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

Welcome Nalan Kumarasamy, It is going to be a great Journey ahead for you. I had a feeling that I was watching a flavored Guy Ritchie movie while watching Soodhu Kavvum. This could be the beginning of career for many and it is definitely a movie worth watching and a fantastic entertainer which has dark and slapstick humor in a noir setting. It could be a great treat to be part of this crew which is totally fresh and awaiting their big dreams coming up real. Soodhu Kavvum could be lined up with NKPK , Pizza but definitely this rates higher in terms of screen play. Soodhu Kavvum is about the petty thief and their mission to mess up. They are total misfits and they do not have anything up on their life, Character or on their outlook. On the outset every frame makes us to assume their character. Three unemployed youth accidentally meet Das in a brawl, an eccentric petty thief who drives his theft with funny principles. The four get a proposal to kidnap minister’s son in an entangled...

,Aanmai Thavarel is a honest remake of Hollywood flick Trade.It has modulated itself to our own style. But this is one movie which has to be watched for being aware of the situation we live and move every day. The scene and the concept arent film and they daringly bring the dark shades and reality in a very explicit way.We never knew how the trafficking of women happens , we would be least bothered to know about that , why these things happen is a thing, which should be known to every one who lives away from home. Anmai Thavarel is a search of a lover boy Vetri for his girl Yamuna who is kidnapped by a group. The group kidnap a bunch of women in the enroute to auction them online. It becomes extremely difficult for Vetri to go with the pace of Cops , as he is losing time . He gets the help of Charles Antony ( Sampath) an ex cop to save his girl , who masters the plan for Vetri to save from the online auction. What unfolds and what we see on the way to auction is a shocking realit...

The word Bala alone inspires ! But surprising to see his fast track creation disappoints. Every body needs their time and its understandable now. Bala has to be in his comfort zone ,and he has nothing to prove as a director ,but if he wanted to prove some thing commercially in Avan Ivan , I am sorry he has disappointed . There is no history in any cinema world that two formula can be clubbed to bring a successful movie. Bala’s style + commercial outcome ??? Even Balamahendra went out his formula to make a fun movie, so is the case with all directors. There are some mistakes which Bala makes like in Naan Kadavul opting for a U certificate !! Avan Ivan he has forgotten his script and his sense of humor. Avan Ivan isn’t dark or noir but it lacks the stretched experience of a movie it self. His highness ( GM Kumar) is a Zamindar of a village near Theni .Though he has lost his wealth ,he gains respect and love from the localites. Walter ( Vishal ) an aspiring drama artiste and Kumbud...

I feel very satisfied when the plot is adopted from Tamil literature. I loved Sasi ’s Poo and now Suseendran ’s Azhagarsaamiyin Kuthirai adopted from Writer Baskar Sakthi ’s work, is a simple and fantastic movie of goodness and humanity. Its been some time I had a good time on a Sunday afternoon which pushes me to write the review after watching the movie. Suseendran is here to stay , simply he is growing movie by Movie.The best thing about him is that he has got the thinking to look simple , rather than going big and failing miserably , like Susee Ganesan . Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai is about a Village , which is preparing for its annual Azhagar Festival where the deity parade happens around the Village. The wooden horse goes missing and the blame game starts. The villagers manage to snatch a real horse which actually belongs to a person Azharsamy whose bread is dependent on ...

Myskin has preset style which he cant change, he is refining himself in that style rather not trying any thing else. I could predict the core of the movie right from the word go that its going to be a cheap pleasures of high society like he did in his other movies. I sincerely think he should take different inspirations for his movies apart from women being exploited ,kidnapped and saved. Yutham sei is a much refined movie with respect to his performance and his work. But he tries to put forth a compulsive scary camera before audience which gets repeated in all his movie with a violin background. Yutham sei is an investigation about serial killings which happens in the city. J.Krishnamoorthy a underplayed CBCID cop is handed over with the responsibility to go behind the killings who is in his personal agony of his sisters whereabouts who went missing mysteriously. Things get connected so shockingly but it makes tougher for the cops to locate where the real culprit of the serial killer ...

