Film: Thillu Mullu
Starring: Shiva, Prakash Raj, Isha Talwar
Director: Badri
Producer: S.Madhan
Banner: Vendhar Movies
Music: M. S. Viswanathan, Yuvan Shankar Raja
Story
In search of a job to support his sister
and find a groom for her, Pasupathy (Shiva) lands in the office of
Shivagurunathan (Prakash Raj), chairman of a water purification company.
With his obedience and piousness, Pasupathy wins over Shivagurunathan
and eventually lands a job as marketing head.
Pasupathy is not the same man when he
steps out of the office. He smokes, drinks and occasionally gets
involved in bar brawls. When Shivagurunathan comes to learn about his
original identity, Pasupathy's job is at stake.
To save his job being terminated, he
convinces his boss that he must have mistaken him with his cat-eyed twin
brother, who is exactly opposite to him in behaviour - rebellious and
uncivilized.
The rest of the story is all about how
Pasupathy continues to fool his boss without blowing his own cover. Will
Shivagurunathan ever come to know about Pasupathy's hidden identity?
This forms the climax.
Performances
Shiva and Prakash Raj
shoulder the film with equal responsibility. I believe they were
brilliant in their respective roles, but hardly do they get any support
from the rest of the cast.
Isha Talwar, though, in her limited screen time, did her best to get noticed and I think she succeeded.
Analysis
Based on the 1981 Tamil comedy "Thillu
Mullu", comes the new version of the film with the same name that
appears to be a half-hearted tribute to the original. One of the glaring
differences between the two versions is the treatment of comedy. While
in the original it was sensible and funny, it is loud and commercial in
the remake. Despite a few rib-tickling moments between Shiva and Prakash
Raj, "Thillu Mullu" suffers due to extended running time and skewed
screenplay.
Some of the best moments and lines are
between Shiva and Prakash Raj in the film. Barring these moments, rest
of the scenes don't evoke laughter. In fact, it turns annoying,
especially scenes involving Kovai Sarla, who seems to be getting louder
with each movie.
Sequences in the original were genuinely
funny and never forced you to laugh. The remake fails miserably on this
front as it attempts to make every single line as witty as possible
with cliched references. Never ending second half and extended climax
bores the audience.