Adanga Maru (2018) User Reviews

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[Iamnrdurjoy · 8/10 · 6 September 2019]

#AdangaMaru #Tamil #TamilMovie #JayamRavi #Rashikhanna #SampathRaj #KarthikThangavel

My Personal Rating is 8⭐ out of 10⭐

Plot: A brave confident would be IPS police officer became very violent and took revenge on some people who affected his life badly. You will be thrilled to see how he took revenge and why he did it.

Watch it for Jayam Ravi

[djaycva · 7/10 · 25 January 2019]

Usual alright Tamil movie... Watched for Jayam Ravi ,, and not disappointed ...

Adangumaru

[ansonjalappat · 8/10 · 26 January 2019]

The movie that I saw today: Adangumaru (Tamil) -------------------------------------------------- Karthik's Adangumaru is a great thriller. A big salute to Karthik who wrote and directed himself for the first time . I thought it was a normal police story when the story was started. The main character of this film is Jayam Ravi's performance.At the very least it's a super film. That's the rating I give: 3.7 / 5

Engaging Suspense Revenge Thriller - Worth watching.

[Essayric · 7/10 · 9 February 2019]

Same old revenge seeking protagonist. But the screenplay is engaging even if it's predictable.

Ravi has done a decent job, justifying his character. We can feel quite feel his anger and his thirst seek revenge.

Director has done a good job on his first venture.

Worth while watching this flick, if u watch it without any comparisons/criticism to find loopholes & logical errors.

( Adanga Maru )

[Dhaval_Forever · 10/10 · 27 August 2019]

I Watch This Movie Hindi Dubbed In you Tube @Aditya Movie.... Mind Blowing Movie Jayam Ravi Acting Was Awesome Rapist Killing Plan Is Unbelievable....Extraordinary Movie ...Screenplay Mast Dialogue Wery Well Perfect Direction...Movie Pick Was also Gd .....

Little above average

[saru2020 · 6/10 · 8 January 2019]

Interesting plot but very poorly executed. Specifically editing was the worst. Screenplay was overall Okay with few twists & turns. Music was not good enough. Characterisations was good enough. Overall: the plot was very much interesting and it could've been executed in a much better interesting way. 1st half was poor & the 2nd half kept somewhat engaged because of those revenge sequences.

Old plot but reminds of what is the duty of police

[igsm-09980 · 9/10 · 21 June 2020]

Protagonist in this story is like a imaginary person in real life rare we see such police man. The story gives hope in the system which rotten down in our country

Adanga Maru is a slightly refreshing action thriller

[kumarankulam · 6/10 · 5 February 2021]

Revenge films are a very known genre in Tamil cinema. We have seen many action films that revolve around the revenge theme. Jayam Ravi's Adanga Maru joins this list and let's see how it actually worked. Adanga Maru starts off like any other action film. It has everything to project Jayam Ravi as a mass hero. Jayam Ravi plays the role of Subhash, a newly joined police officer who can't tolerate injustice. Unlike his previous cop films, Jayam Ravi underplays this character to make sure that he has something relevant to say to the audience. In the first half, we see him tied up by his higher officials which eventually, leads him to the biggest downfall in his life. In the second half, we see him rise from the ashes and instead of fighting for justice as any hero does usually, he plays a different game with the antagonists. This film, initially, deals with a very sensitive topic that makes around in Tamil films for the past few years. The director tries to convey a strong message through a compiling and engaging action revenge thriller. He is brilliantly adding a cat and mouse game with a strong freshness and uniqueness to it. Eventually, the film transforms into a superhero kind subject later on which slightly feels unrelatable and illogical at the same time. Except for Jayam Ravi, we don't get any strong characters to confront him. He is the only one lifting the film on his own shoulders. The director tried in Adanga Maru to blend the usual revenge drama with a high tech cat and mouse game which seems to fairly work with the audience. Sam C.S's average soundtrack is compensated by a very strong and intense background score which works in favor of the revenge theme of the film. Overall, Adanga Maru is a slightly refreshing action thriller.

A power-packed action thriller bound to impress Jayam Ravi fans!

[Achyut_Prashast_Singh · 10/10 · 25 February 2020]

Adanga Maru is a power-packed action thriller! Featuring one of the most intense performances by Jayam Ravi, it connects to the viewer emotionally and that's when the proceedings get more and more intriguing. Filled with action, emotion and suspense, it does follow a template used over and over in action movies but the execution is what does the job. Combining the hero's brutal action with his intelligent mind games is one of the many things this film gets right.

