Bommai (Doll, Tamil; 1964) Came across this not so famous movie director S Balachandar, but a with a brilliant song which used to be a regular feature over the airwaves in our childhood - ' Thatti thatti Nadanthu Varum Chella Paapa ' was immensely popular. It is one of those rare suspense thriller films made in the Tamil cinema. It is supposed to be modelled after Alfred Hitchcock's 1936 Sabotage. It was a story of confusion when a bomb-laden doll meant to kill an entrepreneur is misplaced and fail to reach the intended recipient. By a twist of fate, the toy gets going around from hand to hand. The protagonist of the film, the loyal office worker, goes on a wild goose chase trying to locate the doll and avert catastrophe. In spite of using mainly unknown actors, the film was a hit at the box office and passed the psychological mark 100-days' screening which marks the acceptance of the movie by the public. The only familiar faces in the cast are the captiv...
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