Siruthai

Supposed to be a massy masala movie that is totally ‘paisa wasool’, Siruthai is anything but so. Having to pay exorbitant ticket …

Manmadhan Ambu

The film is inconsistent as is KS Ravikumar’s direction. Brilliant sequences are mixed with qualitatively weak ones. As the film collapses, …

Easan

I came out of the theatre feeling terribly angry, disgusted, disappointed and totally let down. My sensibilities, intelligence and dignity, …

Rattha Charithram

Surya’s (Suriya) mission in life is to kill Pratap Ravi (Vivek Oberoi), naxalite turned politician after the latter eliminated his …

Nandalala

A mentally challenged adult, Bhasker Mani (Mysskin), who escapes from a mental asylum and an eight-year old schoolboy Akhilesh (Ashwath …

Splitting a film

I was watching Da Vinci Code in a multiplex in Bangalore. Langdon and Sophie are fleeing the French police who …

Uthamaputhiran

A remake of the Telugu film Ready, Uthamaputhiran has as cliched a start as it can get with Shriya, in a …

The Birth of Tamil Cinema

How old is Tamil cinema? When was it born? An automobile spare part dealer, Nataraja Mudaliar, was so fascinated by …

Enthiran

Enthiran proves two things – there is no filmmaker quite like Shankar and no actor like Rajinikanth! The film is as …

Naan Mahaan Alla

After Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009), one looked forward to director Suseendhiran’s second film. But unfortunately, though he shows he is quite …