Hello hello! Thank you for taking an interest in my work. In this page, you’ll see everything I’ve ever written. That might be a handful, so tread carefully. 🙂
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Gargi movie review: Sai Pallavi shoulders extraordinary tale of people, their actions and rippling consequences
Gargi is the story of the eponymous protagonist, who fights the system to save her father from a child rape case that she believes he’s wrongly accused in.
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Like Rocketry, another Tamil biopic Iruvar stresses too much on personal than political
Yet, as an interpretation of the life and times of two of Tamil cinema’s most significant political figures, Iruvar returns empty, despite being one of the very few films exploring the era.
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Rocketry movie review: R Madhavan’s directorial debut is blinded by association
Nambi Vilaivu ends up being an uninsightful, simplistic and superficial telling of the life of a complex figure. It’s not just hagiographic, it’s blinded by its association. It’s a shame that it’s not even that entertaining.
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Loved Urvashi in Veetla Vishesham? Watch another episode of elderly love in Pannaiyarum Padminiyum
What we see is really a couple who have grown old together, becoming almost the same person, as couples often do. There is a beautiful rhythm to their actions that is a delight to watch.
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O2 movie review: Nayantara’s best efforts let down by film’s cliches and superficiality
GK Viknesh’s O2 has noble ambition and interesting ideas. On screen, it needed a little more human instinct.
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Veetla Vishesham movie review: Urvashi delightfully carries earnest film about tough choices
The most important idea in Veetla Vishesham, is that tough choices are only as tough as you make it.
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Suzhal review: High-concept police procedural that’s cerebral, but also predictable
Writers Pushkar and Gayatri’s latest web series, is built on the same premise nearly every OTT police procedural is. Yet, it is rooted and original in its narrative and visual treatment, keeping the audience at least interested till the end.
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Looking for a Vikram-like Kamal Haasan tribute? Watch his 2015 film Uttama Villain
Ranjani scours the history of South cinema to recommend a companion piece to this week’s release.
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Vikram review: Intricate up close, incoherent as a whole
A dark world of expensive drugs, covered in the blood of hundreds of good, bad and evil men with purpose, alongside a skilled house help, a hapless mother and a naive girlfriend.
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Seththumaan Movie Review: A Stoic But Striking Recreation Of Perumal Murugan’s Tale Of Food And Politics
Director Thamizh retains the timbre of a short story, yet accentuating it with visual and aural layers that bring it to life without dramatising for effect
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Nenjuku Needhi Movie Review: Arunraja Kamaraj Makes A Damp Version Of Article 15
In the context of Tamil cinema’s history of anti-caste films, Nenjuku Needhi, starring Udhayanidhi Stalin, is rather weak
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Don Movie Review: Sivakarthikeyan Sells The Hell Out Of A Vapid Nostalgia Trip
In the hands of any other actor in Tamil cinema today, Don would have been a painfully mediocre film. In Sivakarthikeyan’s hands, it’s a forgivably mediocre one
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Saani Kaayidham on Amazon Prime Video Movie Review: Keerthy Suresh Skillfully Shoulders An Indulgent Revenge Saga
Arun Matheswaran’s writing is not flimsy, but it is not enough to rise beyond the film’s visual mastery
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Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal Movie Review: A Hotchpotch of Escapist Male Fantasies
As a shower thought, Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal is a fantastic idea. But Vignesh Shivan doesn’t show the skill or inclination to expand on that idea in any interesting way.
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K.G.F: Chapter 2 Movie Review: A Rocky Stack Of Set-ups And Punch Lines
K.G.F: Chapter 2 is loyal to its prequel, its genre, its narrative and its purpose. If you can buy into it and survive till the end, the climax is cathartic
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Beast Movie Review: Nelson Loses And Vijay Gains In This Unremarkable Yet Absurdly Entertaining Action Film
AnbAriv’s action choreography, Manoj Paramahamsa’s cinematography, Anirudh’s background score and Jani’s dance choreography uphold a film that Nelson’s writing doesn’t
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Taanakkaran, on Disney+ Hotstar, Movie Review: An Earnest Vikram Prabhu And An Excellent Supporting Cast Hold Up An Uneven Cop Film
If you can look past the repetitive scenes, melodrama, useless love track and the lecturing climax, Taanakkaran is an interesting film about the police force
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Manmadha Leelai Review: Venkat Prabhu Squanders The Opportunity To Have Made A Truly Adventurous Film
Manmadha Leelai is an unsatisfying quickie, especially if you’re a woman in the audience. Even if the pain isn’t unbearable, the effort to sit through it is most certainly not worth it.