Sudhir Srinivasan

Brindavanam: A warm, fuzzy drama that works for the most part

Like Mozhi, this film too is about a menagerie of people across religion, caste and occupation, who live together as one happy unit. It’s for that reason that the film is titled Brindavanam, which translates to ‘a garden of happiness’. There’s an almost saccharine air of optimism that pervades the film’s world; think of the director as the anti-Bala.

Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae: A moderate entertainer saved by its final stretches

I also liked that Vasu, in a fit of fury, asks the ghost that which we have wanted to, every time another uninspired haunted house story comes our way: “Peikku edhukku veedu?”

A day in the life of a rabid fan

He could already feel that familiar rush of excitement, as he imagined himself anointing the 120-feet cut-out of the actor with milk. Sometimes, at that vantage point, seeing all the hundreds of fans cheering from below, it almost felt like he was a star himself.

Yeidhavan: An unaffecting, even if sincerely written, thriller

The hero himself, Krishna (Kalaiyarasan), embarks on a revenge mission, not just to avenge his dead sister, but to save the lives of other medical students. He’s noble like that.

Lens: A gripping rumination on the vices of the digital era

The days before the advent of the internet were simpler times. The only click that had the power to end lives was of a gun. Today though, it’s that of a much more potent instrument: the mouse, and it can destroy lives by the thousands.