The mother sits in her room, seething, her eyes red in rage, and threatens to kill herself. Why? She’s just seen a selfie of the couple at a recent wedding, and spoken with the girl’s friend. And yet, she reacts like she’s just caught them naked in a motel in the middle of some dark sexual experiments.
Author: Sudhir Srinivasan
Aramm: A powerful story that doesn’t flinch from asking tough questions
There’s a lingering sense of guilt on the faces of most of these government employees, every time Mathi asks them a tough question. Their heads hang down in shame, but it seems they are too entrenched in the system to feel emotionally about the impact of their jobs any more. Mathi doesn’t get this. She just isn’t wired that way.
Ippadai Vellum: Some clever moments in a film whose writing shows effort
“If Udhayanidhi wanted to be a larger-than-life hero, he would be chasing thugs. But here, he is chased by them.”
Aval: Lo and behold, a well-made Tamil horror film
Milind Rau’s Aval is perhaps the closest a Tamil horror film has ever come to being deserving of that much-coveted label, ‘Hollywood standard’
Kalathur Gramam: A surprisingly efficient rural drama
“It’s not a great film, mind you, but it’s constantly trying to do some interesting little things, and for the most part, they are all done satisfactorily. “
Sudhir Srinivasan 