Yaavarum Nalam

Stars Madhavan and others. Mostly the script revlolves around him. The movie portrays maddy as a upper middle class man who along with his brother gets a brand new apartment. What happens after he moves into the apartment? It brings a lot of happy moments to his family at the same time strange things happen in the house. Bad omen sets in from the very first day. The ladies in the family gets hooked to a tv serial which starts its first episode from the day they enter the house. One cannot fathom why Maddy alone is able to relate the tv serial to the happenings in his house but other ladies who watch it almost not missing a episode are dummies? And why does the killer hallucinates with the occupants of the house? I felt the movie could have been sensibly handled but well since its a horror flick one may have to go beyond that sense.



The director needs to be applauded for a very different approach and for maintaining the edge-of-the-seat thriller till the end. The story takes a steep turn when maddy begins to investigate who is behind the making of the serial and finds the horrifying truth. A gripping tale !The movie is a must watch.
1.Break the thumb-rule
2. Do not plan for a movie seeing the history of movies directed by the director else you will miss this movie.

Mozhi

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I dont think i can find any words in any language to describe about this movie. It certainly cant be described using any superlative degree or positive adjectives in any language. Its a step beyond all those words. Kollywood should be proud of such a movie. Jothika sadly departs film industry after giving a stunning performance in this movie. Prakash Raj plays a down-to-earth character and plays it with much ease. He literally makes you fall off the chair. Such a rollicking comedy with no sexual innuendos or double en tenders. The movie is about a positive way of looking at things and leading a life with no repents or regrets. The movie has been fine-drawn with a refinement of reasoning. Prithvi Raj has also done a neat job. Jothika's confidence exudes throughout the movie and that disability isn't going to deter from leading a happy life has been elicited well.

The music is very inspiring and lets you feel it. "Kaatrin Mozhi" song has been composed well and the lyrics too has been written well. Even silence is a language and one scene in the movie lets you feel that silence as well. Each scene has been so well-crafted carefully. Jothika's fear, her preconceived notions and how she overcomes that couldn't have been justified better than this. There are a lot of subtle moments in the movie that lets you ponder things for a while. On the whole the movie is totally mind blowing. I strongly recommend everyone to watch this movie. More than watching one should feel it and the movie actually overwhelms one with a sense of tangibility.

Pachaikili Muthucharam

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Sharath is a happy family man with a loving and beautiful wife and a lovely kid. So what can go wrong to this happy family? The movie is about the husband's infidelity, how he slips away a little and because of that how he jeopardises his life as well as his family's. Its about how he brings back the peace in his family. The first half takes off at a sluggish pace and suddenly you'll begin to wonder whether the movie is on the same lines of KANK. The second half proves that its totally wrong. Its quite likely that people can get into such kind of mishaps in this big bad world. Anything can happen to us anytime no matter how safe and secure we are thats the implicit message the movie gives. This isn't any gautham's movie but anyway he has mentioned that its an inspiration from the novel "The Derailed". Jothika comes in an all-together different role though the role she dons in second half doesn't suit her much. Andrea plays sharath kumar's wife and looks too young for him. As a newcomer she has performed what one might expect and looks gorgeous. Milind soman fits the role of a local thug perfectly and his problem with lip sync is so blatant. The climax could have been made better. Its sort of very sloppy and the fate of the heroin is similar to that of usual gautam's movie. I felt this movie bearable cos i know how frustrated i was after watching KANK.

The songs are truly inspiring. Ive become fond of the complete album and i cannot single out any song and say this is best. Harris Jeyaraj has indeed come a long way and proved his best yet again. The movie starts off with "un siripinil" a very mesmerizing melody. Its a romantic number and the picturization reminds one of gautam's earlier songs "Onra rendra" and "Paartha mudal naale". The "Kaadhal konjam" song is sung by Naresh Iyer and he has sung it with the "Roobaro" style. Gautam's favourite Bombay Jayshree has rendered her voice for "unakul naane" song and the choreography has been good but has traces of gautam's earlier works. I just cant stop listening to the violin interlude. Its so amazing and beautifully played. Here is that piece :

UnakkulNaan.mp3

There are a lot of cracks in the movie for instance the script isn't taut. "un siripinil" song is repeated twice and the camera could have been handled better. The first few scenes the camera was oscillating aimlessly. Also Sharath kumar has lost in touch with acting completely. He doesn't even emote well in songs and his face is just bland devoid of emotions. The movie on the whole was not all that bad and can be watched once. Its better than some of the craps i watched last year.

