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Bold and the beautiful: Sa-Ro-Ja

Posted in Cinema on September 8, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Chennai 600028 was not a fluke hit. Venkat Prabhu has a proved this point with his thriller Sa-ro-ja and has clearly shown how to make films with a fraction of the amount budgeted for a Superstar or a Universal Hero film.

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Dasavathaaram – a terror ten

Posted in Blog, Cinema on June 14, 2008 | 12 Comments »

Thanks to a delayed meeting, I missed the premiere of Dasavathaaram on Thursday night. Which also means I saved 300 bucks + good 5 hours of sleep. When Dasavathaaram was announced saying Kamal Haasan was the man in front of the camera, Tamil film audience were celebrating. They knew the movie was in safe hands. [...]

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This kuruvi doesn’t fly

Posted in Cinema on May 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »

In case you have booked tickets for Kuruvi, try selling it off for atleast half the price. You’ll also save three hours of your time, twenty bucks on parking and a good hundred bucks on popcorn and coke.

Vijay’s big budget summer cooler Kuruvi is an outright disappointment for Dharani fans. Vijay fans did enjoy the [...]

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Cinema, cinema and more cinema

Posted in Blog, Cinema on April 20, 2008 | 7 Comments »

In India …
… there is Commercial Cinema. Two and a half hours of story telling sans logic but with a prolonging string of gripping incidents.
And there is Intelligent Cinema. Two and a half hours of story telling. The viewer will be amazed by the enormous amount of thinking and reasoning their brain does while watching [...]

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Vijay, all set to fly with Kuruvi

Posted in Blog, Cinema on April 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »

The shootings are going in full pace for this movie which was to be released this month. But better best late than never.

Kuruvi’s audio is already making waves. Being a non-Vijay fan, I am hooked to it. Especially the opening number, the happy new year, palaanadhu and the theme music. I just cant wait to [...]

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Love=(A+B)*C

Posted in Cinema, I yo ... I yo ... on April 10, 2008 | 20 Comments »

There are three characters, A, B and C.
A is the hero
B is the heroine
C is the best friend
A loves B. B says she is already committed. A’s dad comes and campaigns for A in B’s office. B slaps A’s dad. Dad dies.
C is A’s best friend. C is unable to see A in a dual [...]

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Velli thirai on silver screen

Posted in Cinema on March 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Velli thirai is a perfect example of a very good script which has been badly translated into a film. Right from the voice over in the opening, which marks the history of cinema, there has been a sheer lack of an essential essence – life.

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Sure shot

Posted in Cinema on January 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »

While every lead actor in Tamil cinema is vying for the Rajnikanth slot, slowly, steadily and silently one man is growing as the contender for the versatile Kamal Haasan.

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Don vs Billa: One kicks ass while the other simply licks

Posted in Cinema on January 3, 2008 | 30 Comments »

Okay coming out of the Rajni’s Billa – Ajith’s Billa comparison, there is another movie, which is the sole reason behind the birth of these Billas. That’s Don.
If a movie turns to be a blockbuster, it’s very common for the movie to be remade into other languages or simply dubbed. This took the movie [...]

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