Usually, the rise of a common man against evil always results in violence and the immediate formation of an overnight leader. But our common man, played by Vikram Prabhu, is well read, comes from a decent middle class family, is currently job hunting and prefers to use brains over brawn when he has to handle a situation.

IVM’s characters are well defined and the match-up between Vikram Prabhu and Vamsi is equal parts a battle of wits and a show of strength

We have seen several stories of the common man turning into a hero and a leader in Tamil cinema, but this film, although confining itself to commercialism, tries something different. “Ivan Vera Mathiri” literally translates into “He is Different”, and the film indeed is different. Sadly however, not to a great degree. As initially pointed out, it’s intelligent but also has instances that make it look dumb.

Saravanan designs a sweet and highly enjoyable romantic segment that has quite a bit of laughs and also introduces us to the film’s surprise package, the newcomer Surabhi, who takes the cake in the romantic portions with a cheerful performance.

The film’s other highlights are to be attributed to the stunts by Raja Sekhar