Spyder
Spyder

Director AR Murugadoss' Telugu and Tamil movie Spyder (Spider) starring Mahesh Babu, SJ Surya and Rakul Preet Singh has received good reviews and ratings from the audiences.

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Spyder is a spy thriller film, which is a Murugadoss-mark commercial entertainer with a strong undercurrent social message. NV Prasad, Tagore Madhu and Manjula Swaroop have bankrolled the movie under the banner NVR Cinema. The film has been awarded a U/A certification and it has a runtime of 145 minutes.

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Spyder Story: Written by AR Murugadoss, Spyder revolves around the story of RAW agent Shiva (Mahesh Babu), who has a three-stage plan to attack the bioterrorism. SJ Surya is the man behind the terrorist spider web and uses a virus to kill people. He traps a doctor (Rakul Preet Singh), who unknowingly helps him to transfer the virus. How Shiva stops Surya's terrorist activities forms the crux of the story.

Analysis: AR Murugadoss has chosen a good subject and dealt it in an engaging and entertaining. He makes the film an edge of the seat thriller with some interesting twists and turns. The first half is good, but the story gains momentum with the twist before the interval. The second half is sensational. The movie has a lot of Tamil flavor and some scenes are inspired from The Dark Knight series, say the audience.

Performances: As RAW agent, Mahesh Babu has delivered a sterling performance, which is the highlight of Spyder. As a villain, SJ Surya's acting is another big attraction of the film. Rakul Preet Singh has not much screen space, but she manages to impress you with her glamour and chemistry with Mahesh. Bharath, RJ Balaji, Priyadarshi, Shaji Chen and others have done justice to their roles, say the viewers.

Technical: Spyder has rich production values that are on par with Hollywood standards. Harris Jayaraj's songs and background score, Santosh Sivan's cinematography, amazing choreography of action and dance sequences, stunning art direction and special effects are the attractions on the technical front, say the viewers.

Here are the lives update of SPYder movie review and rating by the audience:

Deepak‏ @writtenbyDK

#Spyder is a dark, intense thriller with an epic screenplay.Mahesh, SJ Surya, BGM are A1. But @ARMurugadoss's thought process is the winner. #Spyder may not fit into your conventional definition of a template Telugu film, but it'll be remembered for a long time. Dark theme The disregard @urstrulyMahesh has for consequences while choosing themes is stunning. Emaina kaniiii nen chestha. Anthe.Takes nerve. #Spyder And absolute gold-standard cinematography by Santhosh Sivan. Terrific. #Spyder

Hariharan Swami‏ @hariharanswn

#SPYder #urstrulyMahesh #iam_SJSuryah #ARMurugadoss @ spyder interval. 1st half is very interesting. Great interval block. SJS entry rocks. Overall 2nd half is good with few brilliant scenes, women motivation, fast-paced screenplay. VFX could have been replaced with MB's heroism. I know for sure #ARMurugadoss believe in content than VFX. I'm surprised how he didn't take advantage of MB's subtle heroism. Personally, I liked first half more than 2nd half. #Spyder definitely gained attraction with its storyline, fast-paced screenplay, actors performance, background music, entertainment. There is NO yeh! meh! scenes. It will keep you entertained, engaged with brilliant performance & screenplay. #santoshsivan cinematography, VFX didn't uplift the experience which was needed. Overall 3.5/5.

Bhargav‏ @Sum_1_special

Pretty Good movie all in all, lil more effort in Screenplay n action episodes would've lifted the movie more #Spyder Absolutely loved some moments in the movie, like d one where people join hands with Mahesh 2 help, in hospital episode n some other #Spyder SJ surya delivers a solid performance ... Commendable ... ! Interrogation scene dialogues super .. #Spyder Mahesh z brilliant .. as always #Spyder

Pallak Lalwani‏ @pallaklalwani

#spyder will make you say awww every second Strong point of the movie is screenplay by Murugadoss and tight editing by sreekarprasad And with super work behind the camera by @santoshsivan audience will find it difficult to move their eyes away from the screen #spyder Finally Movie is an Enjoyable watch Because of mahesh & @iam_SJSuryah sir's powerhouse performances #SPYder

