Cast: Ayushmann Khurana, Rashmika Mandanna, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Paresh Rawal, Geeta Agarwal. Special appearances: Sathyaraj, Abhishek Ban...
Cast: Ayushmann Khurana, Rashmika Mandanna, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Paresh
Rawal, Geeta Agarwal. Special appearances: Sathyaraj, Abhishek Banerjee,
Malaika Arora, Nora Fatehi and Varun Dhawan.
Director: Aditya Sarpotdar
After the super successful Munjya (2024), director Aditya Sarpotdar
comes up trumps again with Thamma. He weaves a simple yet entertaining
supernatural tale keeping the humour and blends the same with emotional
appeal. He has a bag full of surprises and tricks that he unleashes at the
audience who lap up the same with seetis & claps. Yes there are a few loose
moments that pulls down the film but then there are more plus than minus hence
no complaints. Also helping him are the writers Niren Bhatt, Arun Fulara and
Suresh Mathew who weave a refreshing folklore and keeps the screenplay’s
narrative smooth and pacy.
TV reporter Alok Goyal (Ayushmann Khurana) who stays in Delhi with his
parents (Paresh Rawal & Geeta Agarwal) goes trekking to the hills with his
colleagues. While going deep into the forest, Alok is attacked by a grizzly
bear only to be saved and also healed by a mysterious girl Tarka (Rashmika
Mandanna). He falls in love with her but only to find out that she is not a
human being but a ‘betaal’ and her tribe is headed by the deadly Yakshasan (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) who himself is locked up in a cave because he had human
blood which the clan was not supposed to have. Defying her clan, Tarka
falls in love with Alok leading to a ‘bloody’ showdown between her world and
his.
Ayushmann Khurana is simply superb. His comic timing and dialogue
delivery are impeccable. He is too good. Rashmika Mandanna is wonderful. She
looks stunning. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is excellent with his one-liners and raises
laughs. Paresh Rawal is fantastic. He balances the comic portions along with
emotional outbursts with complete ease. In special appearances Sathyaraj and
Abhishek Banerjee are bound to get the house down with their comedy. Varun
Dhawan as Bhediya gives a ‘howling’ performance.
The music by Sachin-Jigar are foot-tapping with Malaika Arora appearing
in the song ‘Poison Baby’ and Nora Fatehi in ‘Dilbar ki aankhon mein’. Both of
them ravishing. The song ‘Tum Mere’ comes in the end titles.
Visually the film is slick, kudos to the cinematographer Saurabh
Goswami. The VFX are stunning. The action by Parvez Shaikh is superb.
The Maddock Horror Comedy Universe (MHCU) is a treat as it blends all
the horror films to have come out of its stable effortlessly and seamlessly
thus making a cinematic impact on the audience.
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