Tollywood's Second Half Curse Continues With 'Thandel'
Surprisingly, the second half takes a different turn rather than building on the solid foundation established in the first half and intensifying the main feeling between satya and Raju. director Chandoo Mondeti introduces needless tensions in a Pakistani jail by straying from the film's emotional basis and turning it toward a nationalistic viewpoint. He introduces a random, unlikable antagonist and arranges conflicts that deviate from the original plot of the movie. These battles and combat scenes aren't interesting or novel enough to support this change.
Furthermore, he makes use of ill-conceived concepts, such Sai Pallavi's Aazaadi protest—how she gathers media attention, how she protests, and how a protest song is played in the background. In an otherwise very emotional narrative, some aspects seem almost comical and out of place. The use of such exaggerated aspects is just ineffective when narrating a narrative about a couple who are separated by circumstances.
India-Pakistan tensions, Article 370, and other political issues take up a significant amount of the second half, which seems like a significant and needless digression. The first half establishes that the film was never meant to be a nationalistic drama, but the filmmaker totally loses focus and starts talking about india vs. Pakistan, which is a pointless digression. Even worse, because these moments have been seen numerous times before, they don't evoke the appropriate sense of patriotism.
Furthermore, he makes use of ill-conceived concepts, such Sai Pallavi's Aazaadi protest—how she gathers media attention, how she protests, and how a protest song is played in the background. In an otherwise very emotional narrative, some aspects seem almost comical and out of place. The use of such exaggerated aspects is just ineffective when narrating a narrative about a couple who are separated by circumstances.
India-Pakistan tensions, Article 370, and other political issues take up a significant amount of the second half, which seems like a significant and needless digression. The first half establishes that the film was never meant to be a nationalistic drama, but the filmmaker totally loses focus and starts talking about india vs. Pakistan, which is a pointless digression. Even worse, because these moments have been seen numerous times before, they don't evoke the appropriate sense of patriotism.