Hero on Sun TV: Much like it's predecessors such as Nanban, 3 Idiots, and even Gentlemen, the film hits home when taking on the flawed education system, scathing at doing so, even passionate in deliverance. Yet, I feel cliched tropes persist albeit an ambitious writing effort

The fact that strong themes like this are in need of filmmaking that applies to its audiences, is (unfortunately) absent in Hero. A robin-hood mantle passing film of sorts, it's quite hard to buy the narrative it pushes forward, often deliberate and preachy at certain moments

A heft theme like this, would be more approachable to audiences if presented through a drama, rather than the superhero origin film it tries to be

The sound engineering department really messed up on this one if I'm being honest, most of the dialogue is hidden because of background noises and music as the film's audio, unfortunately, isn't mixed well

A promising first half, it's the other half after the (spoiler) took place just feels unnecessary and desperate in motive. In fact, the treatment of the girl's death isn't handled as heavy as it should be, possibly too strong for an arc motivational subplot, I think

transfiguring into a wannabe super-hero action film in its second(?) act, the film feels like it's heading in the wrong direction after the wonderful narrative that was built up convincingly in the first.

A lot of the interesting part if it truly wanted to be a super hero film, such as SK's character's physical and mental struggles to become the hero he aspires to be, is rushed and feels all too easy, would have been better to see more of that.

Arjun's character needed stronger writing and a rather interesting than cliched flashback to buy his mantle as a hero/master. In fact, his character uses the " fish climbing tree" quote to imply its message, which is a little bit too basic in itself

Certain originalities in the film, such as "hero"making use of weapons made by his students, were really idealistic and inspiring. There's a certain action sequence that takes place in the dark, albeit similar to the coin fight in Katthhi, had some strong lighting to boast

I strongly feel the masala genre, which mandates an action scene, some romantic interest, and a comedic sidekick wasn't the right choice for this one. The film could hinge on to its theme a lot better, hadn't it not wasted the run time on the aforementioned requirements