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Thozha: Cliché-ridden |
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Starring:
Nitin Sathya, Premji, Ajayraj, Vijay, Jennifer, Lakshana
Direction: N Sundareswaran
Music: Prem Gi. Amaren
Production: M Pazhani, M Sureshkumar, V Bhaskaran, P
Paramasivam |
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Thozha
makes you travel back in time for twenty years. Not that the
movie is particularly nostalgic or that it evokes the finest
of emotions - it is the script that would have been a hit
in the early eighties. Director Sundareswaran subjects you
to a melodramatic version of struggling-youngsters-making-it-big
combined with a friend’s-sacrifice story. He also stages
the hate-me-since-I-will-die-in-a-few-days sacrificial love
story intertwined in a plot already ridden with too many clichés.
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Nitin
Satya is a successful civil engineer among his friends,
and doles out enough money to keep his friends going.
His money sustains the friendship. His friends are:
Premji, an unemployed and frustrated history graduate
who swears by government jobs and is in search of one;
Vasanth Vijay who is an aspiring amateur actor; Nitin
who falls in love at first sight when visiting a village
belle, and accidentally hurts his head.
He consults with the doctor only when it is too late
and finds out that he has little time left to live.
Predictably, in an attempt to sacrifice his love he
performs a goofy trick that makes the village belle
take the wrong decision about her life. Her brother
seeks vengeance now and comes after him to the city.
If you thought this is enough to put you off, it’s
only half the story. The rest of what is left with the
plot toils sluggishly and reaches its culmination with
a happy and sad ending, which is a far from being poignant.
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The
insipid plot ensures nothing rises above the mediocre
mark – with the only relief coming in the form
of Nitin and Vasanth Vijay. Although not a saving
grace, Nitin can emote well, without melodrama. Vasanth
Vijay stands next to Nitin in performance and the
rest of the cast fade into oblivion even before we
have left the theatre (even if you prefer not to stay
till the end, that is!). Less said the better about
Vennira Aadai Moorthy and Babylona’s tacky comedy
track.
Premji Amaran’s score is middling. However,
his ‘Oru Nayagan’ remix is cleverly done
borrowing bits and pieces of ‘Ilamai Idho Idho’.
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If only replicating the star cast of a hit movie can actually
make a hit (remember, Thozha has four of the Chennai –
28 stars) but alas, no.
Verdict: Drives you up the wall!
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