Film: THANTHONNI
Rating: 2/5
Banner: Marakkar Films
Cast: Prithviraj, Sheela, Nasser, Saikumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Biju Menon, Jagathy, Lalu Alex Ambika, Captain Raju and others
Music: Thej Mervin
Cinematography: Sajeth Menon
Director: George Varghese
Producer: Shahul Hameed Marikar
Release Date: March 19, 2010
Story:
An pre historic tale, the story begins with Kochu Kunju (prithvi) who is the youngest member of the family and they are the rich Vadakkan Veettill Tharavadu. True to his upbringing, Kochu is very adamant and does only what he wants. He doesn’t care about anybody and is stubborn in whatever he does. At one point, he walks out of his home and vanishes for few years only to come back later. The family is waiting for him so that they can discuss the sharing of properties but he doesn’t arrive. So the uncles decide to put an end to Kochu’s father (saikumar). This enlightens Kochu and he decides to become a rich man so that all his relatives can be taught a lesson. How he does that forms the rest of the story.
Presentation:
The director has come up with a routine storyline and though the presentation was good, the narrative was average. Dialogues were not that special, script was okay and the screenplay could have been better. Background score was effective and two songs were worth humming. Cinematography adds a new appeal to the film. Editing was missing at key places. Costumes were excellent and art department was impressive. Coming to the cast, Prithviraj deserves full marks for scoring the brownie points and trying to infuse life into the weak character. Sheela looks exceedingly hot and she has given a proper visual feast to the audience, she is a sizzler. Saikumar was standard, Nasser was natural, Biju Menon did his bit as required, Jagathy managed few laughs, Lalu Alex was standard, Ambika could have avoided the extra glycerine.
Conclusion:
The film doesn’t have anything new to look forward to so as such, the plot is quite predictable. On the other hand, it is only the performance of the protagonist and the glamour feast of the leading lady that made up for the gaps. While the first half of the film is quite slow, it is the second half that picks up good speed and provides some momentum. The technical values were weak but the production values were quite high. That’s why, it is difficult for the movie to make some money at the box office. Better luck next time Prithvi!!!
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