Thikka is 2016 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film produced by Dr. Rohin Reddy on Sri Venkateswara Movie Makers banner and directed by Sunil Reddy. Starring Sai Dharam Tej, Larissa Bonesi and Mannara Chopra, with Rajendra Prasad, Ali, Raghu Babu and Vennela Kishore in supporting roles, the music is composed by S. Thaman. Production began on 31 July 2015 in Hyderabad. The film was released on 13 August 2016. The film received negative reviews from critics, but they praised and appreciated Tej's performance. However, they criticized the direction, storyline, irrational and confusing screenplay and the incoherent script. The film was a box office bomb.
Plot
The film is a confusion kidnap drama; Aditya is a booze-happy youngster who enjoys his day to day life until he meets a beautiful girl Anjali in an accident. He falls in love with her at first sight itself and also makes her fall in love with him too. After she entered to his life the entire lifestyle changes he leaves one by one all his bad habits, acquires a job in a corporate company and she also separates Aditya from his father Manohar who is a big womanizer and drunker than him and also joins Manohar in a rehabilitation center. The twist in the story arises when complications erupt between the couple and they break up with each other for a small quarrel. Anjali is a daughter of a multimillionaire Madan Mohan who fixes her marriage with another rich man’s son Jayanth. Simultaneously in the office, Aditya conned by Kapoor who wants to give promotion to his girlfriend Kavitha, so he traps Aditya makes him cheat his childhood friend Stephen which makes the conflict between them. The frustrated Aditya call for a break up party along with his friends where so many characters enter into his life, Starting from his father Manohar escaping from rehabilitation center along with a girl Kamala his lover, who is a daughter of a late mafia don Devraj, then a prostitute Padma come into the picture, suddenly two gangs of Sadhu Bhai and Narasimha are after Aditya. A series of mad events follow - they fight with some guys, destroy a restaurant, a petrol bunk is burnt, etc. More on that Anjali elopes from marriage for Aditya and her father Madan Mohan’s men are also behind him and another beautiful girl Virisha tries to kill Aditya saying herself as his ex-lover. Rest of the story how Aditya comes out from this crazy situation.
The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, praising Sai Dharam Tej's performance while heavily criticizing its story, many considering it to be very confusing and weak. 123Telugu gave it a 2.25/5 saying "Overall, Thikka is one film which Sai Dharam Tej should immediately erase from his memory. He should stay away from scripts like these which can spoil his career big time. Except for his sincere performance, this film has absolutely nothing to offer in any which way possible. Stay away from this one otherwise, you can end up losing your mind." mirchi9 gave it a 1.5/5 and wrote "One can say the same thing about Thikka as well. There is a huge Hollywood hangover visible throughout the film. The style and the humor have acquired the taste and it is not for everybody. Finally, the film is a hit and miss kind of film. There are parts that are truly hilarious and there are parts that are atrocious and make one squirm uncomfortably in their places." telugu360 also gave it a 1.5/5 and noted "Thikka movie’s first half is bad and the second half is worse. This movie is one such movie where everything has gone awry. Sai Dharam Tej should be very cautious about his story selection at this point of his career. At Box-office, this movie may have some revenue until the first weekend in India. At overseas Box-office, Thikka will end up as one of the lowest grosser in recent years."
