Maveeran - Review

Cast	Ram Charan Tej, Dev Gill, Kajal Aggarwal, Sarath Babu, Shri Hari, Sunil, Surya, Rao Ramesh
Director	S S Raja Mouli
Banner	Geetha Arts
Producer	Allu Aravind
Music	Maragathamani
Editing	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Art Direction	S. Ravindhar
Cinematography	Senthil Kumar
Dialogues	Bagyaraj
Stunts	Peter Hein

Magadheera (Telugu) was considered one of the most spectacular movies in Tollywood. It went on to win two National Awards, a heap of Nandi and Filmfare awards, and elevated Ram Charan Teja (Chiranjeevi's son) as one of the most sought-after young actors in Tollywood. It would be unfair to keep a movie as grand as this from fans in other South Indian states. Hence, Magadheera is being dubbed and released in Tamil as Maveeran and in Malayalam as Dheera.

Harsha (Ram Charan Teja) is a happy-go-lucky biker in Vizag, who earns a living out of motorcycle racing. One day, while travelling in an auto rickshaw, he accidentally brushes his finger against Indhu (Kajal Aggarwal), who waves for the same auto rickshaw. The touch creates a magical sensation in him; he leaps from the auto rickshaw to go in search of her. Harsha fails to recognize Indu, as she covers herself with a windcheater. Indu, learning that Harsha is searching for her, tricks him into believing that she is a close friend of Indu and would lead him to her.

Harsha starts hounding Indu to help him find the mystery girl, unaware that Indu is the one he is seeking. After a funny cat and mouse chase, Harsha happens to brush Indu's hands and he experiences the same magical sensation, a feeling which arouses all his senses, a feeling that makes him nostalgic, rekindling an innate memory. Harsha firmly believes that his feeling has a deeper meaning.

Subsequent scenes reveal that Harsha and Indu were born as Kala Bairavan and Mithra Vindhu, 400 years ago in their previous birth. Kala Bairavan had been the commander of King Vikramasingh's (Sarath Babu) army and Mithra Vindhu was his beautiful daughter. They were madly in love, but were separated and killed by the king's nephew, the nefarious Rana Dev Billa (Dev Gill) who had lusted for the beautiful Mithra Vindhu. Kala Bairavan and Mithra Vindhu's love was so powerful that they were reborn so that destiny might bring them together again. The evil Rana Dev too is reborn as Ragubir, Indu's cousin in the present day.

An oracle predicts that the battle between Kala Bairavan and Rana Dev for Mithra Vindhu will be repeated after 400 years in the form of Harsha, Indu and Ragubir. In the rest of the scenes filled with flamboyance, mysticism, action, revenge and romance, Maveeran/ Dheera will reveal whether Kala Bairavan and Mithra Vindhu would succeed in their love after 400 years of waiting.

Maveeran is not your run-of-the-mill dubbed movie. It will repeat its magic to Tamil audiences, as the movie is not about dialogues, but about splendid action and mind-boggling visuals. Director Rajamouli, in his decade long experience with Tollywood, has never seen anything short of a hit for his movies. Of the eight movies the director has made, five were super hits, two hits and one blockbuster. With all these achievements, Rajamouli has mastered the perfect recipe for an entertaining Indian movie, and Maveeran is born out of it. It offers romance, glamour, dance numbers, action scenes, visual effects and just anything that you can ask for in an Indian movie.

The special effects of the movie, taking the period battle scenes to a whole new level in Indian Cinema, won a National Award. The crafty special effects on the big screen bring surreal images before our eyes, which can make one hallucinate. Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao's editing makes a perfect marriage between contemporary and period scenes. Chiranjeevi makes a guest appearance in the movie, and mocks Ram Charan, saying that he is a 'bachaa'. Ram Charan presents an overwhelming performance, but his acting has resemblance to his father Chiranjeevi's. Other stars Dev Gill, Kajal Aggarwal, Srihari and Sarath Babu present well coordinated performances, which makes the movie soar high above all its dubbed counterparts.Maveeran/ Dheera is a must-watch, twice or even thrice.