Venky reviews
#Thandel is a passable love story that works well when focused on the feel good and intimate moments between the lead pair but is tiring whenever it shifts the focus to other subplots. The lead performances by Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi hold this film together along with the superb music by DSP which is the biggest backbone for this film. DSPs best work in recent times. However, the weak writing and dull narration style at times make it feel dragged out. The film has a few feel good moments in both halves and a well executed last 20 minute block, but the total India-Pakistan sequence in the 2nd half hampers the flow mightily and is very artificial. The efforts of Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi can be seen throughout and both gave their best but the writing was as only able to support at times. Ends up being an alright watch! Rating: 2.75/5