Film: Mariyaan
Starring: Dhanush,Parvathy Menon
Director: Bharat Bala
Producer: Venu Ravichandran
Banner: Aascar Films
Music: A.R.Rahman
Story
Mariyaan, a young fisherman who is
spirited and shares a bond with sea earns his livelihood with his
exceptional skills. He falls in love with Panimalar (Parvathi) and this
leads Maryan to leave to Sudan for the employment sake as a contract
worker. Two years passes away and when he is about to return to embrace
dreamt future, he along with his friend workers gets kidnapped by a
terror group. Things turn worse with the proceedings and will Maryan be
able to cross the boundaries and reach his lady love forms the rest.
Performances
Dhanush as always is
exceptional delivering finest performance, putting up loads of physical
strain into the role. He is mastered in articulating pain that
immediately connects to the viewers. The stunts are so innovative that
he performs to the perfection.
Parvathy Menon looks
natural and blows audiences with her peasant and charming look. She
breezes freshness into the character conveying through her eyes.
Appukutty is brilliant
as as Sakkarai and Jagan is good as Sami, Salim is wasted in a poor
role, Christopher Minnie is impressive. Others were adequate.
Technical Analysis
Cinematography is phenomenal and the
visuals leave you breathtaking and awe-struck. AR Rahman’s music is
stellar and mellifluous. Songs like Nenje ezhu, Kadal Rasa visuals are
impressive. Kadal Rasa is wonderfully filmed. Joe D Cruz’s dialogues are
okay while editing could’ve been better. Production values are good
Analysis
Bharat Bala, the ad filmmaker donned the
director's hat for a feature film for first time and he opted for a
tricky script high on intense drama. He has done research on this
realistic incident and although he impresses with the story, Bharat Bala
falls a bit short of the mark with its narration in the latter half.
Besides the main plot, the love story forms the focal point to the
proceedings and both the lead stars deliver their best. The chemistry
between Dhanush and Parvathy Menon manages to bring warmth and
tenderness. The conversation scenes are all well-written.
Dhanush yet again excels in his role. Be
it romantic scenes, the breathtaking stunts or the emotional scenes
like grieving for his friend’s loss, the actor gets everything right.
Maryan has also its share of blemishes,
the narrative slows down in the second half. The screenplay is slightly
sluggish in the second half and it looks lengthy with slow pace. Few
scenes like the Cheetah scene could have been edited while the climax
looked stereotypical and forced.