He says “Darjeeling” when he means “darling.” He says “careless” when he means “careful.” No Tamil-film star ever became big by playing a character that spoke proper English. ![]() In an amusing twist, which I think is unintentional, he’s named Peter – though, predictably, he’s anti-“Peter” in the ways that really matter. ![]() No Tamil-film star ever became big by playing a character that hailed from Boat Club Road. Even if we miss these references, the fact that he’s a man of the masses is evident from where he hails from: Royapuram. He’s given a hero-introduction song, where he’s surrounded by posters of films of our two big “mass” heroes, MGR ( Naalai Namathey) and Rajinikanth ( Uzhaipaali). Sivakarthikeyan, the likeable boy next door, has transformed into Sivakarthikeyan, the big star – and Maan Karate is less a film than a ticker-tape celebration of this reality.
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