I don’t remember the last time I laughed as loudly in a theatre as I did watching Doctor For a brief while, a few minutes into Sivakarthikeyan’s latest film, Doctor, I wasn’t sure if I’d stepped into a Selvaraghavan film by mistake. The protagonist, Varun (Sivakarthikeyan), sits quiet, staring mirthlessly at his fiancee, Padmini (Priyanka Arul Mohan),…
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Vaazhl Movie Review: Fable-ish, even if not fabulous
“I enjoyed that Vaazhl shows the same reverence and the attention to detail to capturing Tamil Nadu as it does exotic locations like Papua New Guinea and Goroka Islands. It’s again a reminder that the sky and the trees and fresh air are still close by, should we seek them. It’s an ode to travel, this film, and for that reason, a boy at the heart of it all is named Yatra.”
Hero: Gentleman trains hero in this okayish origin film
“In Hero, Moorthy (from Gentleman) has become older and lost faith in his ability to change this country. He needs younger blood. It’s a passing of the baton, in a sense. A Robinhood to a Robin, if you like.”
Namma Veetu Pillai: A so-so family drama with an intriguing protagonist
“Arumpon himself notes the irony that relatives who are capable of causing great joy, are also those who cause great anguish. This is a fairly deep observation to make of blood relatives. And boy, does Arumpon have relatives.”
Mr Local: An unimaginative love story between an annoying man and an insecure woman
Imagine caring so little about novelty in writing that you still define the hero’s mother as one obsessed with television serials, and the hero’s sister as one with an annoyingly chirpy presence.
Sudhir Srinivasan 