Dreamy eyes and sweet nothings… The couple’s hurried marriage probably won’t be as breezy as the initial months of their relationship. Nothing goes wrong during those six months that Tara and Aadhi are together in OK Kanmani . They are smiling, they are laughing, and they can’t keep their hands off each other. And I…
Author: Sudhir Srinivasan
Kanchana-2
Humour in a dated horror template When Kovai Sarala joins Lawrence in Kanchana-2 for her opening scene, I realised with mild consternation that I’d actually developed some fondness for the franchise. Their scenes — just like in Muni 2: Kanchana — border on the ridiculous, the impractical, but are funny nevertheless, or perhaps because of…
Thunai Mudhalvar
Outdated and obscene Everything about Thunai Mudhalvar — its plot, setting, pace and depiction of women — is dated. So long as you’re in the theatre watching the film, you can actually engage in an interesting thought experiment by pretending you’re in the 80s. This datedness is never more obvious than during a scene when…
Nanbenda
A comedy that isn’t funny Nanbenda reeks of a certain uninspired quality — evident right at the beginning in the lacklustre background score that accompanies the title credits designed in an equally lacklustre fashion. You know it’s too early to come to conclusions, but the warning bells are already ringing. You hope that the film…
Run All Night
A rousing chase hits a roadblock These days, when it’s a Liam Neeson movie, you can safely bet that there will be cars toppled, rounds fired, and bodies strewn. The only question is: how soon? Thankfully, Run All Night takes its time before, well, Neeson runs all night. In addition to fighting trigger-happy men who,…
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