News of actor Rajesh’s sad demise took me down the memory lane. Reminiscing about his movies – Achamillai Achamillai, Kanni Paruvathile, Antha 7 natkal, Sathya, Veli, Mahanadhi – movies where I can recollect his character. One thing led to another, and I landed on Kanni Paruvathile. I don’t recollect the story much, but the songs are still fresh in my memory. It was a successful album when the movie came
Official Trailer: Tourist family reminded me of another movie Ayodhi. There are many similarities between the two. Sasikumar the easy one. Rameshwaram another. Basic movie making gets elevated by strong message of humanity without thrusting the message in your face. Be human, that is all there to make our life lively. Where they differ is Tourist Family lightens the mood with good dose of comedy. Full credit to Abishan Jeevinth’s
Official Trailer: The Beekeeper Official Trailer: The Equalizer 3 I am game for vigilante movies if they are well made and don’t get into right or wrong conflict. They give us an escapist avenue, a fantasy, where bad guys get their due punishment. We know in real world vigilante justice is incorrect, need to follow the law and only courts can decide on the guilt and quantum of punishment. Thanks
Official Trailer: You sit through perfunctory opening of hero intro fight, intro song, mixed with random video footages of boys from government schools misbehaving with teachers. These scenes move so quickly with no depth. I guess even the director wants to get through these mandatory superstar fan service fast. Our hero Athiyan, played by Rajinikanth, is an encounter specialist who believes in dispensing justice taking the law into his own
Official Trailer: Similar to Koozhangal, director Dinjith Ayyathan puts us in the middle of action. A couple is in registrar office to get their marriage registered. There is no introduction about the couples or the guy who stands outside the registrar office. Then the husband Ajay, played by Asif Ali, gets a call. It is election time and licensed holders have to surrender their guns. His father Appupillai, played by
Official Trailer: [SPOILERS AHEAD…] The story is a simple, a father takes revenge on the guys who assaulted his daughter. What sets this movie apart is how the movie is built. It comes across as a picture puzzle where you have to put together the pieces to view the full picture. In Maharaja we get precision engineered segments like Lego blocks. They are given to us in a non-linear fashion.
Official Trailer: Martin Scorsese is tired. In 2013, he released The Wolf of Wall Street, a rambunctious and lewd biopic on notorious criminal and finance bro darling Jordan Belfort. Scorsese’s films are often characterized by their frenetic pace, incessant classic rock soundtracks, electric montages, and dark humor. Wolf takes it to an extreme, maintaining an unyielding intensity and energy throughout its entire three-hour runtime. Beneath the debauchery and excess, the
When I heard the news about Uma Ramanan, the first song that popped out of my memory is Aananda Raagam from the movie Panneer Pushpangal. Then the other songs flooded out. Songs make us remember events from our life. Songs from late 70s and 80s always take me to my hostel days at Guindy engineering college and bus rides between Madurai – Virudhunagar and Madurai – Chinnamanur. Our mess eating
Official Trailer: Director Rahul Sadasivan in his debut movie Bhoothakalam made us sit up and take notice of him. Bhoothakalam is a well-made horror genre movie that kept us guessing whether the protagonists are hallucinating because of their state of mind or encountering supernatural powers. Rahul Sadavisan scores another ace with his second outing Brahmayugam. I would say he is one of the handful of directors from Kollywood and Mollywood
Official Trailer: Malayalam film industry has kick started 2024 on a high. In span of two months, we have Malaikottai Vaaliban, Brahmayugam, and now Manjummel Boys. We can be lenient and add Kaathal – The Core (released November 2023) to the list. All different genre movies. What is common between them is the high confidence on the content, writing, and bold film making. Manjummel Boys is based on a true