Vettaiyan Review | A Flat Masala Movie Trying to Salvage Itself With the Relevance Card

What was remarkable about the second film of T. J. Gnanavel, Jai Bhim, was the fact that it focused entirely on the cause of the story. The stardom of Suriya was only used to make the story reach more people, and it had no burden of catering to the fans of the actor. In its… Continue reading Vettaiyan Review | A Flat Masala Movie Trying to Salvage Itself With the Relevance Card

Meiyazhagan Review | The Cinematic Equivalent of a Long, Warm Hug

Meiyazhagan, C Prem Kumar’s second movie after the magnificent “96”, has the same texture in terms of treatment. Even if you look at the core idea of the movie, Arulmozhi, the central character of this movie, and Ram of 96 has certain emotional similarities. The movie puts you in the space of a joyous onlooker,… Continue reading Meiyazhagan Review | The Cinematic Equivalent of a Long, Warm Hug

Lubber Pandhu Review | A Smartly Tweaked Sports Drama With a Variety of Layers

The reason why Lubber Pandhu, the latest Tamil sports drama directed by Tamizharasan Pachamuthu, feels so exciting is because it has a packed feeling in terms of layers of drama. The most prominent layer is the ego between the two main characters, played by Harish Kalyan and Attakathi Dinesh. But Tamizharasan Pachamuthu and his writers… Continue reading Lubber Pandhu Review | A Smartly Tweaked Sports Drama With a Variety of Layers

The Greatest of All Time Review | An Aged Script With an Unnecessarily De-aged Vijay

The Greatest of All Time by Venkat Prabhu is a wannabe film that tries too hard to be this Mission Impossible kind of film. The problem is that the script has certain bullet points for the story to move from one point to another. But the writing is struggling to move things smoothly. On top… Continue reading The Greatest of All Time Review | An Aged Script With an Unnecessarily De-aged Vijay

Vaazhai Review | A Well-Crafted Tale That Depicts the Depth of a Tragedy From a Different Point of View

Vaazhai from Mari Selvaraj is a story that is based on something that really happened in the director’s life, and at the end of the film, we get to see photos of newspaper articles of the main event that took the lives of 20 people. What is cinematically compelling about  Vaazhai is how Mari Selvaraj uses the visual… Continue reading Vaazhai Review | A Well-Crafted Tale That Depicts the Depth of a Tragedy From a Different Point of View

Kottukkaali Review | A Fabulously Subtle Drama With Minimal and Effective Expositions

f you have watched Koozhangal/ Pebbles, the very first directorial of PS Vinothraj, you would understand that he loves to create imagery and events that can be interpreted according to our ability to notice all the details. And character exposition is something he doesn’t do deliberately. Much like Kooazhngal, his latest film,  Kottukkaali,  The Adamant Girl, is… Continue reading Kottukkaali Review | A Fabulously Subtle Drama With Minimal and Effective Expositions

Demonte Colony 2 Review | A Fairly Compelling Sequel That Sets the Stage for a Bigger Third Part

Ajay Gnanamuthu’s debut film  Demonte Colony had a charm of its own largely because of how the movie tried to tackle its limitations in terms of budget by being innovative in presenting the story. A larger chunk of that film, which had a runtime below two hours, was in a very confined place, and in the entire… Continue reading Demonte Colony 2 Review | A Fairly Compelling Sequel That Sets the Stage for a Bigger Third Part

Thangalaan Review | Feisty Performances Keep This Political Tale From Pa Ranjith Afloat

Pa Ranjith’s movies have always been highly political, and with  Thangalaan, he is trying to narrate a tale of land politics. Blended with some fantasy, which is used as a tool to connect history with the story, this well-visualized movie has the support of stellar performances. But despite having an authentic attire in depicting the struggles,… Continue reading Thangalaan Review | Feisty Performances Keep This Political Tale From Pa Ranjith Afloat