Mahaveeryar Movie Review: It is the best of times… – TOI Etimes
Story: A time journey story, the place an historic case and a brand new one come collectively in a modern-day courtroom drama
Evaluation: Mahaveeryar opens with the story of King Rudra Mahaveera (Lal) and his minister Veerabhadran (Asif Ali), who’re troubled by the royal’s fixed hiccup drawback. In reality, your complete kingdom is anxious in regards to the king’s well being situation. Now, the story strikes to trendy instances, the place swami Apoorvanandhan (Nivin Pauly) is underneath a tree close to the Anjaneya temple. He’s surrounded by excited villagers, when the priest, Damodaran Potti (Sudheer Karamana), informs those that the idol of Hanuman is lacking. Within the ensuing search, they discover the idol within the swami’s bag. He’s taken into custody and produced earlier than the decide (Siddique). The courtroom case over whether or not the swami is harmless or responsible makes up the remainder of the film.
It takes a courageous, clever creativeness to intermingle modern-day grievances and judgments with an historic king and the grievances of his individuals. The story and path by Abrid Shine are sensible, as is the way in which he has knitted the courtroom drama, with the king and his ministry coming to trendy instances. The satire too, is superb.
The courtroom scenes are hilarious, and the nuances of dialogue and weaving collectively of the 2 durations in time all make the film stand out. We’ve seen time journey movies earlier than, akin to AR Murugadoss’s Surya-starrer 7 am Arivu, however the distinction right here is that this film talks a couple of socially related story, as in opposition to the revenge drama within the Tamil movie.
The film’s first half strikes very quick with fun-filled courtroom scenes and songs in Rajasthani fashion. The second half will get a bit severe, with some enjoyable intact, although a lag units in at instances.
We get to see Nivin Pauly in a brand new avatar and he’s good with balancing his logical arguments in courtroom and magical performances at different instances. Asif Ali, as a soldier and warrior, carries the character fantastically on his shoulders. Because the king, Lal, is superb as he transforms from humorous to severe; his charisma provides him a giant-like look on display. Lalu Alex, Siddique, Mallika Sukumaran, Sudhir Karamana and Padmaraj Ratheesh are all good.
The music by Ishaan Chhabra is one other spotlight of the film; the people contact is fulfilling. The cinematography by Selvaraj Chandru creates a pleasant canvas.
If you’re within the temper for enjoyable blended with seriousness, this film is for you.
– V Vinod Nair
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