Thullatha Manamum Thullum has a strong storyline and fairly a good screenplay. But the weakness is in its direction. S. Ezhil (in this debut) has a great cast to work with and comes out very well in comedy situations. But his style is often cinematic and that leaves me with a somewhat unfavourable opinion about this movie. Especially the climax which ends without any real thrill.

Vijay plays the lead role portraying a poor cable worker waiting for a break to launch his singing career. Simran plays the role of a studious college girl aspiring to pass IAS exam. She hears the songs by Vijay but due to circumstances never meets him in person. While she has a good opinion on this singer, due to unfortunate circumstances, she has a bad opinion about Vijay as a different person. Then the story takes some sudden turn and actually becomes a bit interesting.

Vijay has developed into a master of these "Vijay" roles. His performance after hearing about the death of his mother is a fine piece of acting. It is interesting that this mother character has a strong presence throughout the movie without actually making an appearance. Simran has a less complex role and fits adequately. Manivannan and company has given a tremendous support for the movie by their enjoyable comic relief. While everything looks so good on the paper, the execution is poor. The first half of the movie has a lot of songs with similar looking settings. The fight scenes looked nice but the fight with Shankar seemed so fake. But the camera work is notable. Music by S.A. Rajkumar is fine with a couple of good songs, one of which keeps repeating many times in the movie.