Maaveeran

RATED 8/10 Language: Tamil Media Partner: Amazon prime Source: Nil

The director proved himself again that he can deliver social message in a commercial content. This time the commercial flavour is bit more, but still enjoyable one. The first half is 10/10, it racy, entertaining at the same time the screenplay is stick to the theme.

The second half is quite manageable, but felt bit dragged. Even though the characters and approaching the politician is bit fresh, the predictability killed the entertainment. The climax scene is bit overdose of masala and still justifies to his cartoon story.

The voice of imaginary character and how he handles the voice is awesome. The first half it was used for mostly for entertainment and the same is used for very good social message.

Worth the watch.

SK rocks his role as a timid cowardly low class cartoonist. Story was simple and straightforward with unique element. Cinematography was mediocre and action cinematography could have been better. The use of close up shots in few comedy scene made said scenes more hilarious. Music by bharath was good but his bgm could have been more gritty. Yogi babu steals the show with his comedy timing. While, Myskin's character could have been more stronger but his performance was good. It's vital that we support these kinda out of the box films. So go and watch it in theaters.

Overall it's a fun film and worth the watch.

The movie starts with a casual hero who never want to get into any sort of trouble in his life. And he even says - "We have to adjust and live". And, suddenly things change with a auditory hallucination. The good thing is the audience would have "believed" everything post that given it is fantasy. But the writers have carefully made it believable and everything happening in a series of "Final Destination" kind of screenplay with outstanding comedy from Yogi Babu.

Sivakarthikeyan is unbelievable in this role juggling between a possessed man who never want to be the chosen one. The small drawback is the climax plot making the villain look silly and foolish!!

Rating Maaveeran based on its first half alone, it's easily a 9/10 or 10/10. The characterisations, the comedy, the writing, the acting, everything's on point. However, it suffers from Tamil cinema's new curse of the second half (many people said Jailer had this issue as well, I didn't notice it, but it just shows it's a problem that needs dealing with).

The 2nd half isn't *bad* per se, but it's very contrived, some of the stuff doesn't really make sense, and it surrenders itself to the masala genre. Now, I have no problem with masala movies (I in fact love them, and making a good one requires some skill), but Maaveeran was never meant to be massy. It was always meant to be an unconventional, offbeat entertainer.

One issue I had with the entire movie though was the portrayal of the villain. Considering the director did the masterful 'Mandela', you'd expect some more political nuance, but instead the villain is just big bad minister who is bad because he is meant to be bad. However, the way they wrote his advisor (acted by Sunil) was really nice.

7/10. One time watch.

In detail, Siva Karthikeyan has nailed his role in this movie with both comedy and action. He merged into his character. When u read comics.. u'll think what if u are a superhero... sure Maaveeran gives u the feel. When great power comes, a great responsibility... this movie does that n engaging... Siva has become a performer in Maaveeran... Yogi did his part very well & will not disappoint audience... Aditi done her role perfectly... Madonne Ashwin tried passing the pain of slum people's sufferings after entering the apartments & did well in that. Myysskkin a good villain with no trace as much. Music & bgm is good. Overall a good entertainer to watch with family n friends... Movie runtime should be trimmed. Rating 3.5/5.