Thodari movie review: The train doesn’t derail but the film’s plot does

Thodari movie cast: Dhanush, Keerthy Suresh, Thambi Ramaiah
Thodari movie director: Prabhu Solomon

Movies are supposed to entertain, educate or give a social message. And then there is Dhanush-starrer Thodari (Rail in Telugu), directed by Prabhu Solomon.

You get the feeling that Thodari must have been one hell of a story; it is the execution which is miserable. It is built like a thriller where the audience knows the end while the characters don’t. When the genre is romantic thriller, the story is expected to tilt towards either romance or thrill, or brilliantly balance them both. Thodari fails here as well. And the romance, splashed with half-baked comedy, is yet another disaster.

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