Thira

This film is underrated!

Shobana and Dhyaan are so apt for the roles. Such a different story for a malayalam cinema.

It was fast paced unlike normal malayalam films. Seemed to be a tamil film. Screenplay was engaging to the end. Duration of the film is a plus.

Never expected a film like this from Vineeth. He usually presents good hearted films. This film is brilliantly handled. How come such a tragic topic like human trafficking made family friendly? Only Vineeth Sreenivasan can do it.

Watched with zero expectations but loved it so so much. Dont know why 2nd part was not filmed. Anyways a decent thrilling watch!

The movie is a winner. You will stay riveted to the seat for the whole movie. Pretty fast paced. Nice camera work that conveyed the general mood of the movie very well. Stylized violence using good back ground score and nice camera techniques / choice of colors / settings etc.

Good launch for Dhyan Srinivasan , Vineeth's brother. Dhyan has acted pretty well -no obvious mistakes.

Story does not take you back to any other movie. It is pretty original and has quite some meat in it. Situations in the movie are pretty hard thought out especially given such a young crew of makers. Lot of work and passion has gone into making the screen play.

Direction is excellent. There is hardly a dull moment in the movie. There are a few pieces here and there that don't work but as a whole , I imagine that the direction/making must have happened with complete commitment and great synergy and teamwork. Background scores and cinematography has synergized excellently.

Shobhana has done good justice to her role which essentially is that of the protagonist closest to the film maker, the one who drives the story and who gets to know what happens next first from the playwright.

It is very easy to setup a round table and question various aspects of the movie. Questions like 'how can this happen given that?' , 'that doesn't sound feasible,does it?' On the other hand, the movie predicts a lot more good movies from this team pretty soon and also hopefully real masterful movies a few tens of years down the line.

Craft has definitely improved over 'Thattaththin marayaththu'. Vineeth has definitely learned a lot more than he knew when he made 'Thattaththin marayaththu' and he has executed much much more than his earlier flick. I really love the way the young team is forming up , much like the slightly senior young directors from the Maharajas college team led by Amal Neerad/Aashiq Abu etc.

Thira - Firstly I would give a HATSOFF to the producer and the director for taking such a risk to present this concept to the audience. Well come-on, Who would wants to take a risk in presenting a full-on serious thriller movie in the generation where most of the audience expect Comedy, Mass, Item Songs, Dance, Fighting etc., from a film.

Thira is a well executed thriller movie concentrating on Human Trafficking. People must know what human trafficking is and how serious is this and the entire crew presented it well in the movie. Shobana and Dhyaan acted well and Shaan's music was at its best as always. Expecting more from Vineeth in terms of Creativity in Direction and Cinematography. Hope you make the next one even more thrilling. All the best.

It's 2022 and I watched a film that was released in 2013. I wondered how did I miss it, not that I am a film buff but it might have skipped my mind. During some of the recent interviews (after the success of 'Hridayam'), I heard Vineeth sharing some experiences about Thira and since I hadn't heard about it, I thought of watching it. Surprisingly, it turned out to be a wonderful film for me. It may have been inspired from someone's life/book at that time but I felt it was a no-nonsense film. Due to its storytelling, yes it was fast paced and that's how films should be made. Based on the storyline, if it's action based then the film has to be action based, if it's drama, then the film has to be made in a dramatical way similarly with love stories, comedy etc. For example, if it's a horror movies, would someone simply sit and laugh throughout the movie or get scared when it's intended to be scary.

Thira is a one of its kind of movie where a female actress, the ever beautiful Shobhana is in the lead, boldly facing challenges that life throws at her throughout the film Alongside, is a young male actor, the then debutant Dhyan, who is guided and helped by Shobhana wherein their sole purpose is to rescue the girls who are victims of human trafficking.

In the past, before the release of Thira, there were films made in Malayalam in similar lines but those films all praised and worshipped the lead actor's style and machoism. The actresses were only a mere timepass, used for asthetic purposes like singing, dancing and spread on-screen colours for the viewers.

From start to end, I was totally engrossed watching Thira, just like the waves, different angles kept coming. May be sometimes, it could be predictable but the string of the movie is not broken so as to lose interest in watching. I liked how Vineeth made a movie focussing on a woman lead, how some women in the society takes charges to protect the fabric of the society from anti-elements and if required they will go to the end of the world to get what it takes to safe guard their loved ones from the evil.

Throughout the film, both Shobhana and Dhyan played their roles beautifully, not giving a chance for error. With Shobhana guiding Dhyan to face the challenges lying ahead in rescuing his sister, symbolically it seemed that she was preparing and guiding him on-screen to do well in his film career, we can see the results now in 2022.

I have given 7 stars for the overall film and an additional star for giving an opportunity to a lady star to lead the film.

Thira is a crisp thriller movie that stands true to its genre with no pretensions. Nothing is contrived and nothing forced as the movie sets off on an unwavering course at breathtaking pace from start to finish.

Premises are dark, and the theme brutal, as women trafficking forms the crux of the film; where the lowly protagonists cross swords with the powerful giants in shadows. The versatile veteran Shobhana leads the pack of actors with an inspiring portrayal of Dr. Rohini Pranab, while the débutant Dhyan pleases with a mature performance, that was unexpectedly and most surprisingly not lost in the shadows of a much acclaimed actress. Casting is superb with generous array of new faces, that fits even little roles like a glove. The camera, the colors and the music (Splendid work by Shaan Rahman) blends seamlessly with the film adding to the atmosphere.

On the downside the film though fast paced, is merely a point to point chase with directions at each point for the next destination; and barring a semblance of a curve; lacks genuine twists or turns. On a lesser note, Shobhana's hoarse whispering and exhalations do tend to tire ones ear towards the end.

The brilliant screenplay and exemplary direction carries off the movie with aplomb and the ones who looked in for a taut thriller are left savoring a chilling recipe with content.