Narayanan‏ @narayananrl

#spyder 1st half - SJSuryah rocks as deadly villain.Much hyped Rollercoaster fight ended as comedy.Bharath has Gud role.Good 1st half. #spyder 1st half - Mahesh gives good performance backed by engaging screenplay.Good BGM.Songs,heroine ok.Waiting for 2nd half #spyder 1st half - @ARMurugadoss gets its right for the most part.Harris BGM plus. #spyder - Good commercial entertainer with message.Except fr few dull moments in 2nd half,film s engaging start to end.Hit.1 Time Watch

Movie Buff‏ @vbharadk

#spyder jus done with first half ....very good ....now the real game starts #syderstrom #spyder very good movie...my rating is 3.5...all in all very good movie for dussehra...:) #spyder telugu film has got a new age villan....Suriya take a bow ...:) #spyder Mahesh Savin her mother is very nice .... Mahesh using women to trap villan stands out....very good movie ..Surya is awesome

Srikanth PochirajU‏ @SRI_Pochiraju

#SPYder - 4.5/5 #Mahesh babu acting _/_ Superb .. Excellent acting in climax emotional scenes. Message about 'Humanity' is very good. #SJSuriya man you are awesome , what a performance .. One of the best villain role in TFI .. literally scary. AR Murugadoss sir Thanks a lot for this awesome movie , loved his direction , Mahesh's mother rescue scene is one of the best scene in recent times. Gripping and watertight screenplay is d major asset for this flick. #Rakul is Damn Hot. #HarrisJayaraj is d show stealer .. excellent background music. Mahesh's Dance simply superb in Boom boom , ciciliya songs .. simple steps with grace . Roller coaster fight , Giant rock scene , hospital rescue scenes picturized very well. Go and watch it .. its a Feast for Action movie lovers

Jalapathy Gudelli‏ @JalapathyG

#SPYder : A huge letdown. After interesting 1st half, the clumsy post-interval sequences, logic-less episodes & climax have marred the mood. #SPYder : Mahesh Babu, like always, comes up with the best perf, Suryah has fitted to the T as serial killer. Rakul does another silly role. #SPYder + : Riveting pre-interval seq, some episodes, Mahesh and Suryah, camera work -: Logic-less scenes, romantic track, climax portions

aHf‏ @adhyayam

Good 1st half with engaging narration Weak 2nd half with poorly executed crucial scenes Below average fare #Spyder

Krishna‏ @resonative5

Liked second half even better. Dark-themed racy thriller where Mahesh puts in a stellar effort and pulls it off. #SPYder

i@Myogya‏ @AgoyRocks

Shiva vs Bairavudu, Top Notch Performances!!! Mesmerizing Cinematography... Spell Bound BGM . #spyder

Hemanth Kumar C R‏ @crhemanth

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ loving #Spyder so far...first half done... more soon :-) More importantly, #Spyder is all about its story and the characterisations, than the star. Happy that #MaheshBabu has done a film like this

#SPYder‏ @Thyview

Excellent interval block..awesome first half #spyderStorm #maheshBabu #SPYder Good screenplay by ARM , Awesome Cinematography by SanToshSivan & excellent BGM from Harrisjayaraj #SPYder Tittukovaddu but only adhi kooda slightly Tamil flavor adi thappa...everything is pitch perfect #SPYder MaheshBabu Rakul is cute with glasses and looks ravishing in cicilia song and Performed good #RakulPreetSingh #maheshBabu #SPYder Mahesh looks perfect in each and every frame and he is at his best in performing every emotion #SPYder will be another feather in his cap A very good first half and visually alluring but ok second half #SPYder

Mєяѕαℓ Sαнαиα‏ @sahana_xo

#SPYder 1st Half Over! A Decent Half:) Good Action Scenes With SJS & MB! Romance Scenes Are Peppy! Great Start To Story #SPYderDay 2nd Half Finishes! #SPYder What A Second Half! Much Better Than 1st:) MB Excels, HarrisJ BGM Amazing! ARM BB Treat For MB Fans

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Manishi‏ @endhukureturns

Terrific intro of Mahesh #Spyder #DubaiPremier Screenplay pekata! Arm takes you into the story right from the first frame #Spyder #DubaiPremiere Hillarious expressions to the phone calls Mahesh listens. Comedy timing #Spyder #DubaiPremiere

KAGISMTWEETS‏ @kagismtweets

#Spyder #Review 1st Half Super Interval Bang Sensational 2nd Half Story Climax & VFX Values Haali Haali, Sj Surya BGM 3.5/5 - Hit