Whatever you are watching right now is probably more entertaining than Thamma. Not what I wanted to say, but there it is.
Thamma is the latest entry in the horror comedy universe that started with Stree, then Bhediya, Stree 2, Munjya, and now this. Aayush Sharma plays a betal, think of it as a loose Indian cousin of the vampire myth. And while this universe has consistently delivered, Thamma adds nothing new to it.
Here is the honest context: if you did not love Bhediya, you are almost certainly not going to enjoy this. And even if you did love Bhediya, you should know that Bhediya was a far better film. The narrative in Thamma is so thin it is not even second screen viewing material. That is the depth we are dealing with. A couple of things work, Paresh Rawal’s comic timing is topnotch as always, and there is one genuinely great line from Aayush Sharma. But individual moments cannot carry a film that does not have a real story to tell.
Skip it. The universe earned real goodwill with Stree and Bhediya. Thamma squanders it.
