Tag: Tamil Movies

Victim: Who is next? – One hit, another close to target, and two disappoint

Official Trailer: Other than Paava Kathaigal I am yet to see a Tamil anthology series where the different stories from different directors come together with some connection to the title theme. In Victim: Who is next, anthology series on Netflix, we have four episodes narrated by directors Pa.Ranjith, Chimbudevan, M.Rajesh, and Venkat Prabhu. Victim also ends up in the bucket of missed opportunities. Dhammam by Ranjith has a simple plot

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Vikram – An entertaining Thriller-Action and yes, hide the forks from the dining table

Official Trailer:   First, I got to admit that I didn’t notice, never felt, the movie is nearly 3 hours long. No slowing down or drag in the pacing of the narration. While there are many things that made the movie work, my pick would be the director and the writer Lokesh Kanagaraj. Specifically, the writing is the key ingredient which pulled in rest of the compounds seamlessly into the

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Fast Cuts – Beast, Etharkum Thunindhavan

Beast: Forget Roar, this beast doesn’t make a woof!! Official Trailer: Beast has more misses than hits. For the starters, for the beast to roar, the villains need to be equally strong with character. Just saying the bad guys are Muslim terrorists is not going to cut it. This trope has been beaten to death and is getting to a point of causing nausea. For the money they spent to

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Putham Puthu Kaalai: Vidiyatha – 1 dud, 1 miss, 3 OK types

Official Trailer: How do you make someone to watch the 5-story anthology? Start with one of the worst in the pack. Set the bar low. Then hope relativity kicks in. Even so-so later episodes look better due to the priming by the first one. That is how Putham Puthu Kaalai: Vidiyatha comes across. In first Putham Puthu Kaalai from 2020, stories were set during first wave. This one I think

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Fast Cuts – Kadaseela Biriyani, Kala

Kadaseela Biriyani: No one can live without fear but what you fear is a choice Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7zJwUFwoxg Kadaseela Biriyani takes an age-old revenge story and narrates it in a unique way, it comes across as fresh, weird, and interesting. Since it breaks the cliches, it does throw us off guard frequently. Three brothers go on a journey to avenge the death of their father. Younger one is forced to

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Maanaadu – well-made Time-Loop thriller brilliantly folds the socio-political message into the screenplay

[SPOILERS AHEAD …] Official Trailer: First things first. It is so refreshing to see a Muslim character as a protagonist in a Kollywood movie after a long time. That too as a normal person than someone out to terrorize the public. I guess in the last 3 decades Muslims were shown either as terrorists or stereotyped thanks to Roja and bunch of Vijayakanth and Arjun movies in that phase for

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Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum – Chained by prejudices, norms, and expectations

Official Trailer: Sivaranjinium and Innum Sila Pengalum (SISP), like The Great Indian Kitchen (TGIK) delves deep into patriarchy and how women get crushed by expectations and norms. Even though TGIK got released earlier, SISP was made earlier, so TGIK would have made a great 4th story in SISP. SISP narrates how women’s careers and life get controlled by patriarchy by giving us a peek into the lives of Saraswati, Devaki,

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Fast Cuts – Doctor, Wrong Turn, The Harder They Fall

Doctor Official Trailer: Doctor follows the similar template as Kolamavu Kokila, Director Nelson Dilipkumar’s previous movie, where a bunch of misfits come together to save the kidnapped child. Like Kolamavu Kokila, there is inventiveness in scenes and staging (metro fight scene is superbly done), absurdities (infusing sardonic humor in grave situations), and a good dose of weirdness. Hero trope gets subverted, there is no mass entry scene, hero shown as

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Fast Cuts – Lift, #Home, and Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum

Lift Official Trailer: If one can ignore the first 15-20mts and the unconvincing climax, the 1:45mts mid-portion is an engaging and well-made horror movie – skilfully staged and doesn’t resort to cheap jump thrills. Setup, camera work, BGM, and performances (convincing performance from Kavin) come together to give us the thrills. Considering the creativity and effort that has gone in the horror portion, it is surprising how the team missed

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Jai Bhim – A Story about real life heroes

Official Trailer: There are few powerful scenes I liked in Jai Bhim. The opening scene where cops from different police stations are waiting outside the jail. As the prisoners get released and come out, a police officer asks about their caste (real caste names are used). Those from dominant caste are let go. Those from subordinate caste or tribes are asked to stand in a corner and picked up again

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