Mr. Vedantham: A review

Vedhantham is a simple, good man who sees good luck turning his life around, It's a common man's tale. There is no evolution in any character. The man is ordinary. Lacks strength. But has the gift of writing. His father is an adopted son of a very rich man and dissipates all the money, just to please mercenary people. The very person, "Vairam", who cheats the father cheats the son too. Vedantham loses everything. His house, property and his BA degree, which he fails. 

Luck arrives in the name of Swamy, who enters Vedantham's life and turns his whole life around. Who Swamy is, what he does for a living, why he chases Vedantham, we are not told. Perhaps, it's the scheming author's plan to help a man who is bent on not wanting to help himself. Vedantham is timid, doesn't reveal all his plans to Swamy who revolves around Vedantham's life, even if Vedantham doesn't want it. It's like Mother trying to help us with her Grace and we hiding our real intentions from her. Due to this lack of receptivity, Vedantham gets cheated by two sweet talking rogues. Still, Vedantham hasn't learned his lessons. He is bent on learning only through trial and error methods, much like the rest of us. His resigned attitude to life is sometimes irritating. But a keen eye for details would tell us he reflects the reader, for the reader is no better. It is said we get irritated or mad at people who resemble us. 

Chellam is a poor, uneducated girl who is Vedantham's murai pen, athangaal, Vedantham's aunt's daughter, who has only seen sorrow in her life. The mother daughter duo get cheated by another wealthy person, a relative who relishes in their sorrow. Vedantham can't stand up for them, ends up losing his own money to the man. Perhaps it's his rasi for all we know. 

Chellam and Vedantham want to get married but they face many difficulties in between. They lose touch when Vedantham is made to go to Calcutta, and that's when Swamy decides to fix a match for Vedantham. Vasantha is a beautiful educated girl whom Swamy thinks would make a good match for Vedantham. But Vedantham hides his true intentions and runs away from Swamy whenever he is approached on the subject of consent to the marriage. Eventually, Vedantham and Chellam get married with the grace of Swamy, who happens to be related to Vedantham's athimber-- athai's husband, and who had been a gem of a man. 

Vedantham has an unwavering devotion to Chellam, he never once thinks about another girl. Chellam intuitively knows he may stumble across many beautiful, educated women and may forget about her. But Vedantham is too busy battling misfortune to even pay heed to another woman! But misfortune may not be the only source of intensity. This is illustrated when Singam, Swamy's brother, urges, almost pushes Vedantham to write a story that finally wins him the recognition he seeks and the money he wants but doesn't know how to retain. At that exact moment, Vairam appears in his life again and seeks money with the ruse of ill health. Vedantham happily gives away under a sense of obligation, which makes the reader wonder whether Vedantham will ever outgrow Vairams and other mercenary people. How then does he succeed? Well, to know the answer, we will need to realise it's the story of our life. We are unreceptive Swamys floating around us willing to help. Only, we are busy driving them away.