Guru

I never liked Abhishek Bachchan nor cared about his performances but now i have to admit that i really liked him in this movie. Wonder the credit goes to the director or himself or both. Forget about the fact whether you like Mani ratnam nor the cast and watch this movie you'll still like it. Needless to mention the movie has been directed well. This is a very realistic subject and the way the director has interspersed the romantic scenes and carries on the chemistry between the Ash and Abhi is brilliant. Is it the first time a movie is made on one of the powerful enterpreneurs in India??I think so. But surprisingly the negative shades of that character has been shown. I was seriously contemplating whether Abhishek was playing a Hero or a villain and the director has left that judgement to us. The way the climax has been crafted, tension was building in me in a crescendo like fashion and it did reach its zenith (as if i was faced with all those accusations). Wow what can i say mind-blowing!! I loved the climax more than anything in this movie.

Im a fan of Ashwarya Rai and she looked very beautiful in this movie (as usual). Vidya Balan too looks cute. Her character has been included to show the compassionate nature of Guru??One thing for sure Abhishek carries on an air of confidence which is vital to his character even in situations of his downfall. And Madhavan looks so young in this movie and carried on his role with utmost sincerity and dedication. The cinematography was outstanding and the BGM was superb. The music is by ARR and it speaks for itself. There was more light in the movie something that is not maniratnam style but the dialogues were typically stamped with his tag. Atlast he has succeeded in making a hit movie in bollywood. But unfortunately if you do not know hindi its quite difficult to follow up with this movie. If its screened with sub-titles anywhere nearby please dont fail to watch this flick. The climax has brought in more of speculation no matter what the justification is right to my conscience. It can be misinterpreted in many ways. He doesn't want to convey the point that only by bending rules and involving in treacherous deeds can one achieve success but he wanted to reiterate the fact that equal oppurtunity should be given to all and government should encourage & welcome enterpreneurs with arms stretched irrespective caste or creed. Im ready to watch this movie any number of times. i hope this isn't Mani Ratnam's magnum opus, im praying that there is still more to come.

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A careless mistake

I just registered myself in a website few days back, where consumers are allowed to write reviews about any product or places on earth. As i have written a lot of reviews about movies i thought of giving it a shot by joining that website. I got very excited as soon as i registered myself and wanted to write a review immediately. The website lets anyone to read others review,comment and even rate it. So that added all my excitement. But the thing was i dint know how and where to write a review. Since i had recently written a review on the movie veyil i thought of posting it on that website. I searched for links but couldn't find anything for the movie or where to write a review. I clicked some movie(vallavan) on random. and in the right pane suddenly i came across this link "write your own review". I blindfoldedly "copy-pasted" veyil review and submitted it. The nice thing about that website is the moment you write a review it'll be displayed in the homepage until any other user writes another review. So my review was published on the homepage and guess what it was posted under the movie vallavan. A wrong review for a different movie. I panicked cos it was published right on the homepage. I dint know how to go about deleting it.

After my futile attempts to delete the review i found a link where i can edit whatever i had written so i thought of removing whatever i had written about veyil. But i had to fill in the pace with something about vallavan. The best part is i have not even watched a single scene from the movie vallavan and what do i write???and this is what i wrote in haste before anyone tries to find out my blunder.

Its time simbu stops being a copy cat and forget his past and come up with more promising subjects rather than trying to dredge up his own fateful past. He is a real promising writer. His earlier movie was worth a watch but its time he sheds off his attitude and start thinking something worthy and some different contemporary subject and start building a different image for himself if that is what he wishes to achieve. The music is good and wonder why simbu tries to recreate the magic of 'kadhal vandhuduchu' song. Remixing the song was fine and Simbu attempting to copy the looks of kamal was ridiculous. Recreating any kamal’s work is quite daring and its impossible too.

