What to make of star-actor Ayushmann Khurrana’s first desi ‘festival film’, Thamma? Let’s see...
How far can you throw the ball to fetch the imagination? Aditya Satpotdar’s Thamma , that’s opened in theatres, blasts off with the year 323 BC!
That’s when, apparently, Alexander the Great, from Greece, through Egypt, is invading India. And a ‘betaal’, in short, a desi vampire, gets in his way. Read More
Have you heard of a nationalist vampire? Surely, that’s what Thamma is — sucking Alexander’s blood, for attempting to attack Bharat!
Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays this title role, although he appears for no longer than three-four scenes in this movie so mainstream!
Thamma is star-actor Ayushmann Khurrana ’s first ‘festival film’. In the context of Indian cinema, that’s the opposite of a

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