Paresh C Palicha says that Theevram's interesting plot keeps its viewers gripped but leads to lukewarm ending.Sometimes, going against the trend may give you good results. First time director,
Roopesh Peethambaran, attempts this in
Theevram, with Dulquer Salmaan in the lead.
The film is a revenge saga to the core, but the director keeps the viewer interested in the outcome by tweaking the formula a little.
The film begins with a series of seemingly unconnected events that work as the prologue for the main story. Dulquer makes a hero's entry in a speed-boat wearing glares and stylish clothes.
Next, we see that he has abducted an auto driver (Anu Mohan) and is torturing him with psychopathic zeal in the basement of his home.
In time we come to know that he is
Harshvardhan, a professional musician who earns a living by teaching music to young kids.
We are introduced to other characters such as police officer Alex (Sreenivasan), his assistant Ramchandran (Vinay Fort), Harshvardhan's friend Dr Roy Philip (Vishnu Raghav) and his wife (Riya Saira).
Though we instinctively know that there is a gruesome
back story, the cruel behaviour of the leading man is somewhat disorienting.