Mersal (2017)

October 18, 2017 (IN) • Thriller, Action, Crime • 161m

Overview

A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?

Director

Atlee

Writers

Atlee, Atlee, Vijayendra Prasad, Ramana Girivasan

Top Billed

Vijay

Keywords

medical error medical scandal gst

Where to watch

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Top Billed Cast

Vijay

Vetrimaaran/ Vetri/ Maaran

S. J. Suryah

Daniel Arockiaraj

Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Tara

Nithya Menen

Aishwarya Vetrimaaran

Kajal Aggarwal

Anu Pallavi

Sathyaraj

Rathnavel

Vadivelu

Vadivu

Sathyan Sivakumar

Maniyan

Kovai Sarala

Sarala

Hareesh Peradi

Dr. Arjun Zachariah

Misha Ghoshal

Tara's Friend

Yogi Babu

Nolan

Rajendran

Health Minister

Kaali Venkat

Auto Driver

Devadarshini

Nurse

Surekha Vani

Nurse

Sangili Murugan

Salim Ghosh

Boxer Dheena

Prisoner

M.Kamaraj

Kaasi

Mamilla Shailaja Priya

Tara's Mother

Kaali Venkat

Rickshaw Driver

Senthikumari

Abdool Lee

Crew

Kailash Kher

Playback Singer

Shreya Ghoshal

Playback Singer

Vishwaprasad Ganagi

Playback Singer

Deepak Blue

Playback Singer

Naresh Iyer

Playback Singer

Sharanya Srinivas

Playback Singer

G. V. Prakash Kumar

Playback Singer

Pooja Vaidyanath

Playback Singer

A.R. Rahman

Playback Singer

Sid Sriram

Playback Singer

Vivek

Lyricist

Sathyaprakash Dharmar

Playback Singer

Shweta Mohan

Playback Singer

Gopi Prasannaa

Publicist

N. Ramasamy

Producer

M. Senthil

Production Executive

Atlee

Story

Atlee

Screenplay

Antony L. Ruben

Editor

A.R. Rahman

Original Music Composer

Vijayendra Prasad

Screenplay

Atlee

Director

G. K. Vishnu

Director of Photography

Atlee

Dialogue

Ramana Girivasan

Dialogue

Ramana Girivasan

Screenplay

M. Sherif

Choreographer

Hema Rukmani

Producer

Prem Rakshith

Choreographer

T K Madhan Prasad

Co-Director

T. Muthuraj

Art Direction

Pallavi Singh

Costume Design

H Murali

Executive Producer

Tapas Nayak

Sound Designer

Neeraja Kona

Costume Design

Anal Arasu

Stunt Coordinator

Shilpi Kiran

Assistant Director

R Udhayakumar

Production Controller

Marcin Andruchow

Line Producer

Natarajan Ramji

Line Producer

D Maneksha

Still Photographer

Cibi Chakaravarthi

Assistant Director

Reviews

tajshar2k

⭐ 8/10

November 13, 2018

Mersal is an awesome movie with great entertainment value. Vijay has given his best performance yet and he deserves praise for his triple role.The movie doesn't overdo the "mass" image that Vijay has, but it does provide us with some moments that will give you goosebumps. The cinematography is top notch in this movie, and songs like "Mersal Arasan" and "Aallaporan Tamizhan" are enjoyable to watch, All thanks to Vijay's dancing skills of course! Action scenes are lacking for Vijay's standards, but given the story-line it makes perfect sense.

The story itself isn't anything mind-blowing and fairly average, but the reason why it works well in this case is because of the social messages that delivers. Throughout the movie, there are many references to social issues that are impacting India, and it's nice that the movie takes some time to talk about these issues. The main focus of the movie was about how hospitals are exploiting patients to make extra profit, and I think the movie did good job of drawing out the emotional plight of the victims. The flashback with Vijay's Vetrimaaran character strengthens that sentiment.

The performance of the supporting cast was pretty average. Vadivelu makes a comeback to comedy after many years, but I rarely laughed at anything he said. SJ Surya does the stereotypical villain role and does a decent job at it. We probably just expected more out of him, seeing his award-worthy performance in Spyder. The rest of the performances by the supporting cast was average.

My main criticism for the movie would be the love interests that Vijay has. Samantha and Kajal's characters were really not needed for this movie, and their only purpose was to fill up 2 songs. The movie spends valuable time with pointless romance scenes, and had the movie been more dedicated to the social message that it was trying it present, there would have been more impact. The only Heroine that was needed was Nithya Menen, who did an excellent job with her character. The magician aspect of Vetri's character was cool, but sometimes it seemed too unrealistic and was only put in the scene to advance the plot. They could have constructed more logical scenes in that case.

Overall, it was a great movie, and I think most people will enjoy it. Please watch it for the social message and Vijay's performance. You won't be disappointed.

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Mersal (2017)

Atlee, Atlee, Vijayendra Prasad, Ramana Girivasan

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Reviews

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