He doesn't know what to do

Yep. Guess "Manmadhan" was a fluke after all. Because "Vallavan" has none of the slickness and the nuances that Simbu show ghost-directing "Manmadhan". The only reason -- in the end -- to watch were two songs: "Loosu Penne" and "Yammadi...".

The film dragged even after snipping 1000 feet of film. At it wasn't really the gimmickry that got to me -- we're used to that by now. Simbu overacts. All Nayantara does is pine. And the most atrocious thing of all: Reema Sen in a fluffin' school uniform. She looks downright ugly. Guess that was deliberate ploy knowing the subtle slights at Dhanush+Aishwarya. The film gets nowhere fast and Simbu's left crying, literally.