Thallumaala

Name: Thallumaala
Director: Khalid Rahman
Genre: Action
Released: 2022-08-12
Rating: 3.75
Cast: Tovino Thomas, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Chemban Vinod Jose, Shine Tom Chacko, Lukman Avaran

Directed by Khalid Rahman · Ashiq Usman

TezScore75/100 Favourable reception Generally favourable Early coverage · 2 scored of 2 Indian-media reviews How TezScore works IMDb 6.9/10

147 min 12 Aug 2022

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Synopsis

Thallumaala

Wazim meets his friends - Jamshi, Vikas and Rajesh. The friendship between Jamshi and Wazim happened due to a fight in a mosque after Wazim stepped on Jamshi's shoes. Later, Wazim, Jamshi and Wazim's old friend Sathar leave for a football match, which gets interrupted by a fight between Vikas and Rajesh. Wazim, Jamshi and Sathar join the fight and the friendship circle expands. Wazim meets Fathima Beepaathu Beevi, a vlogger, at a theatre owned by his father Abdullah, where they become friends. Beepathu invites Wazim for a shop inauguration, but he is unable to make it due to the fight with Jamshi, Vikas and Rajesh. Later, the friends meet Omega Babu, an arrogant goon, to settle an old score for Jamshi, but they could not make it as Wazim slaps Beepathu's cousin brother Siyad with whom Wazim has another score to settle. Later, Sathar brings Beepathu to Wazim's theatre to watch Vikram Vedha, but Siyad and his gang intervene, where another fight erupts, leading to the theatre's destruction and Abdullah sending Wazim to Dubai. Two years later, Wazim returns home and meets Beepathu. The duo fall in love and decide to get married. One day, Wazim's friends get involved in a fight with SI Reji and his gang that leaves Wazim's friends in a state of injury and humiliation. Reji tries to patch up things, but a fight breaks out during Wazim's wedding. The wedding gets called off and Wazim becomes an infamous internet celebrity called Manavaalan. Wazim is sent back to Dubai again.

Director: Khalid Rahman
Release: 12 Aug 2022
Studio: Ashiq Usman
Run time: 147 min
Language: Malayalam

Cast & crew

Tovino Thomas Cast

Kalyani Priyadarshan Cast

Chemban Vinod Jose Cast

Shine Tom Chacko Cast LU Lukman Avaran Cast

Binu Pappu Cast GO Gokulan Cast JO Johny Antony Cast NE Neena Kurup Cast AS Assim Jamal Cast

Babu Annur Cast

Khalid Rahman Director

Muhsin Parari Writer AS Ashraf Hamza Writer AS Ashiq Usman Producer JI Jimshi Khalid Cinematographer NI Nishadh Yusuf Editor

Vishnu Vijay Composer

Reviews

Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.

Critics' consensus

Generally favourable

Across 2 available source-linked Indian-media reviews for Thallumaala, reception is generally favourable. The 2 scored reviews average 75/100.

IMDb is a reference rating and is not counted as an Indian-media review.

Best forViewers looking for action and comedy in Malayalam cinema.

Reception Order

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Deccan Herald Jayadeep Jayesh

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.5/5

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The Week Nirmal Jovial

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4/5

Thallumaala is a film with a nonlinear narrative structure with the plot divided into different chapters. Rahman uses this narrative structure to give the audience a parallel view of the present and the past of the protagonist. This also ensures no drop in the film's energy in either of the halves. The script by Ashraf Hamza and Muhsin Parari is top-notch. There are plenty of characters and backstories and flashbacks in the script. But the scriptwriters ensure to give an identity to each character and their lives—which are as complex as those of Waseem—without making a mess. The script encapsulates numerous subplots. Waseem’s relationship with his father is the most heart-warming one among them. Johnny Antony delivers controlled acting as Waseem’s father. The bond between Waseem and his four buddies is also something worth mentioning.

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