It’s a Boy-meets-Girl story, but with a difference. The Boy thinks love is like what they show in the movies. The Girl is more practical, perhaps too much […]
Sarang Thiagu’s ‘Aaromaley’ is a fresh, breezy, fun, but also very real take on romance Read More
Vishnu Vishal plays a cop on the trail of a serial killer who seems to be dead. Then how are the killings happening? The setup is great, but
Pradeep Ranganathan and Mamitha Baiju are in top form in a relationship story that is chaotic in a good way. I can’t reveal much, but the film is
Harish Kalyan plays a young man from a fishing community who has to battle many enemies, from an uncaring government to uncaring private enterprises. The film also wants
Dhruv plays a kabaddi player who faces hurdles not just due to caste but also due to the violence in the areas around his home. His long journey
Dhanush plays a man who returns to his village after a stint abroad, and he wants to continue his father’s modest food business. He also wants to continue
Dhanush’s ‘Idli Kadai’ has great ideas, but they don’t come together satisfactorily Read More
Vijay Antony plays a mover-and-shaker who can get anything done for you at a cost. But when he gets caught, the film turns into a tired old vigilante
Dinesh and Kalaiyarasan play siblings from a marginalised community. The crux of the film is from real life, an incident involving Naxals. But the screenplay bites off more
There are some clever plot points. But these aren’t consistently integrated into the writing, and the film eventually turns into a numbing stretch of action. The rest of
AR Murugadoss’s ‘Madharaasi’, with Sivakarthikeyan, is a generic, overlong action movie Read More
Anjali Sivaraman plays a girl who is “different” from those around her, and the film doesn’t judge her or feel sorry for her or even explain her. We
Rajinikanth gets to play a dignified character in an action-drama that (mostly) hits the right notes. This is a star movie that respects the star, and does not
The cleanly written film is about a Chosen One. It is also a story about brothers, and a spy thriller. But these various strands don’t merge satisfactorily. The
