Now it’s confirmed. Kamal Haasan’s Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu is a big hit in Tamil Nadu.

After all the delays and controversies, the Gautham Menon directed slick flick is running to packed houses all across Chennai.

The news from abroad is also very encouraging. The overseas fans too seem to have given a ‘thumbs up’ to this police story.

The film stands out for Kamal’s restrained histrionics, the stylized direction from Gautham, Antony’s crisp editing, Harris Jayaraj’s gritty music and Ravi Verman’s splendid camera work.

The other highlight of the movie has Kamal-Jyothika’s matured love angle. It is something unseen in Tamil before.

In Chennai last week, the film’s collections outstripped that of other hits of the season like 23am Pulikesi, Unakkum Enakkum, KANK and Thimiru.

Kamal has shown again that class is permanent.