Yuvan has proved his mettle and the Simbu-Yuvan team has worked well in this movie as well. This movie has traces of his previous venture Manmadhan as well. The movie could have been shaped well if they had stayed staunch with the plot which they concieved. The plot seemed to have gone astray and they got totally digressed and ended up in utter chaos.

It took less than a minute for me to write this and i had no clue what i was typing. Whatever words came up in my mind I just kept typing as i had to type a minimum of 500 words. All i tried to do was to disparage the actor since i had no clue about the movie. But i think i was write to a point, whatever i wrote about him.

Veyyil

I have never come across such a raw movie. Rawness in terms of gore and violence. The movie is hard hitting just like the sun in summer. The movie is about the trials and tribulations of the protagonist. A very melodramatic movie with a gamut of emotions interweaved in a classy way. Very rarely are movies made on people whose life ends up in complete failure no matter whatever the path they choose to tread. This is one such movie. The hero runs away from his family at an young age, later finds an employment in a theatre. Falls in love but unfortunately are separated and the girl commits suicide in front of his eyes. The place where he works is shut down and he is back to square one. Tragedy seems to follow him whereever he goes so he goes back to his villiage after 20 years and lives as an unwelcomed guest at his house. Excepting his brother who cares for him. On the contrary his brother manages to head a decent living. Both sides of a coin have been well elicited in the movie. The end isn't all-is-well-tht-ends-well type. Tragedy strikes again!!!

The movie is shot entirely in rural and brings out a typical rural life which im sure the people living in urban wouldn't have witnessed at all. Even the tamil accent is entirely different in the movie and everyone has put an extra load of effort which thoroughly reflects on screen. A touch of reality runs through the movie. The songs in fact,i heard them first while watching the movie and are very impressive. I liked urugudhey and kadhal nerupu the first time i listened to them. The music has been scored by a newcomer who is apparently a nephew of ARR. Sure music runs in their blood and he has proved it. The movie doesn't have an impressive star cast but is definitely worth a watch but not recommended for those who are already going through a dull phase in life.

Casino Royale

The name is Bond James Bond and the movie ends. And i really liked the way it ends. If this line had been introduced during the first few scenes it would have been all the more fun. Most of you must have read about the movie now (and even i watched it a month ago) and im sure you are aware of the fact that its an unusual bond movie in the sense that there are no gadgets and bond doesn't flaunt too much with the futuristic electronic components. Perhaps this movie must have released a decade ago in an era where the gadgets weren't important enough. In the first half chase where craig chases the african was indeed intriguing initially until the jacky-chan-ish jumping styles were brought in which dwarfed all my hopes for the movie. In the second half, the focus is on the game they play in the casino which im sure if one isn't aware of the rules will not understand anything!!when Eva green gets introduced i was able to easily sense that she'll turn into a traitor. So that twist is in the end wasn't unexpected. But Daniel Craig has done a commendable role in playing a bond and he surely fits the role to the T. Only the first half i felt was a major let down. The movie is worth a watch once.

DHOOM 2

DHOOM MACHALE!!!!Hrithik is a con artist who does his job all alone with utmost perfection. He doesn't trust anybody until he meets Ash. Ash who becomes his partner in crime first is actually a traiter but later falls for him and the story rolls. The movie is full of energy. Hrithik has done an outstanding job. Bips comes as a glamorous cop in the first half and a sizzling hottie in the second half. The movie is full of skimpily clad women and wonder why the chopras claim that they've been aesthetically shot and doesn't appear vulgar? The climax has the bike chase scene and Abhishek's bike doesn't even look appealing. And yeah everytime Hrithik does some robbery he leaves his ID "A" chiselled in a metal just like kamal does in guru a yesteryear flick of his where he leaves an eagle(if im right!!??!!)

When i was in my 10th std, the movie Kaho na pyar hai released and they proclaimed him that 'A star is born' and now i think he is re-born. After KNPH he had a string of flops and yes koi mil gaya and krrish were hits but his performance weren't as stunning as this. After KNPH really couldn't adore him in other movies. But if this movie had released then, perhaps i would've worshipped him as demi-god. The way he pulls of heists so brilliantly, the gravity defying stunts and the way he dons each costume and make-up is simply mind-numbing. And dance, he is sure the best. He is so flexible and his steps are flawless. Ash too tries to steal the show but others do not have nothing to do in the movie. I dint like Dhoom 1 that much but this movie appealed me so much. It surpasses even Don. Dhoom 2 is more fast-paced!!!


