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Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya (2010) ***1/2

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Love stories in cinema are immortal and Tamil movies had its golden moments with some time-less love stories.Gautham Menon usually gives love stories as passing plots which always have added magic in his movies .When this guy wanted to direct a full length light heart Love story there has to be a difference.And surprisingly there is difference in the way of outlook how we see the movie.VTV is not about the love alone its about two different characters of whom we get to see their moments after falling in love for each other.Vinnaithandi Varuvaya is a poetic name and the movie goes by its name.It can not be called as a Master Piece of Gautham but definitely I was much satisfied than Varanam Ayiram. Gautham Menon’s love with Mechanical Engineering ,church marriages ,one liners continues.But definitely this time much intimate and closer to his heart.Karthik a Mechanical Engineering graduate an aspiring director falls in love with Jessy ,an IT professional.Jessy likes Karthik but she h...

My Name is Khan ( 2010 ) ***

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After so much of hesitation I went for My Name is Khan first day ,with zero expectation on Karan Johar Movie.I have had lots of irritating melodramatic stuffs in his previous movies,especially with Kabhi kushi kabhi Gham.I hated his creation like any thing.But this one.Not bad at all.Its a descent watch with great performance from Sharukh Khan. Off late am I becoming lazy in writing reviews ,the question I have to ask my self because my friend is cribbing me that I have become lazy on writing on movies.I write about this movie after a week .Thats bad.After twitter ,facebook participation my comments have been swift to them but blog has been pushed to second level.I need to work on it atleast for good movies like MNIK. MNIK is the Rizwhan Khaaan from Epiglottis ,a man who has a syndrome of Asperger,wants to meet president of USA to tell that his name is Khan and he is not a terrorist.He wants to prove that his family once he had was never responsible for any of the terrorist activi...

Ishqiya (2010) ****

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My friend is pissed off with my pronunciation on the word Ishqiya ,some how the movie was postponed on a other friends request for watching together.All set when we tried the tickets we had to run theatre to theatre for seats.I regret of not watching it on the first day.Ishqiya will be the best movie of the year (though very early to comment ) for its superlative screenplay and the culture.Great directors bring culture to their presentation and make the movie a history,Quentin Tarantino does that often.Vishal Bharadwaj should be very proud of his assistant Abishek chaubey on his maiden venture and first it was Vishal’s Kaminey and now his script Ishqiya turning out as the finest in the recent times. Ishqiya is a complex matrix of love and betrayal,Mafia .Set in Eastern uttarpradesh the movie moves around two individuals Khalujan (Nasurudeen shah ) and Bebbon (Arshad Warsi ) who run from their boses carrying his money and reach Krishna (Vidhyabalan) whose husband ,the duo’s old ...

Asal (2010) * 1/2

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There are two differences between Vijay and Ajith.Vijay speaks his punch dialogues of his own,self chanting but Ajith makes other to speak about him .Vijay will be in lousy Tshirts and Jeans and Ajith will be in Armani Suits and Sunglasses.If every body thinks Ajith is not like Vijay think this and watch Asal you will accept ,what I said was true.Sitting in the hall I felt sleepy and I wonder why for this story there were three names in the title Ajith (!!) ,Saran and Yuhi sethu.Asal can pass commercially because of opening week collections,fantastic camera , some beleivable stunts and ofcourse the Ajith factor.Asal was not too bad but it lacks with time.It still the old Tamil style Mafia story and father sentiment. Asal is about the guy Siva who isnt the legal son of Jeevanantham an industrialist in france.Siva is brought by Jeeva but his sons Sam and Vicky avoid him.Sam and Vicky try to trade of weapons with a drug mafia which is opposed by their dad.Jeeva gets killed and Siva is t...