![]() The score is thankfully way better and keeps the fight sequences and elevation moments fun. We're treated to more set pieces and forgettable songs. Even the heroine (a reasonably good Aditi Shankar) takes a backseat in the second half. The sole purpose of the protagonist then becomes dispensing "mass hero" duties. The film also starts showing signs of a typical A R Murugadoss flick, featuring loud mothers, concerned crowds, and over-the-top antagonists. While their performances are solid, the writing treats them as generic bad guys doing generic-bad-guy things. By the time the antagonists, played by Mysskin and Sunil, are introduced, the film loses some of its inventiveness. Even the way Sathya gets this supposed superpower is a beautifully written (and executed) scene. ![]() The entire pre-interval set-piece, which may have looked out of place in a film like this, starts to make sense because of the voiceover. VJS' voiceover is basically what turns Sathya into a "man of the people", and its familiarity makes us connect with his ideologies quickly. His scenes with SK are superb and bring the house down. Yogi Babu plays Patchwork, a restorer who also gets the best lines in the film. The first half that takes us through these bits is terrific, even with a few forgettable songs. It's when both tracks meld into one that the fantasy element kicks in. While this track runs in one direction, the plot about a crumbling resettlement complex runs in another. ![]() A cartoonist by profession, Sathya (SK) sketches a long-running comic strip (about a superhero) in a local daily. In Maaveeran, he taps Siva Karthikeyan to play a common man protagonist. In that review, I spoke of how Mandela was the antithesis to Sarkar, (an A R Murugadoss film) in the one-vote-makes-a-difference story. I REALLY, REALLY enjoyed Madonne Ashwin's maiden venture Mandela both for its simplicity in storytelling and the inventive use of humour to drive the plot forward. Vijay Sethupathi's voice over is good enough to compliment an earnest Sivakarthikeyan, but the second half deserved better writing. The second half became borderline boring due to this and stays predictable throughout. Though the hero driven by fear, being misused by the baddies sounded so good on paper, what was the executed on screen lacked that impact. It went too one dimensional in the second half with the hero vs villain conflict. It is the post interval portion where the novelty wears off quickly and it suffers due to lack of entertainment. To be specific, it was a good first half. The humor ensures smooth flow of the first half with back to back entertaining moments. This indeed is an interesting premise and Madonne Ashwin is in control of the narrative in the first half, aided by the supporting cast led by ever reliable Saritha and Yogi Babu. How does a coward Sathya transform into a brave warrior forms rest of the story. ![]() A freak accident leaves Sathya with an head injury and he starts hearing voices that make him stand up against the Yemen in the form of a corrupt minister (Mysskin). He draws comic strips titled Maaveeran, telling the story of a brave warrior who stands up for his people and is fearless to death. Maaveeran deals with Sathya (Sivakarthikeyan), a common man who is too much of a coward to stand up for anything. Sivakarthikeyan teams up with Madonne Ashwin of Mandela fame for a commercial entertainer. It's a unique concept, presented beautifully where all the characters do their work efficiently ( although except the main hero everyone is a prop without a character arch). Immediately realizes the wrong in that attempt and returns to the coward self.he keeps on saying life is about adjustments, so adjusting that he keeps on losing his personal space, dignity but hats off to the director the viewers will buy in that concept because he makes the viewer familiar about the heroes trait ( the very first scene shows instead of fighting in the que hero prefers to go to the train to fetch water, which in later part of the story used as a callback) A lovely entertainer with comedic punches where a coward cartoonist is forced to become a warrior as the cartoons world and real world collides. Here it's totally opposite, he is coward as hell, one scene shows he finally thinks enough and goes with a pencil to beat them. What is a trait of a hero in Bollywood or a telegu movie? He should be macho,able to beat at least 10 to 12 goons.
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