Uday comes as a add-on and tries (tires) with his one-liners. Abhishek i felt has nothing to do, infact anybody could've done his role. It doesn't leave a standing impression on you. And the female who comes as abhishek's wife seem to only eat in all her scenes. Ash looks stunning and dances well. Dont miss the song that comes after the credit starts rolling. Ash-Hrithik rocked!!The only thing thats missing in the movie is perhaps why hrithik pull off all the heists or to be precise a plot. And the other fallacy is logic. Anyway movie sans logic are nothing but bollywood flicks. This is a wholesome entertainer and anybody who has seen this movie can vouch for a tremondous thrilling and enjoyable experience. Coming from the bandwagon of yashraj films one can sure expect beautiful locales and luckily no romantic song sequences in swiss alps. If you have read sidney sheldon's "If tomorrow comes" then you'll definitely agree the movie is based on that book not entirely but atleast 70% Plagiarism? And one more thing even non-hindi speakers can understand this movie quite well even without sub-title.(pics: courtesy google)

DON

DON KO PAKADNA MUSHKIL HI NAHI NAMUMKIN HAIN!!! If you are wondering how different is the new Don from the original version, then that line is the answer. This movie directed by Farhan Akhtar has made a conscious and audacius effort in not replicating the original. He has come up with some new twists in the end well if not for this the movie isn't worth watching. Shahrukh looks old but anyway that doesn't matter to the character he plays here. Priyanka seem to come as a mere eye-candy has nothing much to perform. Farhan has roped in galaxy of stars in the movie and at times its a bit difficult to remember all the characters. A very technically advanced movie which is shot mostly in different parts of Malaysia. The movie was totally an enjoyable ride!!

Vettaiyadu Vilayadu - Experience

I had been dying to watch this movie for a really long time and had been secretly praying for the release of this movie. Well i dont wish to break the ice about the movie for there'll be a few who wouldn't have watched it. It was raining so heavily on our way to the theatre, i wonder how i reached the theatre cos there was nil visiblity. I take pride of myself for driving well. Talking about the movie it was a thrilling experience. Its a cop-nab-killer story which is well woven and offers a chilling experience. The role of the villian always leaves a mark in his movies and this movie is no exception. Kamal, needless to say, was outstanding as a cop and played his part well. Gautham seemed to have tried to establish some connections with his previous hit kaaka kaaka. Certain scenes and names were similar to kaaka kaaka, probably he should have avoided that. The songs are mesmerizing especially "Paartha mudal naale" , "Manjal Veyil" and "karka karka" puts you in a humming mode.
The only disappointing factor in the movie is kamal's looks. He looks old and flabby. Well he doesn't portray a role of a young cop but still he looked reasonably old comapred to his previous and upcoming flicks. If you are entering the theatre with high expectations im sure you wont be left disappointed.

Im surprised to see that few scenes were actually shot in my college. Damn!!I should've been regular to college, I missed the shooting. Another important scene was shot near my house and i missed that as well. Im glad that i could make it up the second day of its release. Had gr8 fun watching the movie cos 17 of us went to see it. On the whole it was a relishing experience for me.

A movie that took me by suprise

Happened to watch this movie "Thalainagaram" by chance. Im very choosy when it comes to watching movies cos i have wasted a lot of my time by watching dull boring movies. Coming back to this movie i avoided watching any scenes,songs from this movie initially because i wasn't that attracted by the cast or the crew. But now i regret that cos this movie is really worth a watch. Its yet another gangster movie in the line of pattiyal and other gangster movies but the screenplay was so neat that i couldn't find out much flaw. The movie is very realistic(im not sure whether its a lift from any hollywood flicks).

It showcases people living in a seedy side of life yet the dialogues are less blasephemous which is something laudable. Director Sundar.C is the hero of the movie and has given a good performance. For the first time i liked Vadivelu's comedy with clean dialogues and less kicking. Surely his comedy is another thing that cannot be missed in this movie. There's one song that helds you by trance "Yedho ninaikiren adhai yeno maraikiren....kadhal azagiya thollai" very well shot. Even the background music through out the movie fitted well with each frame. The movie is a good blend of acion and emotions with not much of romance and less gore. On the whole i enjoyed watching it!!!

