Director K.R Udayashankar introduces Ashwin as a romantic hero and do-gooder in the first half, by borrowing from Bollywood feel-good musicals and wedding videos of Barjatiya's and Yash Chopra produced films of the 90's. Post interval the director changes gears from family to a thriller genre and also location from Chennai to Malaysia. Second half of the film is a straight lift of David.R.Ellis's thriller "Cellular"!

Ashwin is a good guy working for an event management company, who is also a big fan of Rajnikanth! He and his friends have a good time. One day for a wedding in the family, Archana arrives. She is soon drawn to Ashwin for his honesty and valour, though the hero treats her as a friend.

The action shifts to Malaysia where Archana stays and Aswin arrives on work. It kindles the romance, as Ashwin too slowly falls for her. CUT to Selvi (Kushboo) who is kidnapped out and brought somewhere and locked in a room by a bad man (Sriman). Now there's a phone in the room but before she could use it, her captor smashes it. She then tinkers with the broken phone it and manages to get a dial tone and gets cross connected with Ashwin.

When she tells him that she has been kidnapped; he doesn't believe her initially but sees her son also getting kidnapped. He is soon drawn into the kidnap drama, and is also helped by a Tamilian cop (Prabhu), leading to a shoot out in an entertainment park.

Ashwin has to go on a crash diet and work out in the gym, if he is to survive as an action hero. He should also improve on his dialogue delivery and cut down on Rajnikanth gimmicks, to create his own style. Kushboo is the real heroine of the film, and comes out with a riveting performance in a cameo. Prabhu has hardly anything to do, Sriman as the bad guy is a refreshing change from his usual hero's friend roles, heroine Archana is their for the glamour, songs of Rajesh Vaidhya are ok, while K.S Selvaraj's camera is eye-catching and captures the scenic beauty of Malaysia.

On the whole Vegam is a bit slow, still a time-pass entertainer.

Verdict: Average