Hero

<p>Dharmarajan, is a running a , is in need of money for his daughter’s marriage and visits one of his old students Aadhityan, one of the top directors in . Aadhityan gives a chance to Dharmarajan, who seeks help from his several students to assist him with the job, but no one helps him. Dharmarajan visits his favourite student Antony, who left him due to some personal issues. Antony agrees and joins the film set, where he meets Premanand and Gowri Menon, who are one of the top actors in the film industry. Premanand, who is also the son of , is depressed about his earlier flop films and needs his upcoming film to be a hit, where he collaborates with his friend Aadhityan for the film. Premanand likes Gowri and tries to impress her in several ways, but she feigns ignorance due to Premanand’s self-praising attitude and arrogance. Antony’s dedication to his work impresses Gowri. The film is released and becomes a hit. The audience (who do not 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 removes Premanand from the film and appoints Antony for the lead role. An 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 gets over and is released, Antony arrives at Premanand’s hideout and defeats Premanand, Goutham Menon and Premanand’s secretary Eldho . Later, Antony is accepted as the new in the film industry and the film is declared as a . Antony and Gowri are more than happy to openly accept their proposal. The soundtrack of the film was composed by . The soundtrack album was launched on 13 May 2012 at in . was released on 25 May 2012 worldwide. mainly received negative reviews from critics. Paresh C Palicha of wrote ” does try to be different in telling the story of a stuntman, but ends up as the usual action film in the ‘cinema within cinema’ format.” Smitha Nambiar of wrote “Hero is an average film and can be enjoyed mainly if you are a fan of Prithviraj.” wrote “Hero is heavily loaded for Prithvi’s fans and for the rest, a film on ‘filmmaking’, that too about stuntmen have got something to cherish.”</p>