Madura Veeran

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Times Of India

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Durai returns to his village from Malaysia after 20 years in the pretext of getting married. However, his prime aim is to conduct jallikattu along with the panchayats of five neighbouring villages and fulfill his father's dream. Will he succeed? Read full review

Behind Woods

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The combo of actor Shanmuga Pandian and director PG Muthiah strikes with a rural-based action entertainer with Maduraveeran that talks about a village, unity amongst its people, and Jallikattu in length. For a film like this revolving around an emotion, which moved our audiences in the past, a good plot backed up with neat performances is elementary to make the very emotions come across as a natural. Read full review

Hindustan Times

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When Madura Veeran was announced sometime last year, it felt like the makers were going to cash in on the Jalikattu protest that rocked Tamil Nadu. Thankfully, the film doesn’t piggyback on the Jallikattu protest, but instead chooses to narrate a story that uses the Jallikattu backdrop and pays decent tribute to Tamil pride. It’s also one of the Jallikattu-based films where we don’t see the hero (Shanmuga Pandian) take part in the protest; neither does he use the sport to prove his masculinity, which is a welcome relief. Read full review