The point, clearly, is to postpone the moment when Murali will realise that he’s cop material after all — but is anyone in the audience in any doubt? And is anyone unaware that Chellappa’s actions will engineer this transformation? Sigaram Thodu is the silver screen’s answer to a weight-loss programme. After some two hours on a treadmill, the flab finally melts away and we get the lean, mean thriller the material deserved.
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