Unnaipol Oruvan

After being fed on a staple diet of masala movies and sentimental melodramatic ones, Unnaipol Oruvan takes a while to get used …

Kanthaswamy

Kanthaswamy comes with little pretensions and a single aim – to be the big crowd-pleaser and blockbuster Tamil film of the year. Promoted …

Gabhricha Paus

Gabhricha Paus, more than ably directed by Satish Manwar, proves that you don’t need stars or formulaic subjects to make …

I’m The Very Beautiful

At an Alliance Francaise festival of documentaries last year, I chose to go on the day devoted to ‘Love and …

Putaani Party

Putaani Party won the National award for the Best Children’s Film of 2009. The film is shot in Dharwad, Karnataka and …

Ayan

A well executed action sequence in Africa, some well composed songs, a couple of clever touches and even Suriya’s central …

Director’s Note: Putaani Party

A Gram Panchayat or a village governing body in rural India facilitates the formation of the Makkala Samiti or Children’s …

Boi Dekha!

I think easily the best thing to come out of being content-in-charge of Upperstall has been my exposure to Indian …

Anjaathey

Anjaathey was one of the most popular Tamil films of 2008 and received rave reviews particularly for writer-director Mysskin. However, the …

Villu

Villu is easily one of the worst films I have viewed in recent times. This awful rip-off from the Hindi film Soldier …