Sudhir Srinivasan

Why Tamil cinema fans need Game of Thrones

After an extraordinarily long year of agonising wait, Game of Thrones has finally returned, and as a source of great relief for those whose staple diet is Tamil cinema, or in other words, a Tamil horror film a week (this week, we have Kalam). Here is why this American series has come to mean so much…

Kalam: A ‘horror’ show

There’s a contemporary saying that goes, “When something goes wrong in your life, just yell, “Plot twist!” and move on.” Kalam is the manifesation of this saying on screen. It’s a mediocre horror film for the most part, until a sudden twist at the end tries to distinguish it from the unimaginative horror films we are…

Jithu Jilladi has made me popular again: Deva

When Deva says ‘Jithu Jilladi’ was a “unique experience” for him, he isn’t simply taking recourse in a cliché. He remembers the composer of the song, G. V. Prakash, as a timid boy who sang for him in Aasai . “Director Vasanth asked if we could use the boy who’d sung for ‘Chikku bukku rayile’. We…

Ennul Aayiram: A portfolio movie

The opening credits of Ennul Aayiram are shown amid quick black-and-white shots of a gun cocking, vehicles hastening in traffic, a woman running her fingers through her hair… It’s all rather dark, literally, and sets you up for a thriller. So, you don’t really mind the rigmarole of introductions: the hero, Ashok (Maha), is part…

Shruti Haasan: Dude, I have bigger things to worry about

Something must have been bothering Shruti Haasan during our conversation. What, I am not sure, and of course, I didn’t ask. The interview began innocuously enough when I asked her about the comedy film she’s signed with her father, Kamal Haasan. “I’ve wanted to work with him for a really long time,” she said, tersely. She…