Velle Movie Review: Velle Falls Flat On Almost Every Aspect Except For Abhay Deol's Honest Performance

The Crime Comedy genre is boosted with the idea of anthology, where two or more stories meet each other unknowingly. It's really unique and looked interesting in the 90s decade when British Cinema used this formula with uttermost care. After that, Hollywood, Foreign Language and regional cinema industries in India also did well with the same theme. Most of them were remakes, so of course the credibility went to the original, where it's due, deservingly. Recently, South Indian cinema, i.e Tamil and Telugu, both did really well with the formula by adding local flavor to it. Not every film was great obviously, but yes some films have set a high standard. Telugu Film Brochevarevarura was a decent attempt with nothing new to offer except that students' masti and immaturity. Deven Munjal's Velle is an official remake of that film, so naturally it wasn't supposed to do anything out of the regular course. Velle struggles to find that rhythm throughout the narrative but somehow feels pleasant occasionally because of good performances, especially Abhay Deol's honest one.Velle is the story of 'R3 batch' consisting of Rahul (Karan Deol), Rambo (Savant Singh Premi) and Raju (Visshesh Tiwari), three friends who keep failing every year and are stuck with studying inter. The fourth R Riya (Anya Singh) joins thier crazy, carefree world to pursue her happiness. On the other side, an intellectual film writer Rishi Singh (Abhay Deol) meets popular actress Rohini (Mouni Roy) and they fall in love. These two pairs cross paths when they are in need of money after a failed kidnapping and what follows next is the rest of the story. Velle's story is fine but that crispness is missing in its screenplay. The dialogues are too ordinary and it uses those school-times jokes to make, which you have forgotten before joining social media.Performance wise, Abhay Deol is a big relief. He is confident and honest. His dialogue delivery makes it look real and that behind-the-scenes stuff related to our industry does look funny sometimes. Mouni Roy looks glamorous and that's all her character needed. The R3 trio, Karan Deol, Savant Premi and Vishesh share a few good scenes together but it's very unlikely to accept them as students. They look too old and tall for that. Fortunately, Anya Singh looks like a student and that's all about it. The supporting cast includes talented names like Zakir Hussain and Mahesh Thakur but haven't got much to do in this messy script.ADF's production value is decent here. At least, it doesn't look like a 'B Grade' film, if that's enough for you. Deven Munjal has tried nothing different with his directorial techniques, which makes Velle look like an outdated affair. With a crunchy narrative and non-spoofy gesture, it would have fared much better than this. Overall, Velle struggles to find the meaning of its title by not being excessively crazy as suggested, but it has few enjoyable moments for teenagers. You can give it a watch with minimal expectations and for timepass. While doing that, Abhay Deol's performance will leave you satisfied.