A Maayon temple near Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu where a legend is carried on for centuries that it houses millions of dollars worth treasures comes to the notice of both the government and the villains. A foreigner who deals with such items in the grey market assigns a group of archeologists headed by Arjun (Sibi Sathyaraj) and Devaraj (Hareesh Peradi) to steal it.Do they succeed or not is what the rest of the story!
Sibi Raj tries his best to deliver the different layers that his character has. Sibi delivers a neat performance, and Maayon is definitely one of the better films that he has given us in the recent past.
Tanya Ravichandran’s character starts off as the mandatory heroine but becomes interesting when there is a twist to it. Hareesh Peradi, K.S. Ravikumar, Radha Ravi and Bhagavathi Perumal are the other seniors who are convincing in their respective roles.
Director Kishore has ensured that the flow of the movie is engaging. However, too much of information is dished out in the first half which will be difficult to grab all at once. Maayon thinks it is grand but, unfortunately, it’s not.
But there is some passable fun to be had in the second half when the story shifts into the temple. The film benefits from Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja’s very good background score, though the songs are downers. The cinematography and editing works are functional.