Topic: Tamil Movie

From invoking the Madurai Veeran song to crafting a role that allows Vikram to unleash his full potential, evoking shades of his most celebrated performances, S.U. Arun Kumar’s Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 understands the fine line between being loud and being truly impactful.

Watching Joshua Sethuraman's Gentlewoman, it is difficult to not notice that it runs like a contemporary retelling of a K Balachander's film. And if we think about it, Balachander’s films themselves had an inherent Hitchcock-ian quality.

Ashwath Marimuthu's 'Dragon' is an unabashed crowd pleaser. The film blends the expectations of mainstream commercial cinema with a middle class morality tale on what true success is - to deliver a narrative that is thoroughly entertaining. And it was absolute fun watching it. 

In many ways, Vaazhai serves as an antithesis to Karnan. While it is undeniably a towering piece of work, much of its impact is owed to Santosh Narayanan's phenomenal score (more on that later).

Pa Ranjith's 'Thangalaan' is undeniably a very important and ambitious film. It is quite exciting how the filmmaker has attempted to blend folklore, history and politics. But the resulting film is only partially satisfactory because of multiple issues in its execution. 

However, I was disappointed by the movie even if it gave me a few highs in a packed theatre that whistled and clapped for the movie’s vigilante justice system. In that regard, Maharaja, this year’s blockbuster and Jailer, last year’s highest grosser, are similar for me in many ways.