Mahaveeryar

After a long gap, the Mollywood young superstar Nivin Pauly is back in the game with Abrid Shine’s time travel fantasy flick ‘Mahaveeryar’. As the film is all set to release on the next day (July 20) early reactions are all in for Nivin Pauly’s time travel movie. A popular entertainment industry tracker, columnist, and writer Sreedhar Pillai attended the first screening of Abrid Shine’s directorial film. This is one of her latest clicks and she looks gorgeous in it A popular entertainment industry tracker, columnist, and writer Sreedhar Pillai attended the first screening of Abrid Shine’s directorial film. Sreedhar took to his official Twitter handle and penned a note saying that ‘Mahaveeryar is a different and daring unique time travel flick that is packed with an original and fresh script coupled with brilliant execution by the director Abrid Shine. ‘Kaduva’ Box Office Collection: Prithviraj’s action entertainer collects more than Rs 40 crores worldwide The Malayali audience has indeed given a break for realistic films as the majority are demanding complete action entertainers and a recent example of the shift in audiences tastes is the grand success of Prithviraj Sukumaran’s action flick ‘Kaduva’. Reportedly, the movie has earned over Rs 40 crores The first reaction to ‘Mahaveeryar’ also calls ‘Mahaveeryar’ a fantasy courtroom drama laced with black humor and the content is relevant to today’s social and political times. The early reaction also lauds Nivin Pauly’s perfo...

By Janani K: Mahaveeryar, right from its inception, stood out as an experimental film. By marrying the time-travel concept with fantasy elements, director Abrid Shine's film is a perfect example of out-of-the-box thinking and writing. The film is also a social commentary on bias and perception, among others. But, has this experimental film worked? Mahaveeryar introduces us to a mighty king (played by Lal) who has persistent hiccups. He isn't able to rule the kingdom because his hiccups don't stop. He asks his minister (Asif Ali) to bring home the most beautiful girl in the kingdom, as he believes that she can cure him. Meanwhile, we see godman Apoonananthan (Nivin Pauly) in the present day, who gets accused of stealing a temple idol. He fights the court case and defends himself. How do these stories join forces? Will the characters achieve their purpose? If this isn't the most bizarre plot, we don't know what it is. The first half is a courtroom drama featuring exceptional performances from Nivin Pauly and Siddique, who plays a judge. We survive the first half because it acts as a dark comedy. The lines are subtle and thought-provoking as well. The second half concentrates on marrying the two genres and concentrates on the king's hiccup problem, which is now being dealt with in court. It looks like these are two different films and the point when the two worlds emerge is not organic. In fact, it puts you off. Shanvi Srivastava, who plays Devayani, gets a solid role. Howeve...

In Abrid Shine’s last film with Nivin Pauly, Action Hero Biju, what you saw on the poster was not quite what you got. The title – including its font – induced an expectation of a Singham-type masala cop potboiler. It, however, turned out to be a realistic, almost documentary-style narration of events that unfold in a police station. The film did have a moustachioed macho police officer as its protagonist. But it wasn’t merely about him; it showed the people and the events around him, thus attempting a tightrope walk between a ‘commercial entertainer’ and ‘experimental cinema’. Their latest film, Mahaveeryar, based on a short story written by M Mukundan, surprises the audience as well. Going by the trailers and posters, we were expecting a fun-filled time-travel courtroom comedy. There is fun, there is time-travel and there is courtroom drama. Yet it turns out to be the film we didn’t expect at all. ‘Rooted’ is how most people who watched their first two films – Action Hero Biju and the heartwarming 1983 – describe the works. But this adjective does not quite fit Mahaveeryar. Early on, we get a few slice-of-life scenes involving a small town and its people, sprinkled with humour, reminding us of 1983. But it soon goes into a different zone – at times, to different dimensions altogether. (Read: Nivin Pauly’s interview about Mahaveeryar ) Mahaveeryar has a simple premise, reminding us of tales from Tinkle. A king, Rudra Mahaveera Ugrasena Maharaja (superbly played by Lal), wh...

