Thodari

9/26/2016

The best way to watch Thodari is to consider it as a spoof thriller. Prabu Solomon seems to have taken a leaf out of Radha Mohan's Payanam for this film, which feels novel because of its setting — a train. There's isn't a properly focused plot as such (at least until the interval) and the film chugs along like a series of incidents that happen inside a train that is en route from New Delhi to Chennai. A motley bunch of characters are travelling on the train. We have the pantry team headed by Chandrakanth (Thambi Ramaiah) of which Poochiyappan (Dhanush) is a part. Poochi's love interest Saroja (Keerthy Suresh, whose 'loosu ponnu' role is used to provide humour) is the touch-up girl of an actress who is also on the train. A central minister (Radha Ravi) is also among the passengers. His N