Mersal

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

39K

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Medical Drama One-Person Army Action Action Crime Thriller

A police officer arrests a doctor for crimes targeting medical professionals but later finds the real culprit in a tale of revenge, corruption and magic.A police officer arrests a doctor for crimes targeting medical professionals but later finds the real culprit in a tale of revenge, corruption and magic.A police officer arrests a doctor for crimes targeting medical professionals but later finds the real culprit in a tale of revenge, corruption and magic.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

39K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 18 wins & 17 nominations

Tara
(as Samantha)

Kajal Aggarwal

Anupallavi
(as Kajal Agarwal)

Vadivelu

Vadivu
(as Vadivel)

Kovai Sarala

Sarala

Sathyaraj

DCP Rathnavel (Randy)
(as Satyaraj)

Motta Rajendran

Health minister
(as Rajendran)

Sathyan

Police Officer

Yogi Babu

Nolan

Kaali Venkat

Auto Driver

Hareesh Peradi

Dr. Arjun Zachariah

Devadarshini Chetan

Nurse
(as Devatharshini)

Surekha Vani

Nurse

Misha Ghoshal

Media Anchor

Abdul

Shivani Murali

Paapu

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Trivia
This film created a great controversy for mocking Indian government's digital India scheme as well as recent GST tax. A hashtag #MersalvsModi started trending in social media.

Goofs
There is inconsistency regarding Vetri's year of birth throughout the movie. As per Maaran it is 1984, as per Daniel it is 1987 and as per Salim Ghosh it is 1990.

Quotes
Vetrimaran: You want to bury the truth? Son of a gun! No one can do that. 2 instead of 1 will take revenge you. Don't think our hands will always be lowered. One day... Some day or the other our hands will rise and speak!

Crazy credits
The title card of the film is shown after the opening scenes.

Alternate versions
In the Indian version, the shot in which an arm of a villain is severed during a fight shows the gory part blurred while in the international version the scene is shown without any blurring. Similarly, the Indian version shows a crystal ball-like object in the restaurant fight while the international version shows a dove instead. There are also some changes in background music in certain sequences. The scenes showing animals have been deleted and replaced with other visuals in the Indian version while they exist uncut in the international version. Plus, the director's title card in the Indian version is shown against a black background while the international version shows it against a glowing background. Also, the Indian version has a quotation in Tamil and English stating "Every individual in their assumed specific responsibilities has to discharge his/her duty properly" which doesn't exist in the international version. The rolling titles appear in the center in the Indian version while they appear on the right in the International version in which the music ends much later.

Connections
Featured in Thanneermathan Dinangal (2019)

Soundtracks
Aalaporaan Thamizhan (Tamil)
Music by A.R. Rahman
Lyrics by Vivek
Performed by Kailash Kher, Sathya Prakash, Deepak Blue, A.V. Pooja

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Featured review

9/10

A good entertainer

in one sentence i could say Mersal is a visually beautiful and stylish entertainer with relevantsocial message ! Vijay shines his triple roles ; Emotional scenes,Mass scenes he just nailed it <3 film by film he is improving his acting skills n Entertaining Mass Stylish appeal <3 :) <3 in the case of heroines, for me Nithya Menen steals the show ,nice performance and dialogue delivery ,other Kajal and Samantha just did OK,small roles.

villein role is safe with S J Suryah ,nothing big to perform,still good direction by Atlee kumar is almost good ,mixture of commercial and social message together ;done well,he just fall behind in terms of execution and convincing area- just little bit.

long running time ,lack of convincing,unnecessary scenes- two songs in the first half is doesn't needed but good ones over all mersal is full of Entertainment ,Magical scenes,excellent Cinematography ,,especially in song scenes- composition by A.R. Rahman and beautiful Picturization by Atlee gave me Goosebumps, this film is a treat for Vijay fans and good entertainer for the audience! BLOCKBUSTER loading!