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
Two gangs of ivory poachers are at war. Who will win? This stylised and violent film wants us to care about the outcome, but all we are left
Arjun, Abhirami and Preity Mukhundhan play a family of karate fighters. They just want to mind their own business and maybe help a helpless person or two. But
Jyotika (as a stenographer) and Sonakshi Sinha (as a lawyer) play unlikely friends who become partners in solving cases (or rather, they’re courtroom partners who become unlikely friends).
Suriya is in full star mode… and god mode. He plays a deity who comes to earth when courtroom corruption makes justice a joke. He clashes with a
Vidhu and Preethi Asrani play the central couple, but her goals clash with his. Can love coexist with the harsh realities of life? For that matter, does love
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
