Casting : V. Gowthaman, Pujita Ponnada, P. Samuthirakani, Prabhakar, Saranya Ponvannan, Aadukalam Naren, Mansoor Ali Khan. Redin Kingsley, Ilavarasu, Madhusudhan Rao, Thamizh Gowthaman
Directed By : V. Gowthaman
Music By : G. V. Prakash Kumar (Soundtrack) – Sam C. S. (Background)
Produced By : V. K. Productions – Nirmal Saravanaraj, S.Krishnamurthy
While the late former Vanniyar Sangam leader and MLA Kaduvetti Guru was facing several cases and the Goonda Act, the film is called ‘Bataiyanda Maveera’, which breaks the misconceptions about him, fights for the people and the land, and unites everyone under the umbrella of Tamils to create a Tamil nation.
Director V. Gauthaman, who plays the role of Kaduvetti Guru, has acted like him in all areas, including fight scenes and dance, as he has the look of Vijayakanth. He has acted like a fire in scenes where emotional dialogues are spoken, and has done justice to the role he has accepted as an actor.
Pujitha Ponnada, who plays the heroine, does not have much work. She only shows her head in a few scenes and song scenes.
Samuthirakani, who plays the father of Kaduvetti Guru, has added strength to the film with her usual style of acting, even though she appears in fewer scenes.
Tamil Gauthaman, who plays the young character of Kaduvetti Guru, who has expressed his anger for revenge not only in his eyes but also in his body language, is special on screen.
Those who have played other roles such as Aadukalam Naren, Saranya Ponvannan, Mansoor Ali Khan, Ilavarasu, Redin Kingsley, Madhusudhanan Rao have done the job given to them flawlessly.
The music by G.V. Prakash Kumar and lyrics by Vairamuthu are commercial and mediocre. Although the background music by Sam.CS attracts attention at some places, it reminds us of old films at most places.
Cinematographer Gopi Jagatheeswaran has presented the entire film in color and has worked hard on the action scenes.
Editor Raja Mohammed’s work is also not lacking.
Written and directed by V. Gauthaman, who has based his film on the life events of the forest cutter Guru and some fictional incidents, has tried to present a work that shows the late forest cutter Guru, who was seen as a rowdy and a caste fanatic, as an honest man who fought for the people and the land.
Director V. Gautham has emphatically recorded that Kaduvetti Guru was not only a hero but also an honest person, telling many unknown facts about him, such as the one who rejected the invitation of a big political party that tried to attract him with Rs. 100 crores, the one who was determined to travel only in the PMK even though he betrayed him, the one who rejected Rs. 1000 crores from a corporate boss who had offered him a price when he fought for the people and the soil, and the one who thought only of others even when his health was bad.
Director V. Gautham, who has designed the screenplay and visuals in a way that breaks the wrong image of Kaduvetti Guru, has impressed Kaduvetti Guru’s supporters as a storyteller, but has bored the cinema audience by presenting it as an ordinary commercial film without introducing any innovation in storytelling and telling a story in visual language.
