I dare any Bollywood superstar, say Akshay Kumar whose heart apparently bleeds for the poor and the underprivileged, to be so openly critical of governmental policies.Not that Mersal is submerged inA its own political virtuousness. There are aggressive contemptuous references China bottle crate mould to the establishments failure to provide medical facilities for the poor and needy. Rahman takes over for a bit. How do I know? He has MGRs pictures on the wall and he even visits a theatre showing an MGR film.
Plus, a surprisingly sermon-free diatribe on medical negligence in our country, last seen in Hrishikesh Mukherjees Anand and Bemisal.While the entire vast cast that includes three lovely leading ladies (all three so serene and surrounding in a haze of idolatry numbness), cant stop singing Vijays praise, he himself seems to be a fanA of the legendary M. Director Atlee fashions a furious fusion of headlines and fantasy accentuating Vijays star power with an acumen and alacrity that the Rajinikanth starrer Kabali achieved lately.R.And even if you are not a Vijay fan, Mersal wont leave you wondering what all the fuss is about.There are three Vijays in his new film, all shaped, contoured and moulded into red-hot come-see-about-me avatars. Ramachandran.And we have Vijay wagging his disapproving finger at the Prime Minister with the words and I translate poorly In Singapore, the ill get free treatment although they charge 7 per cent GST, whereas in India they charge 29 per cent GST and still dont provide free healthcare.G.Jayalalithaji God bless her departed soul would have surely approved of this, Vijays most fiercely political statement to date. Or apocalypse dodged. So, three stars for the eminently enjoyable new Vijay starrer one each for the three roles that the superstar embraces like lovers who wont be parted till kingdom come.
A piercing scream of protest punctuated by tender bouts of songs and poetry when A.A simmering discontent runs through Mersal, cutting through the action-driven entertainment that Vijays devotees expect, and get. JhaFilm: Mersal; Language: Tamil; Director: Atlee; Cast: Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nithya Menen, Kajal Aggarwal, Sathyaraj; Rating:***(3 stars)Vijay fans must be very happy. Not at all! It is remarkable how rapidly the narrative moves through the lacquered lives of three Vijays, their loves and lies, grunts and sighs are all recorded with a reverberant triumph culminating in a feverish finish that would leave the matinee idols fans craving for more.By Subhash K. In Mersal, Vijay takes on healthcare with a blood-thirsty vengeance.Indeed, Rajiniknath and now Vijay are the two inheritors of the Tamil political cinema that MGR patented in his hey-days.Indeed, Vijays self-love is celebrated by the rest of the besotted smitten cast who in true Tamil-Telugu tradition of hero-worship keep anointing eulogizing, glorifying and iconising the super-hero to a point where no criticism is permissible or even plausible.