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Bharath is back. Having played a suave and young romancer in Kanden Kadhalai, he is in his elements in Thambikku. The mushy action-comedy revolves around a rich lad whose pursuit of his lady love, sees him return to his roots — from Singapore to India — as also discover his true identity.Does the beau succeed and how forms Badri’s staple fare with a familiar script full of twists and turns. Despite cliched dialogues and situations, Badri’s Thambikku is worth a dekko. Bharath’s jigs and jives and Sana as glam girl as well as the music score compliment.

Tamil (U) Cast: Bharath, Sana Khan, Shivaji Prabhu, Vivek, Vijay, Ranjith Director: Badri

Thambikku Indha Ooru has been shot mostly in Chennai and partially in Singapore. The location in Singapore was the Terminus 3 airport which is reportedly a highly restricted area where no Indian film has been shot before. The Thambikku Indha Ooru team has managed to can a song featuring Bharath and Madalasa and some crucial scenes on these premises.

Thambikku Indha Ooru is the routine subject that has been ground and reground innumerable times in Tamil cinema with different stars. This time around director Badri (Veerappu fame) tries the path that has often been trodden with Bharath, Sana Khan and Madalasa in lead cast with a title which bears resemblance to superstar’s yesteryear hit.

Bharath runs a five star hotel in Singapore who falls in love with a Squash champion Sana Khan who accepts his love but decides to settle down in marital bliss only after she achieves a considerable position in squash. Meanwhile in a birthday party, Bharath realizes that his biological parents are not the ones with whom he has been raised for so long. He sets out on a mission (!) to unravel the mystery shrouding his lineage and reaches Chennai. The events that follow his Chennai trip form the rest of this unexciting film.

Story till this point moves at a languid pace. Prabhu appears fifteen minutes before the interval and energizes the film for some time and with his fading out, it falls flat again. Whenever Prabhu materializes, story surfaces and vice versa. Director could have just shown this part alone and the duration of our ordeal would have been considerably lessened. On the whole, the narration lags, screen play meanders and the film flounders.

Vivek, in the name of comedy dishes out some despicable double entendres while M S Bhaskar’s antics are just about ok. On the whole humor component in TIO is something that is unforgettable.

However Bharath is sincere in this anachronistic venture and showcases his skills in an earnest manner. Sana Khan who sizzled in Silambattam does not have much scope but all the same does her role satisfactorily. Madalasa is just another addition. Nizhalgal Ravi and Thalaivasal Vijay form the supporting cast.

Nothing to say about Dharan’s music.

It indeed requires expertise to deliver entertaining and engaging masala flicks but due to the inept screenplay, TIO loses fizz and falls flat

Rating : 3/5 – ALL CREDITS TO – DECCAN HERALD – COURTESY : DECCANHERALD.COM – ORIGINAL AUTHORS