Thani Oruvan: Exposes Policy Maker Business Tycoon Nexus

Another proverbial question after the Chicken or Egg is Policy Makers or Business Tycoons. Not that the public isn't cognizant of their collusion, but the action thriller brings to light how to interpret media headlines and stories. It also highlights the tale of friendship at political and bureaucratic levels. 

Highlights

Not having watched Tamil movies in many years, I was afraid of a comedy track that doesn't sit with the movie, half a dozen songs and unintelligent screen play. But to my surprise and delight, Thani Oruvan devoid of either;  with only two songs and heady cocktail of Robin Hood/Sherlock Holmes story, despite a few flaws wins big at the box office.

The best part of the screen play is the intelligent incorporation of non Tamil looking and speaking characters that emulate real lives of IAS and IPS cadre. But this intelligence quickly turns into a flaw when it comes to the protagonist, an IPS officer, shown with visible tummy engaged in chase and fighting scenes, while his colleagues are shown trim and fit. 

While Ravi's colleagues in the movie industry (Arya, Surya, Vijay, Vishal, Barath, etc.) are ready to shape their bodies to fit the characters, why is he being lazy? He missed an opportunity that could have only upped his sizzling quotient and earned him more female fans.

Sappy elements

The sequence that weaves in the element of romance in the movie looks jaded and makes the heroin look silly. Alongside, the movie had some serious logical flaws in screenplay, for example: Mitran, the protagonist calls his friend twice from outside his home when disclosing his meeting plans, but later replays the conversation and ransacks his house looking for the bug. Shouldn't he be searching himself and his bike? But all this turns into specs of dust when he nabs the villainous gang. 

More and missed opportunity

Newspapers ads rave this movie to be a block buster, while twenty-five successful days have already evinced interests from Bollywood and Tollywood actors and directors to remake in their respective languages. If only the producer was more creatively and calculative, he could have turned this movie into sequel from the start of intermission or could have tightened the script to make it a gripping action thriller. Directors must remember that our audiences are ready to watch movies without comedy, romance, and songs and are okay with 2 hour long movies. If not, why would dubbed popular English movies be big grossers in India?

In between the frames

A week ago when Mrs. Premalatha spoke at DMDK's 11th anniversary she bragged that all of Vijayakanth's police movies are being shown at IPS academy. I don't have proof to refute her claim, but I left the movie hall thinking what if this movie is Jayam Ravi's aspiration to enter politics?

Even if Ravi is not planning to enter politics, this is a good watch to understand the nexus between politicians, business men and media houses. You can now go back and read the newspaper articles published post Global Investors Meet recently held in Tamil Nadu and connect the dots behind IAS and IPS cadre transfers.