @JeevaSankar establishes his characters firmly with dialogue-driven sequences in the 1st half. Cat-and-mouse games are staged well.

Sathish Kumar: #Yaman is Dialogue Oriented usual Political Drama running for 150 minutes & engages only to some extent.

Tharun vikash babu‏: Showtime. #Yaman – at DigiMax Theatres
#Yamanreview Stunning political game. Extremely fascinating film if you love this type genre movie.significant performance by Vijay Antony.

ChristopherKanagaraj: #Yaman - Decent film !! Full fledge political drama, length is d major issue. Fresh combo : Vijay Anthony-Thyagarajan-Thangapandian role.
#Yaman | 1st half - Okay, slow paced political revenge drama. Vijay Anthony fits perfectly, Mia - dummy role, songs r not gud. Many twists!!

Khishore R Kumar‏: #Yeman [3.5/5] surely a watchable movie.. the only drawback is slow screenplay..Last 20 mins Top Notching all supporting roles done well
#Yeman [3.5/5] A political entertainer filled with lots of twists and turns.. Really a @vijayantony show.. with interesting climax
#Yeman 1st half @vijayantony grabbed the mass heroism plot well.. slow screenplay with more commerical elements so far looking great

Ramesh: #Yaman [3.25/5]: It's Dir @JeevaSankar 's writing of realistic political mind games makes it a worthwhile watch.. @vijayantony has a winner!
#Yaman [3.25/5]: Background score by @vijayantony elevates the movie in key scenes.. Camera work by dir @JeevaSankar is another plus!
#Yaman [3.25/5]: #MiaGeorge is adequate.. Veteran Actor #Thiagarajan has done well.. Other supporting actors r seasoned players & add value
#Yaman [3.25/5]: @vijayantony plays a small-time guy who comes up in lyf against cunnin enemies.. Plays 2 his strengths.. Good outin 4 him!
#Yaman [3.25/5]: A first rate political thriller.. Sharp dialogues.. Twists and turns every few minutes.. Engaging from the word go..

Kaushik LM: #Yaman -Among the support actors lot, Aroul Jody is the best. Thiyagarajan has a big role too. Mia George is mostly the 'damsel in distress'
#Yaman - @vijayantony looks increasingly comfortable as a mainstream hero. Scores with his intense expressions & serious dialog delivery
#Yaman - is dialogue-heavy & is a proper political film, with many characters. Watchable content, which will impress fans of this genre more
#Yaman 2nd half - The political moves (sadhi, soozhchi) in full swing. The drama is gripping mostly, with the foreign song as a speedbreaker
#Yaman 1st half - Pretty gripping! A street-smart young man is lured into the deadly world of cunning politicians & violent henchmen.
#Yaman 1st half - @vijayantony in the commercial hero zone, with mass moments, a heroism song & action scenes. Doing neat so far.

Abishek S: Nothing concrete happens on screen! Taking it's own sweet time to unveil the simple plot, #yaman 's first half lacks commitment!
Not getting all preachy n using a softer tone 2 kindle politics is a commendable effort! But old fashioned treatment 4 a normal story #yaman

Southcinetalkies: #Yaman - an ordinary story with slag in screenplay,some extra ordinary dialogues holds the movie,a first movie which get -ve WOM...

Rajasekar: #YamanFirstHalf - gripping so far, two well written mass moments by @JeevaSankar. Sharp dialogues, superb characterizations @vijayantony.
#Yaman- ends up as a watchable political revenge drama with a Godfatherisque climax.Lacks a powerful villain, IMO Thiagarajan was a miscast.

Karthi: #Yaman - Good political plot and dialogues.but failed in execution with mostly conversation and repetitive scenes.Could hv been interesting.
#Yaman first half - Engaging so far.All characters has equal screen presence with political game as background with few twists!

Prashanth Rangaswamy: #Yaman interval - Jeeva Shankars screenplay is keeping the movie very engaging. @vijayantony is playing to his strength . So far !!