Anger is an expression that suits Jayam Ravi, and he proves it with this one.

Action sequences are stunning, especially those in the second half. Beautifully shot, neatly choreographed and perfectly placed, they hold your attention as you watch the destruction unfold. Kudos to the technical department as well for delivering the film in a top notch quality.

One might feel a bit of similarity with Law Abiding Citizen (2009) in which the protagonist also plays games with the corrupt system despite being captured, but the execution is still splendid. Do yourself a favor, give it a watch if you like action thriller films. You won't be disappointed, given how well this film has been made.

Adanga Maru == Taut crime thriller done within limits

[nickraman-27699 · 7/10 · 26 January 2019]

Jayam Ravi. Say what you will about his earlier film choices being remakes or below average ventures. The man has shown to persevere despite his lack of dumdaar vocals usually heard in most crime thrillers. After Ajith Kumar's cop act in YENNAI ARINTHAAL (2015), here's another cop thriller that entertains and keeps you glued in from start to finish.

Like all crime thrillers, there's a major arc that acts a common thread between the corrupt department and the messiah cop himself. Unlike what we've seen umpteen times starting with Atlee/Vijay starrer THERI & the recently released Rohit Shetty's SIMMBA is that the messiah's themselves fret and frolick around the first half with their love interests, bumbling comedy (if you call Yogi Babu, Rajendran comedians, no judgement) and all around the verbal diahrrea claiming police should be A,B,C, 1,2 3. This is followed by over-the-top heroism, dialogue-baazi, songs that act as speed breakers (especially in the latter-half of the film) and finally a punch-statement/moral to wrap up the film. Adanga Maru does away with this to an extent.

While the first half starts ordinarily, the film takes its leisure to setup the who's who of the story and carefully places one circumstance after another to get the viewer hooked instead of exhausting them with aforementioned antics that say a big star can get away with (or rather blind-sided by his loyal fans.) The intro and love songs while functional, could have been trimmed and limited to just promo songs for the film instead of be included for the feature film.

But once the pre-interval scenes come into the play, the film doesn't linger further and jet-speeds on from the start of the second half all the way into the finish line without throwing everything at once at the viewer. The cat and mouse scenes with Ravi and Sampath are the highlight and I shall not reveal anything more. The film rests on Ravi and only he can do such roles unlike the current crop of heroes in Tamil Cinema. This is also Sampath's best til date and it's refreshing to see him not going into usual villany histrionics as seen in the past.

Dear Atlee, Rohit Shetty/Team Simmba, THIS is how you make a taut police thriller without being flamboyant, preachy and over-the-top.

Fantastic Thriller

[zameerahmedz · 10/10 · 12 January 2019]

Great performance by Jayam Ravi wonderfully scripted

Old wine in new bottle!!

[sriramthestranger · 6/10 · 2 February 2021]

What if you treat a vintage 80s story of an angry young man taking on the system with a pinch of technology - you will get Adangamaru. The first 40 minutes is completely drab and nothing new. Its only at the interval point you see some freshness in the script. What makes this movie unique is it has enough heroism and drama, despite lack of 'in-the-air' fight scenes and majority of the 2nd half taking place in an investigation room. Its entertaining and not a bad movie though the story is cliched.

Average film

[sujiparathattil · 5/10 · 31 January 2019]

Even though its a good film,there is nothing special. Ordinary revenge story,no perfection,bad songs,

Best movie of 2018!

[msaruthra · 29 December 2018]

I swear the movie is sooo interesting.. good humour.. awesome acting by jayam ravi.. chance less! story is very good and a very different one

Without Vardi ka Dum..

[alokakak-71201 · 10/10 · 8 December 2021]

What a movie?? Action and story super se upper.. My Review in this movie is 1000/10... I love all south indian movies because all movies story is fabulous.. I like this movie..

A good thriller that could be better

[aridimagination · 8/10 · 19 February 2019]

Jayam Ravi has grown leaps and bounds with his last few movies. In this movie he is shown as a daring police officer that tries to do right and as usual in Kollywood meets with his entire family becoming casualty to the villian's cruelty. How the hero takes his vengeance forms the meat of the story. Modern technology has been used in a way as to be palatable and believeable.