Eesan is the second movie for Sasikumar as a director after his cult classic Subramaniapuram.After making one of milestone movie in Tamil Cinema,what is least expected is a movie with a brilliance.We are not running along with hypes but its not needed to get in to a different space .for the sake of versatility.Sasikumar lacks the sophistication in his movie,he lacks the Urban touch in a movie which speaks mostly about the Super rich spoiled society.Sasikumar has forgotten his razor sharp screenplay which he presented in his earlier movie.I have no intention of comparing with any movie ,but Eesan is a movie which lacks Good editing,Screenplay and plot. Eesan is about the super rich spoiled brats who ruin the lives of women .Sezhiyan(Vaibhav) ,son of State minister Deivanayagam is a fellow who spends his time with his fellow friends in pubbing and flirting.They ruin many women lives and they hide the crimes with the power of Sezhiyan’s dad .Sengayya ( Samuthirakani ) an IPS officer is f...

I have to ask Mr.Myskin why he didn’t credit Kikujuro in the title card after all you have designed even the posters copying from Kikujiro.Why the new age directors are relectant is giving the credit to the orginal version.The concept of a story is the crux of any movie than the story or the screen play.All handled well the movie comes out as a entertaining product.I was told he gave the credit in the audio release which is a year ago and now he has lived with the delayed release of the movie and he didn’t want to give to original version.But for Nandalala is poetic as per the Bharathiar lines.Very very poetic title ,the movie traverses the emotions of human being in the form of journey. Bhaskar Mani a mentally challenged person and Aswin Ram a kid meets in the journey in search of their respective Mothers. The journey and motive of their search are radically opposite and both come up with their own experiences and attitude problems to get along.Both meet up with many sides human faces...

Some times you might even forget what you have been doing for years,Things might get mighty and unavoidable than the routine duties.Thats what is happening with me for the past two months.I have been searching for time to write reviews for movies I watched .All said, Myna has lived to some extent on its expectation and hype.Myna wouldn’t be called as a cult or great movie but definitely it gains a commercial and critical success which a director dreams for. For years Prabu Solomon has been trying to convey some thing to the audiences,But he has been giving half baked stories like King,Lee,Kokki.But if you look at all these there isn’t a direct narration or plot in his movie.He has a style and stuff to present but all along he has been lacking perfection to present as a complete product .With Myna he has improved his presentation and core plot which struck deep in the viewer’s experience. The success of any film maker lies in the screen play ,to me Prabu Solomon wins in the last thirt...

Naan Mahan Alla comes in shades of Pollathavan and Suseendran knowingly or unknowingly has lots and lots of resemblances of Vetrimaran’s movie.I was impressed with the way movie went on the first half with humour and no nonsense romance and All along the movie was able to hold the grip of an entertainer genre. Jeeva (Karthi) an easy going guy gets in to the job search because of his romance with Priya (Kajal agarwal)and he had to get in to a job to prove his worth .Jeeva’s father Jaiprakash gets targeted by a gang who kidnaps women for their lust.At one point Jeeva looses his dad and he goes in search of the gang through his network.Its just the two parallel track of the Mobs and the Jeeva which meets in his dad’s murder. Suseendran should have worked upon the resemblances and similarities of screenplay with Pollathavan.The feeling of Pollathavan in the characters and Climax popped out so naturally that some how I was hesitant to rate this on a high note.Suseendran has studied well for...

Madarasapattinam is a sweet and simple emotional journey to the yesteryears beauty Madras Presidency.Things were organized in the city then and its so surprising to see those places in CG which has now transformed as a nuisance and a thing to comment on Madras.Madarasapattinam wins for its detailing and for keeping it straight though there are some negatives about the movie.Vijay’s Maiden own story is an impressive love story which may have shades of Lagaan or Titanic but its a different story of its league.The first period movie in Tamil which can be declared hit. 1945 Amy Jackson the daughter of Governor lands Madaras Presidency ,she gets impressed by the culture and heritage of Indian people and of course the brave man Parithi(Arya).This starts the tussle between the british officers and the Dhobi Community.Film moves to present and past ,In the present day Amy in the verge of her of serious illness travels from UK to India in search of her Lost love Parithi after 60 years.In the ...

