Monthly Archives for June 2011
Movie Review: 180 – Zero Degree
Tweet Being an advertiser turned director gives you ample scope to market your movie but marketing alone will not make a movie successful. A movie’s success relies more in the content rather the supporting technical wizardry and marketing. 180 is … Continue reading
The Secret Kitchens of Chennai – 1
Tweet I always been a phone-in service (sometimes tweet-in service) for restaurant recommendations in the city and most of the times I have been a good help to my friends when they want to hog in as a group or … Continue reading
50 Tamil Movies to watch before you Die – 18 : Sigappu Rojakkal (1978)
Tweet Bharathiraja doesn’t love criticisms. But when the media rubbed him in the wrong side early in his career, he answered in the way he could. So what was the criticism all about? His first two movies (16 Vayadhinile, Kizhakke … Continue reading
Movie Review: Aaranya Kaandam – Too good to be true
Tweet This was the most awaited movie for me and it released after almost a year of tribulations with the censor board. It won the Grand Jury award in South Asian International Film Festival last year and it should have … Continue reading
Movie Review: Avan Ivan – Bala’s Achilles Heel
Tweet Bala is from a rare breed of directors – peculiar and uncompromising in whatever they do. One director he can be compared to will be Mahendran. But sometimes complacency can strike you hard and it may end up as … Continue reading
Movie Review: Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai – Gallops in to your heart
TweetThe Tamil literary world has the talent that will make other languages would be jealous of. But if you take the number of literary works adapted as movies – there are a very few of them and a handful of … Continue reading