Another blockbuster movie from actor jayam ravi

[ajayp-84325 · 10/10 · 22 January 2019]

Nice story suspence crime thriller mass entertainment movie ever a must watch movie

Adanga Maru

[santhosh-10290 · 8/10 · 1 May 2019]

Excellent Movie. Jayam Ravi and everybody acted very well in the movie. Songs and BGM in the movie were somewhat good. The movie was interesting in 1st half. The movie lagged at 2nd half. The movie had some illogical scenes. The movie has some interesting twists and turns. The movie could have been more interesting. Excellent Movie.

Cliche Old Story With An Essence Of Tech!!

[AbhinandDas · 4/10 · 29 January 2019]

Adangamaaru is a Tamil Revenge Thriller released in 2018. Coming to the plot of the movie Jayan portrayed the role of the Hero who is a Darring and Intelligent Police Officer who came across an incident and decides to dig up the culprits behind it.

The movie is a mix of emotions ranging to Fun, Family Love and Action. A perfect cup for the movie lovers. But the mix failed with the age-old cliche narration and predictable storyline. The entire cast has nothing to do and clearly lacked a potential Director's hand behind the screen. Director failed to build from what was in the script.

The background score had failed miserably and was irritating often. The heroism of the lead is always elevated by a cruel and hard Antagonist. But Adangamaru is a perfect example for miscasting and depthless villain characters.

Even though the story was a cliche revenge thriller the only engaging and exciting factor was the method of revenge. Though it isn't that great, it was the only thing better about the whole movie.

Positives: * Sorry i didn't felt anything positive about the movie. Negatives: * Direction * Poor Screenplay * Background Score * Casting * Performance of the whole cast

Rating: 2/5 Note: Could have been better with a proper casting and a good team behind and on screen.

Excellent movie

[vijaym-88534 · 10/10 · 3 February 2019]

Amazing movie for jayam ravi after thani oruvan. Thriller and action combined with social issues...

fantastic movie

[amgaddvd · 10/10 · 10 February 2019]

I like this movie > fantastic movie >pls watche it >you will enjoy it

it's a big different from the other actions movies

[mtrtrperera-07343 · 10/10 · 17 January 2019]

It's a big different from the other actions movies' and this movie is bringing to some message for the social . the performance of the jayam ravi's i have no more words telling about that. Story,Script,Direction and all kind things very very better this movie is look like a Thani Oruvan tamil movie'

Terrible acting and movie

[rohitreviews · 4/10 · 1 August 2022]

I wonder how this actor gets movies. I mean, every film I have seen of his on TV are just terrible and his acting is so horrible. Even a side actor does a lot better acting. I don't get how come they keep casting him and pushing movies after movies. The whole film is just feels fake.

Mid but Watchable

[ajeeshshaji16 · 5/10 · 14 November 2023]

Story is somewhat similar to the Hollywood movie 'law abiding citizen '. This movie even has a very similar dialogue to the - 'It's Not What You Know, It's What You Can Prove' from the Hollywood movie.

I found the first 20 minutes to be somewhat cliche and boring. Our hero is portrayed as a police officer who wants to help people but cannot do so as he is under pressure from superiors and has to obey them.

This turns to somewhat vigilante style when a minister's son doesn't respect traffic rules and disrespects the hero. Then our hero tracks down the minister's son and thrashes him without letting him seeing his face. Scene should have ended there But then he proceeds to beat up other people showing his face.

After the 20 min, the main plot starts and the movie is very engaging for almost an hour. Hero arrests sons of very powerful people but can't prove it as evidence video auto deletes from their phone. Then villains kills hero's family for revenge. The entire police department is shown to be supporting villains and hero resigns from the job to take revenge. Then one by one villains are taken care of.

Majority of movie his fellow police officers are shown as corrupt and having a lack of empathy. Even when hero's family dies, they don't show any empathy. But Towards the end of movie the police are suddenly shown as supportive .

After the initial engaging storyline, the movie again turns somewhat cliche. This coupled with some bad acting from villains makes it very boring to watch.

Movie ending shows him back as police but it is also revealed that he continues to kill criminals. Why did he even become police officer again if he just wants to kill people??

I find jayam ravi's character to be somewhat morally lacking. He takes law into his own hands ragularly and this should have been shown as wrong. Atleast in law abiding citizen, Gerard Butler's character dies in the end after he exceeded the moral line but here no repercussions for the hero . He becomes police and continues to kill and lives happily ever after.

I feel like this ending is very distasteful. They should have shown him as an honest cop and that the police department is not afraid of influential people.