‘Nerkonda Paarvai’, Starring Ajith Kumar, May Be The Most Important Movie Of The Year
Kollywood’s ‘Pink’ remake has the potential to change the heroine on screen as well as the hero off it.
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Baradwaj Rangan
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Remembering Girish Karnad The Director, The Actor
From ‘Kaadu’ and ‘Ondanondu Kaladalli’ to ‘Nishant’ and ‘Swami’, one of India’s greatest playwrights made a huge contribution to Indian cinema
Suttu Pidikka Utharavu Movie Review: Starring Mysskin, This Is A Solid Little Thriller With A Solid Twist
The film could use better staging, more finesse, but it keeps you interested, invested
Game Over Movie Review: The Enjoyable, Fabulously Twisty ‘Game Over’, Starring Taapsee Pannu, Is A Bona Fide Original
Is it a serial-killer thriller? A supernatural ‘revenge’ story? A female-empowerment saga? It’s all of the above.
Aashiq Abu’s ‘Virus’ Is A Superbly Crafted, And Very Human, Medical Thriller
There’s an enormous amount of dignity in the narration. No one wears makeup. The actors seem as committed as those doctors and nurses were
Recalling ‘Crazy’ Mohan’s Comedy, And His Kamal Haasan Collaborations
‘Crazy’ Mohan’s passing brings to mind the Tuesday-evening TV dramas on Doordarshan, when there’d be jokes like how the postman fell down: “thabaal-nu.”
Kolaigaran Movie Review: Vijay Antony And Arjun Face Off In A So-So Murder Mystery With So-So Twists
The first half is dull, but things perk up with a big, fat twist during the interval portion.
Bharat Movie Review: Salman Khan Revisits Indian History In An Underwhelming Wannabe-Saga
You can go crazy ping-ponging between the use of the film’s title as the name of a man, and as the name of a nation
‘Ishq’, Starring Shane Nigam And Ann Sheetal, Is NOT About Moral Policing…
Rather, it’s about how subtly and insidiously patriarchy manifests itself. (Warning. Major spoilers ahead.)
‘NGK’, ‘CCV’, ‘Kaatru Veliyidai’, And The WHY Question In Mainstream Cinema
Emotional (and logical) connect is an important factor in screenwriting for cinema consumed by large audiences. And yes, spoilers ahead.
Monster Movie Review: ‘Monster’, With SJ Surya, Is An Entertaining Live-Action Cartoon About A Man Who Battles A Rat
Language: Tamil Cast: SJ Suryah, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Karunakaran Director: Nelson Venkatesan After Oru Naal Koothu, Nelson Venkatesan makes a hell of a U-turn with Monster. I mean, it’s like…
NGK Movie Review: Suriya Is Fantastically Earnest, But ‘NGK’ Is Selvaraghavan’s Blandest Movie To Date
‘NGK’ is made with finesse. But that’s a really low bar for a Selvaraghavan film to clear