50 Tamil movies to watch before you die – 30 – Mouna Raagam
There are only few movies that become a cultural icon for generations. When a movie is slated in that list, the people anticipate it to have a path breaking story or a social message (Mother India is...
View ArticleMovie Review : Vedalam – Hero Worship
There is perhaps one movie that every Tamil actor wants to remake. Baasha is the holy grail of mass masala entertainers in Tamil cinema. To be honest, it has one of the most illogical stories you can...
View Article50 Tamil movies to watch before you die – 31- Samsaram Adhu Minsaram
One of the criticisms that is levied against Tamil cinema in general is that they don’t reflect the reality of the society. Although Tamil cinema in the 60 and 70s dealt with family issues, those...
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15 must-see Korean Movies of 2015
Disclaimers I haven’t watched all the movies in the list. Some of them are in the list solely based on reviews and you might end up not liking them. Although, the torrents are out, the subtitles...
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The Annual Kollywood Roundup – 2015
Kollywood as usual had a roller coaster ride in 2015. Backed by the success of small budget movies in 2014, this year saw directors making some interesting experiments. Finally, I am happy that we saw...
View ArticleMovie Review : Pichaikkaran – Beg to differ
May contain spoilers There is a scene in Pichaikkaran where Magzhini (played by Satna Titus) is searching for Arul (played by Vijay Antony) in the rain. Arul is a beggar and Magzhini couldn’t fathom...
View ArticleMovie Review : Kaadhalum Kadanthu Pogum – A Bad Photocopy
Disclaimers The review contains spoilers. Apologies that I couldn’t a spoiler free review. I have watched the original and the comparisons were inevitable because the movie was exact photocopy of the...
View ArticleMovie Review: Sawaari – Halfway
Most of the time, I choose movies based on the director instead of actors in a typical reviewer style. This week I chose to go with Guhan Senniappan’s Sawaari. Guhan Senniappan is another “Nalaya...
View Article50 Tamil movies to watch before you die – 32 – Veedu
My first brush with Veedu was really funny. I saw it probably when I was 10 or so on National Television. It was one of the most iconic scenes in Tamil cinema when Murugesu (played by Chokkalinga...
View ArticleMovie Review: Theri – Therichuduchu
Disclaimer: The review contains spoiler (but seriously, I don’t think there is anything to spoil in this movie) What’s the probability of writing about the same movie within a span of a year? There...
View ArticleMovie Review: Manithan – Guilty as charged
Honestly, I did not believe someone would have thought of remaking Jolly LLB. It was a beautiful film (no doubt about it), but it’s a movie that sits hidden in plain sight and also with some obvious...
View ArticleMovie Review: Vetrivel – Love, betrayal and other things
During the late 80s and 90s, Tamil cinema saw surge in village based subjects and the stories will be built on family feuds or inter-village feuds. Somehow, during the late 90s, we saw a dearth in...
View ArticleMovie Review: 24 – Death of Sci-Fi
Disclaimer: I am a Sci-Fi lover and this review will have that tone and colour but at the same time I am not a scientist to understand every aspect related to time travel. And the review is with...
View ArticleMovie Review: Uriyadi – One Good Shot
The tax rebate for U certificate movies has created a huge problem for Tamil movie directors. They are not prepared to show raw emotions on screen. Be it love, sex or violence, what we see is a...
View ArticleMovie Review : Iraivi – Empty Vessel
I am amazed at the extremely polarised discussion on Iraivi – an average movie that should have been just passed along like many other Tamil movies that come every week. Iraivi is a story of how men’s...
View ArticleMovie Review : Kabali – Neither here nor there
Writing about a Rajini movie is a futile exercise. After all, if I give a good review, the post might might get shared and if I give a bad review, I am going to be termed as a fake reviewer. …
View ArticleQuantified Self: The unrelenting co-construction of gamified self
Disclaimer: Major parts of the article has been sourced from my academic dissertation submitted to University of Southampton for my MSc., Digital Marketing course. I am trying to introduce a new...
View ArticleMovie Review: Iru mugan – Hero worship of a different kind
One question plagued my mind before and after I watched the movie. I was thinking why the director chose to name the movie as “Iru mugan”. Neither Love or Akilan Vinod (both played by Vikram) are two...
View ArticleMovie Review : Kutrame Thandanai – Slow Elixir
When you read reviews of any Tamil thriller movie, you will come across this adjective “fast-paced”. Thrillers are supposed to be fast-paced with multiple twists and turns but on the other side there...
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Movie Review : Andavan Kattalai – Muzhusa Varala
This review is dedicated to that family guy who was staring at me for laughing at some jokes. I still don’t know why he gave those stares. After Kutrame Thandanai, Manikandan has moved in to his...
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