Mahaveeryar is designed as a story of a free-spirited Saint Apoorvanandan ( Nivin Pauly ) living in the present times, and a deceptive warrior from the past Veerabadhran, both put on trial from different timelines for two crimes that they have been accused of in their times. This might seem like a rather conventional narrative structure as two distinct narrative threads often mimic a parallel momentum. However, Abrid Shine distills the whole courtroom drama setup of the two halves to make it a single entity devoid of the constraints of maintaining timeline logic anyway whatsoever. The puzzle of the stolen idol in the current timeline is juxtaposed with a very severe case of sexual exploitation in the older timeline, involving the king, his second in command, and a village girl. This might sound like a very interesting central premise on paper but the treatment loses its novelty somewhere along the second half when both the timelines merge and the characters start interacting in the confined space of the courtroom. The issue that the film faces largely falls back to the often confusing pitch and tonal variations that the screenplay goes through without explaining the motive of sudden changes in the rules of the story world. Abrid Shine who has based his highly imaginative screenplay on a short story by acclaimed writer M. Mukundan seems to be too much in awe of the central allegory of the tale that he parts ways, with the idiosyncrasies of his storytelling impulses. The qui...

The Nivin Pauly-starrer 'Mahaveeryar' is all set to hit theatres on July 21. The movie directed by Abrid Shine features a star cast, including Asif Ali, Lal, Sidhique, Shanvi Sreevasthava, among others. The film revolves around a court and the protagonist is a godman played by Nivin Pauly, who is trying to prove his case and god’s existence by narrating a tale from the past. From the trailer, we learn that an incident has happened and someone in the court, most probably the godman himself, is witness to the crime. So, what more should you know before you head to the theatres to watch the film? Onmanorama explores. The movie is a mix of several genres Ever since ‘Mahaveeryar’ was announced, there has been a lot of discussions around the film. The makers have also claimed that the movie is quite unlike any other film that has been made in Mollywood till date as it involves a lot of fantasy with elements of time travel. The script written by Abrid Shine is based on a story by renowned writer M Mukundan. It is also a historical fiction drama as there is mention of kings and kingdoms in the film. Asif Ali plays a warrior prince in the film. The story discusses some key issues despite the humour The makers have revealed that the film will address a very key issue which is relevant to society today. However, that aspect of the film has not been depicted in the trailer. Nivin Pauly in a completely different look Most of Nivin Pauly’s hit movies had him play the role of the boy-nex...

The trailer of Abrid Shine’s ‘Mahaveeryar’ headlining Nivin Pauly and Asif Ali just dropped in. The film which is said to be a time travel, fantasy, court, and legal proceedings drama is also sprinkled with humour and pathos. The film is co-produced by Nivin Pauly and PS Shamnaz under Pauly Junior Pictures and Indian Movie Makers respectively and will hit theaters worldwide on July 21. The film stars Nivin Pauly, Asif Ali, Lal, Lalu Alex, Siddique, Shanvi Srivastava, Vijay Menon, Major Ravi, Mallika Sukumaran, Sudhir Karamana, Krishna Prasad, Padmarajan Ratheesh, Sudhir Paravoor, Kalabhavan Prajod, Pramod Veliyanad, Shailaja P Ambu and others in the lead roles. 'Mahaveeryar' written and directed by Abrid Shine is an adaptation of M. Mukundan's story. Chandu Selvaraj (State award winner) has done the cinematography and Ishaan Chhabra has done the music and background score. Editing is by Manoj, sound Mixing by Vishnu Govind and Sri Shankar, Art Direction by Anees Natodi, Costume Design by Chandrakant and Melvi J, Make-up by Libin Mohanan and Baby Panicker is the main assistant director. onmanorama-topic-person-7-asif-ali onmanorama-topic-person-24-lalu-alex onmanorama-topic-person-41-siddique https-www-onmanorama-com-acp https-www-onmanorama-com-entertainment-entertainment-news onmanorama-topic-general-topics-76-entertainment-news https-www-onmanorama-com-entertainment 6fbmcgkr45ap9bf6t58k6vij78 onmanorama-topic-person-3-nivin-pauly