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Review of Thandel: Sai Pallavi and Naga Chaitanya carry a complex relationship but are overshadowed by flimsy drama

Review of Thandel: Sai Pallavi and Naga Chaitanya carry a complex relationship but are overshadowed by flimsy drama

By Kajal Sharma - 08 Feb 2025 09:43 PM

The story of Thandel centers on a group of fishermen from Srikakulam who spend nine months in Gujarati waters and spend a month with their loved ones every three months. Nearly every family in this fishing village depends on this for their livelihood. Even though Raju's father, a beloved hamlet leader, died at sea, his mother doesn't stop her son from venturing out into the ocean since she sees it as a way of life. In a similar vein, Sathya is aware that his inner heart beats for the sea and can tolerate being away from him for extended periods of time.She is truly proud of him and even celebrates his rise to the position of "Thandel," or hamlet head. However, the story of Sathya and Raju has a cyclonic aftereffect when a butterfly flaps its wings in a nearby house.Review of Thandel: The film is rather smooth when it centers on the highs and lows of Sai Pallavi and Naga Chaitanya's relationship, but as soon as it enters the murky seas of Pakistan, it transforms into a heroic story of improbable heroes whose grief is overshadowed by their bravery.Review of Thandel The saying "distant makes fonder" has always been true.

However, this is rarely displayed with the same soul and longing as Chandoo Mondeti in Thandel. Chandoo crafts a story of passion that develops over the cracks in voices, the smell of a faded shirt, and the wind caressing a flag attached to a lighthouse, with the always reliable Sai Pallavi portraying Sathya and the incredibly effective Naga Chaitanya playing Raju. This love story, which thrives in the analog even in the digital age, is witnessed by the elements. The way Sathya even looks at Raju is lovely.When she is near Raju, who brilliantly displays vulnerabilities that can only be seen in a heartfelt romance, she radiates a great mixture of awe, romanticism, frustration, and a strange sense of pleasure in her eyes. It goes pretty well as long as Thandel concentrates on the highs and lows of this relationship. However, Thandel abandons control as soon as the film crosses the muddy waters of Pakistan, becoming a heroic story about improbable heroes whose grief is overshadowed by their bravery.

 

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