Thambi

" Thambi" Tamil movie.

Mystery thriller with an extra dose of sentiments.

MLA living with his wife and daughter, searching his son, who had disappeared, 15 years ago. A con man, from Goa, comes into the scene as his son, bringing happiness and brightness in that family.

Story unfolds in first half, mostly as drama genre movie, to take us to an unexpected interval with a chilling suspense. Second half is in tune with thriller, with overtones of sentiments.

Story and screenplay carefully crafted well and director Jeethu Joseph has presented well, yet another thriller. Compared to his previous outings like 'Memories', 'Drishyam' ...this thriller is not that intense.

And these kinda story, we had seen in movies like 'Charithram' 1989 Malayalam, 'Imposter' 2012 English.... So this movie storyline maybe inspired or plagerized from the references.

Camera work is superb to keep the suspense and tension intact.

7 on 10 for this dragging thriller lasting 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Karthi as the con man and Sathyaraj as the MLA, shone well in their respective performances.

Well knitted presentation with unexpected twists and turns to keep the audience, guessing who is hero and villains are.

Safe watch

Though the story doesn't move too much up until then interval block, the first half is very much enjoyable with Karthi's humorous mannerisms. The internal block presents a couple of twists which sets the tone for the second half, which is a mix of emotions and twists and is very much engaging. The performances of Karthi, Jyothika and Sathyaraj form the main pillars of the movie along with the brother-sister emotions and the well-executed screenplay. Definitely a worth watch in theatre.

I chose Thambi at random on Netflix (orig. Tamil w.Eng subs) not expecting anything much and prepared to switch off if it did not sustain my interest.

Surprisingly Thambi turned out to be quite a good watch with a decent quotient of humorous dialogues, some masala but well choreographed dances and action, literally cliff hanger stunts and a few good twists in the tale. Jyothika for a change was not in an action Jackson role!

Karthi was good as Saravanan the wayward Thambi. Ilavarasu was the perfect Inspector (he was great in Pattam Pole too). Sowcar Janaki made a good crafty Paati!

Some parts are slow which can be easily fast forwarded without losing substance.

The locations especially in the Nilgiris are stunning. The cottage in the estate with the slanting roof where the Inspector meets his end, looks like a fancy bungalow overlooking Emeralde Lake just out of Ooty. Wonder if it is.

The cinematography, sets etc are good.

No spoilers as there are indeed a few twists and turns that need not be revealed to those who havent yet watched the film.

Overall: A good entertainer and thriller.

The plot and the presentation is very good though the unfolding of the plot is rushed through. Director has ensured to keep the audience engaged and it's worth watching

Acting on the part of everyone except for Sathyaraj are mediocre... The music is dull and the background score leaves a lot to be desired. The direction and editing is a bit messy as well and there are gaps and goof-ups that a good writer or director would have corrected... But, the movie works and keeps you engaged purely for its story line .. and when a movie comes under the banner of being a thriller and is able to throw a twist that most people would not have expected, then it surely does succeed to some extent :) Decent watch.