Casting : Basupathi, Rohini, Vivek Prasanna, Mukesh, Deepa Shankar, Poovitha, Janaki, Semmalar Annam
Directed By : Ram Sangaiah
Music By : KS Sundaramoorthy
Produced By : Prince Pictures – S.Lakshman Kumar
Rohini, a 57-year-old woman from Kidaripatti village, Theni district, goes missing. Policeman Pashupati along with him searches for Rohini to file a complaint at Kishore police station to find his father. Rohini is found dead in a few hours and her body is taken to Gidaripatti by the guard Pasupathi. His children hatch a plan to capture the earring of their dead mother, and suddenly the earring disappears.
Policeman Pasupathi descends in an attempt to find the missing thandati, causing various problems. How Pashupati overcomes those problems and finds Dandatti. The rest of the story of ‘Dandatti’ is telling with humor and love who stole it and why Rohini went missing.
Rohini, who is playing the role of Thangapponnu as an old lady, has added strength to the character with her experienced acting. He does his job well in life and in his dead body and remains in the hearts of his fans.
Pasupathi, who plays the role of cop Subramani, carries the entire film on his shoulders. The person who comes into the story to find the missing Rohini, gets stuck in the environment where Rohini has to be with her till the funeral and is kept awake by the people of Gidaripatti town makes us laugh out loud.
Ammu Abhirami, who plays the young heroine, has been around for a while, but her story is touching the hearts of the fans.
Vivek Prasanna, who plays Rohini’s drunkard son, handles his character carefully and draws attention, but he misses the Theni district accent at some points. However, he has done justice to his character.
Deepa Shankar, Poovita, Janaki and Semmalar Annam who play the roles of Rohini’s daughters have done it perfectly, though it is a typical village character.
Mahesh Muthuswamy’s cinematography captures the village rituals and the villagers naturally.
KS Sundaramurthy’s music, songs and background music have traveled according to the story.
Even though the film editor Siva has neatly compiled the events surrounding Thandati, there are many places where Kattri could have been added.
Director Ram Sangaiah has beautifully told two emotional love stories in the story, centered on Dandati.
Director Ram Sangaiah, who has realistically depicted the mourning house and the rituals that take place there, the mood of the people there and the conflicts between the relatives, has shown Oppari grandmothers throughout the film and has also filmed a song sequence with them. Even more so, the whole theater shakes with laughter due to the disorderly patti that pushes Pashupati into a frenzy.
Although the lack of suitable scenes for the build-up given to the village of Kitaripatti is a bit lacking, the fight between Rohini’s daughters for Dandatti makes up for that shortcoming and adds to the screenplay.
Director Ram Sangaiah, who keeps the entire film fun and funny with the realistic acting of the villagers, natural plot and comedy scenes, gives us a different kind of feelings through Rohini’s young love story.
