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Thangamagan Movie Review
- 12/18/2015 1:45:12 PM
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Cast: Dhanush, Samantha, Amy Jackson, KS Ravikumar, Radikaa Sarathkumar, Sathish, Adith, Jayaprakash.Direction: R Velraj.Genre: Drama.Duration: 2 hours 2 minute
Synopsis: The happiness of Tamizh and his middle-class family is shattered when his dad commits suicide. The youngster tries to understand why his father took this extreme step and clear his name.
Movie Review: When the trailer of Thangamagan was released, it immediately brought to mind his " Velaiilla Pattadhari" (VIP) with its shot collage of domestic life and masala heroism. " Thangamagan" has all that but these moments feel like a watered down version of what we had seen in the previous film. The film plays on the middle-class male fantasy of young men wanting to be a caring son, a charming boyfriend, a loving husband, and a hero for the family. There is a scene where the protagonist Tamizh (Dhanush, playing the guy-next-door for the umpteenth time) and his friends are watching "7/G, Rainbow Colony" — a film that so successfully tapped into this fantasy — and the screen fills up with the words 'A film by Selvaraghavan'. It is Dhanush rightly acknowledging the influence of his brother. But the film lacks the edginess that characterizes Selvaraghavan's films and the naturalism of "VIP's" domestic scenes. The characters come across more as archetypes — hardworking father, loving mother, stunning girlfriend, demure wife, wisecracking friend and so on — and so,
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