Thodari

My review: Thodari

Prabhu Solomon's "Thodari" is one of the most regressive movies of the year. It is shockingly inept and boring that one can only wonder what made the makers support such a half backed attempt. Poor scripting, bad direction and over the top acting makes it a tedious affair to sit through. Prabhu seems to have been caught in no man's land in trying to make a "Speed" like thriller with "elements" which ought to have been mandatory for a "star" movie to keep the commerce of the movie afloat. But precisely these elements along with poorly written cardboardish characterisation that pulls down this movie. 

When was the last time when you had a movie that had the lead actors perilously caught in a speeding train and just after having escaped being burnt alive on a moving train breaking into a song and dance routine "pona usuru vandhudichu ". Yes, "Thodari" is that dumb. Every actors go over the top, starting with Keerthi Suresh. This should be one of the most forgettable performances of her till now including her other language movies. Dhanush just sleep walks through most of the movie with occasional "Sullan"ish recourse. 

Movie's direction is so stupid that most of the CG shots are so manifestly seen on screen and very pathetically done. In the shots where the train is moving forwards, you would expect the hair of the ones standing on train to flow backwards, but in this movie it is just the opposite defying the law of physics. The making is that careless. 

For a thriller of this kind, establishing and sustaining the mood is important. But when you have cartoonish comedy by Thambi Ramaiah and co and idiotic banters between the lead pair that just kills the mood, the end product is such a dumb one.

Bottomline: Dumbest movie of the year.

1/5