Irandam Ulagam by Selvaraghavan (Review)

Story:A fantasy love story of  different dimensions. The movie has a lot of hidden messages for the audience. first half of the story will be a sweet and romantic love story while second half will be and adventurous journey in new world. The theme is about spreading love beyond boundaries. It's about changing the world just by spreading love. Having parallel universe subject is a new thing in Tamil cinema. Therefore hats off to Selvaraghavan for breaking the norm. The story is rich and full of fictional elements.  

Cast:Both protagonist has 2 characters in this movie. Arya plays Madhubalakrishnan and Maruvan. He plays a social activist for unfortunate people and a brave warrior in a parallel universe. In first half of the movie, Arya's romance skills were absolutely superb. A lot more sweeter side of him and wild character on the other side. One of his best achievement in this movie were his lean muscular body with mild six pack abs. It really brought up the warrior character. And then Anushka as Ramya and Varna. Ramya is a doctor while Varna is a lady warrior who doesn't want to be enslaved. I personally think she is a good actress. She can portray wild lady character very well. Her sword fighting stunts were not bad. Other key characters were played by foreigners.

Screenplay: Good thing about the screenplay is about making white guys speak tamil. In the second world, besides Arya and Anushka, all other characters were played by white guys and girls. And it's so amusing to see them speak in layman Tamil. Second of all how Selva manage to instill the value of love which can change the whole world. It was simply superb. The CGI were not bad except for the climax scene. seriously the CGI can be said an added value. But the war setting was not that good. Can be seen not many junior artists used for battles, seems a bit empty there. The BGM was mood booster. But had some cliche with Moonu BGM. Maybe it's due to Anirudh's touch. The songs were well visualized. I started to love the songs after watching the movie. The first half will definitely be peoples favourite because it's all about romantic scenes between Arya and Anushka. Second half will be draggy moment with a very simple conclusion. That might  be a drawback for the movie. The art direction for the movie was superb.

Music: Songs composed by Harris Jeyaraj were averagely good. The BGM and songs by Anirudh was excellent.

Plus Point: Story, Cast, BGM, Screenplay and Cinematography.

Minus Point: Draggy, and climax too simple.

Verdict: Don't put too much of expectation. Just enjoy it as fantasy product. Don't try to find logic. Can be watched at cinema once.

Arrambam by Vishnuvardhan (Review)

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Story:An usual story of gaining justice over past incident. Can be said modern adaptation of "Citizen" with a different theme. Lack of originalty in terms of story. But it has good elements of Action, Thriller and Drama. A small scope for romance but it was just nice for the movie. The movie was made meatier with some technological terms (Not so advance), bomb defusing, and strategy plans. But still it maintained it's traditionality like hero's flashback and so on.

Cast: Ajith Kumar@Thala played Ashok@AK. He is played a stylish character. Cant reveal much about his role but it was definitely usual less talk more action type of character. He did that several times before in a few movies, so you won't see a different thala in this movie. But still he will keep you attended throughout the movie. Nayanthara played Maya, the heroine. But it was not defined whether she was Ashok's lady love. She played a supportive character for Ashok and plays glamourous and badass when needed. Arya is the second lead in the movie. He played Arjun the professional hacker in this movie. He was an important backup for this movie. Eventhough the movie Thala-centered but he had ample of scope and role to perform in this movie. His comedy was a bit overdone at first but it gets better along the movie. Tapsee played Anita, Arjun's lady love. She played a a journalist with drama queen character nature. she was really good at it and was a good pair for Arjun. The movie antagonist was played by Atul Kurkani as corrupt police and Mahesh Manjrekar as Corrupt Minister. Rana Dagubati made a very significant cameo. It was totally worth watching him in action in Tamil Movie. And then there were a few supporting characters played by Krishna, Kishore, Akshara Gowda and many others.

