Hero is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language
superhero film directed by P. S. Mithran, and produced by Kotapadi J.
Rajesh under his production house KJR Studios. The film is a
spiritual sequel to Gentleman. It stars Sivakarthikeyan, Abhay Deol,
Arjun, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Ivana in prominent roles. This film
marks the Tamil debut of Deol and Priyadarshan. The story was written
by P. S. Mithran, Pon Parthiban, Savari Muthu and Antony Bhagyaraj.
The music for the film is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with
cinematography done by George C. Williams, and editing done by Ruben.
The film was released worldwide on 20
December 2019
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Plot
Sakthivel "Sakthi" is a young
boy who dreams of becoming a superhero, like Shaktimaan. After
being ridiculed by his teacher and classmates for believing
Shaktimaan is real, Sakthi tries to prove it by falling off the
terrace of his school, injuring himself in the process. His father
(Azhagam Perumal) tries to convince Sakthi that Shaktimaan is
fictional by showing the disclaimer of actor Mukesh Khanna advising
viewers that the events depicted in the show are purely fictitious,
causing Sakthi to abandon his hopes of becoming a superhero.
Years later, Sakthi (Sivakarthikeyan)
and Inbaraj "Ink" (Robo Shankar) are friends who earn their
livelihood as educational brokers and run a xerox shop in their
neighbourhood that houses a certificate forgery unit to help the
needy secure their desired jobs at the expense of huge commissions.
He bumps across Meera (Kalyani Priyadarshan), a social worker at an
educational fair and falls in love with her. Meera happens to be the
inspiration of Mathi (Ivana), a brilliant girl who aspires to become
an aeronautical engineer. Mathi devises an engine that runs on salt
water as a measure to help her father (Elango Kumaravel) and many
other thwart the problem of rising petrol prices. Meera soon learns
of Sakthi's true profession and advises him to help Mathi secure an
admission in an engineering college without any payment. Sakthi tries
to secure an admission for Mathi, but to no avail. He learns that the
only way to help Mathi secure a seat is to demonstrate the practical
applications of her engine, which is rejected by Sathyamoorthy
(Arjun), Mathi's teacher who runs a school for the academically weak
but brilliant children. Sakthi bypasses his warnings and demonstrates
the engine at an educational fair by attaching it to an autorickshaw.
This attracts the attention of the henchman of Mahadev (Abhay Deol),
in turn he promises a seat for Mathi with full scholarship. The next
day, the autorickshaw is seized by the police and Mathi is arrested
on grounds of patent violation. The court convicts her guilty of the
charges, which distraughts her and she attempts suicide by falling
off a running train. Sakthi takes her to the hospital, only for the
doctors to delay her treatment and she eventually succumbs to her
injuries. Sakthi and Ink are also convicted guilty and are placed on
the wanted list for aiding Madhi.
Sakthi, on the run, decides that the
only way to avenge Mathi's death and prove her innocence is to
confront the company issuing the patents. Due to his experience in
forging certificates, he easily fishes out the fact that the patent
was forged by the company under Mahadev's orders but is attacked in
the process, when he is rescued by Sathyamoorthy wearing a mask.
Sathyamoorthy explains to him that Mahadev is a corrupt business
tycoon whose aim is to wipe out innovation in work culture. He also
subdues brilliant students and subjects them to lobotomy, rendering
their frontal cortex unusable, therefore reducing them to his
"puppets". He uses their innovations to sell them to
foreign companies and earn profits. Sathyamoorthy, being an advocate
of innovation, secretly nurtures such children away from Mahadev in
his school. Sakthi decides to fight the system along with
Sathyamoorthy and the children, donning the mantle of the "Mask."
Using the gadgets developed by the
children and Sathyamoorthy's training, Sakthi fights through
Mahadev's henchmen and eventually learns the truth. Sathyamoorthy
sacrifices himself in the struggle, prompting Sakthi to telecast the
innovative inventions of students and explaining to the audience that
children should be given freedom to follow their passion and not be
just mere bookworms. In the final fight, Mahadev's plans are foiled
and Sakthi subjects him to lobotomy, disabling him permanently. Six
months later, Sakthi, while still on the wanted list, runs the school
along with Meera on the outskirts of the city. A police officer
(Prem) approaches him and takes him in his jeep around the city,
where Sakthi finds major developments in the city due to the
innovations of Mathi and other brilliant students. The officer tosses
away the documents relating to Sakthi's charges as he had opened his
eyes about his child's dreams, and requests Sakthi to continue on
with the mantle of the Mask.
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