Pranavan Ramachandran Unfortunately. Unfortunately I have to begin this review with "Unfortunately", because unfortunately Tamil film fans who are used to the frenzied expressions of stars with some kind of weapon(s), looking directly into the screen, breaking the fourth wall and our senses, delivering kitschy, out-dated dialogues with volumes set to eleven, will find "Maryan" quite tedious and sluggish. It is quite unfortunate indeed that, while people cheered on an abysmal-at-best Singam-2, Tamil (or any other) film fans have sadly overlooked a technically-sound, engaging (in my opinion) tour-de-force film by Bharat Bala.Does love have the power to move mountains? How does love instigate courage? Is there a limit to human endurance? Watch Maryan to find out. The love story in itself is nothing new. Girl loves boy; boy ignores girl. After a while, boy falls in love with girl. But, the treatment of it, especially the scene when after realising he in fact loves her, Maryan (Dhanush) trying to catch Panimalar's (Parvathy Menon) eye in a church during a wedding - absolute bliss; the viewer is never left with a bitter aftertaste due to the beautiful composition of director Bharat Bala.I bet you will not see Dhanush and Parvathy Menon on screen; we are voyeurs to the lives and relationship of Maryan and Panimalar. For that, you will need actors with extraordinary screen presence and Dhanush and Parvathy Menon deliver the most powerful performances you will witness in recent times. Kudos to Bharat Bala and Sriram Rajan for writing a strong-willed character of Panimalar (unlike most female characters who appear for song-and-dance routines and be all "bubbly") for Parvathy Menon who with her emotive eyes makes us fall in love with her at first sight. Dhanush, if some of his recent characters have placed him among one of the very best actors, with his portrayal of Maryan, takes it... no travels onto a different plateau of acting. Portraying sadness, anger and fear as he is forced to call his employers to pay the ransom for his release (just that one scene should be sufficient to be shown in acting classes), cries and screams and breaks your heart, pleading in broken-English to release him and switching to Tamil so the terrorists would not understand that he in fact, is really on the phone with Panimalar.Academy Award Winner A. R. Rahman. 'nuff said. While "Netru Aval Irunthaal" and "Enga Pona Raasa" tug at your heartstrings, "Nenje Ezhu" (additional thanks to Kutti Revathi) proves just the song to inspire Maryan to walk 300 km across the vast, barren desert to survive, brought on by the love he has for Panimalar. The songs are expertly placed without lagging the pace of the story. The camera of Marc Koninckx is just visual poetry at its heightened best. The editing by Vivek Harshan has garnered some criticism but I felt it was justified for the story.One aspect that did not work for me was the bad guys, who were nothing more than mere adolescents, being tough with their AK-47's and strong, hallucinogenic opiates. While it is a sad state of affairs in Africa, the child soldiers did not create an impact as I would have wished. But even here the writers stand out; earlier in the film Maryan says "ellaarum nammala maathiri manushanga thaane" (everyone is just like us; we are all humans). This dialogue reverberates strongly as Maryan is kidnapped along with his co-workers and treated horribly (to say the least) and even when (SPOILERS) his co-workers are shot down, mercilessly in the course of the film. The film may not be without its flaws, but it is an essential watch. It is a quite quiet film (read it again, carefully, in case you missed it!). (SPOILERS) The reunion of Maryan and Panimalar itself is quite a serene one; there is not much of breaking-down emotional dialogues and/or sweeping background music score (Musicploitation?). Glances are exchanged and they are in each other's arms. You need seasoned actors to convey that, and they DO with flying colours. Maryan is a true testament to human endurance brought on that ubiquitous meaning/message of love.

yashmishra91 One of the best Tamil "genuine entertaining" films till date where the famous music video and ad film director Bharat Bala paints a beautiful scenario of a man who fights against all odds and gets himself saved from the shackles of initially the local villain in Tamil Nadu and then the local militia in Sudan. The film is a well crafted and brilliant narration laden film, which scores full points in the screenplay (Bharat and Sriram Rajan), the characters whose presence make the frames complete with their excellent performances. A word about A.R. Rahman's music score: REFRESHING. He hits with a large bang in giving the film a great music score which graces the film, continuing his excellence this year from Kadal and Raanjhanaa. A word about the cinematography: BRILLIANT. Marc Konnikx, AFC, turns every frame of the film into an outstanding piece of art, which makes your jaw drop. The editing by Vivek Harshan is slick and brilliant and the the Sound Design and DI work is again brilliant. Performances by Salim Kumar, Jagan, Uma Riyaz Khan and Dagbeth Tweh are brilliant. Parvathy Menon is beautiful and adorable in the film in her performances and beauty as well. Dhanush is EXCELLENT, who returns with his charms that he displayed in films like "Aadukulam", "Mayakkam Enna" and the recent cult "Raanjhanaa". The great and smooth narration flow makes "Maryan" a great weekend fare. A must watch even more a Non Tamil as the film has been released with English subtitles. My rating would be 4. 5/ 5.

revanthronalz maryan is an ossom movie ,, though am an AJITH fan i really liked dhanush in this movie ,,, romance ,story,,, very good movie.. nitially set to release on 31 May 2013,[39] due to post-production and re- recording works, the release date was changed to 21 June 2013. There was a scarcity of scrutiny theaters for the certification process so, the film was censored on 17 June 2013.[40]The film was certified with U/A certificate for its theme and some violence in the climax. However, it was re-censored to exempt itself from entertainment tax and hence, was given a U certificate.[41]The release date of June 21, 2013 was cancelled to avoid clash with Dhanush's Hindi debut film Raanjhanaa and delayed process for censoring. Finally, the makers set the release to 19 July 2013.

Umesh Reddy After watching the trailer I thought that this movie would have full content, actually there is no scrip at all. This movie is taken for showing danish action potential to the world. His action is good, Rahman sir again did his best. Tamil movie didn't go to the next level...!!! taking the movie to people is taking next level, if people likes people will suggest to others...!!! i tried my best to feel the love and survival but this is damn boring movie that i have seen in recent past. 3 movie is far better than Maryann. i have seen many documentaries, but this one is not even like a documentary nor a movie. please watch it and give your review here.