‘Thimmarusu’ movie review: Satya Dev sparkles in this legal thriller
The Hindu
‘Thimmarusu’, the Telugu remake of the Kannada film ‘Birbal’, is tauter and leverages the strengths of its lead man, Satya Dev
Remakes are tricky in a digital age where many movie enthusiasts are likely to have watched the original film. Unless a writer-director recreates the story to appeal to the sensibilities of viewers in a different region, the remake can end up being a pale shadow of the original. Thimmarusu is a remake of the Kannada film Birbal (2019). Director Sharan Koppisetty stays true to the original story by M G Srinivas and cuts the flab to present an engaging film. The film’s draw, apart from a reasonably cerebral story, is the presence of actor Satya Dev who plays a smart lawyer named Ramachandra with swag. The swag is an essential component of Thimmarusu. It could have easily become an overtly emotional narrative where a wrongly accused character looks up to the hero to be his saviour. The wronged youngster, Vasu (Ankith Koyya), isn’t a weepy pushover. He has the angst of someone who has been framed and punished and Ramachandra has to work to gain his trust. The opening act details the happenings on a rainy night in 2011 when a cab driver, who is also a police informer, is brutally murdered. Vasu who is passing by and informs the police, is framed and sentenced. Eight years later, Ramachandra re-opens this case when the cash-rich legal firm he works for decides to take up a few cases free of cost for those who cannot afford legal services.More Related News