Maaveeran

MAAVEERAN: This was a really fun, beautiful film. The making was 💯💯 especially that climax cinematography. The acting was great and to me, Myskkin was a surprise. All the BGMs have that folk dance vibe which made me wanna dance, especially the climax BGM. While the 1st half was filled with comedy, the 2nd half gets less comical and more fun (in terms of dialogues and situations). But, the ending didn't feel that good to me.

The female lead only plays the role of most female leads in hero-led movies, which is to give the hero that motivational speech which makes him go rogue.

Still, a solid 8.5/10.

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!!

I have never seen such unique usage of voiceovers/narrations before; In mainstream entertainers, they are primarily used in flashback scenes or to build anticipation around the central character, but the way 'Maaveeran' used this specific trope is quite intriguing, to say the least.

Not to mention, the action or the choreography, to be precise, seemed slightly refreshing as well. The way in which the camera moves and captures every kick and punch; it feels swell and looks damn cool. Some credit must also go to Sivakarthikeyan, who played his part with such unabashed conviction. Nobody else would have done a better job; he looked like an ideal fit for this role.

My only major complaint is its 156 minutes duration; it sometimes felt unnecessarily long. Other than that, it's a respectable commercial venture, a familiar dish, albeit served with a distinctive recipe and a much different flavour.

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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.

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.