A few good portions don’t make a wholesome meal As the ominous music played on and the opening credits of Paayum Puli rolled along the backdrop of a partly cloudy sky, I was pleasantly surprised. Another film starring Vishal as a senior police officer would’ve announced itself amid kuthu beats and much fanfare. And Paayum…

An empty jewellery box Thakka Thakka is a rather crafty film. It’s the equivalent of an empty but exquisitely carved jewellery box. It’s beautiful and promising from the outside. The scenes — especially the ones at night — are dramatically shot (by Sujith Sarang); the editing is crisp (by Sreejith Sarang) and doesn’t let even…

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…