Nobody said it.This time it's all me.Life isn't like in the movies.Life... is much harder

Top three performances 1.Karthik ( Paruthiveeran ) 2.Jeeva ( Katrathu tamil) 3.Satyaraj ( Onbathu roopai nottu) Top three directors 1.Ram ( Katrathu Tamil) 2.Ameer (Parutheeveeran) 3.Vetri Maran ( Pollathavan) Top three songs of 2007 1.Paravaye Engu erukirai ( Katrathu Tamil) 2.Mouname unnidam ( Mozhi) 3.Engayeum Eppothum ( Pollathavan) Movies I enjoyed 1.Chennai 600028 2.Unnale Unnale 3.Maruthamalai Worst picks 1.Mirugam 2.Vel 3.Pallikoodam Hindi Movies I enjoyed the most 1.Tare Zameen Par 2.Chak De India 3.Namaste London

I dont want to hold the decision only to my likings alone,The list according to Readers,Myself and opinions 1.Paruthiveeran 2.Mozhi 3.Shivaji 4.Pollathavan 5.Pokkiri 6.Chennai 600028 7.Katrathu Tamil 8.Guru 9.Unnale Unnale 10.Periyar /Billa

If you think actors in India are not great directors ,revisit your sentence Amir Khan has given a movie to cherish for the season and If you ask me after Chak de India I enjoyed this movie from the beginning.The movie of the year 2007 in Hindi is definitely Chak de India and Tara Zameen Par.I was really surprised why Amir Khan was so different in publiscising the movie .Because he never celeberated his maiden debut in direction or production.He had left it to the fans and I trust this is the movie for the end of season . Tara Zameen Par is a movie which is a must watch for any age from Kids to Oldies. Because it has many things to say from Children behavior to Parenting. You can not avoid this as an yet another movie for directing attempt or as a yet another commercial movie targeted towards Kids.Infact this movie is directed towards parents in a greater manner.First of all I should give a great applaud for Amir Khan for his meticulous and touching work in direction with the kids . Tar...

From January 2007 to December 2007 there were many movies in Tamil which made mark at the boxoffice and with the fans.This year has been a treat for Tamil cinema where many remarkable movies were made .I wanted to rate the movies for the year 2007 as usual top 10 with your inputs.I have made a list which can be changed at any time befor December 30th .Shivaji was the biggest release of the year ,followed by Billa .Paruthiveeran and Mozhi made their imprints strongly so did Katrathu Tamil.There was no Kamal ,No Mani Rathnam,No Bala,No Selvaragavan,No Vikram (Bhima still pending ) Need Your Polls on the Ratings . (Multiple ratings are allowed)

Mirugam was a much speculated and much criticised movie before its release for various reasons other than the main movie and I took the option to choose though I didn ’t have any interest to watch this particular movie .There are two things which should be mentioned about the movie first you can not avoid comparing this with Paruthiveeran and director Sami has tried to rework getting inspired by Cult classic Paruthiveeran .Secondly I can not understand will there be any human like Ayyanar in our day to day society.Why was this movie made?It self is a big confusion.Is it for awareness or for narrating a story of a beast?.If its awareness we should be very sorry for the director ,I think the world has moved a long way from 1987 to 2007 with regard to awareness of AIDS. Mirugam is a story about Ayyanar (New Comer Aadi )who lived notoriouslyas a protagonist during Late 80’s according to the film.He lives a life of a sandiyar who pounds his mother abuses every body and lives a life ...

So the long wait is over and Ajith has delivered Billa at the right time when there is not much movies at this moment to compete.The initial verdict is "Movie is a hit and it’s the style which has made this movie to be a hit" .But if you ask me as a commoner it’s a 50-50 for Billa from my side.I give great thumbs up to Costumes and Camera,which I would say will be a trendsetter for Tamil cinema. It takes immense courage to remake a movie after 25 years when the original Billa is still ruling the Tamil Cinema.But still the remade Billa has paid honour to original Billa in a stylish manner.New version of Billa has not taken any change in the plot and it has definite shape of each characters but has omitted a main character of JJ which was originally played by Thengai Srinivasan,which is intended to bring a different lock in the whole plot.I strongly feel the omission of the character has let down the movie in many ways.Even in the Hindi version it was played by Arjun Rampal.Vis...

