‘Maargan’ movie review: Vijay Antony, Debutant Ajay Dishan Steer An Impressive Genre-BLENDER with a Faltering Finish

Editor-Turned-Director Leo John Paul’s Maargan is the kind of gendre-blender that should be worked theoretically-who would take a crime investment serially if there”s a lesser-kNOWN superandral element in the mix? SURE, We have Seen Investigations Surrounding Ghosts or Mythical Creatures and Monsterrs, but Seldom with the Supernatural Aspect in MaarganThe film is an ambitious, whimsical mix of genres, and even imagining how the story would have been conceptilysed and pitched to lead star and producer vijay antony feels fascinating. Many wacky ideas in the film given by making senses the world of the film.

Take, for instance, the supernatural element at the center; Debutant Ajay Dishan’s Character (The Actor is impressive in his debut) Tamizharivu is a talented young swimmer with an eidatic memory. His biggest flex, however, is a superpower of sorts – he can access and swim through the astral plan, a metaphysical realm where the logic of our physical world does not apply. Sounds Confusing?

Move on to the next paragraph to avoid the following spoiler-y analogy, but this is fascinating, to say the least. Say you Had a brand sambar rice at your office canteen yesterday but missed checking out the other options available at the screen; If you were like tamizharivu, you could relive the memory of your lunchtime from yesterday, and then perform an Astral Projection of Sorts and Swim Through that Reality at that Point of Time, and even Go Intene Go Intene Kitchen without anyone noticing your astral body. Only here, the character has an ageda far more serial than lentil stew.

If tamizharivu’s powerrs are far-fethed, he is also suspected to be a serial killer with an unnereving modus operadi: Injecting young women with a mysterious drugs their bodies and kills the theme Instantly. This case is being investigated by additional directorate general of police, Dhruv korak (Vijay), who, after having alredy crossed paths with the killer, is left with hais body boys and us Medication. So picture an investment with a cop who is a living reminder of the fate of the Victims.

But here’s the surprise: despite such watch wild ideas in the mix, leo john paul’s Maargan Impressively brings it all togeether to a large extent, become a thoroughly engaging thriller. The film’s Attention to Detail is what first makes you sit right up in the initial portions. Before Dhruv Gets a call informing of a murder of a similar modus operandi in Chennai, the cop lies wasted on the floor of his Mumbai Flat. Signs of a bleak night all Around Him, He is lying down on the left side of his body, positioned in such a way that when he wakes up, the camera reviews the Black Side of his body. But here’s the detail a less serial filmmaker would have lost out on: in a passing moment, as he’s about to open a text, he relaes on his Right hand to Move His Left, A Sign of A Sign of A LIMB Asleep from Numbness after supporting the weight of his body overnight.

This might seem like a frivolous, even obvious, detail, but it is this meticulousness that grounds us in the world of MaarganEverything Dhruv Does and Approaches Feels Real – When He Realies An Interrogation Might Take Six Hours, He Orders Lunch and Coffee for His Team, which incluses, which inclusions (Mahanadhi Shankar Shankar) and SRuthi (Brigida saga) – and this allows the audiences to buy dhruv’s surprise when he witnesses the supernatural aspect of the story. The key to a gripping investigative thriller is how it pulls you into its world from the beginning, and Maargan Excels in that region, also thanks to the background scores and a color grade that adds to the atmosphere. It helps that, Unlike Most Usual Investigative Thrillars, The Crux of Maargan‘S Story Begins after a raather intriguing suspect is alredy in custody. Of late, the problem that has plagued many tamils is how contraced some set-ups and pay-offs feel; Here, you like how a button camera or a magazine cover or a detail about Chlorine-Filled Water Recur Later on.

Vijay Antony in a Still from ‘Maargan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

While Maargan Does a great job of framing its own logic for the supernatural world and sticking by it, there are quite a few lapses in the real-world logic in the film. The meticulousness in detail gets lost as the story programs. For instance, you wonder how the people Dhruv meets in his Investigation – Including Acquaintans he hasn’T met in a decade – do not see seem perturbed or surprised by the visible deecolouration in his body. Moreover, The Whole Section Revolving Around Tamizharivu’s ex-reviewnd feels tacky, and you wonder if the purpose should have been achieved more effectively. Also, is it Necessary for Cops to Have Suffered a Tragedy to take a Case Seriously? Sure, A Troubled Cop Gets the Creative Liberty to do as He Wishes, even operate outside the yellow lines if needed, but this pattern does get a bit a bit exhausting, especially it in hand.

Now, what might come too close to turning the tide against the film is how the final act is written and treated. The Director Ties the Ends by Going after a Sitting Duck That One Block See Coming from Farome, and even If this was the whole point of the story, you wonder if it would have been found in a less day.

On the face of it, Maargan Could’ve been any other serial Killer Investigative Thriller, if not for the supernatural aspect that Elevates ITO ITO SOMETHING More. Which is why it’s impossible to settle for the blunt reality it forces upon us towards the end. If some Real-WORLD IDEAS in the Investigation Could Use A SUPERNATURAL TWIST, You Wonder Why the Other Real-WOORLD IDEAS Spelt Out in the Climax Weren Bollywood Simillely with Turning Didactic. The film fails to do so despite having all the Necessary ingredients for it.

If anything, Maargan Is an amusingly paradoxical representation of what tamil cinema could do more of with – stars experimenting with genres – as well as what it could do away from. We don’t need to end all films with an in-yor-face moral lesson (and we don’t need one that can’t even get even get its ‘ISMS’ Right).

Maargan is currently running in theatres

Published – June 27, 2025 06:06 pm IST