Perusu, the new Tamil funeral comedy from director Ilango Ram, is the remake of his own Simhala film Tentigo. The movie has a very peculiar and outrageously funny premise. While the premise is offering the movie a lot of opportunity to explore one-liner jokes and situational humor, in the middle portions, it is finding it… Continue reading Perusu Review | A Potent, Funny Funeral Comedy With Inconsistent Highs and Lows
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Dragon Review | Ashwath Marimuthu Reinvents the Cranky Hero Trope to Deliver a Smart Entertainer
Ashwath Marimuthu’s new film Dragon starts with a scene where the hero realizes that girls love bad boys over studious achievers. From that point onwards, Dragon has this attire of a celebration of rowdy attitude, and some of the things the hero does in the initial areas of the movie are like a comical version… Continue reading Dragon Review | Ashwath Marimuthu Reinvents the Cranky Hero Trope to Deliver a Smart Entertainer
Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam Review | A Passable Millennial Gaze at Gen Z Relationships
Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam, the latest directorial from actor Dhanush, which features a whole bunch of youngsters, was initially planned as a Dhanush starrer directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth. But when the project revived after 7 years with this new star cast, the age category of the characters had dropped significantly. I am talking about… Continue reading Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam Review | A Passable Millennial Gaze at Gen Z Relationships
Vidaamuyarchi Review | A Dull and Bloated Retelling of Breakdown, With a Grounded Ajith
Even if you ignore the fact that Paramount Pictures had to sue Lyca Productions for remaking Breakdown without buying the rights, Magizh Thirumeni’s Vidaamuyarchi just doesn’t have that compelling energy in it to make us say that he created his version of the 1997 film. When you watch a remake, you would expect the filmmaker… Continue reading Vidaamuyarchi Review | A Dull and Bloated Retelling of Breakdown, With a Grounded Ajith
Kadhalikka Neramillai Review | A Passable Modern-Day Relationship Tale With a Delightful Nithya Menen
Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi’s latest directorial venture, Kadhalikka Neramillai, starring Nithya Menen and Ravi Mohan (He is no longer Jayam Ravi), is an interesting film that tries to talk about the thought process of the current generation about the concept of marriage, parenting, etc. Of late, we have seen a lot of Tamil films that are making… Continue reading Kadhalikka Neramillai Review | A Passable Modern-Day Relationship Tale With a Delightful Nithya Menen
Madraskaaran Review | This Wannabe Tragedy Causes More Headaches Than Heartache
Shane Nigam’s first movie in Tamil as a hero, Madraskaaran, is trying to be a Kireedam-like movie where you are supposed to empathize with the hero for what eventually happens in his life. But the way this movie by Vaali Mohan Das is reaching that point is excruciatingly long, and the spread-out nature of the… Continue reading Madraskaaran Review | This Wannabe Tragedy Causes More Headaches Than Heartache
Viduthalai Part 2 Review | An Excellent Second Half Dented by a Preachy and Hasty First Half
In my review of Viduthalai Part 1, I mentioned that the movie felt like an elaborate first half that sort of sets you up for a more enticing second half. Viduthalai Part 2 is narrated from the perspective of Kumaresan, but the focus this time is on how Perumal Vaathiyar became this iconic rebel leader.… Continue reading Viduthalai Part 2 Review | An Excellent Second Half Dented by a Preachy and Hasty First Half
Miss You Review | A Dysfunctional Relationship Rom-Com With Contrived Coincidences
As an idea, the core element of the new Siddharth movie Miss You has the scope to create curiosity in our minds. However, when it comes to the making, this concept becomes a very fragile skeleton for a movie that just goes after formulaic traits to create this typical song and dance package. With coincidences… Continue reading Miss You Review | A Dysfunctional Relationship Rom-Com With Contrived Coincidences