Thozha

My review: Thozha

"Thozha" is a feel good entertainer which is a remake of french movie "Intouchables". Directed by Vamshi Paidipally it stars Nagarjuna and Karthi in the lead roles. Movie deals with an unlikely bonding that develops between a kind hearted quadriplegic billionaire and an insensitive small time crook who is out on parole. The premise is in itself is very interesting one that is pretty well milked by the writers of the movie. 

Movie moves at a languid pace but that is perfectly fine for story. Though the story itself is inherent with lot of scopes for melodrama, Vamshi has kept it to bare minimum. The most refreshing part is that he has infused humour in almost all those situations where you get a feeling of pathos seeping in. But somehow you do tend to feel that the screenplay meanders laboriously in the second half and a crisper direction and screenplay would have done this movie a great service.

Nagarjuna is terrific in his portrayal of the disabled billionaire who is confident yet has shades of self-pity and anxious ruminations from the past. It is one of the best from Karthi in a really long time.  Effortless ease with which he transposes from melodrama and humour us just superb. Thamanna is there in most of the frames but relegated to the role of  a glorious extra.

Movie which is rich in its visual and cognitive content with terrific dialogues sadly gets a very poor music from Gopi Sunder. None of the songs are worth hearing even once while his background score is mixed bag. 

Vamshi could have done away with item number and the crude gay gags at least for the tamil version where audience lap up movies even without such paraphernalias. On the whole, what could have been a terrific film with a tighter screenplay and direction "Thozha"ends up just above average. 

Bottomline: a breezy bromance... 

3.5/5