She later quits her job saying, “Try watching six movies a week and writing about them.” I couldn’t help smiling at that. Or take Tanya Hope, who plays a film reviewer. Having only seen her in traditional roles, it was quite nice to see her smoke and happily cheat for money. It does in fact quite break a few stereotypes like having Meera Krishnan in the role of a con-artist. There’s no denying the smartness at the core of Thadam. The same over-enthusiasm plagues the cinematography and the music score as well, which results in an uneven visual and sound palette. Sonia Agarwal plays an extended cameo and gives an exaggerated performance. While she sells the naivete well, she never truly transforms into the authoritative figure she is said to be. Vidya Pradeep gets the best lot of the three women as Malar, the naive but intelligent cop. Yet, Arun Vijay does a good job of making each marginally different from the other. The conceit requires them to look like each other. With dual roles, the tendency is generally to differentiate between the two characters using obvious physical markers. But he quite shines with a restrained performance. Barring the lead man Arun Vijay, the rest of the actors were somewhat lacking. The film also needed more convincing performances. One can say the film turned out the same way as well - intriguing at the start, but slowly slides into safe zones. What could be the ‘right question’? Turns out she doesn’t like coffee. Deepika tells Ezhil to ask the question right and she’ll agree. He decides to ask her out for a cup of coffee. He only gets to see in her the lift, before she heads off to her floor. Ezhil sees Deepika, who works in the same complex as he does. The emotional portions particularly fall flat, thanks to the cliches used in expressing them. Locked up in the same police station, someone just nonchalantly lets one escape, only to catch him later. For example, let’s say the two lookalikes need to meet each other. It almost feels like the director first put the red herrings in place and then developed a story around them. A doctor in question dies just before the investigation. Hospital records get damaged, thanks to floods. Someone unintentionally fudges key evidence. Someone just happens to see the murder victim leaving with a girl. However, in order to connect all the dots, Thadam takes some fairly convenient leaps in the second half. Magizh Thirumeni takes extra care to ensure that the audience is kept on tenterhooks and it works, until the end. At every breakthrough, there is a development that brings the police back to square one. Is it Ezhil or is it Kavin? (Arun Vijay plays a dual role) Is the murder about money? The parts that follow the investigation in Thadam are the strongest.
The suspense beautifully builds up until intermission. Now, what if there is a look alike? Thadam’s plot is structured like a maze, similar to its title design. With a key piece of evidence, the police narrow down a suspect.
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