Screenplay: Just like every other Vishnuvardhan movie, it was totally action packed movie. Eventhough the story was an usual one but the screenplay was different for tamil movies. There were a lot of shooting scenes and stunt acts which will grab your attention. Just like every other vishnuvardhan movie, this movie had green tint photography. The whole movie cinematography had green shade. The movie had good plotting where you wont feel like it is dragging too much. Every scene made important and every character has it's own role. None were superceded onto each other except a tiny role played by Malaysian Artist Haani Shivraj. she had two blur scenes. This movie is definitely not a swordfish movie remake as claimed by many. The scenes involving planning strategies and cop investigation were fast and reasonable. Did not have that much of illogical elements. There were flaws in the movie's flashback scene towards the end. How Nayanthara and Ajith survived was a bit lame. But it was just a tiny flaws. Traditionality still maintained in bomb defusing (Cutting coloured wires). Good BGM boost the feel of style in the movie. Dialogues were superb and worth accolades. The movie was intended to spread a valuable message about corruption. The En fuse poche song was cute and well visualized. Other songs were great as well. But Hare Rama Hare Krishna song was missing in the movie. Besides if the song was there, it would have made the movie draggy. The climax was kind of cool. A movie with true commercial value. 

Music: Composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The songs were already a chartbuster. The BGM was superb

Plus Point: Screenplay, Cast, BGM, Dialogues, Action sequence, Song sequence.

Minus Point: Cliche in story and Cinematography. 

Verdict: Stop making research on the logics and enjoy the movie for its action and commercial value. worth watching in cinema.

Raja Rani by Atlee (Review)

Story:A romantic comedy with heavy star cast. Multi-narration plot with sweet and soothing moments. Full Love, romance, comedy and dramatic moments. Usual story of love after marriage, not to say it is a fresh effort. But this type of movie didn't come up for a very long time. It definitely keep you entertained for 2 and 1/2 hours.

Cast: Arya is back with a comical role. He plays John, a pesimistic character due to his past incidents. Arya hardly does romantic movies, this can be a very good platform to show his lover boy look. He did what he does in most movie, making people laugh with his expressions. Nayanthara played Regina, Johns wife. A very serious and straight forward character. Arya and Nayathara has a good chemistry. It was a great come back for her. Jai plays Surya. His role was similar to his previous movie engeyum epothum. He definitely will make you burst out of laughter. Nazriya is the second lead named Keerthana. A very cute and bubbly character. Her Cuteness is just too damn high. Her character is the turning point of the movie. And there are few supporting characters like Satyaraj as Nayanthara's father, Santhanam as Sarathy and etc.

Screenplay: Of course in cinema world there should hardcore action and some softcore romance. After so long this is a very soft and light romantice movie in lines with Jillunu Oru Kathal. Good Cinematography, the shading and lighting was good. It created a good mood and feel for the movie. Screenplay and dialogues were enjoyable. But there were some repetitive dialogues that is not consistent with the timeline. 2 different people with no relation saying out same dialogue doesnt make sense. But that is just a minor flaws. Some scenes were nothing new to indian cinema like climax airport scene. But it is nice to see those type romance after so long. But the love, message, comedy and BGM is great mixture of good entertaining movie. Good job for a first-timer. Kudos

Music: Composed by GV Prakaash Kumar. Major plus point of the movie. but Angyaage song went missing.

Plus Point: Screenplay, Cast, BGM and Story

Minus Point:Minor Dialogues issues, Some usual indian movie scenes, a little bit draggy.

Verdict: You may watch this in cinema if you liked Jillunu Oru Kathal. It gives the same feel

Poiyum Poiyum Intha Kaathalukkulle lyrics

• Singers: Chinmayi, Sricharan
• Composer: S.Thaman
• Lyrics: Madhan Karky

Poyum Poyum Intha Kaathalukkullae
Neeyum Neeyum Ennai Thalli Vittaayae!
Maayam Ondril
Ennai suzhala Vaithaay
En Ithayam Sirikka Vaithaay

Pennae! Nee Vanthathaal
En Naalai Ondru
Indrae Indrae Vanthathae!
Pennae! Nee Sendrathum
En Thendral Kooda
Andrae Andrae Nindrathae!

Poyum Poyum Intha Kaathalukkullae
Neeyum Neeyum Ennai Thalli Vittaay!

En Ithayam Sirikka Vaithaay

Kaathalil Meemigai
Yaavumae Mooligai!
Yengidum Kaarigai Naanae!

Naazhigai Yaavilum
Punnagai Saerkka Vaa!

En Kaayam Ellaam
Nee Aara Seythaay.
Naan Unnaalae Vaeroru
Pennaay Maarinaen!

Pennae! Nee Sendrathum
En Thendral Kooda
Andrae Andrae Nindrathae!

Poyum Poyum Intha Kaathalukkullae
Neeyum Neeyum Ennai Thalli Vittaayae!
Maayam Ondril
Ennai suzhala Vaithaay
En Ithayam Sirikka Vaithaay