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Tamil Movie Reviews

Critic verdicts on the latest Tamil releases.

 Honest effort

Honest effort

Jun 24, 2006

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.…

 Loud and heavy

Loud and heavy

Oct 30, 2005

Srikanth has tried being an action hero A romantic one too. Now with Bambhara Kannaley, he tries to go for the mass hero tag. But this is a…

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Anbae Aaruyirae - Hormonal horse-play

Anbae Aaruyirae - Hormonal horse-play

Jun 17, 2005

The director turned actor has a sure sense of what the market needs. And despite the hoarse sounds of 'foul', Suryah brazenly goes about…

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Contemporary, comical

Contemporary, comical

Nov 24, 2004

Sathyaraj's films ooze lollu (chutzpah) all through. Mahanadigan is no different wherein he plays a matinee idol, who goes on to become the…

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Daring and different

Daring and different

Jul 9, 2004

The film New is clearly targeted for the front benches and the male population at large. Filled with double meaning dialogues the film will…

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Laughathon

Laughathon

Jun 13, 2004

Calcutta, they say, is a chance created city. London too may be one. But the London we are talking about is the film made by director…

 Sensitive and serious

Sensitive and serious

Jan 8, 2004

Kannadi Pookal is a honest remake of the Malayalam movie Ente Veedum Apponteum which fetched Jayaram's son Master Ashwin a national award…

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Maaveeran Movie Review

Maaveeran Movie Review

Nov 1, 1986

The story happens in the year 1609m, where we see Raja Parthipan (Ram Charan Teja) as the protector/chief of a Kingdom in Tamil Nadu. Mitra…

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Payanam Review

Payanam Review

Jan 10, 1984

The much awaited edge of the seat thriller Payanam is all set to hit the silver screens today, February 11th, 2011. Payanam is a different…

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A cat and mouse game

A cat and mouse game

Jul 4, 1977

Gangster films have become a pet theme now. Though several movies have come on underworld, director Sanjay Ram deserves a pat for making…

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Goa - Cool, Funny, love, Hot

Goa - Cool, Funny, love, Hot

Jan 1, 1970

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…

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Mite spoil your Fun

Mite spoil your Fun

Jan 1, 1970

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…

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Jaggubhai - Love and Strongest Dad

Jaggubhai - Love and Strongest Dad

Jan 1, 1970

Stories on father-daughter relationship are rarely made in Tamil cinema. Filmmaker K S Ravikumar, who is known for commercial entertainers,…

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Naai Kutty - Great Attempt

Naai Kutty - Great Attempt

Jan 1, 1970

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…

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Pugaipadam - Campus Love Story

Pugaipadam - Campus Love Story

Jan 1, 1970

‘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…

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Kanagavel Kakka - More sound and loud

Kanagavel Kakka - More sound and loud

Jan 1, 1970

After 'Vettaikkaran', Vijay Antony has emerged a sought-after music composer in Tamil Cinema. Even before that, the success of songs like…

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Malai Malai - Action All The Way

Malai Malai - Action All The Way

Jan 1, 1970

Actor Arun Vijay’s long-pending search for a success formula seems to have ended finally with Malai Malai. A commercial entertainer from…

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Malayan - Trite And Tiresome

Malayan - Trite And Tiresome

Jan 1, 1970

‘Malayan’ is another wholly Karan’s film, much many of his previous films, in which he is the sole remedy for everything bad and the sole…

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Modhi vilayadu - Ponderous And Predictable

Modhi vilayadu - Ponderous And Predictable

Jan 1, 1970

If Modhi Vilaiyadu is a precursor to ‘Asal’, you are sure Ajith has a blockbuster in hand. Director Saran, who definitely seemed…

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Kadhal Kadhai - Nothing New And Very Badly Made

Kadhal Kadhai - Nothing New And Very Badly Made

Jan 1, 1970

Within fifteen minutes on entering a movie hall to watch Velu Prabhakaranin ‘Kadhal Kadhai’, you encounter nudity from a small boy and girl…