A remake of Telugu film Attarintiki Daredi, the film seems more like a remix of two older Tamil films filled with problematic humour and self-indulgent dialogues mounted on a wafer-thin script
Though the film has a plethora of insanely funny elements providing constant giggles, the hiccups to the fun come in the form of inconsistency in the screenplay
Director Siva's biggest achievement is giving us an Ajith who is having fun on screen after a long time, apart from which the film mainly works on surprise value
Maaniik promised to be a romantic fantasy love story. The fantasy portions are noteworthy, no doubt, but everything else, including the humour, is mediocre at best
