Thanthonni is a 2010 Malayalam-language film released on March 19, 2010. The film is directed by George Varghese, a former assistant to Joshy. Thanthonni stars Prithviraj

Prithviraj Sukumaran

Prithviraj Sukumaran credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema....

 and Sheela

Sheela (Tamil actress)

Sheela is a Tamil and Telugu film actress, who has appeared in Tamil films and Telugu. She is probably best known for her performances in Nandha and Veerasamy. She has appeared in nearly 20 films as a child artiste.- External links :Sheela.jpeg...

 in the lead roles.

Plot

Kochukunju(Prithviraj

Prithviraj

Prithviraj may refer to:* Prithviraj Chauhan , a king of the Chauhan dynasty* Prithviraj Kapoor, a famous Indian theatre and cinema personality best known for his work in Hindi cinema....

),is the spoilt son of the well known Vadakkan veettil family,situated in kannur.He is the son of Kathreena(Ambika

Ambika

Ambika was the daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi and queen of Vichitravirya, King of Hastinapura.Along with her sisters Amba and Ambalika, she was taken by force by Bhishma from their Swayamvara. Bhishma challenged the assembled Kings and Princes and defeated them...

),who believes that his formal father David(Saikumar

Saikumar

Saikumar is a popular Malayalam actor. He is known for his handling of serious roles, though he started his career with comedy roles. Of late, he has been doing many negative roles as well.- Career :...

)has died.Captain raju

Captain Raju

Captain Raju is a Malayalam film actor. He was born at Omallur in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala.After finishing his graduation in Zoology, Raju joined the Indian Army as a first class officer at the age of 21. He started acting in films after leaving the army service. He has acted in more than...

 and Vijayaraghavan

Vijayaraghavan

Vijayaraghavan is an Indian actor who mainly acts in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai.-Biography:...

 play the major old-age characters.In the film, Vijayaraghavan

Vijayaraghavan

Vijayaraghavan is an Indian actor who mainly acts in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai.-Biography:...

 plays a double role both as Kochousepp,the ancestor of the family and one amongst his three sons.The female lead role has been played by Sheela

Sheela

Sheela ), is a Malayalam film actress from India. She, along with Prem Nazir, holds the world record for acting in the largest number of films together as heroine and hero. In 2005 she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Malayalam film Akale. She has also...

kowl.Suraj Venjarammood plays Achu,Kochukunju's friend.
Kochukunju is hated by everyone of his family,except his mother and his cousin sister Helen(Sheela

Sheela

Sheela ), is a Malayalam film actress from India. She, along with Prem Nazir, holds the world record for acting in the largest number of films together as heroine and hero. In 2005 she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Malayalam film Akale. She has also...

kowl).At last,David returns,showing that he is still living

Cast

Actor	Role
Prithviraj Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema....	Vadakkanveetil Kochukunju
Sheela Sheela (Tamil actress) Sheela is a Tamil and Telugu film actress, who has appeared in Tamil films and Telugu. She is probably best known for her performances in Nandha and Veerasamy. She has appeared in nearly 20 films as a child artiste.- External links :Sheela.jpeg...	Helen varghese
Suraj Venjaramood Suraj Venjaramood Suraj Venjaramood is a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He mainly plays comic roles, though he has played some lead roles as well.-Life:...	Achu
Ambika Ambika (actress) Ambika is an Indian film actress. She was worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films. Ambika's sister Radha was also an actress. Both of them acted in a number of south Indian films in 80s and they have a movie studio called "ARS Studios"....	Kathreena
Suresh Krishna Suresh Krishna (actor) Suresh Krishna is a Malayali film actor, known for his negative and character roles. He is noted for his strong characters in Manju Poloru Penkutti, Christian Brothers, Pazhassi Raja and Kutty Srank...	Nelson
Vijayaraghavan	Kochousepp/his son
Saikumar	David
Jagathy Sreekumar Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar Achary, better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar, is an Indian film actor who has performed in more than 1,000 Malayalam films. He has also directed two films and has written screenplays for two films...	Dr.Thomas Vaidyan

Production

Shoot for the film started on November 6, 2009. The main locations were Kochi, Ottapalam

Ottapalam

Ottapalam is a town in Palakkad District of Kerala state in India. It is also the headquarters of Ottapalam taluk. Situated on the banks of the Bharathappuzha river , it has a rich cultural heritage and has played host to many historic events. It is famous for having several films shot here...

, Pollachi

Pollachi

Pollachi is a taluk of Coimbatore Rural district of the Tamil Nadu state of India. It lies in the southern part of the Coimbatore city around 40 kilometres from downtown Coimbatore. This is the second largest town in the District after Corporation of Coimbatore. Owing to the proximity to the...

 and Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

. The film wrapped up shooting by mid of January, 2010 and started post production. The publicity and promotions were being done by the Kochi based Shaz Shabeer of 'Strikers & Crew' who had also worked on Prithviraj's Puthiya Mukham

Puthiya Mukham

Puthiya Mukham is a 2009 Malayalam action film directed by Diphan and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran. The shooting locations were Kochi, Palakkad, and Malaysia. The music was...

.They introduced new marketing techniques like 2d cut out, cut out, netposter, dialogue caller tune, news scopes, live web launch. The assistant director to the director George Varghese was Anush Mohan

Reception

The film received negative reviews from the critics. nowrunning.com gave rating of 2 out of 5.

External links

• http://thanthonni.com/ - Official website
• http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/review.php?id=14935887&ctid=5&cid=2428
• http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/7131/malayalam/thanthonni/index.htm