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It’s that time of the year to look back and cherish the top 10 (Indian) film experiences of the year. This year has been exceptional in terms of cinema, especially Tamil cinema had quite great films throughout the year. Out of the 52 films that I watched this year, these are my top 10 favourite... Continue Reading →
Being a film blogger has quite a few responsibilities, among which recommending a perfect film to your friend is the most important one. One of the genres that’s quite popular among my friends is thriller which nudged me to collate this list of my top 25 thriller films. The list is collated in a way... Continue Reading →
Let’s rewind a few decades to the 1970s, the time when K Balachander, Barathirajaa and Balu Mahendra were making films with great women characters. As the time progressed into the 1980s, along with these directors joined Mani Ratnam and Mahendran who characterized some good women characters. The quality of women characters started a downward trend... Continue Reading →
All these years when I write about the wrap-up of that particular year, I try to point out some trends that has happened in that year. In 2020, the entire business aspect of cinema have been disrupted due to the covid-19 pandemic. The entire nation went into lockdown during March. Without theatres the audience turned... Continue Reading →
A look through Richard Dyer's Star theory Have you ever wondered how stars, be it an actor or musicians or sportsmen or the recent popular influencers, are made? Richard Dyer, an English academician, dissects the idea of ‘stars’ in his book ‘Star’ published by British Film Institute. While defining a star, Richard says that stars... Continue Reading →
Only a very few writers (Karunanidhi, Pannu Arunachalam, Sujatha, Crazy Mohan) are celebrated in Tamil Cinema. The status of being a writer & director overshadows the need for good writers and to celebrate writers. And also both writers and directors work is overshadowed by stars. Hence writers with distinctive voice is only recognized and celebrated... Continue Reading →
What’s your favourite genre of cinema? Its comedy for me. The reason for picking comedy as my favourite genre is that comedy films can be watched at any point of time. It doesn’t matter if you are sad or happy or confused or any emotional state, you can watch a comedy film. In a crisis... Continue Reading →
*Spoiler ahead With Vishwaroopam 2 scheduled to release around this weekend (Hopefully, considering all Kamal films face release issues), I decided to write on the things that I loved in Vishwaroopam. Vishwaroopam 2 is a prequel as well as a sequel to the 2013 release Vishwaroopam. Kamal Hassan as a writer and director has always... Continue Reading →
It’s the end of a year. This year was filled with a lot surprises. Each film that I went with a huge expectation led to disappointment. The big heroes continue to graze the barren land and new directors/ actors presented us wonderful films. Good content films released at frequent interval quenched our thirst for good... Continue Reading →
When one has his father as a successful film maker and he directs his first seven films, he is definitely has a edge over other actors. Though he has acted as a kid in some of his father’s movies, his first film as a hero is “Naalaya Theerpu” at 1992. None of his first few... Continue Reading →
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