Tamil Movie Reviews
Critic verdicts on the latest Tamil releases.
Dreamy desires
Balu Mahendra is an old school director. He believes in telling a tale rather than making a movie just because he has the heros call-sheet.…
W(h)ets the appetite
Mazhai is an honest remake of blockbuster Telugu hit Varsham. The film will work in all centres. Besides Jeyam Ravi and Shreya, the Mazhai…
Taut and tough
Director Murugadoss has made bold with an absolutely new idea and to his eternal credit makes it work with finesse and flashiness. The…
Targeting women,again
Thangar Bachchan has been under focus for allegedly demeaning actresses. In other words, he had targeted women. In Chidambarathil Oru…
Action & satisfaction
Whatever you may say about Silambarasan and whether you may like his insouciance, you have to agree that when it comes to performance on…
Campus complex
The new pin-up boy of Kollywood Arya, high after the success in Arindhum Ariyamalum and Ullam Ketkumae, had set the expectations high for…
Soft and sensible
Fazil is a past master in soft, close-to-the-heart romantic entertainers. His films known for their clean frames and clearer screenplay. It…
Clean and convincing
Director Radhamohan proved his worth in his maiden venture Azhagiya Theeyae itself giving a quality entertainer. In his next Ponniyin…
Typical and topical
Jeyam Ravi is back with a pulsating action flick, which is all about romance between an upper caste girl and lower caste boy with the…
Love's labor not lost
Love as a theme never bores filmmaker or us viewers. Love has many dimensions to it. Director K S Adhiyaman grapples with the idea of life…
A date with love
February 14, make no mistakes about it, is a candyfloss love subject. With a name as it has got, what can it otherwise be. This youthful…
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…
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…
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…
Entertaining and enlivening
Director Vishnuvardhan, who rendered a romantic movie in Kurumbu, has switched over to action filled entertainer in Arindhum Ariyamalum. 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…