Film: “Maathi Yosi”; Cast: Harish, Alex, Gopal, Visak, Shammu; Director: Nandha Periyasamy; Producer: P.S. Sekar Reddy; Music Director: Guru Kalyan;“Maathi Yosi” means “think differently”. Hence, one expects something new in the film. Director Nandha Periyasamy’s second directorial venture after “Oru Kalluriyin Kathai” (2005) does…

Films celebrating empowerment of women are rare in Tamil cinema. ‘Aval Peyar Thamizharasi’ is one such flick that is more heroine-centric with a strong storyline. Debutant filmmaker Meera Kadhiravan deserves a pat for trying something away from regular commercial films.A love story in rural…

Gautam Vasudev Menon’s “Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya” is a clean romantic story without any deviation or sub-plots. While he succeeds in telling the love story in a pleasing manner, he fails to present the lead pair’s separation convincingly.The film is about Karthik (Simbu), an engineering…

First of all, a big round of applause for the director for introducing a new genre in Tamil film industry. Holly wood had it since long with movies like Hot Shots Naked Gun or Scary Movie series and Tamil television has beaten it to death.…

Stories on father-daughter relationship are rarely made in Tamil cinema. Filmmaker K S Ravikumar, who is known for commercial entertainers, has tried his hands at a touchy tale, however quite typical to his style. There is action, romance and sentiment in the movie which has…

Spell Goa, you are immediately reminded of fun, frolic, women and wine. Venkat Prabhu's 'Goa' is no different as the movie dwells on all these things. With more of a Bollywood feel, the movie is 'funathon', that is light and breezy all through without any…

‘Odipolaama’ is one more addition to the long list of romantic movies in Tamil screen where the plot, treatment and execution all reminding one or few earlier films.Since it is a commercial movie, director Kanmani seems not to have bothered for logic. He has…

An orphan brought up in a slum takes to negative ways in his life. Eventually he becomes a victim of his own acts. This forms the crux of 'Naaikutty', produced by V A Durai and directed by debutant Sathaji.The events that unfold in the…

‘Pugaipadam’ is yet another campus love story which tries to make it with the time tested formulas. The good thing is that it succeeded to a fair extent being close to reality and avoided many clichés usually seen in campus love stories.Guru (Sivam), Nandha…

After 'Vettaikkaran', Vijay Antony has emerged a sought-after music composer in Tamil Cinema. Even before that, the success of songs like 'Naaka Mukka...' and 'Aathi Chudi...' has made people expect such racy and peppy tracks from him. And he has delivered them in 'Kanagavel Kakka',…