Movies are supposed to entertain, educate or give a social message. And then there is Dhanush starrer Thodari , directed by Prabhu Solomon.
Even a powerful star like Dhanush has been underutilised in the film, thanks to the paltry script and its treatment. A pantry boy falls in love with a make-up artist and they are both aboard a speeding train. A gang of highly-suspicious dacoits gets aboard the train after fooling the police force
Dhanush is failed by his character Balli Shivaji, a man saddled with bland and cliched dialogues and innuendos. He is not given a leading role or a weighty part in the story. In fact, it is just the last 10 minutes where his screen-time is justified.
The entire first half struggles to build the idealistic romance. The second half is chaotic amusement packed in a train with media, NSG, RPF and railway managers messing the storyline. the female lead. Saroja’s character begins as an innocent and ends as a clown