Pathu Thala starts with Chief Minister Arun Mozhi (Santhosh Prathap) and his deputy Naanjilaar Gunasekaran (Gautham Menon) trying to outsmart one another and gain control of the government.
Although the deputy chief minister is a smarter politician, he has been unable to dislodge Arun Mozhi and become the CM because of AGR or AG Ravanan (Silambarasan).
Actor-director Gautham Vasudev Menon steals the show as deputy chief minister Naanjilaar. So does Simbu as AGR and Gautham Karthik as Sakthivel alias Guna.
Cinematographer Farook J Basha’s visuals are outstanding. Basha proves that he is a master of aerial shots, often using them to show the magnitude of a sequence or entity.
What sticks out as a sore thumb in this otherwise impressive film are some of the fight sequences. In particular, the climax fight is a little hard to accept.