Sivakarthikeyan teams up with Madonne Ashwin of Mandela fame for a commercial entertainer. Maaveeran deals with Sathya (Sivakarthikeyan), a common man who is too much of a coward to stand up for anything. He draws comic strips titled Maaveeran, telling the story of a brave warrior who stands up for his people and is fearless to death. 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). How does a coward Sathya transform into a brave warrior forms rest of the story.
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. The humor ensures smooth flow of the first half with back to back entertaining moments. To be specific, it was a good first half. It is the post interval portion where the novelty wears off quickly and it suffers due to lack of entertainment.
It went too one dimensional in the second half with the hero vs villain conflict. 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. The second half became borderline boring due to this and stays predictable throughout. Vijay Sethupathi's voice over is good enough to compliment an earnest Sivakarthikeyan, but the second half deserved better writing.
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. The humor ensures smooth flow of the first half with back to back entertaining moments. To be specific, it was a good first half. It is the post interval portion where the novelty wears off quickly and it suffers due to lack of entertainment.
It went too one dimensional in the second half with the hero vs villain conflict. 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. The second half became borderline boring due to this and stays predictable throughout. Vijay Sethupathi's voice over is good enough to compliment an earnest Sivakarthikeyan, but the second half deserved better writing.