Yudham Sei

Yudham Sei had me wondering why exactly Mysskin made this film. Is it just furthering career prospects or has he lost …

Kaavalan

Kaavalan is a remake of the Malayalam blockbuster Bodyguard (2010) starring Dileep and Nayanthara but in Tamil fails to deliver. Somewhere, the original …

Aadukalam

Up front, I have to admit that the detailing and the palpable tension built around the cock fight tournament are …

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 …