Pandiraj’s ‘Thalaivan Thalaivii’ (Vijay Sethupathi, Nithya Menen) has a few laughs buried under a lot of loud drama
- Trinity Auditorium
- Jul 25
- 1 min read
The film is about a husband and wife who love each other but also keep fighting. It’s vaguely watchable, but nothing more. The rest of this review may contain spoilers.
Pandiraj’s latest film about a large family, Thalaivan Thalavii, stars Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya Menen as a married couple named Agasaveeran and Perarasi. The story opens with their names carved on a big rock in the Madurai area, as though they were legends – and in a way, they are legendary. They are both emotional to a fault. They are either all over each other with public displays of affection, or it’s the other extreme, with them fighting with each other, with lots of shouting and screaming. (In general, this is a very loud film in terms of decibel levels.) The story opens in a temple, with the couple appearing to be separated. Perarasi is with their daughter and her family, for a ritual. But at least for a while, Agasaveeran is absent. Slowly, we learn about the series of events that led to this point, as the film keeps cutting between the temple and the couple’s home.
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