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Cast: Tovino Thomas, Guru Somasundaram, Aju Varghese, Femina GeorgeMusic: Sushin ShyamDirection: Basil Joseph Minnal Murali was my most anticipated film this year despite being someone who is least interested in super-hero films. I guess it’s because I have always enjoyed the origin stories of super-hero than they saying the world stories. This film is the... Continue Reading →
Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, R. Parthiban, Manjima Mohan, Karunakaran, Raashi KhannaMusic: Govind VasanthaDirection: Delhi Prasad Deenadayalan Tughlaq Darbar is a political satire film about Singaravelan a.k.a Singam (Vijay Sethupathi), who ingeniously raises up I his political career. The one-liner would’ve reminded most of us the 1994 political satire classic ‘Amaidhi Padai’. The resemblance to Amaidhi Padai... Continue Reading →
A year back when COVID hit India, when the entire country went into lockdown, Mani Ratnam and Jayendra Panchapakesan kick started a project to help the people affected by the lockdown in the Tamil film industry. That project is Navarasa, an anthology with 9 short films based on the nine rasas (emotions). The announcement got... Continue Reading →
Cast: Dhanush, James Cosmo, Joju George, Aishwarya LekshmiMusic: Santhosh NarayananDirection: Karthik Subbaraj Jagame Thandhiram is easily the most expected film in the past two years because a brilliant actor, Dhanush, joins with a talented film-maker, Karthik Subbaraj and also the film had a character which Karthik wanted Al Pachino or Robert De Niro to play.... Continue Reading →
Cast: Vikas Vasistha, Sandeep Varanasi, Rag Mayur, Uma YGMusic: Satyavolu Sirish, Varun ReddyDirection: Praveen Kandregula In last couple of years, small budget films like Pelli Choopulu, Agent Sai Srinivasa, C/O Kancharapalem and a few more became big hits among the Telugu audience. There is a news reel about it which is watched by Veera (Vikas... Continue Reading →
Cast: Sanya Malhotra, Ashutosh Rana, Sheeba Chaddha, Shruti SharmaMusic: Arijit SinghDirection: Umesh Bist A family is mourning for the loss of their son, Astik. His brother, Alok, is shaving his head while his mother, Usha (Sheeba Chaddha), is mourning at the corner of the house and his father, Shivendra (Ashutosh Rana), is pleading not to... Continue Reading →
After successfully producing Lust stories & Ghost stories, Netflix finally produces its first Tamil original, an anthology much similar to the aforementioned films. The theme for this anthology is honour killings. Hence it’s titled ‘Paava Kadhaigal’ (Sin stories). The beautiful title song is visualized with a journey of a girl through her life. All the... Continue Reading →
Cast: Arjun Das, Vinoth Kishan, Pooja Ramachandran, Kumar NatarajanMusic: Pradeep KumarDirection: V Vignarajan Let’s talk about the opening sequences of this film. It’s all black and white. First we see a guy entering a room, opening a gift which contains a book. Using the book, he tries to talk with spirits. We see him getting... Continue Reading →
Cast: Keerthy Suresh, Jagapathi Babu, Rajendra Prasad, NadhiyaMusic: S ThamanDirection: Narendra Nath Are you a coffee person or a tea/chai person? I am definitely a coffee person. But I do have friends who love tea/chai. I know how much everyone loves chai. There are so many creative memes about how chai gets us through our... Continue Reading →
Cast: Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi, Nandu MadhavMusic: Shezan ShaikhDirection: Arati Kadav The year is 2027; we have a space organization called ‘Inter-Planetary Space Organization (IPSO)’ which takes care of ‘After Life’ of human beings. The IPSO has universities for training and anyone can apply at ‘careers@ipso.gov’. The organization has satellites which move like Jelly fish... Continue Reading →
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