Projekt Ilaiyaraaja 362/365 – Voice of Ilaiyaraaja – Sangathil Padatha
Day 362/365 Sangathil Padatha Movie: Auto Raja Director: K Vijayan Sung with S Janaki Lyricist: Pulamai Pithan The other versions of the same song 1. Thumbi Vaa from Olangal 2. Sunday Ko from...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja 363/365 – Voice of Ilaiyaraaja – Vanam Mella
This has become my recent favourite and whenever I listen to this, it takes me to different world Day 363/365 Vanam Mella Movie: Neethane En Ponvasantham Director: Gautam Vasudev Menon Actors: Jeeva...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja 364/365 – Voice of Ilaiyaraaja – Naan Thedum Sevvanthi
This song is the most favourite of all Raaja fans. Whenever he sings this song, people ask for an ‘once more’. There is some magic in this song. Day 364/365 Naan Thedum Sevvanthi Movie: Dharma Pathini...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja 365/365 – The Farewell – A Devotional Song loved by an...
Ilaiyaraaja – that name spells magic. When I started this 365 day project, some of them asked why Ilaiyaraaja? Don’t we know all his songs? I usually smile and reply – “No. We don’t. Not even...
View Article50 Tamil movies to watch before you die 23 – Pesum Padam
When “The Artist” was hailed as an experiment and glorified three years back, I had a tinge of anger and a sense of pride that our Indian cinema tried this 24 years back. In fact, Pesum Padam took the...
View Article50 Tamil movies to watch before you Die – 24 – Pasi
Kurinji Flower blossoms every 12 years. Like wise, actresses who take your breath away are quite rare. Shobha was a Kurinji flower who left this world prematurely. Although we have discussed her in...
View ArticleMovie Review: Cuckoo – Was the director blind?
Friends, do this exercise when you read the story of Cuckoo or when you watch the movie, forget the lead protagonists are blind and check whether you will watch this movie full of cliches. The hero is...
View ArticleMovie Review: Naan Sigappu Manithan – Sleep it over
One of the biggest advantages of having a protagonist with rare medical disorder is that you have already piqued the interest of the viewers and they are ready to spend that money and time for your...
View ArticleMovie Review : Oru Kanniyum Moondru Kalavanigalum – Tough Luck
Chimbudevan is a director who will never make a normal movie with set formula that plagues Tamil movies and that's what makes his movies interesting. Although, I have found some flaw or the other in...
View ArticleMovie Review: Tenaliraman – Searching for humour
It’s difficult to make a movie that discusses serious issues with a leading comedian. The balance between comedy and seriousness has to be impeccable. Only Chimbudevan was able to crack it with...
View ArticleMovie Review: Damaal Dumeel – Missed the bulls eye by a little
You got to give it to these young directors who don’t care much about Tamil film grammar. Take for instance, this Shree has made a simple but effective dark comedy that doesn’t break you in to...
View ArticleMovie Review: Vaayai Moodi Pesavum – The Sound of Silence
After completing the movie at S2 Thiagaraja, we headed to Zaitoon for a late lunch. Initially, there was a couple and us who were seated. There came a huge group with one small boy. After ordering,...
View ArticleMovie Review: Yamirukka Bayamey – This horror will make you laugh
It would not have been an easy job for a new director like Deekay to debut on an untouched genre in Tamil cinema. Horror comedies are nothing new to world cinema audiences but it is totally unheard of...
View ArticleMovie Review: Kochadaiyaan – Child’s Play
When I finished watching Kochadaiyaan, I stepped in to an introspection on what makes a movie good. I am not speaking about what makes a movie a hit (or a super hit or a blockbuster) because if you...
View ArticleWhy you should watch “The Letter” if you love “P.S. I love you”
Warning : If you haven’t read PS I love you or watched the movie, there are a lot of spoilers ahead. There is a fine line between inspiration and plagiarism with respect to books and movies. There is...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide for Indian students who would like to do overseas...
If you had visited my blog in the past 4 months, you wouldn’t have seen any updates. There were various reasons for the lack of blogging and one of the causes was the uncertainty in my career. I...
View ArticleDevice Fingerprinting: is this the most dangerous weapon of digital marketers?
When the NSA tracking scandal broke out, the whole world raged about the privacy of common people. But the truth is that we have been silently giving out our personal details to online ad networks...
View ArticleMovie Review: Kaththi – Who’s the hero?
I have given up on reviewing Tamil movies, but sometimes it pains a lot to see how even media reviewers are swayed by sentiments that are totally against the ideals of the society we live. Kaththi is...
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The ugly face of Feminist Consumerism
Airtel, one of the leading telecom providers from India aired an advertisement that was supposed to break gender barriers at work, but the ad also reinstated another long standing gender stereotype in...
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5 marketing jobs that you will apply for in 2064
People would not have guessed the fancy titles that we have in marketing today. Social media manager, digital marketing manager and mobile marketing manager were non-existent ten years back. So when...
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