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Thillu Mullu
- 6/20/2013 8:22:06 AM
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Cast: Shiva, Isha Talwar, Prakash Raj, Kovai Sarala, Soori, Monisha, Ilavarasu, Santhanam
Direction: Badri
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes
Synopsis: Caught skipping work by his boss Sivagurunathan (Prakash Raj), Pasupathy (Shiva) gets out of his predicament by lying that he has a look-alike twin Ganguly Kandhan. How long can this farce be maintained, especially with Janani, Sivagurunathan's daughter, falling for Kandhan?
Movie Review: The original Thillu Mullu (1981), directed by K Balachander and starring Rajinikanth, was itself a remake of Golmaal and has grown in stature over the years, chiefly due to the quirky narration of its director (filled with typical Balachander touches) and the wickedly funny performances of Rajinikanth and Thengai Srinivasan. Badri's remake takes the basic plot of that film — the hilarities that ensue after a young man is forced to lie about a twin brother, after being caught skipping work by his intimidating boss — but makes it tonally very different. Surprisingly, the dread that sets in during the first scene when Shiva does an Apoorva Sagotharargal Kamal in a sequence right out of Kadhala Kadhala is dispelled once the plot is set in motion.
Much of the credit for this should go to director Badri, whose script clearly suggests that some amount of thought has gone into reworking a cult classic for present-day audiences. Instead of going for a scene by scene remake,
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