Congratulations to debutant RT Nesan for giving a film without getting inspired by formula movies in Tamil cinema. The director has made an honest and sincere attempt to give a film which has a good storyline and interesting screenplay.Though the star cast is not…

Paruthi Veeran - Rural is richIt is some time since Tamil cinema had an earthy movie that is realistically redolent of the pastoral predicaments and emotions. Ever since Bharathiraja left behind his hey days, such movies were replaced by either kitschy or campy kind…

Lee - Kick clickSporting?? ideas and Tamil cinema rarely go hand in hand. Forget a Lagaan kind of magnum opus or an Iqbal, even smaller level of sporting theme-based scripts have been rare. So when Lee is made with a football-team-centered story, one had…

Pachai Kili Muthucharam - Real and racy, glossy and grittyIt takes guts and gumption to stitch an icy thriller with the tapestry of commercial cinema. It takes an ability almost bordering on genius to pull it off. Take a bow Gautham & Co, you…

Firstly, kudos to Deeppavali crew on giving a neat, family entertainer that does not make you crouch in your seats owing to double entendres or vouch out loud, never to watch a film with family. It is a film for all classes and all ages…

Director Subramaniam Siva had rendered a racy entertainer in Thiruda Thirudi. Still to come out of the mode, the young director has dished out a commercial cocktail in Pori with Jeeva dominating all through.After playing a few tough characters in the recent past, it…

Guru - Jubilee of imagination and inspiration??Daring to dream?? is probably the larger motif of the movie Guru. In a sense, that has also been the underlying impulse of Mani Rathnam himself as he has dreamed into reel about the life and times of…

ThamirabaraniVishal has earned spurs as a kind of action hero with a rural tilt. Hari, on the other hand, has underscored his presence with movies suffused with Madurai ?? Tirunelveli - Tuticorin flavour.So when such established forces have fused together a partnership, the…

Pokiri - Action aplentyWith a winner in the form of story, Vijay in the company of Prabhu Deva has come out with an action-packed entertainer.With typical 'Vijayisms' (action, humor and punch dialogues) finding a place at right intervals, he steals the show and…

AalwarThese days, most heroes don??t want to disappoint their core audience. They know their fans expect the usual package. Ajith is a smart man, he knows what his legion of followers need from him. And he has provided just that, even though for most…