Extraordinarily excruciating Sometimes, there are films so bad that every second spent watching it seems like an excruciatingly long time. The theatre begins to seem like a prison from which you’re scared you’ll never manage to get out. Even if you make it out, you know that the experience has affected you in a deep…

A perilous movie about the perils of social network A perilous movie about the perils of social networkIf you’re dark in complexion and you’re planning to watch Jigina , consider yourself warned. From beginning to end, its characters (mainly the protagonist Paavadai, played by Vijay Vasanth) are insulted for being dark. The preferred sobriquet is…

A perilous movie about the perils of social network If you’re dark in complexion and you’re planning to watch Jigina , consider yourself warned. From beginning to end, its characters (mainly the protagonist Paavadai, played by Vijay Vasanth) are insulted for being dark. The preferred sobriquet is ‘blackie’. In one particularly crass moment, a woman…

STR makes the film watchable Here are some facts I learned from Vaalu : STR is a big fan of Ajith From wearing an Ajith mask right at the beginning to having Mankatha ’s background music as his ringtone to ‘Thala’ references to having ‘Unnai paartha pinbu naan’ ( Kadhal Mannan ) play in the…

Old, crass and hostile Dheena. Thalapathi. Vaali. Padithal Mattum Podhuma. Thirupaachi. Enthiran. Kanchana-2. Singam. Annamalai. In chronological order, Sakalakala Vallavan makes references to these films by borrowing either punch lines, background music, or songs from them. Director Suraj more or less rewrites the popular adage ‘If you can’t find a way, make one’ to ‘If…