''Hero'' is a 2012 Indian

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directed by

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and written by Vinod Guruvaayur. It stars

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, Srikanth,

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, Bala,

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and

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in lead roles. The film is produced by G.P. Vijayakumar. The soundtrack is scored by

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along with lyrics by Anil Panachooran.

Plot

Dharmarajan is a famous

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who worked in many films and runs a

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for interested students. He was out from the film industry for a long time. Dharmarajan needs some money for his daughter's marriage. So he visits one of his old students Aadhityan, who has become one of the top directors in the

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. Aadhityan gives a chance to Dharmarajan. Dharmarajan seeks help from his several students to assist him with the job, but no one helps him. Dharmarajan visits his favourite student "

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" Antony, who left him due of some personal issues. Antony agrees and joins the film set where he meets the actors of the film, Premanand and Gowri Menon, who is one of the top actresses in the film industry. Premanand, who is also the son of

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, is depressed about his earlier flop films and needs his next film to be a hit at the

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. So, he collaborates with his friend Aadhityan for the film. Meanwhile, Premanand likes Gowri and wants to propose her. He tries to impress her in several ways, but she feigns ignorance. Antony's dedication to his works and amazing

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impresses Gowri. The film is released and becomes a hit. The audience (who don't know the actual hero behind the screen) appreciates Premanand for the action sequences while Gowri, Aadhityan and the whole crew appreciates Antony for his work. Gowri and Antony fall in love with each other. Premanand decides to destroy Antony, who is a hindrance between him and Gowri. At that time, Aadhityan announces his next project with the same

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. Premanand wants to remove Antony from the project but Aadhityan, in turn removes Premanand from the film and appoints Antony for the film's

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. Enraged, Premanand plots to kill Antony, but ends up killing Antony's father Thankachan. Aadhityan tells Antony to leave the matters for a while. Once the

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for the film gets over and is released, Antony arrives at Premanand's hideout and defeats Premanand and Gowri's brother, thus avenging his father's death. Later, Antony is accepted as the new ''

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'' of the film industry by the audience and the film is declared as a

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at the box office. Antony and Gowri are more than happy to openly accept their proposal.

Cast

as "

" Antony * Srikanth as Premanand (

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) *

as Gowri Menon (

by Vimmi Mariyam George) *

as Aadithyan *

as Dharmarajan Master (

by Shobi Thilakan) * *

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as Thankachan, Antony's father * Bala as Udayanand *

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as Suni *

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as Hakkim Bhai *

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as Bhasha * Chalil Baby as A.C.P. Thomas Alex * Nandhu Krishnamurthy as Sathyan *

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as Muthu *

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as Premanand's father * Sadiq Muhammed as C.I. Honey Das *

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as Murugan Desentmukku *

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as Goutham Menon * Indrans Kochuvelu as Pallan *

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as Mary Thankachan Antony's mother *

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as Annie Thankachan *

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* Sarayu Mohan * Kiran Raj as eldho * Alwyn Fernandus *

Music

The soundtrack of the film was composed by

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. The soundtrack album was launched on 13 May 2012 at People's Plaza in

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Release

The film was released on 25 May 2012 worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics and audiences, where it moderately performed at the

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 2429086, Hero 2012 films 2010s Malayalam-language films 2010s comedy thriller films 2010s action comedy-drama films Indian comedy thriller films Indian action comedy-drama films Films scored by Gopi Sundar Films directed by Diphan