Da Thadiya

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Da Thadiya

Theatrical Poster
Directed by Aashiq Abu
Produced by Anto Joseph
Written by Syam Pushkaran
Dileesh Nair
Abhilash S Kumar
Starring Sekhar Menon
Sreenath Bhasi
Ann Augustine
Nivin Pauly
Arundathi Nag
Maniyanpilla Raju
Edavela Babu
Music by Bijibal
Release dates
  • December 21, 2012 (2012-12-21)
[1]
Country India
Language Malayalam

Da Thadiya (Malayalam: ടാ തടിയാ, Hey Fatty) is a 2012 Malayalam romantic comedy film directed by Aashiq Abu, and starring Sekhar Menon, Sreenath Bhasi and Ann Augustine in the lead roles.[2] The cast also includes Nivin Pauly, Arundathi Nag, Maniyanpilla Raju and Edavela Babu. The film was produced by Anto Joseph in association with OPM cinema.[3] DJ Sekhar Menon who had worked as the same in around 500 stages makes his film debut as an actor.

The film released on 21 December 2012 to mixed to positive reviews from critics and audience. As part of the movie's promotional activities, free tickets were offered toil appeared in the posters of this film.

Plot

The film tells the love story of an obese youth named Luke John Prakash. Luke comes from a wealthy family .He is in love with a girl named Ann Mary Thadikkaran.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film features score and soundtrack composed by Bijibal.[4] The song "Enthanu Bhai" which was officially released in YouTube in November was a tremendous success and registered 4 lakh hits in the Internet within a month of its release.[5] There has been allegations that the song was inspired by Sneha Khanwalkar's songs "Yere..." and "tung tung". Aashiq Abu is not perturbed by these allegations. "I prefer not to respond to such allegations. I want the listeners to decide for themselves. Our song has been electronically created for the film, while 'Yere...' has original sounds," he says.[6]

Critical reception

Rediff gave the movie 3/5 stars, stating the film shows "If your goal is the common good of the people then you can achieve unprecedented success" and that "The message that slimming clinics are mostly run by quacks who wish to cash in on the vulnerability of fat people does not get diluted in the fun and frolics." [7]

Veeyen at nowrunning.com gave the movie 3/5 [8]

Certain scenes of the movie was reported to be lifted from Kung Fu Panda and from The Matrix[9][10]

References

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