Tamil Reviews

Another psycho pot-boiler

Sundar C has a penchant for comedy capers that are low on logic but high on entertainment. Chinna is unlike Sundar C's film, which is not just very serious but also lacks his trademark humour. However thanks to a fast narration and good performance by…

Breathtaking!

In filmdom hype never matches reality. Or conversely, some of the biggest hits have had the least hype riding on them.So when Anniyan had all those teasing promos and tantalizing publicity, there was a nagging worry can the film live up to it. Can…

Full of fizz

After lying in the cans for almost a year, director Jeeva's Ullam Ketkumae is finally out. And if you ask is the wait worth it, well, it becomes a moot question.A campus love story, Ullam Ketkumae certainly possesses all the ingredients to attract the…

Entertaining and enlivening

Director Vishnuvardhan, who rendered a romantic movie in Kurumbu, has switched over to action filled entertainer in Arindhum Ariyamalum.A swift screenplay with all the commercial ingredients in right proportions makes the movie engrossing.Jairam fame Navdeep and debutant Arya have come up with a…

Good effort

Kanaa Kanden is a movie with a strong story with romance at its base. From a smooth take off, it moves ahead to unexpected quarters with suspense and thrills, but ends rather tamely.Director K V Anand, however, deserves credit for trying out a new…

Honest effort

Making a remake is never an easy task. In that director Vincent Selvah, who has made Hindi Gayab as Githan in Tamil, had his task cut out. But considering the odds that he had to face, he has given a good account of himself and…

Fresh and fertile

Veteran R V Udayakumar seems to have delivered the goods right in his comeback movie Karka Kasadara.With all newcomers in the lead, he has made a movie that is full of youthful mass elements.The story is simple and uncomplicated.The hero Rahul (Vikranth)…

Of and for Rajni

You cannot but help sympathize with Rajnikanth. He is at a stage where his popularity is at such a high that arguably no other actor before has enjoyed. With such a huge constituency of backers, it is always a difficult task deciding on whom to…

Wagon of fun and frolic

The thing about Kamal Haasan's movies is that they never take the audiences for granted. There is never an attempt at short-changing. The viewers get what they are promised. If it is masala film, it will be a wholesome one. If it is a serious…

Kushi-second innings

But Sachien is a campus love story much in the shades of Vijay's earlier venture Kushi ---- the same hero, an egoistic heroine, an old comedian still studying in the campus and an oomph girl having some fun with the hero. Kushi ---second innings, actually.…