Fandry

A young, teenage Dalit boy (Somnath Avghade) learns the hard way that his love for a high caste girl will …

Biriyani

Sugan (Karthi) is a playboy always chasing women much to friend Parasu (Premgi)’s chagrin as he always loses out. Despite …

Ivan Vera Mathiri

The Law Minister (Hariraj) repeatedly gets his brother, Eeswaran (Vamsi Krishna), out on paraole to do his dirty work. The …

Director’s Note: An American in Madras

It sounded almost unbelievable – An American? Who made Tamil Films in the 1930s and 40s? Directed the great MGR …

Arrambam

Ajith’s character in Arrambam keeps mouthing, “Keep it simple!” What’s more, the filmmakers of the film do precisely that, working on getting …

August Club Since 1969

A wealthy, romantic housewife meets her knight in shining armor at the August Club. Anyone who has watched all the …

Singam II

A sequel (or prequel but as it is Singam II we’re talking about, I’ll stick to sequel) to a successful film is …

Vastupurush

Bhaskar Deshpande, a philanthropic doctor who has just won the Magsaysay Award for his phenomenal work with the cure and …

BV Karanth – Baba

At a very young age BV Karanth ran away from his house in Babukodi village near Mangalore in Karnataka, South …

Celluloid

Originality is an art that isn’t practiced everywhere. Unfortunately, Malayalam cinema too, as Celluloid explicitly suggests, appears to have its …