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.
- Awards
- 18 wins & 17 nominations
Nithya Menen
- Aishwarya Vetrimaaran
- (as Nithya Menon)
S.J. Suryah
- Dr. Daniel Arokyaraj
- (as S.J. Surya)
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
- Tara
- (as Samantha)
Kajal Aggarwal
- Anupallavi
- (as Kajal Agarwal)
Sathyaraj
- DCP Rathnavel (Randy)
- (as Satyaraj)
Motta Rajendran
- Health minister
- (as Rajendran)
Devadarshini Chetan
- Nurse
- (as Devatharshini)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis 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.
- GoofsThere 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 creditsThe title card of the film is shown after the opening scenes.
- Alternate versionsIn 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Thanneermathan Dinangal (2019)
- SoundtracksAalaporaan Thamizhan (Tamil)
Music by A.R. Rahman
Lyrics by Vivek
Performed by Kailash Kher, Sathya Prakash, Deepak Blue, A.V. Pooja
Featured review
Have to say that, this is possibly one of the greatest Vijay's movie, I have ever watched. Great performance by Vijay! I love the Magic he creates and his new Murrukku Meesai. Atlee never fails to entertain, whether it is Theri or Mersal. He is the next Shankar. G.K.Vishnu cinematography is top standard. Can't believe it's his 1st movie! Music and BGM were awesome. Love the experimentation which A.R.Rahman created. Nithya Menon and S.J.Suryah gave solid performance. Vadivelu comedy made us laugh and was great to see the Vijay-Vadivelu combo. Samantha, Kajal and Sathyaraj had small roles but were quite important in parts. Ruben gives perfect editing cuts. I appreciate the whole team for the excellent effort they have put in. Overall, a well crafted entertaining movie by Atlee which is boosted by Vijay's screen presence.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Zapped
- Filming locations
- Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland(old town square, exteriors of theatre, landscape with the cathedral)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $2,287,182
- Runtime2 hours 52 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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