Bank robbery, heist, a team forming, an expert who’s figuring his way around new challenges… these are all such cinematically exciting ideas. In the case of Kara, director Vignesh Raja tries to marry them with Tamil film ethos: Small-town setting, farmers, theism, Robin Hood figure… and of course, the mother of them all: melodrama, which…

If you’re on the verge of making your film, I swear to god… check if Anirudh is free. Get him in, and half your work is done. He lifts LIK with such energetic, happy music, and when you couple it with the colourful, neon-flavoured digital world, complete with funky sunglasses, hairstyles and costumes, there’s already…

Edhu thevayo, adhu dharmam, Aaranyakaandam says at the beginning and at the end. Righteousness is whatever is necessary at any point. It means there can be no objective morality in a world that isn’t an equal playing ground. For some privileged and comfortable enough, a belief in virtue and righteous behaviour may be possible. For some others, survival…

I have a feeling I’m going to end up repeating a lot of what I said about the first Dhurandhar film. So, let me get it out of the way and summarise quickly: terrific use of music, dynamic action choreography whose repeated gore blunts its own effect, propaganda that’s more in-your-face this time… and a…