Thanne Vandi

Thanne Vandi (transl. Water Tanker) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by debutant Manika Vidya and produced by Sri Saravana Film Arts.^[1] The film stars Umapathy Ramaiah and Samskruthy Shenoy in the lead roles with a supporting cast including Bala Saravanan, Vinutha Lal, Thambi Ramaiah, Devadarshini and Vidyullekha Raman.^[2] The film was released in theatres on 31 December 2021.^[3] The film was renamed as Pithala Maathi and was rereleased on 14 June 2024.^[4]

Thanne Vandi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Manika Vidya
Written by	Manika Vidya
Produced by	G. Saravana
Starring	Umapathy Ramaiah Samskruthy Shenoy Bala Saravanan
Cinematography	S. N. Venkat
Edited by	A. L. Ramesh
Music by	Moses
Production company	Sri Saravana Film Arts
Release date	31 December 2021 (2021-12-31)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Umapathy Ramaiah
• Samskruthy Shenoy as Thamini
• Bala Saravanan
• Vinutha Lal as Prema Shankaran
• Thambi Ramaiah
• Devadarshini
• Vidyullekha Raman
• Aadukalam Naren
• Kadhal Sukumar
• George Maryan
• Mullai
• Kothandam
• Bava Lakshmanan
• Cheranraj as S. Vadapalani
• Vijay Ganesh

Soundtrack

The soundtrack and score is composed by Moses and the album featured four songs. The audio rights were acquired by Trend Music.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Seeli Nikkan"	Mohanraja	Anthony Daasan	04:55
2.	"Ottha Kannula"	Kadhir Mozhi	Rakshitha Suresh, Ananthu	04:15
3.	"Vetri Bodha"	Manika Vidya, Kavignar Ve. Madhan Kumar	Monisha Soundararajan	02:13
4.	"Avana Nee"	Kavignar Saarathi	VM Mahalingam, Jaya Moorthy	04:52

Release and reception

The film was released in theatres on 31 December 2021. Navein Darshan of Cinema Express wrote, "Thanne Vandi was promised to be a tale of a man with drinking issues and also happens to own a water truck (hence the title). But the film ends up delivering a feel similar to a never-ending drunk talk of a distressing acquaintance, who assumes to be the star of the evening".^[5][6] A critic from Maalai Malar gave a mixed review for the film during its rerelease.^[7]

References

1. "'Thanne Vandi is not just another film where the hero will spend all his time in bars'". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
2. "Thanne Vandi is not about Tamil Nadu's water crisis". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
3. "Thanne Vandi will be a different film, says Manika Vidya". News Today. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
4. "'பித்தல மாத்தி' ஆக மாறிய 'தண்ணி வண்டி' : இப்படியும் ஒரு ரீ-ரிலீஸ்". cinema.dinamalar.com.
5. "Thanne Vandi Movie Review: Horny people lock horns for nothing in this cringefest". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
6. "அதிகாரியுடன் மோதும் நாயகன் - தண்ணி வண்டி விமர்சனம்". Maalai Malar.
7. maalaimalar (14 June 2024). "Pithala Maathi". www.maalaimalar.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 18 June 2024.