"Thoranai", a Tamil-Telugu bilingual blunder made by director Saba, features the expressionless wonder-cum-brawn bundle Vishal along with Shriya Saran. Thoranai is an interesting family entertainer laced with action and humour.
The movie went to floors with Vishal's introductory song shot in Karaikudi in a huge set erected resembling a village festival.
Aiming for an intelligent action-flick is good but when you have cheesy dialogues, cringe-worthy platitudes, songs shot in Ladakh which make no sense, and a climax that is downright pathetic, nothing works. Nowhere does Vishal's character use his brains — only considerable brawn, and that makes for a very tedious second half.
Vishal's fans might be ecstatic at their star's new movie — but Thoranai's only merit is that it's marginally better than Sathyam. And that's no merit at all.
Shriya Saran is become one of the h0ttest and most sensational actresses in the country after the success of blockbuster Shivaji. Now, most wanted heroine in the Indian film industry, her beauty and success has reached across all language film audiences.
The actress is debuted in Mahesh Bhatt's Awarapan, is thrilled to have bagged a role in Deepa Mehta's international production What's Cooking. This is Shreya's second international project as she is already doing Hyde Park Entertainment's Other End of the Life, produced by Ashok Amritraj.
