Chennai: Film: 'Aravaan': Cast: Aathi, Pasupathi, Dhanshika; Director: Vasanthabalan; Producer; T. Siva; Storwriter: Su. Venkatesan and Vasanthabalan; Composer: Karthik; Cinematographer: Siddharth; Rating: *** Vasantabalan, who made a name for himself by sensitively handling human lives and emiotions in his films, has come out with 'Aravaan', based on a novel by Su. Venkatesan, who won a Sahithya Academy award for the novel. The film was in the making for a long...
06:46 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Chennai: Film: 'Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal'; Cast: Atharva Murali, Amala Paul, Nasser, Anupama, Jayaprakash and Santhanam; Producer-Dierctor: Elred Kumar; Composer; G.V. Prakash Kumar; Cinematographer: Sakthi; Editor: Antony C. Ruban; Rating: ** 1/2 Pre-release Elred Kumar's 'Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal' (MUK) was marketed as a romantic thriller. Unfortunately it has turned out to be neither romantic nor thrilling. The movie opens with an unbelievable action sequence before going into the mode of a...
04:41 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Chennai: Film: 'Oru Nadigayin Vakkumoolam'; Directo: Rajkrishna; Cast: Sonia Agarwal, Yogi Devaraj, Girija, Raj Kapoor, Manobala, Ganja Karuppu, Kovai Sarala and Nicole; Cinematographer: Naga Krishnan; Composer: Aadhish; Rating: Rating: * 1/2 Journalist-turned-director Rajkrishna has helmed 'Oru Nadigayin Vakkumoolam' and has made a bold attempt to expose the dark underbelly of tinsel town. Though the subject is sensitive as it deals with the dignity of a woman who enters showbiz, the...
08:05 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Chennai: Film: 'Dhoni'; Cast: Prakash Raj, Akash Jagannath, Radhika Apte, Brahmanandham, Thanikala Bharani, Thalaivasal Vijay and Nasser; Director-Producer: Prakash Raj; Composer: Ilayaraja; Rating: *** Prakash Raj, an all-rounder, has now proved to be a dependable captain with his new role as director. His directorial venture 'Dhoni' is all about change as the movie highlights the flaws in the present education system. Subramanyam (Prakash Raj) alias Subbu is a government employee....
07:57 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Chennai: Film: 'Marina'; Cast: Siva Karthikeyan , Oviya, 'Pakada' Pandian, Sundararajan, Jitan Mohan, Attakati Aarumugam, Jayashree; Director: Pandiraj; Cinematographer: Vijay; Composer: Girish G; Rating: *** National award winning director Pandiraj has tried to explore Marina beach. The world's second largest beach is a synonym for romance in many Tamil films but there is more to it than that. It is also home to many vendors and beggars. If romance flows...
06:09 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Chennai: 'Nanban' (Tamil) Director: Shankar Cast: Vijay, Ileana, Jiiva, Shrikant It was a film that was critically acclaimed and commercially successful in its Hindi version. A tale of three friends, about the bonding and friendship, and of following ones dreams. And now 3 Idiots has been remade in Tamil as 'Nanban'. Remaking a successful film in another language is a challenging task for any director. But credit goes to Shankar...
06:54 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Film: "Rajapattai" Cast: Vikram, Deeksha Seth, K Viswanath, Mithra Kurian, Pradeep Rawat; Director: Suseenthiran; Producer: PVP Cinemas; Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja; Rating: ** 'Rajapattai', which means 'the path of the king', has turned out to be a poor show in terms of story, script and performances. Director Suseenthiran, known for presenting films with different themes, has failed to impress with his new offering. The story, script, romance, item song, the...
04:51 PM, Dec 24, 2011
Chennai: Film: 'Porali'; Cast: Sasikumar, Allari Naresh, Swathi, Vasundhara, Kanja Karuppu; Writer-Director: Samuthirakkani; Producer: M. Sasikumar; Music: Sundar C. Babu; Rating: ** So what does Samuthirakkani as a director want to convey? Encouraging child prodigies? Treating the mentally-challenged with dignity? The greatness of doing good for others? The complications of the second marriage of a man who has a 10-year-old son? Well. Samuthirakkani wants to tell everything and he does...
07:00 PM, Dec 04, 2011
Chennai: Movie: Marudhavelu Director: RKR Athimoolam Cast: Kailash, Aakansha, Nakshatra, Ilavarasu, Sabita Anand, Sami, Rekha A youngsters foray into the city, his getting embroiled in the affairs of a thug and its backlash on his near ones form the core of Marudhavelu. The influence of similarly plotted films is evident throughout director Athimoolams work and very little effort seems to have gone into the script to make it novel or...
11:37 AM, Nov 21, 2011
Chennai: Film: 'Vithagan'; Cast: Parthiban, Poorna and Millind Soman; Producer: Manickam Narayanan; Writer-Director: Parthiban; Music Composer: Joshua Sridhar; Rating: ** 1/2 Director-actor Parthiban makes a comeback after a long time. He leaves behind psychological themes and opts for an action oriented cop story for his comeback movie. The film, about a cop's courage, banks on a time tested and often repeated mass theme of the battle between the good and...
07:11 PM, Nov 20, 2011
Chennai: 7aum Arivu is lavishly mounted and has an ambitious plot line that interlocks the present with past centuries. It has a brilliant opening, after which the rest lacks focus and coherence. Director: AR Murugadoss Cast: Suriya, Shruthi Haasan, Johnny Tri Nguyen and Abhinaya The re-uniting of the Ghajini team " Murugadoss and Suriya - for 7aum Arivu, had naturally created a lot of hype and curiosity about the movie....
01:41 PM, Oct 30, 2011
Director: SM Raju Cast: Giri, Adhish, Monica, Ashwatha, Sampath, Vijay Sethupathi, Muthukumar, Karate Raja It is a coming of age story, but with a difference. It centres around a carefree adolescent, who finds his perception of life and people around him undergo a drastic transformation, after certain events cloud his life. The film, more in the genre of a thriller, was an official entry at a couple of international film...
02:33 PM, Oct 10, 2011
Chennai: Film: "Veppam"; Cast: Nani, Karthik Kumar, Muthukumar, Nithya Menen, Bindu Madhavi; Director: Anjana Ali Khan; Producer: Photon Kathaas and RS Infotainment (Gautam Menon); Composer: Joshua Sridhar; Cinematographer: Om Prakash; Rating: ** 'Veppam' is yet another movie attempting to depict the world of underprivileged and the inevitable underworld that thrives along. Debutant director Anjana, who made ad films before joining Goutham Vasudev Menon, has made the film look slick, thanks...
03:21 PM, Aug 01, 2011
Chennai: Film: "Deivathirumagal"; Cast: Vikram, Anushka, Amala Paul, Nasser, Santhanam, Baby Sara, T. Gee Mahendra, M.S. Bhaskar; Director: Vijay, Producer: M. Chinthamani and Ronnie Screwvala; Music: G.V. Prakashkumar; Lyrics: Na. Muthukumar; Cinematography: Nirav Shaw; Rating: ***1/2 Director Vijay's latest film, inspired by Hollywood's "I am Sam" (2001), is a different take on father-daughter relationship as the age of the daughter and the mental age of the father are same -...
12:17 PM, Jul 17, 2011
A central premise that could have been promising had it been handled well, but
Thillalangadi fails due to unsuitable casting and lack of story. The protagonist played by Jayam Ravi is a person who needs an adrenaline rush out of everything he does, such as leaving a high-paying job, stealing from a minister among other things. This is the central premise of the movie. Shaam plays a cop hot on...
02:16 PM, Jul 30, 2010
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