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THAMBIKOTTAI MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Behindwoods review board |
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| Starring:
Narain, Poonam Bajwa
Direction:
R Ammu Ramesh
Music:
D Imman
Production:
R K Suresh
Ammu
Ramesh who had worked under Jeyam Raja,
wields his maiden directorial baton in
Thambikottai which has Naren and Poonam
Bajwa in lead supported by Prabhu, Meena,
Vijayalakshmi, Santhanam among others.
In his first flick, Ramesh has handled
a subject which encompasses action, love,
sentiment and all the |
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necessary
ingredients of a mainstream commercial flick which
are not devoid of innumerable predecessors in the
industry.
Meena,
a college professor, is the doting elder sister of
Naren who is still a college student. Just like any
other siblings of such films, they mean the world
to each other and are the epitome of love and affection.
There are enough maudlin moments in the film to emphasize
their affection. Naren desires to go to a place called
Thambikottai on an NSS trip but a shocked Meena is
not in favor of this. However Naren leaves for the
village and spots Poonam Bajwa and you guessed it
right, it is love at first sight. Again, on a very
very predictable track, Poonam is the daughter of
the villain ‘Nan Kadavul’ Rajendran.
As it is the syntax of every such masala fare, Rajendran
plays spoilsport to Naren-Poonam’s love, thrashes
Naren and sends him back to Chennai where his sister
Meena reveals in the flashback mode about Thambikottai
and Rajendran. The answers to what happens in Thambikottai
and whether Poonam and Naren’s love succeeds
are narrated in the rest of Thambikottai.
Naren after Anjaadhe makes his appearance in a Tamil
film and this time around, his monumental exercise
in hero building comes to the fore with a power packed
intro scene. Poonam Bajwa, after having tried ‘homely’
looks, sheds that for a more glamorous image. Prabhu
does his usual antics and there is nothing to write
home about. If there is someone whose performance
stands out, it is Sangeetha who does a ‘sornakkaa’
act, mouthing punch dialogues and law quotes with
élan. Santhanam and M S Bhaskar take charge
of comedy department where a few scenes evoke the
desired effect. It is in fact the trio of Sangeetha,
Santhanam and Bhaskar make the audience stay in theatres
a bearable one.
In Imman’s music ‘Vaa pillai, naan un
maapillai’ is humworthy. There is nothing voluble
about the rest of the technical department. Many scenes
in the film give you a ‘déjà vu’
feel and the director, travelling on a beaten track,
does not give you any anxious moments to rack your
brains to wonder what is going to happen next. Ramesh
tries to pack most of the ‘must have’s
of a masala film resulting in an unexciting product.
Verdict: One more masala flick
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: Thambikottai,
Narain,
Poonam
Bajwa, Prabhu,
Ammu
Ramesh,
D
Imman |
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