Thumbaa

<p>Hari ( ) and Umapathy ( ) come to Top Slip to paint a tiger statue and colorfully design a well-located mountaintop. Then, there is an aspiring young wildlife photographer named Varsha ( ), who gets special permission to click pictures inside the for- Meanwhile, Thumbaa, a tiger from Kerala, enters into Top Slip along with its cub. A cunning forest officer denies that the tiger entered his range and sketches a plan to capture it and sell it to buyers. The reason why the forest officer planned to capture Thumbaa is because it does not have the tracker, whereas all other tigers in the forest are being monitored. The rest of the film is all about how Hari, Uma, and Varsha, with the help of local people, save Thumbaa and its cub from the forest officer and his gang. The filmmakers hired , the daughter of veteran actor and producer , on her acting debut as the female lead in the film opposite -fame Darshan and who play the male lead characters. The film’s shooting on 11 April 2019. The film’s soundtrack album has three songs, with , , and composing one song each. All the songs were released as singles. The first single track “Pudhusattam” composed and sung by Anirudh Ravichander and written by was released on 8 April 2019. The second single track “Jilebara” sung by , and , written by Ku. Karthik was released on 26 April 2019. The third single track “Humpty Dumpty” which composed by Santhosh Dhayanidhi, penned by Ku. Karthik and sung by was released on 10 May 2019. The album met with positive reviews. reviewed that “Thumbaa songs play and frolic around you like a refreshing wave. The songs do what many of the new releases haven’t managed to — touch/change your mood. All the three songs are fun and playful, reminding one of childhood days spend running around catching butterflies.” A musical promo video of the film was released on 21 February 2019 in Tamil by actress , Telugu by actor , Malayalam by and Hindi by rapper . It features composer Anirudh Ravichander and a VFX generated tiger. The promo was unveiled on and crossed 1.5 million views within 24 hours and gained positive reviews among the audience in the social media. The film initially slated to release on 17 May 2019, but its release date pushed to 21 June 2019. The film was dubbed in , and and released on the same day. M. Suganth of gave 3 out of 5 and wrote, “The film might entertain kids, but for the adults who accompany them, it might engage only in parts because of the uneven narration”. S. Subhakeerthana of gave 3 out of 5 and said, “An enjoyable children’s film that will leave you with a smile”. stated, “Thumbaa is a film which will be surely enjoyed by kids but the makers failed to attract all age group audiences mainly because of the weak writing”.</p>