Seeru follows the same commercial plot as most of the movies does where the protagonist is in the village, he is attached to his sister then he meets a villain who threatens to kill him but he is good-hearted so, a tiny sequence changes his heart and he walks away. Then the hero moves to the city where he gets to meet another villain who is said to be dangerous but doesn’t do much and you do know what would happen next. This is the same plot of Seeru.
The movie starts with a “mass” intro for the hero, Manimaran (played by Jiiva) where he saves two women. After saving them, he gives a lecture about helping others.
He does it in his life too. Manimaran runs his own cable TV channel where he reports about local issues. He believes in friendship so much that if someone calls him a friend, he would hesitate to attack him. His sister Ilakiya(Gayathri) means the world to him and there is an overflow of Thangachi paasam.
Due to some local problem, we see Malli(Varun) coming to Manimaran’s house to kill him but he doesn’t as he isn’t there. We later see Malli admitting pregnant Ilakiya to the hospital during her labour and even gives his blood. Now, he isn’t the real villain but the real one is Ashok Mitran (Navdeep). Ashok is a lawyer who works for huge criminals and his job is to rescue them from the court.
While the role of Ashok looks great on papers, he didn’t have much to do rather than being the hero’s bunny. Jiiva’s comic timing is a major plus for the movie as it gives a few laughs here and there, however, the action of the movie is a bit let down.
Guess, the director almost forgot to write romantic sequences for the movie but hey, in most of the commercial movies, the heroines just tag along and appears only when the hero has to romance or to sing a song. Similar way, we get to see Riya Suman who has lesser plot than Gayathri.
In Rekka, Vijay Sethupathi and Imman were the saviours for me, here, Imman takes the main role. Once again his music is soulful and the song ‘Vaa Vasuki’ which is sung by Shivam Mahadevan is beautiful. If Shivam can work on his pronunciation more, he can very well match his father’s legacy.
On the whole, Seeru is a good entertainer for those who prefer entertainment alone. While the story is predictable despite all the twists, it surprisingly keeps us engaging, thanks to the crisp duration. Worth a try if you have free time and is completely looking for a “time pass” movie.
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