“A couple of scenes later, his advice to Gayathri about conducting her interrogation: “Adichu visaarikaadha, adichuttu visaari.” Frankly, he need not even have bothered with Gayathtri, because she’s a piece of work herself. Her introduction scene is of her offing a couple of gangsters and saying something about “police power”.”
Tag: Shraddha Srinath
Maara Movie Review: A grounded remake of Charlie with quite a bit of heart
“The film is a reinforcement of the power of stories, of the stories each of our lives are. This is why there are multiple characters with their own short stories, including those of Selvi (Abhirami), the sex worker, and Kani (Sshivada), the guilt-ridden doctor. The implication is that no one story is necessarily more important than another.”
Nerkonda Paarvai: Ajith’s integration into this remake is to mixed results
“Bharath makes horizontal figures of dozens of vertical men, as a fountain gushes in the background (symbolism?). He then snarls at a powerful politician, “Bayamurutharavana bayamuruthardhu en pazhakkam.” And to think his clients, those three poor women, were worried about this guy?”
Not rankled anymore if I don’t have a film with a star: Samantha Akkineni
“I can summon tears at will. With due respect to method actors, I think truth comes out of spontaneity.”
Richie: The whole lesser than the sum of the parts
So, the big question is, does Richie play Jesus? The film certainly hints at that. One shot, for instance, shows him with his back turned at you. In the foreground is a cross.
Sudhir Srinivasan 