''Mahaveeryar'' is a 2022 Indian

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, scripted and directed by

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. Produced by

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and Indian Movie Makers, based on a short story written by the writer M. Mukundan. Starring

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, Asif Ali,

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and Siddique in lead roles. The film released on 21 July 2022.

Premise

The film focuses on justice for a woman by time-travel to a court in the 21st century through the 18th-century lens. The proceedings are snowballed by a time-traveling monk named Apoornnananda Swamikal. The film intertwines through a funny situation the monk created to set the stage for his case of interest.

Cast

as Swami Apoornnanandan * Asif Ali as Veerabhadran *

as Devayani *

as Rudhra Mahaveera Ugrasena Maharaja * Siddique as MM Veerendra Kumar -Chief Judicial Magistrate *

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as Public Prosecutor *

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as Veerabhaskar *

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as Kaladevi *

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as Veerasimhan * Krishna Prasad as Krishnanunni * Kalabhavan Prajod as Veerachandran T.N *Sudheer Paravoor as Babukuttan

Music

The soundtrack of ''Maha Veeryar'' is composed by Ishaan Chhabra and lyrics by B K Harinarayanan and Assanu Anna Augustine.

Track list

Production

''Mahaveeryar'' is the third-time collaboration between Nivin and Abrid Shine, after

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and

Action Hero Biju ''Action Hero Biju'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language police procedural comedy film directed by Abrid Shine. The film stars Nivin Pauly, Anu Emmanuel, Saiju Kurup, Joju George, Alexander Prasanth , Kalabhavan Prajod, Rony David and Sohan S ...

. The film was produced by Nivin's own production house, Pauly Jr pictures. After a decade apart, Asif and Nivin reunite in the film. They last starred together in Rajesh Pillai's

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and Joshiy's

Sevenes ''Sevenes'' is a 2011 Malayalam-language sports- action film written by Ikbal Kuttipuram and directed by Joshiy. The cast includes Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Nivin Pauly, Rejith Menon, Aju Varghese, and Vineeth Kumar in lead roles; and Nadia M ...

. The cinematography was handled by Chandru Selvaraj and the music was composed by Ishaan Chhabra. Kannada actor

plays the female lead. The principal photography of the film started on 21 February 2021 with a switch-on ceremony in Rajasthan. The major portion of the film was shot in Jaipur. On 20 April 2021, principal photography of the film was completed.

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics.

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rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "It is the best of times.. If you are in the mood for fun mixed with seriousness, this movie is for you" Perceived drawback of the film was that it does not have any transitory segments/voice-over or creative cues surrounding

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s, and

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however few critics heaped praises on the film. The climax of the film was later changed and it was better received and understood by the audience.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 13557082 2022 films Indian fantasy comedy films 2020s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Abrid Shine