Tamil cinema is not new with the man who fights against the society and its turbulences.The viewers are well versed with the actions and the counter action the hero takes up with such kind of plot.We have celeberated many movies of such genre where a average middle class man rises suddenly to eliminate the completele turmoil of Bribe and corruptions.We have been made to believe it is possible with such kind of things only with the movie. Evano oruvan comes with the same genre of a single soul fighting (Sridhar vasudevan ) against the system in a way which is capable to him. Frustrated by the corrupted system Sridhar Vasudevan looks behind on a day when a school principal demands donation for his daughter admission and on the same day when a petty shop fellow charges additional price for cool drinks. Multitude of things surmount him to burst on that particular incident when he starts hunting .The next 48 hours of his hunting is Evano oruvan.Madhavan as Sridhar Vasudevan ,Sangeetha as Va...

Remade /Reloaded/Revamped/Refreshed Billa releases on this friday.I can not keep my opinion open.I have seen Ajith spoiling my mood in Citizen .This time I pray "Not Again" Which is the most stylish movie ever made in Tamil movie ,can we list a few.Kuruthipunal,Kakha Kakha ,Vetayadu Vilayadu,Thiruda Thiruda ,Minsara Kanavu we have very few in the list.What does stylish movie mean for us.High branded costumes ,Leather Jackets for sure ,High profile cars,Camera in Blue lights ,Bank robbery ,Investigation through Laptop entries and of course Hero in all black gelled hairstyle. My friends and some of my colleagues were praising high about New Billa .They are confident that its going to be the stylish movie of Tamil cinema.They were not bothered about how the movie is going to pay the honour to the classic Billa by Rajini Kanth.In fact when I was watching a movie last week in a Cinema Hall in chennai I happened to see the trailer of Billa .The crowd was yelling ,screaming and it ...

I had a concern about the rating I give to the movies,even some of m y friends also have.For instance My friend asked me why I gave equal weightage for Pollathavan and Kannamoochi Enada! I feel that was a mistake on my evaluation .Some movies were over valued and some are undervalued.I don’t give much importance to commercial success to the movie as it carries no sense for a viewer like me.I give due importance to substance of the movie.Oram Po for instance is rated strictly on the efforts look cool and nothing more.Same way my friend argued me that I had give underrating for OSO ,I agree it is a underrated .The movie is a piece of waste according to me .I make this valuations only on my experience with the movie taking for granted that I enjoy the movie truly and Don’t watch it with lame expressions.

Third film from the director who was celebrated two years ago for his meticulous work “ Kadhal ”.Expectations were high from my side like others for the plot he had chose this time days.The biggest difference in this movie is that you will not be able to recognise even a single actor ,since they are fresh to acting. Tamanna is relatively a known actor among the lot. Balaji Sakthivel and Shankar had to be appreciated for it and that needs guts to make a movie with all new actors. Kalloori is a story of ten students of Government Art college near Madurai and their lives being friends for years and how a inclusion of a new friend gives commotion in their relations . Muthu ( Akil ) and Kayal ( Hemalatha ) are the two characters which needs a special mention for its emotionally erect portrayal. Shobana ( Tamana ) who is depressed due to her mothers loss is brought to the gang by Kayal and the Shobana ’s new entry brings up many chaos especially between Kayal and Akil . Shobana ...

Thankar Bachan mastery lies in two things first his Camera secondly his Literary works.Bringing together his literary work to celluloid is the biggest challenge for him and he had done it a artistic way.Onbathu Roopai Nootu is based on the novel by Thankar Bachan which he wrote in the 90's.A Critically acclaimed novel based on the life of Madhava Padayatchi who live in the village near Banrooti,the native place of Thankar Bachan. Satyaraj as Madhavar Padayatchi and Archana as Vellayi in their late 50’s forms the base for O R N.Satyaraj had given a performance of his life overcoming Vedham Puditu and Periyar.I don’t have words for his composed performance which took me for a pain struck mood through out his flow of emotions.Truly and honorably Satyaraj has given his soul for this performance and has underpinned why he is Satyaraj .He has shed his image and appearance to give a performance for which he will be celebrated for years. The story is about the man Madhava Padayatchi who li...

This movie had a long story with me and my brother, Till he was staying with me in Chennai he was bugging me for this particular movie,but I managed to get the DVD only when he left for Hyderabad,In the end I also lost the interest to watch it.Some how last week I managed to watch Uusal suspect with out suspecting any body.My brother and my brothers friend had already given a feedback about this movie and its genre.But if you ask me we always have a special inclination towards twist ending movies and Usual suspects is one such class example of twist ending and thriller.This was the movie which made many stars in Hollywood from Bryan Singer ,Kevin spacey, Benicio Del Tiero . FBI arrest five suspects to extract answers for a crime scene involving drugs and mafia ,They were interrogated to figure out a underworld mafia named Kayser Soze , All five of these men have unknowingly crossed Soze , and hey are forced to take on a mission on a boat. in order to clear their outstanding to him. ...