Atlast i saw a decent flick!!

I felt all my tuesdays are jinxed cos i always go watch some crap movies on tuesdays and let out my outbursts as posts. But this tuesday i was lucky to watch a decent movie. Maddy starrer "Thambi". It is a movie with a difference. Whatever you expect to take place in the next scene dint happen. Madhavan plays a tough guy fighting against all social evils happening in the society. But he does not take the usual step taken by our heros to correct the villians. Instead he teaches a good lesson to the villian in a different way. The dialogues are so sharp and leaves such an impact on you. I dont want to really write down about each and every scene because this is a must watch movie and am sure most of you wouldn't have watched it by now. So i wish to promote the movie rather than writing about the story. If you are a maddy fan(esp gals) for his million dollar smile then im sorry this movie isn't worth a watch. Madhavan has a good reputation for sharing an on screen chemistry with most of his heroins but he doesn't even flirt with his female counterpart in the movie. Madhavan once again seem to scale up in the ladder after the succes of RDB and now this. At last im happy for spending my day worthwhile!!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire - Review

Here goes my take on the movie Harry potter and the goblet of fire. The book if you have read was riveting and the movie does not disappoint you either. Though certain portions from the book has been cut the story moves in an interesting fashion with little cinematic elements added. Harry enter his fourth year at hogwarts and the movie comes with adolescence flavour. All the kids have performed well. The other characters in the movie just flashes around and there's absolutely no mention of the house-elves. Little changes has been made in the movie like harry falling off his broomstick while on his first task. The riddle harry solves before reaching the triwizard cup has been completely removed. The opening scene and climax is scarier than you imagined while reading the book. Ralph Fiennes plays Lord Voldermort and his handsome face is distorted to suit the role. Cedric looks really charming and a really pathetic end to him.

Rita skeeter's scoop is supposed bring a stir at hogwarts but the impact is not much felt. One thing that annoyed me in the movie was dumbledore's character which was portrayed in a funny way and doesn't convince you at all that he is the greatest of all wizards. You find him walking by holding his robe often(like little gals holding their 'pavadai')really irritates you and the character loses all its shine. The second half was bit of a drag and the editing could have been done better. Most of the scenes looked crammed in, like the Yule ball. Not much has been show cased about it as in the book. I enjoyed really well by screaming and yelling and booing along with the crowd. It took almost an hour to get back my hearing sense. The movie has been directed assuming that everyone watching the movie has read the book. So if you are planning to watch the movie read the book and then go and have a gala time!!

Take 3

Diwali always comes with a big bang with the most expected films(of top heroes)getting released.This diwali is rather disappointing for movie-goers. This year seems to be a season for crass commercial films. Wonder why the audience's taste has gone so crude?!?

Maja: Vikram after his phenomenal hit anniyan plays a lighter role in this movie. There is nothing worthy to mention about this movie other than the gorgeous looking asin though she does not have much to perform. This movie explicitly promotes alcohol. Except for the heroin every1 else drinks. First half is bearable with decent humour. If it hadn't rained outside i would have surely left the theatre during the intermission.Songs too doesn't make much an impact and comes with usual "kuthu" numbers which reminds you of vikram's dhool title song.

Adhu oru kanakalam: I finished watching this movie in less than an hour. Guess Balu mahendra directs movies only for critics. Priya mani has given a decent performance especially the climax scene which reminds you more of moondrampirai but not as outstanding as kamal performed. Music is by the maestro so is lovable.

Sivakasi: Consecutively 6 hit films to his credit vijay comes with a big blast with sivakasi. This film is sure a visual treat for all vijay fans. This movie perhaps is a classic example of a masala movie. The movie is a hit and so an other feather to his cap. Asin pairs with vijay and plays a young vibrant college girl. The songs are a feast to all gaana lovers. Vijay seem to follow the track of Rajini and has created a larger-than-life to himself.He is the only actor after Rajini whose films(2) sold out a day after the movie's puja.He is rumoured to rule the kollywood like MGR,Rajini.Will he??time will answer cos after all he is 31..