Pa. Ranjith’s ‘Thangalaan’, starring Vikram, has a number of interesting threads, but they don’t come together and the film doesn’t connect emotionally

For Vikram, who plays Thangalaan, the film is a triumph. But how can a single performance save a movie? ‘Thangalaan’ places so much on Vikram’s shoulders that it feels like that is all that matters.

They say you should enter a film with zero expectations, and simply submit yourself to what the film is – as opposed to what you think the film is going to be, or what you want the film to be. But with Thangalaan, this is difficult. The expectations are huge because (1) it is a film by Pa. Ranjith, (2) it stars Vikram, who never takes a role lightly, and (3) the director and the actor have been on a hot creative streak of late. Pa. Ranjith is coming off Sarpatta Parambarai, the anthology film Dhammam, and Natchathiram Nagargiradhu, which is his most daring experiment in terms of form, breaking the boundaries between theatre and cinema. As for Vikram, take out Cobra, and we have had a blazing display of both star-power and actor-power in Mahaan and the two Ponniyin Selvan films, especially the second part. So does Thangalaan live up to the hype – the expectation – we have created for ourselves in our minds? The answer, sadly, is… no!

You can read the rest of the review here:

https://www.galattaplus.com/pa-ranjiths-thangalaan-starring-vikram-has-a-number-of-interesting-threads-but-they-dont-come-together-and-the-film-doesnt-connect-emotionally/

You can watch the trailer / video review here:

Copyright ©2024 GALATTA.