Spoilers ahead…
Read the full review on Film Companion, here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/article/thondan-movie-review
Some people believe they’ll go to heaven if they die with the lord’s name on their lips. Here’s another option. While waiting in line outside Chitragupta’s office, make sure you’re holding on to the ticket stubs from Samuthirakani’s films. Admission guaranteed.
I’m only half-joking, for Samuthirakani can be a fine actor (he really has presence), but as a filmmaker, he’s a Moses descended from the mountaintop with a set of screenplays in each hand. Thou shalt not this… Thou shalt not that… He seeks to administer virtue in the manner of an enema: one forceful message, all the vices are washed away. If only. His latest film, Thondan (Volunteer), begins with violence on the streets, in front of a statue of Gandhi. He’d call it irony. I call it fear of the next couple of hours.
Continued at the link above.
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Baradwaj Rangan 
Siva
June 3, 2017
BR,
Wouldn’t the word ‘Votary’ be more related to ‘Thondan’ than ‘Volunteer’? I have always associated ‘Thondan’ with followers of a political party (as in ‘Katchi Thodan’) or servants to a God (as in ‘Irai Thondu’).
Well, due to my limited English vocabulary, I had to use our Google Aandavar’s help to actually translate the word to me. And then I cross-referenced thefreedictionary.com to see which of these two words we could use to relate more to ‘Thondan’.
What do you think?
1) https://translate.google.co.in/?source=osdd#ta/en/thondan
2) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/votary
3) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Volunteer
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Honest Raj (formerly 'V'enkatesh)
June 6, 2017
‘Violence in front of a Gandhi statue’ ellam SAC kaalathu technique. 😛
Mysskin’s advice for Samuthirakani:
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Rahini David
June 6, 2017
Splendid review.
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"Original" venkatesh)
June 6, 2017
BR taking one for the team … Well done sir.
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sravishanker1401gmailcom
June 6, 2017
“Administered as an enema” , “I call if fear for another few hours”.
Such clinical destruction and so short !
But thoroughly enjoyable :):)
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