Category: Movie Review

Samuthirakani is a director/actor with a difference. He brings a certain subtlety to not just the roles that he performs as an actor but also to the ones that he builds as part of the stories that he directs. He is also quite deft at playing the protagonist who struggles between the moral path and… Continue reading Thondan: Well Intentioned But…. →

This was the first movie that we were watching post the imposition of the Supreme Court Order that necessitates the Indian National Anthem to be played before the movies. Our move was due to start at 21:45 and a couple of minutes before, the national anthem started. Didn't do a thing for me other than… Continue reading Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh :- A shade below awesome, perhaps? →

The latest offering from Kamal haasan and Director KS Ravikumar had everything going for it A pedigree of succesful and funny movies - Avvai Shanmugi, Thenali, Panchathantiram An enviable star cast - Kamal, Trisha, Madhavan, Sangeetha, Ramesh Aravind, Urvasi,  Usha Uthup and in a guest role, Surya The marketing of the movie including the promos made it… Continue reading Manmadhan Anbu – A ridiculous waste of talent and resources →

This year's Gandhi Jayanthi (october 2nd) found my wife and i watching 2 brand new movies at the Theatre, one after the other (yes, we decided to do some crazy stuff) and to our luck found ourselves thoroughly satisfied with both of them. Considering that tamil cinema in recent times has been littered with depressingly… Continue reading Tamil Cinema’s coming of Age – hope the spark continues →

The wife and i spent yet another friday evening at the sathyam multiplex complex catching up on famed director Gautham menon's latest offering staring his favourite hero surya. The promos of the movie were pretty cool showing surya in various getups including one with a awesome six-pack. The movie had also been in the news… Continue reading Varanam Aayiram – Movie Review →

My wife and i burnt some midnight oil yesterday catching up on the latest "Fashion" in town. For a night show at the Inox in Chennai, it was houseful revealing that Madhur Bhandarkar has built up quite a strong brand loyalty among the multiplex goers. I have been impressed with his Page-3, Corporate as well… Continue reading Fashion – Is Madhur Bhandarkar becoming stereotypical? →

Recently, my wife and i went out to watch this attempted masterpiece at the INOX - one of chennai's attempts at Multiplexing the cinema goer's experience. We went to watch this during our favourite timing (9:00 AM on Saturday) but it was quite a full house. We ended up a few minutes late but still… Continue reading Dasavatharam – Almost a Magnum Opus by an Indian Genius →