Official Trailer: We know about Cheras, Cholas, and Pandyas from our history classes and books. Most to all of the time the kings are either glorified or vilified. We never had a peek into their lives or subjects other than learning about dates of historical events. How did they live? Their culture? What kind of Tamil they spoke? Why did they go to war? How did they convince their people
Official Trailer: Viduthalai Part I is about the conflict between the government which wants to take away and provide the forest land for mining to a corporate and the villagers who are against it. This conflict pits the police force against the Makkal Padai (People’s army). Makkal Padai has the support of the local population. A simple story of development Vs rights/conservation, good Vs evil. Where Viduthalai differs and gets
Vaathi: Vaathi does engage the audience with few interesting arcs, smartly written and staged scenes. Schools which are supposed to provide education have become money making centers with the motto that one needs to pay to get good education. Vaathi smartly contrasts this with the movie hall (aptly named Lakshmi) which becomes a place for our protagonist to teach his students. Lakshmi and Saraswathi have swapped places. This arc is
Official Trailer: Dada is a good example of how a regular family drama that has been told many times can be elevated by fresh writing. It breaks the conventional approach and takes a different route than what we expect. Dada works most of the time except for the portions in the IT office where the director seems to have taken the easy way out till it redeems itself with the
Official Trailer: Ayali will ace the Bechtel test hands down. While we had movies that centered around women characters, like TGIK or Gargi, Ayali may be the first regional series where the story revolves around women characters, focusing on women’s issues and empowerment. The topic they have picked up is the biases and prejudices women face around Menstruation. A big applause to the writing team and the director for handling
Official Trailer: Sembi has multiple interesting threads. Anbu the bus, represents a microcosm of the society. Passengers of the bus are from different segments of the society. Along with their value system and perceptions (of others). Then we have the lawyer character thrown into the mix of passengers who plays the catalyst role. Like a catalyst can he brings in the change in the behavior of the passengers in Anbu.
A movie comes with a new template, well received and that sets a trend for similar movies. Most of the times it is not the movie we wish. A movie like Kadaisi Vivasayi or Aandavan Kattalai doesn’t set a trend even though those two are well made cinemas. But a successful Kanchana opens the door for similar ghost / supernatural movies that falls under comedy-horror genre, but horror-torture for the
Official Trailer: The good news is you don’t have to have read the book to enjoy the movie. I haven’t read the book (yes, one of those few from TN who haven’t read the magnum opus…a traitor 😀) but I am able to follow Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1 (PS1) even with its many characters. In the case of Godfather, I felt the movie was better than the book (book is
Official Trailer: To quote Sujatha from his novel Pirivom Santhipom, Love is nature’s way of ensuring pregnancy. Call it love or lust (people don’t fall in love at first sight they fall in lust), since it is driven by nature one may think it must be easy to get attracted to someone opposite to you. Opposite here doesn’t mean opposite gender but the person in front of you, could be
Official Trailer: Gargi and Jana Gana Mana has similar threads, searching for truth in a pile of different viewpoints, and mobs vying for blood. While I found both movies to be engaging with their narration and screenplay, Gargi has an edge over Jana Gana Mana, comes out ahead with its realistic portrayal, avoids melodrama, and a better cinema with an engaging and gripping screenplay. Our perspectives are driven by emotion