Hero (2012 film)

Hero is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Diphan and written by Vinod Guruvaayur. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Srikanth,Yami Gautam and Anoop Menon in lead roles. The film is produced by G.P. Vijayakumar. The soundtrack is scored by Gopi Sundar along with lyrics by Anil Panachooran And Shibu Chakravarthi.This is one and only Malayalam film that Yami Gautam has acted.

Plot
Dharmarajan is a famous action choreographer who worked in many films and runs a combat academy for interested students. He was out from the film industry for a long time. Dharmarajan needs some money for his daughter's marriage. So he visits one of his old students Aadhityan, who has become one of the top directors in the Malayalam film industry. Aadhityan gives a chance to Dharmarajan. Dharmarajan seeks help from his several students to assist him with the job, but no one helps him. Dharmarajan visits his favourite student "Tarzan" Antony, who left him due to some personal issues.

Antony agrees and joins the film set where he meets Premanand and Gowri Menon, who is one of the top actors in the film industry. Premanand, who is the son of Home Minister is depressed about his earlier flop films and needs his next film to be a hit at the box office, where he collaborates with his friend Aadhityan for the film. Premanand likes Gowri and wants to propose her. He tries to impress her in several ways. But she feigns ignorance because of Premanand's self praising and arrogance. Antony's dedication to his works and amazing fight choreography impresses Gowri. The film is released and becomes a hit. The audience (who don't know the actual hero behind the screen) appreciates Premanand for the action sequences while Gowri, Aadhityan and the whole crew appreciates Antony for his work. Gowri and Antony fall in love with each other.

Premanand decides to destroy Antony, who is a hindrance between him and Gowri. At that time, Aadhityan announces his next project with the same cast and crew. Premanand wants to remove Antony from the project but Aadhityan, in turn removes Premanand from the film and appoints Antony for the film's lead role. Enraged, Premanand plots to kill Antony, but ends up killing Antony's father Thankachan. Aadhityan tells Antony to leave the matters for a while. Once the filming for the film gets over and is released, Antony arrives at Premanand's hideout and defeats Premanand and Gowri's brother Goutham, thus avenging his father's death. Later, Antony is accepted as the new Hero of the film industry by the audience and the film is declared as a blockbuster at the box office. Antony and Gowri are more than happy to openly accept their proposal.

Cast

 * Prithviraj Sukumaran as "Tarzan" Antony
 * Srikanth as Premanand (voiceover by Mithun Ramesh)
 * Yami Gautam as Gowri Menon (voiceover by Vimmi Mariyam George)
 * Anoop Menon as Adithyan
 * Thalaivasal Vijay as Dharmarajan Master (voiceover by Shobi Thilakan)
 * Nedumudi Venu as Thankachan, Antony's father
 * Bala as Udayan
 * Tini Tom as Suni
 * Anil Murali as Hakkim Bhai
 * Kottayam Nazeer as Basha
 * Chali Pala as ACP Thomas Alex IPS
 * Nandhu as Sathyan
 * Sudheer Karamana as Muthu
 * Dinesh Panicker as Bhaskaran, Premanand's father
 * Sadiq as C.I. Honey das
 * Jaffar Idukki as Murugan Desentmukku
 * Arun Cherukavil as Goutham Menon
 * Indrans as Pallan
 * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Mary Thankachan, Antony's mother
 * Malavika Menon as Annie Thankachan, Antony's sister
 * Rosin Jolly
 * Sarayu Mohan
 * Kiran Raj as Eldho
 * Alwyn Fernandus

Music
The soundtrack of the film was composed by Gopi Sunder. The soundtrack album was launched on 13 May 2012 at People's Plaza in Cochin.

Release
The film was released on 25 May 2012 worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics, where it moderately performed well at the box office.