Rathish Ambat’s ‘Theerppu’, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, is a genre thriller that drowns under its ideology
- Trinity Auditorium
- Aug 26, 2022
- 1 min read
Spoilers ahead…
In quite a few ways, , the new film by director Rathish Ambat and writer Muraly Gopy, feels like a sequel in spirit to their earlier work, . For one, there’s the overall feel of wanting to stretch the limits of the material. was a meta- movie, where a real-life character who is thought to be evil (like MN Nambiar) is deified on screen as a god (like MGR). The subtext was about how history is nothing but a series of lies that become the “truth” over a period of time. The first half of the film was the actual history of the protagonist. The second half, where his life is made into a movie, is the lie that becomes history over time – because people die but movies (and other records) live forever. is more of a genre movie: a home-invasion thriller. But again, the limits are stretched. It is also a revenge drama. (And like , it takes a really long time to get to the point.)
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