Thangalaan
2024 ‧ Action/Adventure
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| Thangalaan | |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Released: | 2024 Aug 15 |
| Runtime: | 156 min |
| Genre: | Action, Adventure, Drama |
| Director: | Pa. Ranjith |
| Actors: | Vikram, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Malavika Mohanan |
| Language: | Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Oriya, Bengali |
| Country: | India |
| Awards: | N/A |
| Writer: | Azhagiyae Periyavan, Tamil Praba, Tamizh Prabha |
| Plot: | Based on the true events that revolve around the lives of mine workers in the Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka. |
Review: With Thangalaan, Pa Ranjith crafts a stunning spectacle on human greed, societal oppression, and self-assertion. The film often feels like a psychedelic trip through pages of history, and Ranjith, through the story of Thangalaan (a fantastic Vikram, who delivers a beast of a performance that is full of fury and fear), takes us from the 18th century onwards all the way back to 5 BCE.
When Thangalaan begins, we are introduced to the simple 18th century life of its titular character, who is one of the very few land-owning members in his community. Most of them are already bonded labours to a landlord, who has managed to deprive them of their land through crooked means. And soon, Thangalaan, too, falls a victim to his wily ways.
But he sees a way out when Clement, a British explorer, seeks help from the community to get gold from a region believed to be haunted. Thangalaan, who has already heard of his forefather's vain attempt at getting gold from the region, decides to accompany Clement, hoping that discovering gold might help him earn money to win back his land and even empower his people. Can he succeed in his mission, especially when it's not just the unforgiving landscape that's standing in the way.
When Thangalaan begins, we are introduced to the simple 18th century life of its titular character, who is one of the very few land-owning members in his community. Most of them are already bonded labours to a landlord, who has managed to deprive them of their land through crooked means. And soon, Thangalaan, too, falls a victim to his wily ways.
But he sees a way out when Clement, a British explorer, seeks help from the community to get gold from a region believed to be haunted. Thangalaan, who has already heard of his forefather's vain attempt at getting gold from the region, decides to accompany Clement, hoping that discovering gold might help him earn money to win back his land and even empower his people. Can he succeed in his mission, especially when it's not just the unforgiving landscape that's standing in the way.
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