Linguswamy is always lucky .He gets a good hype and expectation for his movies before its release, but he fails off late . Be it Ji,Bheema or now paiyya.What would you expect from a director who gave Run and Sandaikozhi; an action bolt but not similar to his earlier ventures.Paiyya is a technically superior movie but we don’t have a plot here to support it.Paiyya fails in the midway due to lack of logic and substance. Paiyya is a ride from Bangalore to Mumbai in a sexy Black Lancer with Karthi and Tamannah.Tamannah wants to escape from the people who are chasing her due to property issues,Karthi a guy who stays with his friends falls in love with Tamanah from the moment he sees her in Bangalore.Karthi helps Tamannah to escape from Blore ,in the mid way both face the Gundah power .The fun part and the only different part is there is a different group who searches Karthi and different one who searches Tamanah.It gets usual with Bad guys searching Good Guy,Scorpio,chases,Songs,Love,S...

Munthinam Parthane is a movie directed by Magizh Thirumeni .Assistant of Gautham Menon.Lots of shades of Gautham Menon,Even the locales.But he believes in Tamil dialogues to some extend than his Boss.Muthinam Parthane is not a bad attempt for its outlook.I liked the director’s name ! His maiden venture in to Films starts of with a lovestory which lacks clarity. Sanjay starts of the movie narrating his journey from his late twenties till he gets married.Sanjay falls in love with many girls but he never finds his soulmate .When he accepts some body he realizes his love and concern for the past relation. Some how the movie goes off in a unclear fashion which actually goes terribly wrong about the screenplay.Sanjay settles down with what he was given to him than going in search of the girl. One fine thing about this movie is characterization ,Director had built some realistic characters around the main characters who actually make this movie close to interesting.The character of Ilang...

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...

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...

Over confidence or lack of thought ! what ever you name Venkat Prabu hasn’t delivered ! You have to agree the movie is a laugh riot but is there a interesting plot ? Nope! You sit in the hall expecting some thing to happen and end of the day you return back with nothing.Goa is a Venkat Prabu Holiday as he calls but with no agenda and no directions.He just travels and comes back home with a group of funny people around. Samikannu ( Premji) ,Vinayagam( Jai),Ramarajan ( Vaibhav) escapes from their village robbing the jewels of their village temple .Some incidents motivate them to fly to Goa in an intention to marry a foreigner and get married.Premji succeeds in love but the others get directed on their hunt.Nothing happens .and in the end Nothing happens.Its the story of three villagers arriving at Goa for an intention. Making a movie with funny characters wouldn’t make a interesting movie.Goa has some good spoofs but how long Venkat Prabu will be driving this show? I had to convince ...

Vinnai thandi Varuvaya First Look Dir : Gautham Vasudev Menon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha3fTQNTG_0

I sometimes get carried away by the eminence ,Yogi is one example.I expected a fresh movie from Ameer,who claims that he has written the story of Yogi.Yogi is a out and out copy of Book by Athol Fugard / Academey award winning movie Tsotsi,just that the climax is just remade to Tamil sentiments.Yogi is a discontinous ,slowpaced movie which never picks the pace and never lets us get involved with the movie. Yogi is written by Ameer and directed by Subramaniam siva ( Thiruda Thirudi).Yogi is the guy who has a troubled past due to his father ,he grows as the ruthless ,drugged arrogant man.The story is told in the slums of Thiruvanmiyur.Yogi when he robs a hotel he finds himself with a infant whose mother is meets with an accident when Yogi tries to steal her car.Yogi decides to live a new life with the baby but odds makes his life difficult and even worse. Ameer as yogi is good but I don’t understand why Ameer was so fascinated by this story.Why he wants to give a heroic image ? I assum...

When these two men make film the whole Malayalam industry stands still and watches it.The magic of M.T.Vasudevanair and Hariharan deserves it and the two are the most respected and highly honoured pair in Indian Cinema.When they make a movie on a freedom fighter we need to look in to the depth of the character than the film itself.My friend Sooraj invited discussion on MT and Hariharan an year ago,and from then on I have been reading some thing about MT. Pazhassi Raja as a movie is a crafted work from the legends of Indian cinema with some constraints. MT, Hariharan , Ilayaraja , Rasool Pookutty , Mamooty .What else you can ask for ? Keralavarma Pazhassiraja ( Mamooty ) is a brave king of Kerala who stood against the British Colonial rule when his neighbour kingdom were surrendering themselves to the East India Company. Pazhasi Raja moves with his men to the Waynad woods and attack the British force with Kurichiyar natives through Guerilla warfare.British force defeated a...