Quick take: Dhanush plays a selfish thief who starts thinking about the larger good when he sees the plight of farmers in his village. The three central characters […]
Legend Saravanan stars as a meek man whose action moves tell us that he has a past. Who was he earlier? The answer is revealed in a bland
A family is preparing for the wedding of their daughter the next morning. But as darkness falls, danger arrives in the form of IPKF soldiers who take over
Someetharan’s ‘Neelira’ is a tight, tense drama about Sri Lankan Tamils during the war Read More
Nivedhithaa Sathish, Ciby, and Attul play a sort-of love triangle, and they’re trapped in a house in the hills as butterflies flutter around them. The concrete physical and
Radikaa Sarathkumar gives a broad and very entertaining “mass-hero” performance in Thaai Kizhavi. A song calls her “Sungadi selai katti vandha Superman”. She’s a moneylender, a boss-lady, a kinda-sorta “don”. Everyone
A young man in prison thinks back about his life and his love and his obsession with sex. The result is a drama that’s uneven, but never uninteresting.
KJ Surendar’s ‘Maayabimbum’ is an old-school, ‘Sethu’-like romantic melodrama Read More
Jiiva plays a panchayat head who has to be a proper politician when a wedding and a death threaten to erupt into trouble. The film’s strength is its
Karthi plays the sort of double role that was popular in the MGR days. One character is corrupt, and the other one becomes his conscience-cum-alter ego. The result
Sivakarthikeyan and Ravi Mohan battle it out in Tamil Nadu when the Centre imposes Hindi as the official language. But despite a lot of research, ‘Parasakthi’ never becomes
Sudha Kongara’s ‘Parasakthi’ is a frantic, underwhelming political drama Read More
This Arun Vijay starrer is a total misfire. Every frame is designed to a micro-degree, sure, but there’s no coherence. That’s a short take. A longer review follows,
The film is about many things. It’s about law versus justice. It’s about the small changes in the character of the protagonist. It’s about the details of police
As everyone knows, the story is about Rajinikanth clashing with Ramya Krishnan. As a Superstar vehicle, ‘Padayappa’ works. But the passage of time also allows us to reflect
