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Narrated in a style that had outstayed its welcome in the sixties itself, packed with vulgarism in the name of comedy, listless music and little else, "Thoranai" despite its scenic Ladakh backdrop is rendered into a sheer waste of time and resources.
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1.5 stars
By Mythily Ramachandran  Sat, 30 May 2009
'Thoranai' is a typical masala film with all the right ingredients for mass entertaining, but made of a weak script.

Murugan (Vishal), a happy go lucky young man from Madurai arrives in Chennai in search of his elder brother Ganesan. Ganesan had run away from home, after he was beaten by his mother as a child for tattooing a girl's name on his chest. The mother, feeling guilty about the incident often pines for her elder son. Murugan promises his mother to bring Ganesan back. On his arrival in Chennai, he finds the city in the grip of two gang leaders, namely Tamilarasu (Prakash Raj), a drug dealer and Guru (Kishore). The two leaders are often at each other's throats and let loose a reign of terror and gore. Murugan witnesses a murder by Guru and his gang. Tamilarasu warns him to appear as the witness against Guru.

Just when you think that Murugan has found his lost brother, the director brings in a twist. And that is the only interesting bit about the film. Otherwise, it fails to impress. An out and out commercial pot boiler, it has an overdose of violence, songs and unrealistic stunt scenes. Fancy Vishal bashing up more than five to six goons at a time.! Shriya in minimal and outlandish, not to forget revealing costumes is paired opposite Vishal. She passes off as mere eye candy lending glamour to an otherwise boring film. Vishal fails to impress too and Prakash Raj as the baddie is wasted in his role. Kishore with his subtle acting is good.

Santhanam keeps the audience chuckling with his repartees in his distinctive style of delivery. Front benchers will love the comedy scenes. Oh yes, there is a message also about a life of violence not being worth it. As for music, you have a koothu song and romantic duets numbers that do not leave a mark. Vishal's latest flick is best seen on TV on a lazy afternoon.

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