The fans of Ajith Kumar have been waiting for this day for over a year. Finally, it has come as his much-delayed Valimai is before the audience. The H Vinoth-directorial and Bollywood's Boney Kapoor-funded flick has hit the screens on Thursday, Feb 24.

Valimai Review
Ajith and Huma Qureshi in Valimai/PR Handout

Valimai unites Ajith Kumar with director H Vinoth and producer Boney Kapoor after critically-acclaimed Nerkonda Paarvai, the Tamil remake of hit Bollywood film Pink. In the latest flick, Huma Qureshi plays the female lead while Karthikeya Gummakonda, Sumithra, Yogi Babu, Dinesh Prabhakar and others are part of the supporting cast.

The movie has Nirav Shah's cinematography, Vijay Velukutty's editing and Yuvan Shankar Raja's music. Valimai has five songs of which whistle theme and mother song have struck the chord.

Valimai Story:
The movie tells the story of Arjun (Ajith), an IPS officer who sets out on a mission on hunting down illegal bikers involved in theft and murder. Valimai tries to deal with a problem that youngsters are facing in society. What if those problems happened to the hero's family? How would they face it? How does he, as the head of the family, tackle it? How his personal and professional life get affected? Answers to these questions form the crux of the story of Valimai.

Valimai
Ajith's Valimai second song to be released on Sunday.PR Handout

Valimai Hype:
The Ajith-starrer has generated a lot of pre-release hype with its promotional materials. Notably, the promos and the ones in which bike chasing sequences have garnered a lot of attention. With the flick managing to get good response from the trade, the makers decided to release the movie in multiple languages.

Will the movie live up to the expectations and give much-needed relief to the Covid-hit film industry? Check it out in the audience's response below:

ArunVijay@arunvijayno: ·#Ajith sir's presence all the way!!❤ Top notch action especially the bike stunts...A need of the hour message in the end... A big treat to all the fans...
Kudos to the team..
#Valimai

Manobala Vijayabalan@ManobalaV·1h#Valimai: ⭐⭐⭐¾: SUPERB
#AjithKumar nailed it with his top notch performance. #Hvinoth once again proved his mettle with a perfect execution. @humasqureshi did justice to her role. @ActorKartikeya is a plus. BGM & songs work well. Action Scenes & Stunts were an eye feast.

Dr. Dhananjayan BOFTA@Dhananjayang: Valimai is one of the Best Action Entertainers with outstanding bike chase sequences. Very well shot & certainly a benchmark film for Action from Dir. #HVinoth .
#AjithKumar sir is Superb in this action-emotion packed role.
An engaging & intense film. Do watch in Theatres

Ramesh Bala: #Valimai [4/5] : "India's Biggest Action Thriller " - In every sense of the word..
Actor #AK #Ajithkumar swag max carries the movie on his shoulders from start to finish..
Action sequences - On par with Hollywood / International Standards..
A very good message..
#AK #Ajithkumar speaks lot of dialogues directly to the youth and fans..
Very good message movie for today's youth.. For their upliftment from evils in the society..
Family and mother sentiments well blended by Dir
#AK - Dir #HVinoth Tharamana Sambhavam!
@ActorKartikeya is superb as the menacing Baddie..
Good choice..
@humasqureshi has performed very well.. Does action.. A pillar of support to #AK
Young Actor @RajAyyappamv is impressive..
#Valimai [4/5] : Dir #HVinoth has done meticulous research and it shows..
#AK #Ajithkumar Mass is used for maximum fans' delight..
No other future movie can recreate this kind of Bike sequences..
Both pre-interval and post-interval action sequences are lit..
#AK and

Haricharan: #Valimai is a banger of an action flick from Vinoth, and #AjithKumar shines in this totally refreshing avatar. Despite a largely predictable plot, the film is held together by some extremely well choreographed action stretches. The road chase sequence in the second half is

Kumaran@DirKumaran·48m#Valimai
one and only #Thala #AjithKumar ❤️
Pre & post Interval Bike action Sequence
You guys can't take your eyes off @dhilipaction
Tharamana Sambhavam & good message #HVinoth
Thala festival ❤️

Kaushik LM: #Valimai my rating 3.5/5
Tremendous action.. biker rage.. equally matched hero-villain faceoff.. mother sentiment.. superb making.. valid message for the youth in the end
An unflinching director who gives a wholesome film within Ultimate Star #AK's meter
Do watch in theatres @dhilipaction & Nirav Shah have delivered their A-Game throughout STUNNING stuff!
Samples: The pre-interval action stretch, the post-interval action stretch, the supercool whistle fight in the godown & my alltime favorite rain fight
STUNT FEAST!
No romance fillers. Way to goThe heroine is also part of the core story as a stylish cop.
#AK is carving his own niche in the mass commercial action space. Directors like #HVinoth add a lot of substance to his inherent style. Eagerly looking fwd to their #AK61 next.
: #HVinoth again stamps his class as a strong director in the action drama space. It's a film tailormade for People's Cop #Thala #AjithKumar & his mass do-gooder image. Really liked
@ActorKartikeya ; super screen presence & pakka lip sync. Strong role for
@RajAyyappamv too
2nd half: Really liked this half. The hero vs villain faceoff is balanced rightly with mother sentiments & family quotient. Emotional finishing touch
The action scenes totally live up to the hype. Arguably one of the best Indian action films. Super-Meticulous effort