Tovino Thomas' Tharangam movie review: Live audience response

Tovino Thomas is a rising star in Mollywood and the actor's much-awaited movie Tharangam hit the theatres across India on Friday, September 29.

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Tharangam has locked horns against Dileep's Ramaleela, Manju Warrier's Udaharanam Sujatha and Biju Menon's Sherlock Toms.

Storyline of Tharangam

Tharangam is a crime-comedy entertainer that narrates the misadventures of two bumbling cops. Featuring a cast of colourful characters each with their own agenda, the film has elements of comedy, action, fantasy, suspense and romance.

In an earlier interview with International Business Times, India, Tovino had stated that Tharangam deals with a totally fresh subject.

Check: Ramaleela review || Udaharanam Sujatha review

Cast and Crew

Tovino and Balu Varghese appear in main roles in the film as Padmanabhan Pillai (Pappan) and Joy C, respectively. Santhy Balachandran and Neha Iyer play the female lead roles in the black comedy thriller. Vijayaraghavan, Manoj K Jayan, Shammy Thilakan, Saiju Kurup, Dileesh Pothan, Sijoy Varghese and Alecier Ley also form the ensemble cast of the movie.

Tharangam is the debut directorial venture of Dominic Arun, and the filmmaker has co-scripted the movie with Anil Narayanan. While Ashwin Renju has composed its music, Deepak D Menon and Sreenath S have handled the cinematography and editing departments, respectively.

Most importantly Tharangam marks the entry of Tamil superstar Dhanush in Mollywood as a producer, who bankrolls the project under the banner of Wunderbar Films.

Promo videos

The teaser, trailers and pre-release teaser of Tharangam look different and have already raised the expectations of the audience from the flick. 

Check out what viewers have to say about Tovino Thomas' Tharangam movie:

Parween

variety movie. if you like crime comedy you will surely like this movie. funny and full of suspense. really enjoyed. tovino has acted well .

Anurag

Worst movie than double barrel . So much lag on the movie.Unni Mukundan was not the perfect for the character raghu.Danush sir i am very sad that you have produced this movie in malayalam industry for the first time.

Shaiju

Tarangnm movie mass tovinothomas is amazing acting full comedy entertainment movie all crews are superb direction is very good so mass mass mass movie

Amal

Full of comedy.Can not close our eyes because of the suspenses in movie.Overall this movie gives a complete entertainer.I like the way of story which is presented.

Sreejesh

great acting by TOVINO THOMAS and BALUVARGHESE . Full of comedy and suspense . Lots of fun . There no lag . once again TOVINO showed his talent. nice movie to watch. Must watch.

Malayalam actress Chandini Sreedharan, who watch the special premiere show of the flick at PVR Kochi took to her Instagram to comment on the film. 

B Govind Raj

"Tharangam" has a different treatment and a different style.Tovino has once again proved his flexibility as an actor.Good performances from every actors.A few names were in the big screen which brought me personal happiness...With less expectation Tharangam is a good entertainer that would keep you glued to the screen :)
A different approach.. A different treatment and has many comedy scenes that would make you laugh

Forum Reelz‏ 

#Tharangam | Interval Good First Half With Some Fantasy Elements And Connecting Btw The Characters Through Various Situations #Tovino. Good first half followed by a avg second half , good performance from lead casts.

Red Carpet‏ 

#Tharangam - Impressive way of narration with suspense & fun. @ttovino's yet another entertainer that never disappoints you.

Tennyson Thomas

Tharangam does make waves all around, & almost all of it stays #divergent. With its radical #variety in #treatment, it has the #potential of creating a #different #effect on each #individual. There is enough #humour added right in between to keep things floating above. Along with #Tovino, the two leading actresses, Santhy Balachandran & Neha Iyer makes #splendid#debut in this work which had scope to go even further with its story as much as its comedy with an implausible #fantasy side. Well, most of us are welcome to some interesting #experiments in movies, aren't we? Then, we can see what #Tharangam brings too, & contemplate over the same.

Bibin Mohan

Tharangam - An avg crime comedy. Second half falls flat. Can be Try it for some funny moments.. 2.5/ 5*

Neethish

All my expectations about this movie went down right from the begining.i dont know why Dhanush had spend money for a movie like this..script was lagging and nothing was entertaining except few bits of comedys here and there.Tovinos acting was terrible and comedy attempts made by him seemed to be artificial..Better stay away from this movie and save your money and time..

Aileena

if you like crime comedy then this is the movie to watch. every character is interesting. the little elements of fantasy makes it even more charming to watch. enjoy with your families.

David

this movie includes tovinos fighting and joke scenes . their acting is just awesome . this movie is full of jokes . Everyone should watch this movie.

Tom Babu

#Tharangam interval. Has been decent so far. Tharangam is a decent enough watch overall without being very impressive. Enough laughs to sustain till end if audience is kind 2.5/5What it surprisingly lacks is style considering that director's short film was full of it. Need those editing flourishes... 

Cinemaas Now‏

#Tharangam - Good First half followed by an average second half, good performance from lead casts !!

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