On the other hand Seenu needs to prove his worth to his family members, to get their affection and respect. It is not the physical illness but excessive mental stress that is affecting Vikram as he could not come out of the memories of his past. Vikram instantly feels that Seenu is his perfect companion and a brotherly relationship starts developing between them. He becomes the fulltime caretaker of Vikramadhithya (Nagarjuna), a rich businessman who has been paralysed due to a near fatal accident. He has a strained relationship with his mother and siblings.
Seenu (Karthi) comes out from jail on parole and he needs a job to prove himself harmless to the society. Let’s see how the film has justified the expectations. The teaser and trailers with grand visuals have helped enhance the pre-release positive buzz. That the characters have been played by Tollywood super star and the ever charming Nagarjuna and Karthi who has is on a hat-trick of successes in Kollywood gives the much needed star value and public attention for the film. As the trailer suggested, the film is deals with a wealthy quadriplegic and his caretaker who comes from the straight opposite economic and social background. End of the movie, he is the one who remains in your mind.Within few weeks after the release of ‘Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum’ the official remake of Korean film ‘My Dear Desperado’, here comes ‘Thozha’ the remake of French super hit film ‘The Intouchables’. Though NAG and KARTHI have equal weightage, you have to give it NAG. Overall, this is a very decent movie and it’s a definite watch for all family audiences. Gopi Sundar’s music is neither too great nor bad, but it just suits this movie and the BGM flows smoothly and even the songs, mostly montages, are composed decently. ANUSHKA and SHRIYA appear in cameo roles and they too do justice to their characters. Nothing artificial in that aspect as well. And when she expresses her love for KARTHI, who is totally poles apart, her reasoning too makes sense. Her outfits suit perfectly and she is able to carry them off with ease. Talking about TAMANNAH, I should mention her dressing sense for this character. If anything, the duet between TAMANNAH and KARTHI could have been done away with, but then again, some compromise needs to be made to suit the audience here and so, even that can be forgiven. But thankfully, everything is kept in the right proportion. That was another aspect which I was worried about, because we, the Indian audience are more sentimental in nature and so directors tend to increase that quotient more to attract family audience. There is enough scope for drama but thankfully, nothing goes overboard. The movie deals with the bonding between the millionaire and the care taker and how each of them goes about their own lives as a result of the bonding. There is nothing artificial in either of these two characters. This is a tailor made role for him and right from his accent, mannerism, everything fits in naturally. KARTHI plays the role of NAG’s caretaker, which was played by OMAR SY in the original. Yes, you might feel a bit weird to hear him mouth Tamil dialogs, but I think, its better to have his own voice than someone else dub, because sometimes, the dubbing artist might not be able to portray the exact feelings of the character and this role requires portrayal of feelings via eyes, cheeks.and only NAG will know better when to pause and when to talk and so, his Tamil diction can be easily forgiven. But, NAG has nailed it and hats off to him for taking up this role. I was worried about this character, because in the original FRANCOIS CLUZET would have done so much justice to it, that its almost impossible to imagine someone else in that role.
He has played the role of a millionaire who is now restricted to his wheelchair perfectly. I don’t know about the style, but certainly NAGARJUNA’s beauty and charm just keep growing each day. This is a very famous dialog from a popular RAJINI movie.
“Vayasanalum Un Stylum azhagum innum onna vittu pogala” – loosely translated as “Even though you are old, your style and beauty are still with you”. Can’t come up with a better adaptation than this one. However, after watching THOZHA, I felt that the team had done complete justice to the original. Some movies leave such an impact that we feel that remaking it or adapting it to other languages will spoil the originality and so those sorts of movies should never be touched.