Barring ‘PS – 2’, it has been a long time since we witnessed any crazy film from Tamil Nadu. While ‘Viduthalai – 1’ turned out to be both commercial and critical success, there are no other noted releases in recent times. One film which has created a lot of interest right from the posters is ‘Maamannan’. This movie had a very interesting star cast. Due to Udayanidhi Stalin’s lack of market in Telugu, they did not dub it in Ap & Telangana. Keerthy Suresh and Fahadh Fasil played very important roles while legendary comedian Vadivelu played a serious role in this movie. AR Rahman’s music is another asset for this film which released on Friday.
Coming to the story, Maamannan (Vadivelu) is the MLA of Kasipuram. He belongs to the backward section of the community and his son Adiveeran (Udayanidhi Stalin) is a man with a lot of progressive thoughts. Leela (Keerthy Suresh) faces some problems due to Ratnavel (Fahadh Fasil) who is a ruling party leader. Adiveeran and Maamannan decides to bring Ratnavelu down as he is becoming a problem for the society. The political circumstances and unexpected situations form the rest of the story.
Maari Selvaraj who made movies like ‘Pariyerum Perumal’ and ‘Karnan’ has picked up the concept of rich and poor for this film. But the political flavour added to this movie made way for a very routine second half. The character introductions, conflict point, the interval block where Adiveeran faces Ratnavel with bravery worked out pretty well but it is the latter part that is disappointing. There are not many high points in the movie but it is lifted by top-notch performances from Vadivelu and Fahadh Fasil. AR Rahman’s work too deserves a lot of response.