Film: Thaakka Thaakka
Director: Sanjeev
Cast: Vikranth, Aravind, Abhinaya, Parvati, Arul Doss, Bose Venkat
An emotional action-drama, Thaakka Thaakka marks the return of Vikranth after a long hiatus as hero. The debut directorial venture of his brother Sanjeev, Thaakka Thaakka showcases Vikranth in a very favourable light. The actor sizzles with his intensity and comes out eminently watchable in both the emotional and action sequences. Makers are bound to take a second look at him after this display.
The opening sequence is a gripping twenty minutes of raw realism. Depicted with gruesome horror is the flesh trade and the trauma and helplessness of young girls forced into it. A sex worker fights to get back her newborn baby, who assumed to be still born, is buried. But the boy Satya is destined to live and retribution would come later. Brought up in the brothel, Satya has a lot of memories haunting him. A befitting setting for the events to follow. A couple of decades later when we get to see Satya, he is a brooding youngster working in an eatery.
The film’s strength is its solid plot and the director’s attempt to avoid cliched situations. Debutant Sujith’s cinematography effectively captures both action and night sequences. The screenplay has quite a few thrilling moments to compensate for its sluggish pace at times. Each relationship however brief has been clearly defined. There is the friendship factor, where Satya and his buddy Karthi take up each other’s cause. The love interludes between Karthi and Indu (Abhinaya fitting in suitably) are interestingly worked out. For a debutant. Aravind Singh (DOP of Demonte Colony) plays Karthi with fair competence, his role running almost parallel to the hero’s.
The scenes of councillor Parama (Rahul), his link with the flesh trade and Satya’s past catching up with him are on expected lines. A redundant character seems to be that of Indu’s uncle, a henchman of Parama. Bose Venkat leaves an impact as Kasi caught in a dilemna between loyalty to his mentor Parama and sympathy for Karthi’s cause. Aruldoss a menacing figure in the opening sequence, brings in some humour in his later appearances. But the final face-off between him and Satya could have been worked out better. The fights are realistically choreographed. The climax is a poignant and a fitting finale. A debutant maker’s promising work, the film is a fairly engaging entertainer.