Thiruttu Rail

What you mustn’t do when making a film Thiruttu Rail must be made mandatory viewing at all film schools, only so the students know what they shouldn’t do when making a film. No, it’s not okay for the characters to occasionally sneak a peek at the camera. No, it’s not okay for most of the…

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Love… Regained

What’d we do without the little joys that life is littered with? And there are so many of them, if you only recognise them for what they are: having your pet welcome you into your home after a tiring day, finding a precious thing that you’d thought was lost, eating sinfully through the week and…

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Aaranyam

Positively dreadful Sometimes, you end up in theatres next to a couple that just won’t shut up. For the first 10-15 minutes of Aaranyam, the chatter of one such couple was driving me crazy. A little after the interval though, when it had become amply clear that Aaranyam was pretty hopeless, I wished I had…

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Star wars: a real menace

Iran-Iraq. Israel-Palestine. And if the last few years have been any indication, it appears that, with all due respect to the seriousness of international warfare, we have our very own version of such conflicts. I’m talking about the Ajith-Vijay fan base rivalry, and exaggerating, of course, but sometimes, you have to wonder — am I…

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Vedalam

Pulsating fight scenes, but predictable otherwise For the longest time, Deepavali has been synonymous with a screening of Baasha on at least one of the two dozen Tamil television channels. This time, however, the channels seemed to be quite engaged with trying to outdo each other by screening the latest hits, including Baahubali and Maari…

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