Subramani (Pasupathy), a police officer who is about to retire, is presented to us in the very first scene. He has a reputation for acting differently and incurring the anger of his top officers. He accepts the assignment to look into a rare missing person case that originated in the community of Kidaripatti, where residents view police officers as their adversaries. Thangaponnu (Rohini), an old woman who is survived by four children and a son, mysteriously vanishes. Subramani discovers that Thangaponnu had to flee her village because of the hardships she had to endure for so many years at the hands of her selfish daughters and drunken son.

Even though Subramani is able to locate her, things turn challenging when she unexpectedly falls owing to a medical condition. Instead of fretting over her passing, her family focuses on the pair of Thandatti that she had owned for years. And later that night, the ornament disappears! Can Subramani find a peaceful solution to all of these problems in order to carry out her death rites?

Ram Sangaiya, a young director, takes his time acclimating us to the environment he has built. However, when we gradually come to comprehend the writer's goal, we start to identify with some characters because their humor is fresh. It's wonderful that the filmmaker introduces the history of the ornament much earlier and helps us relate to it even if the second part of the film entirely centers upon the hunt for the Thandatti. Additionally, despite the seriousness of the situation, the comedy in the second half works to a certain amount.

However, the climax falls short of expectations. The author adopts an overly ambitious tone and inserts an extraneous twist. The relationship he forges towards the conclusion isn't natural, and the scenes feel a little forced. Alcoholism played by vivek Prasanna occasionally provides drama and improves the story's interest. Although the actors who portray the daughters of Thangaponnu, Poovitha, deepa Shankar, Janaki, and Semmalar Annam, provide good performances, the filmmaker might have improved the tensions in the second part of the film by using their personalities.

As a police chief in a tiny town, pasupathi gives a strong performance that carries the entire movie. The background music becomes repetitive and does nothing to enhance some of the first half's more dramatic scenes.

Overall, Thandatti is a rather entertaining film that manages to be both imaginative and too ambitious.
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Thandatti Movie Review

SIBY JEYYA

22/06/2023 08:42 PM