Thani Oruvan

For Mithran (Jayam Ravi), the protagonist of Thani Oruvan, a person's friend shows his character while his adversary shows his capacity. Mithran is a young IPS officer whose only goal in life is to find a worthy rival — a kingpin who is the root cause of all other crimes — and destroy him. He meets his match in Siddharth Abhimanyu (Arvind Swami, making a glorious return), an ambitious scientist-businessman, for whom money is all that matters. This is how Mohan Raja sets up the conflict in Thani Oruvan, an efficient thriller, which packs a mighty punch. Raja's films so far have been competent…

> A cop vs an evil scientist! The ultimate clash! This is definitely your regular Indian style film, but the script was top notch, that's the vast difference you would find in this. It was a cop-thief clash theme something like the Korean film 'Veteran'. Initially I thought it might be a remake of some Korean film, because it looks like a Korean thriller, but after learning that it was an original, I was amazed. Because, you know, the director has a nick name called remake Raja. He's known for bringing the Telugu blockbuster to the Kollywood. That's not bad and I'm not against remakes, he…

There's good news and bad news. The good news is that this is an awesome, award-winning good-cop versus evil-villian action flick. The pacing is rapid, the script is great, the fight scenes are exciting, and the love-story subplot is mature and realistic. In spite of it being primarily a drama, Mohan Raja included the requisite Bollywood-style music interludes for the lovers, complete with seven costume changes in one song. (LOL- We always count the dress changes!) The setting is, of course, the corrupt Indian government. The three primary protagonists of the film do a terrific job in…