Malayalam new movie Sound Thoma has been made as per the age-old recipe that was in vogue some twenty years back, used for making brainless masala entertainers.
Here are the ingredients. A hero, hailing from the 'ruling family' from an obscure village and easily God's most perfect creation considering his talent, intelligence, generosity and humour. The next is a beautiful heroine, who will hate him in the beginning and then falls madly in love with him at a crucial juncture. Then comes the villain, the epitome of all vices, who will be taught a lesson by the hero in the climax.
Not to forget the sidekicks, who all will be dumb and poor comedians, song & dance exercises, confusions, confessions and the final photo op with all the good characters where the hero and heroine will get the blessings of all. Nowadays, 'the making' video is shown with the end titles where everyone involved in the making, starting from the director, producer and his cronies will be doing all the gimmicks.
The hapless viewers have no choice but to watch all this buffoonery for not less than two and a half hours for the one big error that they have done - buying the ticket for the movie. And that's the case with this absurd drama called Sound Thoma.
Thoma (Dileep) is sound impaired due to his cleft lip and curved nose but that hasn't stopped him from dreaming of becoming a singer sometime in his life. He is the son of a filthy rich moneylender, Plapparambil Poulo (Sai Kumar), and is head over heels in love with radio jockey Sree Lakshmi (Namitha Pramod).
The antics of Thoma goes on as prescribed in films of this genre.
What was scriptwriter Benny P Nayarambalam and director Vysakh thinking when they made this nauseating buffoonery that lacks a credible storyline? This is a classic case of taking the viewer for granted. Shaji's visuals look good but Gopi Sundar's music is pretty ordinary. The Gangnam Style takeoff looks completely out of sync.
Dileep, who is known for his impeccable comic timing, has taken efforts to have the look of Thoma. But all has gone down in vain with a pathetic script. In a role that could have been at best an apt one for a ten-minute mimicry program, the viewers are made to sit in disbelief as the film goes from bad to worse.
Namitha Pramod looks pretty young to play the heroine and she has nothing much to do other than to look angry or look coy. As it happens in most comedies, the characters are yelling out their dialogues at the top of their voices.
Now, it goes without saying that there is no point in looking for logic in a comedy. But what if the movie tests your patience? Sadly, Sound Thoma is one such mishap, which could be okay in parts strictly for hardcore Dileep fans.
Director Vysakh
Rating Below Average. Movie Iam Givin 3 star out of 6
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