Thani Oruvan

Thani Oruvan

2h 39m 7.4/10

Overview

An idealistic cop and an ambitious scientist-businessman indulge in a high-stake battle of wits.

Director

Mohan Raja

Top Billed Cast

Arvind Swamy

Arvind Swamy

Dr. Siddharth Abhimanyu

Nayanthara

Nayanthara

Mahima

Nassar

Nassar

Chief Minister

Ravi Mohan

Ravi Mohan

Mithran IPS

Vamsi Krishna

Vamsi Krishna

Vicky

Ganesh Venkatraman

Ganesh Venkatraman

Shakthi

Reviews

Reno

Reno

7/14/2016

8/10

> A cop vs an evil scientist! The ultimate clash! This is definitely your regular Indian style film, but the script was top notch, that's the vast difference you would find in this. It was a cop-thief clash theme something like the Korean film 'Veteran'. Initially I thought it might be a remake of some Korean film, because it looks like a Korean thriller, but after learning that it was an original, I was amazed. Because, you know, the director has a nick name called remake Raja. He's known for bringing the Telugu blockbuster to the Kollywood. That's not bad and I'm not against remakes, he sure did do a wonderful job with those projects to succeed. The actors were brilliant, especially like everybody saying Aravaind Swamy in a negative role stole the show. The plus point was minimizing the musical track. I mean the narration was not interrupted by unexpected and unnecessary musics and dances like usual Indian films does, except on one occasion I think. The two and half an hour was too long, but that's the average Indian film length and totally worth it. Not easy to predict, but in a few segments you would know what might come in the next scene. Because it might be an awesome film for the Indian audience who are seeing it for the first time, but in the world stage it is just an above average with partial cliché. There were a couple twists, the ending was excellent too, and looks like a follow up might come. My only disappointment was they missed a wonderful opportunity to make this film more realistic in the line of 'Unnaipol Oruvan'. Instead, they opted to narrate it more commercially appealing way. So if you are an Indian or watch regularly Indian films, you would find it great. I was impressed with the film's promotions and it did well at the box office. Now it is getting remade in a couple of other languages, I hope they would as well do well. The brothers; the lead actor and the director did many projects together, but this one was a very special and will be a game changer for their respective career. So you might need to check it out if you haven't seen it yet. I'm not saying it is a masterpiece, but if you know Indian cinemas, then would learn how unusual it is. 7/10

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