Vishal's next is "Thoranai" after some pretty ordinary time at the box-office .After reading many review of the movie i watched this movie & was deeply disappointed with every one who said there was nothing new in this movie. Those who said so may not have watched this movie with their minds & eyes open.Director Saba Ayyapan has made many novel not-seen-before-in-TC-scenes in "Thoranai" which all have obviously missed out. Lets see them one by one .
Novelty 1 :- For the 1st time in TC history , Saba has broken the monotony of Hero-intro-fight-then-intro song - sequence .Here Hero has no intro fight but only intro song .Those who were looking for fight sequence were taken aback.
Novelty 2:- Usually in village family of TC , father does all the corporal punishment on the errand sons while mother does the weeping part.But here mother does the action part while father does the weeping part .Director shows his inclination for gender equality here ( "only here" ).
Novelty 3:- For all those who are bored of seeing heros mouthing all the punch dialogues in the action movies here comes a huge "relief." Here everyone from the temple preist , hero & heroine's friends , apartment's watchman , secretary & an old woman living there , comedy inspector & his constable .....not to forget the villans & their henchmen .....all mouth umpteen number of punch dialogues.Thus for the 1st time in TC history , director has treated every one in the film akin to a hero which reveals Saba's socialist bent of mind.
Novelty 4:- This one is the most revolutionary of ideas we have come across in recent years in Indian Cinema itself. How long will we see a old man drooling over a young girl {am not talking about the kanths , kumar's & raj's of TC }ala Amitabh in Nisabdh. Here by conceiving a romantic angle between Santhanam & Paravai Muniyamma , Saba has crossed all the creative boundaries which not even legendary KB sir would have thought of.
Novelty 5:-This reveals' director's naughty face. When everyone anticipate a duet & get ready for a smoke or two , he springs a surprise by not having a duet but a fight instead (though not even that prevents the exodus out of the theatre) & when one least expect of a song he introduces one to the shock of one & all..!
Novelty 6:- This one tops all. This shows the foresightedness of the makers of the movie.Knowing pretty well that after the opening weekend , the theaters will have a deserted look & to cheer for the few who risks their life by venturing into one , they have added applause & whistles in the surround sound which tend to cheer up the risk takers. They appear only when Vishal appears on screen is a let-down though..may have added them for shriya , prakashraj & Santhanam too. (in the mean time the sound snores of a dozen co-audience will cheer you up..)
Now coming to the review , Saba Ayyapan shows a very good flair for comedy & he does a neat job at it.The first half is shouldered solely by Santhanam-MAyilsami comedy .The second half is a torture with oft repeated masala movie rituals.
Among actors Prakashraj & Kishore does a neat job while Vishal strictly follows Vijay's mannerism , body language & dancing styles but he doesn't succeed in his endeavor.
Shriya : No comments.
Santhanam steals the show in the 1st half.
Other departments are nothing worthy of any mention.
One advise to Saba Ayyapan is that he has it in him to work wonders in handling comedy subjects & hence he must stick to his forte in the future.May be we may get another Sunder.c.
On the whole , tune into Siripoli & Adhitya for Santhanam's comedy scenes & that is all about it.
Bottomline : Old stale wine in an age old mud pot.
2/5
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