Like Stalin Ramalingam's Kaadu, Thoppi also deals with tribal people and their way of life. It is set in Kurinjimedu, a remote village in a mountain, where reside a clan of robbers, led by Suruttu Saamy, a veteran robber, who is also their priest. As we saw in Vasantabalan's Aravani, thievery is these people's way of taking care of their stomachs and they perform it with ritualistic fervour. But nver mais...