It is rather easy to see why Thithi has been listed as one
of the 10 must see Indian movies and made its way into Kamal Hassan’s list of
70 movies.
The filmmaker is a good storyteller, but this is evidently the
work of cast and crew who gave stellar performances by living the characters. In
the recent trend and poor churn of good movies in Kannada industry, this film
stands out.
The death of Century Gowda, a patriarch, sends his family,
particularly his grandson, into a tizzy. The family land is still in the dead
man’s name and Century Gowda’s son, could not care less about transferring
ownership in his or his son’s name. But the grandson cares, and what he does to
try and secure the land forms the rest of the story.
The villagers carry the story on their shoulders and the
entire action culminates in the eventual thithi (funeral) of Century Gowda. One
would expect a film about a funeral to be sombre, but the director takes the
theme of death, greed for inheritance form the crux of the movie.
As morbid as the name sounds, Thithi is a film with an
emotional chord that is entertaining till the end.
Verdict: I loved the movie for it reality and rawness!
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