Tamil reviews child category
'Adhe Kangal' has the perfect canvas and subject to create an intriguing and taut thriller, but falls short of its destiny courtesy a protagonist sans presence and an admirable story sans impact. Even strong characterisations and the brilliance of the technical team cannot revive this blurry attempt!
Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru is a feather to the cap of Tamizh cinema which makes you believe in the old adage that content is always king. A fabulously packaged thriller from a young team with a captivating Rahman taking us through 100 odd thrilling minutes.
In Test Cricket, to score as much in Second Innings as the First is a difficult feat and doesn’t happen often. Equally difficult is to make the second installment of a popular film as well as the first. Venkat Prabhu & his team have made that possible with Chennai 28 Two with the fun on sets radiating on screen.
'Saithan' is another plot-driven thriller from Vijay Antony’s productions which is mostly engaging. If the script had been more focused without delving into multiple unnecessary tracks, it could have been much more!
For Deekay, Kavalai Vendaam is one big step in the reverse direction after his impressive debut. He fails to create characters that behave with sanity, comedy that evokes laughter & emotional scenes that hold an impact – 3 essential pieces if you are making a rom-com on relationships that you want your viewers to relate to
In spite of many uninspired and boring periods strewn across Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru, RJ Balaji and Prakashraj are able to infuse some joy into the proceedings. One only hopes to see more of the Rajesh who wrote the talk-show sequence instead of the one who tries to blend with the trend by doing horror-comedy.
Gautham Menon films more often than not, stick to either the trendy college heart-throb kind of rom-com or the extremely brutal racy thriller kind. However in Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada which is a mix of both, when his protagonist is someone who rises up to confront his fears, the movie doesn’t seem to come as a fine blend. To put it simply, the coffee made seems to have a stronger dose of decoction than milk
Kodi is surely not one of the usual movies for it has a script that pits the lead lady on equal terms as the protagonist while featuring good music and sporting a well-knit screenplay that works for most of the time – just enough to keep it flying past the pitfalls!
Though Kaashmora garnered immense hype due to its historical or mythological references, it fails miserably to sustain the hype and falls well short of glory. Despite boasting of a glitterati cast, an immensely talented music director and some strong visual effects, it shines only in bits and pieces and falters overall as it fails to gather the impetus to keep the movie-watchers glued to their seats.
A potential issue of contention that plagues the dependent family members commonly seen in India, is dealt with in a fine manner by the director who also dons the lead role, but the over dramatized and exaggerated situations featured are mostly unreal leading to a pretty rash and hasty ending that was not so convincing as it ought to be!
