Annaatthe Review: A totally underwhelming film that doesn’t even do justice to call it as Rajinikanth’s one man show

Cast: Rajinikanth, Keerthy Suresh, Nayantharan, Abhimanyu SinghMusic: D ImmanDirection: Siva Siva is one of the top directors who can direct entertaining commercial films. The four films with Ajith and now the film with the Superstar Rajinikanth are the testimonials for his popular status. But Siva's writing hasn't worked for me consistently, film after film. His...

What makes Rajinikanth a Superstar?

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...

#Rewind: Baasha

Cast: Rajinikanth, Raghuvaran, NagmaMusic: DevaDirection: Suresh Krishna This Rajini starrer film was released in 1995 and a digital re-mastered version was released three years back. The film has been telecasted numerous times in television, still the theatrical release of the digital print saw a decent opening. It’s been 25 years since the film had released...

Darbar Review

"Rajinikanth and Nivetha Thomas shine in this passable entertainer" Cast: Rajinikanth, Nayanthara, Nivetha Thomas, Sunil ShettyMusic: AnirudhDirection: A R Murugadoss Arunachalam- Adithya Arunachalam. James Bond-ish sounding name has worked well after a long time. Last time we heard a similar sounding name was in (Manik) Baasha. Adithya Arunachalam, the police commissioner of Mumbai is on...

Rajinikanth- The Brand

"The journey of the Super Star in a brand's perspective" It’s December, last month of the year. If you were born and brought up in Tamil Nadu, this month would invariably remind you of Rajini’s birthday unless you have yours. Rajinikanth was born on 12th December, 1950 in Karnataka. Today is his 69th birthday and...