Sudhir Srinivasan

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. “

The X man

Imagine if people, about 50 years later, still didn’t know who composed the music for this film. That would have been quite cool, no?”

“Show two characters falling in love over a shared love for demonetisation. Show a character suffering from clinical depression till his Aadhaar gets delivered and cheers him up. Show a blind shopkeeper regaining his eyesight after the implementation of GST.”