Mahaan HD Released

 Mahaan opens with a prologue, set in 1968, and involving three boys who are part of a card game having a falling out. Years roll by. In 1996, we see one of them, Gandhi Mahaan (Vikram) leading an unfulfilled life in which he is compelled to follow Gandhian values by his family, including wife Naachi (Simran), who are staunch followers of the Mahatma. Having just turned 40, he accidentally meets Sathyavaan (Simha), his childhood friend, who is now running a bar. He decides to party the night away, but the next day, his wife walks out of his home (along with their son, Dada) after having found out the that he's drunk. He teams up with Sathyavaan and helps him develop his liquor business. A few years later, they end up meeting the third friend from the prologue - Gnanam (Muthukumar ), who is now a politician, who helps them expand their business. But just when things seem to be going very well, Gandhi's past catches up in the form of his in the form of his son Dada (Dhruv Vikram).

In some ways, Mahaan is Karthik Subbaraj's twist to Thalapathy. Instead of estranged brothers, here, we have an estranged son who is keen on taking out his father's accomplices. With Gnanam scheming against them as well, can Mahaan ensure the safety of his family? Karthik Subbaraj takes his time to set up the plot (in fact, the entire first half) and it is only in the latter half that the plot kicks off, but he does this in a gripping manner.

With Mahaan and Dada involved in a dangerous game, the scenes get more intense. A scene between the two characters and Rocky (Sananth) is a highlight. The filmmaking in this portion is typical Karthik Subbaraj... Flashy and fantastic, with the jittery camera work mirroring the indecisiveness of Gandhi. The emotional stakes keep getting higher and the actors deliver splendid performances. There is an air of casualness in Vikram, who seems to have loosened up a lot, that only shows the actor enjoying himself with a performance that is his best since Raavanan, in 2010. Dhruv matches up to him in many of the scenes, proving that he is a chip off the old block. Simha, Muthukumar, Simran and Sananth too deliver memorable performances that elevate the scenes.