Rashmika’s Item Songs Saved or Killed Thamma?

Aditya Sarpotdar’s Thamma is doing reasonably well at the box office, but audience reactions remain divided, especially over its three item songs. Many are questioning whether these songs added energy or took away the film’s essence.

Sarpotdar, who earlier made Munjya, defended his decision, calling the songs “marketing assets” that help move the story forward. But not everyone agrees. Viewers feel Thamma relies too much on flashy music that breaks the film’s horror-comedy rhythm.

Unlike Munjya or Stree, where music blended with the story, Thamma seems to use its songs as visual fillers. This shift distracts from the emotional flow and weakens the supernatural-romantic tone Sarpotdar wanted to build.

Even with strong names like Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna, and its link to the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe, Thamma hasn’t created the same buzz as its predecessors. The glamour fails to hide the lack of strong storytelling.

Sarpotdar may have a point about using songs for marketing, but Thamma shows what happens when spectacle outweighs substance. The audience today wants smarter, more cohesive stories, not just sound and sparkle.