Vamanan - Strikingly Different
There’s a chance you’ll enjoy Dream Valley Corporations’ ‘Vamanan’ a lot more, if you went in looking at it as some mindless comedy Or a film with decent action and a lot of glamour. The film is packaged to seem like an action entertainer. Sadly, most part of the film has turned out to be an entertainer of the unintended variety. Why does the film’s storyline give you a sense …
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Kadhal Kadhai - Nothing New And Very Badly …
Within fifteen minutes on entering a movie hall to watch Velu Prabhakaranin ‘Kadhal Kadhai’, you encounter nudity from a small boy and girl to Adam and Eve, and hear of the word ‘kaamam’ in every sentence uttered. At best, ‘Kadhal Kadhai’ is between a boring documentary and titillating pornographic piece. And as a result, it is not watchable as either of these. How much …
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Modhi vilayadu - Ponderous And Predictable
If Modhi Vilaiyadu is a precursor to ‘Asal’, you are sure Ajith has a blockbuster in hand. Director Saran, who definitely seemed disoriented in both Vattaram and Idhaya Thirudan, bounces back in awesome form with this neatly packaged movie, ‘Modhi Vilaiyadu’. A factor one observes in all of Saran’s popular films, 'Modhi Vilaiyadu' too, comes with a heavy script written by …
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Malayan - Trite And Tiresome
‘Malayan’ is another wholly Karan’s film, much many of his previous films, in which he is the sole remedy for everything bad and the sole cause for everything good. Given the natural actor that Karan is, it does seem like a noble idea to give him a film that amply boosts his image and brings out a seasoned performance from him. But why is it that you think everybody but him …
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Pugaipadam - Campus Love Story
‘Pugaipadam’ is yet another campus love story which tries to make it with the time tested formulas. The good thing is that it succeeded to a fair extent being close to reality and avoided many clichés usually seen in campus love stories. Guru (Sivam), Nandha (Nandha), Bala (Harish), Krishna (Amjadh), KK (Yamini) and Gowri (Mrinalini) are friends at an engineering college …
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Naai Kutty - Great Attempt
An orphan brought up in a slum takes to negative ways in his life. Eventually he becomes a victim of his own acts. This forms the crux of 'Naaikutty', produced by V A Durai and directed by debutant Sathaji. The events that unfold in the movie are predictable and cliched. Had the director opted for novelty in narration, 'Naaikutty' would have been a different fare. Durai, …
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Mite spoil your Fun
First of all, a big round of applause for the director for introducing a new genre in Tamil film industry. Holly wood had it since long with movies like Hot Shots Naked Gun or Scary Movie series and Tamil television has beaten it to death. But a full length spoof running for more than two hours on big screen is really difficult to make considering the sensitivity of the industry …
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Magesh, Saranya, Matrum Palar - A Love …
Emerging from Lingusamy's stable, debutant director Ravi has dished out a love story. Taking a cue from his mentor Lingusamy's maiden directorial venture 'Anandham', Ravi has etched out a good entertainer. But, a slow narration with repeatedly familiar characters and plot spoils the show. It's an out and out Sakthi's show all the way. The young actor, who started off well …
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Saamida - The Life Of Gangsters
Movies that revolve around the life of gangsters are ruling the roost in Kollywood and Bollywood. In the recent past, a host of films seemingly inspired by the underworld life was released and a few of them went on to rake in huge moolah. Debutant director Vadivudayan's 'Saamida' is the latest to join the list. The entire story unfolds in the temple town of Kasi. It narrates …
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Abhiyum Naanum - A True Love Between Father …
What when a director, who knows the art of narrating human emotions in a gripping manner, a skilled actor, who can do any role with ease and a talented actress, who combines performance and great looks, come together? A quality entertainer. Director Radha Mohan, actor Prakashraj and actress Trisha have teamed up to come out with Abhiyum Nanum, which is sure to move every …
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