Idhayam Murali begins with some generic nostalgia bait: patchy cable TV connections, teacher crushes, Fanta bottles, desktop computers and CD-ROMs that I gazed at with half-misty eyes… There may be all this nostalgia in the beginning (perhaps because it is a reinterpretation of Idhayam, a film from a different time), but make no mistake, the…
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Imaikaa Nodigal: A strong cast packs a punch in this largely enjoyable thriller
“One is almost stoic, the other is sensitive to a fault. Later, during a moment of profound sadness and unimaginable pain, she still has the streetsmarts to notice a CCTV camera on the road. A CBI officer at work is one at home too.”
Gemini Ganesanum Suruli Rajanum: A hilarious turnaround saves this problematic comedy
And then, unexpectedly, after a significant part of the first half had played out, as I was gearing up to gouge my eyes out in boredom and annoyance, the film suddenly got better… much, much better.
Sudhir Srinivasan 