If our heroes can have generically entertaining action entertainers, why not our heroines? Samantha is in good form as a woman whose strengths are those traditionally associated with […]
Swasika plays a widow in her forties, and her two grown-up sons decide that she needs a partner. This creates all sorts of trouble in their village. The
Indrans and Madhoo play a Malayali and a Tamilian who meet in Banaras. She needs help. He agrees to help her. What follows is a set of conversations
A few nurses at a government hospital face the worst day of their lives when Ajmal Kasab and a colleague enter the hospital. What follows is like ‘Die
A barren village loses the only tree it has. The next day, all the villagers find that they are unable to speak normally. They begin to sing. This
Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s ‘Sing Geetham’ is a sweet, joyous, inventive eco-musical Read More
In the present day, Naseeruddin Shah plays a man on his deathbed who wants to visit his former home in Pakistan. Diljit Dosanjh is the grandson who helps
Thanks to a miracle, a child grows up to be male for 12 hours and female for 12 hours. Both halves get a partner, and this could have
Aswin Kandasamy’s ‘Double Occupancy’ is a middling story about a gender mix-up Read More
Over the course of decades, we follow the ups and downs of a Muslim family in southern Tamil Nadu. There’s a love angle at the centre of this
Meera Kathiravan’s ‘Habeebi’ is a diligent documentation of Tamil-Muslim life Read More
A family in Jammu City plans a trip to Kashmir. It is not easy for a number of reasons. What we see here isn’t something dramatic, but the
Jayaram and Urvashi play a couple that gets involved in a ‘Drishyam’-like murder. For a while, the film looks like a spoof. Then, it gets all serious on
Pandiraaj’s ‘Parimala and Co’ wastes a talented cast in an utterly clueless movie Read More
Bobby Deol is fantastic in the role of a lifetime as a has-been movie star. His life is down in the dumps. And things get worse when he
Ram Charan is terrific as the title character, a sportsman who plays cricket and wrestles and is also a good runner. The story has a lot of meat
