Annan Thambi - an average entertainer!

Main Cast: Mammootty, Gopika, Lakshmi Rai, Janardhanan, Harisree Asokhan, Salim Kumar, Rajan P. Dev, Suraj Venjaramoodu.

Director : Anwar Rasheed

There is no central theme or much logic in the film. It is a loosely put together set of events that form a story, the focus being sibling rivalry. It is a Rajamanikyam style ‘thakarppan’ movie that the Anwar Rasheed tried to create yet again. However, his effort was mostly in vain with fault lines in several places, particularly the climax.

Mammootty is in double role in the movie. We are taken to the protagonists childhood as the film opens. Achu and Appu are the central characters in Anann Tambi. Appu is talkative, smart and Achu dumb. Both are good at fighting, though. Because of their dislike for each other right from the childhood, Appu is sent to Pollachi to live with his uncle.

Appu the eldest of the twins is a nasty troublemaker. Dharmarajan (Rajan P Dev), his past partner and present enemy, closely follows him in Pollachi trying to hit him at every chance. His niece Thenmozhi (Laxmi Rai) is madly after Appu.

Achu, his younger brother is dumb and not blessed with children. He is married to Lakshmi (Gopika). They both are assisting his father Ravunni (Janardanan ) in recreating the Puranas. Suraj, Salim Kumar and Harishree Ashokan present a lot of comedy on the lines of the ballet troupe roles of Mahabharath characters.

The scenes shift between Pollachi and Kerala. Appu rarely visit his own home due to the fact that he can find little consensus and often end up in bitter fight with his brother. Achu was involved in collecting donations for a temple festival as a committee member. Money suddenly vanished from the home along with the gold they were taking as a guarantee for lending money. In the matter, Appu is suspected of involved because Achu during the period had beaten up Appus friend who was visiting their Kerala home on behalf of Appu.

Consequently, Achu goes to Pollachi to retrieve money and Gold that was suspected to be with Appu. They come across Thenmozhi who elopes with Achu to Kerala thinking that it is Appu.

Then there was calm for sometime between the siblings and family seemed happy. Suddenly, a murder happens in the family in which an eyewitness implicates Achu.

We leave the rest for you to watch. Overall it is an average entertainer which you can watch not trying to apply much logic. Movie is far from Rajamanikyam but watchable mainly for its comedy compartment. Mammoottys performance was unimpressive. Songs are lovable though music feels like repetition. 

Suraj Venjaramoodu, Harisree Asokan, and Salim Kumar lend much spine to the otherwise predictable story. They deserve lot of appreciation.

5 marks out of 10.