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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Selfie Movie Review: A Dense Thriller That Feels Longer Than It Should
Director Mathi Maran makes an interesting debut with Selfie, a film that is worthy of appreciation more for what it tries to do than what it achieves
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Maaran, On Disney Hotstar, Movie Review: Dhanush Tries His Darnedest To Make This Drab Work, And Fails Still
We would be kinder to the cluelessness of the film, if only it didn’t scream “watch me, I’m so clever” at every chance it got.
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Etharkkum Thunindhavan Movie Review: Yet Another Male Saviour Narrative About Violence Against Women
Suriya feels miscast as Kannabiran — too stiff to be goofy, too upright to be shady, too clear-headed to be vulnerable — a role perhaps more suitable for Karthi
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Hey Sinamika Movie Review: A Trite Film With No Romance Or Humour
Every frame, scene, dialogue, event, song, dance feels like an awkward performance put up for an Instagram audience, in an effort to stage ‘authenticity.’
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Valimai Movie Review: Laughable Yet Slick, Choose What Of It You Will
H Vinoth relies too much on Dilip Subbarayan’s stunt choreography, who for his part stages some enjoyable sequences.
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Irai On Aha Tamil: Sarathkumar Barely Rescues An Overlong Bore
It diligently follows the template for hill station noir to the point of being unimaginative.
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FIR Movie Review: A Clumsy Film That Takes Its ‘Message’ Too Seriously
How do you know that a film is too taken by its own message? There’ll be a Gautham Menon voiceover to explain it to us
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Kadaisi Vivasayi Movie Review: M Manikandan Effortlessly Mounts A Terrific Film About The Everyperson
M Manikandan writes and films it more like a poem of multiple verses than as a screenplay in three acts
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Mahaan Movie Review: An Unbearable Film About Unhinged Men
At two hours and forty two minutes, Mahaan is a self-indulgent and vacuous film. At its best, it’s tiresome. At its worst, it’s an abomination.
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Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee Movie Review: This Zee5 Film Should Have Been A Music Album
This Darbuka Siva film is proof that there is a limit to nostalgic value too.
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Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa Review: Madhumitha Shines In This Otherwise Middling Anthology
Given the nature of emotions it explores, Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidhyaadhaa is easy to relate to. But, it offers no more satisfaction than a Twitter conversation with a stranger.
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Naai Sekar Movie Review: Despite Sathish’s Best Efforts, This Film Is A Wreck
A premise so flimsy, writing so unimaginative, filmmaking so tiresome, Naai Sekar is dog poop on the screen.
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Best Tamil Films Of 2021
If the worst of 2021 are defined by their disregard for the audience’s intelligence, the best brought with them one thing: Surprise.
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Blood Money Movie Review: This By-The-Book Film Struggles To Engage
The film can’t decide if it wants to be an investigative thriller or an emotional drama — it makes a combination of the two that fails on both counts.
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Jail Movie Review: A Tedious Film That Cannot Make Up Its Mind
In an industry that gave us Kaala, Karnan, Asuran and the like, Vasanthabalan’s film feels trite. Like an idea gone to screen too soon.
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Bachelor Movie Review: An Uneven And Tone-deaf Film About Toxic Relationships
Without a persistent voice to balance the testosterone overdose, Bachelor is vacuous at best, and downright boring at its worst
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Nithya Menen On Co-Producing Skylab, ‘Packaged Cinema’ And The Future She Wants To Create
“Just hearing the narration of Skylab gave me hope. I felt that in a world where there are stories like this, I will be fine,” says the actor.
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Maanaadu Movie Review: This Quintessential Venkat Prabhu Film Gives Simbu His Do Over
Maanaadu is entertaining not because the two leads are smart, but because they are ridiculously ordinary.