Mariyan Movie Reviews

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.