Mugamoodi by Mysskin (Review)

Story: A superhero movie in Tamil with good story unlike Ra One. Might have usual same elements as how a superhero was born but with the mixture of Tamil commercial elements and sentiments. Rich story with good connection of Kung Fu Martial art. Good action, different for a tamil movie to have Kung Fu as a Primary action tool. Nice romance and comedy. There should be 2 type of comparison for this movie, one with it's own nation movie Ra One and the other is with International movie such as Batman and others. Definitely in terms of good story line Ra One is far behind this movie. Will further explain in Screenplay.

Casting: Jiiva plays Bruce Lee the protagonist of the movie. He is also known as mugamoodi when he wears his suit. An awesome choice of casting for this character. He really knows what he's doing. He was well prepared with Kung Fu martial art and rocked the action sequence. He and his temper, body language and expressions are the plus point of the movie. Then we have Narain playing the villain named Dragon or Angamuthu. Well he was a bad choice of villain of course. Could have got someone like Vidyut Jamwal to play the role. His performance was not as convincing as his appearance. His makeover might look like a bad ass but the body language and acting was poor. The lead lady is Pooja Hegde. Pretty, Sweet and had a good intro as someone who fights for justice. But as the movie goes on she does not have much scope to perform. But she is the core reason how mugamoodi was born. Naseer played an intelligent cop who investigates the robberies done by villain's group. He is also the father of Heroine. As a veteran, he played his role very well. And then There are a supporting role, Girish Karnad played Jiiva's grandfather and one of the man behind the formation of Mugamoodi's costume and mask.

Screenplay: The screenplay was good. Using Kung Fu as Primary subject is the highlight of the movie. The intro and action sequence were well choreographed. The intro was awesome. But as we compare the movie with Ra One, Maybe it was less grand especially in terms of casting and visual effects but it has richer story line on how the hero was born and obliged to save lives. But just like all Mysskin movies, it gets draggy in second half towards ending. could have made it shorter. But the movie portrayed a lot similarities with Batman such as his sneaky moves, the costume and the villain was trying to be Joker at climax scene. Maybe the sneaky moves shouldn't be applied in this movie, it was like total batman plagiarism. But adding Kung Fu as his main weapon was a good idea. Make sense how he could kick those bad guys ass. The villain was a failure. Narain having hammer good idea. The makeover was good. But Narain acting maniac towards end, not a good idea. He was trying to be Batman's Joker. The movie was lengthy, could have cut out some unnecessary scenes . Yet most scenes added value to the Movie. Climax was lame. The action sequence during the beginning was grand and audience would expect something big for climax. But the way Dragon died, ultimate lameness. Should have made action packed kung fu fight and some conflict there. But there were a lot of entertaining elements in this movie. Such as instant comedies.  Definitely a laughing delight. Kanthasamy is not even close to this movie. Mugamoodi is a real superhero with good skill and power. The Vayemoodi summa iru da song was well picturized. The investigation sequence was quite good as well.

Music: The music was composed by K. Vayamoodi Summa Iruda is a chartbuster, it was good. Bar anthem was picturized just like kanathaasan kaaraikudi. Other than that quite good BGM for a newcomer.

Plus Point: Story, Action, Jiiva's performance, Vayamoodi song, turning point

Minus Point: Bad villain, bad climax, draggy second half.

Verdict: An entertaining supehero movie. A good starterpack for tamil superhero movie. Worth watching at cinema.

Billa 2 by Chakri Toleti (Review)

Story: An action thriller, a prequel to the earlier movie. Tells the story of how the don was born and everything. The story is not that rich, just a simple one. Not much romance and comedy. But it was made as realistic as possible.

Casting: Ajith Kumar plays Billa for the second time. He is known to be eelam tamilan at first. but yet he did not portray the agathigal role properly. But when it comes to bad ass role he is the boss. With all the punch dialogues made him more stylish of course. Parvathy Omanakuttan one of the lead lady. Not much of scope to perform. Cute but did not have too much role to play. Bruna Abdullah is just another heroine in the movie, she might be the cause of the climax but still it was more towards glamour. Vidyut Jamwal plays the villain in the movie. He was shown as real badass and good fighter in his intro but towards the climax he was shown so weak which doesnt make that much of sense. There were same casts as well from the previous movie.

Screenplay: A very good introduction for Ajith. But the screenplay was quite poor. For instance the scenes involving how Billa does the impossible missions seems too simple. Could have shown some more of brainworks there. And there was not much of how he became don, instead more into killing spree. He kills anyone comes his way. Songs were not well picturized. And of course the climax could have been better of course. Since Ajith's daredevil stunts was made like a waste. People been claiming the screenplay was like Hollywood but it was more like rushing Tamil film. The style of Ajith with the punch dialogues worth credits of course. And Ajiths Body Language needs more touch up.

Music: The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Songs were awesome but monotonous. But BGM was awesome just like earlier movies.


Plus Point: Style, Dialogues and actions

Minus Point: Screenplay, Casting, Climax and continuity of the story

Verdict: A good and realistic movie which could have done better with more rich screenplay. Can be watched once in Cinema.

Naan Ee by SS Rajamouli (Review)

Story: A fictional story with a lot of fantasy elements full with romance, comedy, action and thriller. The story has a touch of Disney and Kollywood result. No complicated twists. Has typical telegu elements of triangle love between hero,heroine and villain. Vengeance of a fly may sound silly but the movie managed to go beyond the surface.

Casting:  Nani plays the protagonist of the movie. he will be only in the movie for 20 minutes plus but every scene involving him was lovable. He did a wonderful job as lover boy, his gestures and body language was pretty romantic. The rest was taken care by his fly version. Sudeep the Kannada superstar played the antagonist of the movie. Yet i would say he is the man of the match. His performance was absolutely mind blowing. He played the cold blooded villain at the same time entertained the audience with his outstanding acting skill when being bullied by a fly. He has a style, good body language and expressions throughout the movie. He deserves a small award. Samantha Ruth Prabhu is the lead lady. she did not have enough scope to show her acting skill. but she was sweet and cute throughout the movie. of course she is the beginning,turning point and climax of the movie. Finally we have santhanam for dont know what purpose. Maybe it is just to satisfy Tamil audience. Very short scenes for him. There are a few supporting characters played by Thevatharshini and others

Screenplay: Hats off to the director for bringing a wonderful entertainer with good screenplay. Every small details had been well planned. The significance of samantha being micro artist, the small narration in the beginning and Sudeep as good shooter. All this has connection to each other. Highlight of the movie is the Computer Generated Imagery (CGI). For and Indian work it was well defined, especially the fly details. I would say better than Endhiran climax scene. Of course not forgetting Crazy Mohan's dialogues. The comedy was first class with his dialogues. Putting logic aside, this movie has all entertaining elements, action as well as comedy and romance. Logic shouldn't be a question since it is imaginary which will be stressed in the beginning. there were few scenes doesnt fit the movie. Just like santhanam's clips, which is small by the way.  The survival of samantha from explosion in climax scene doesn't make sense either. Do not expect too much of moral value since it is more towards fictional fantasy movie.

Music: The music was composed by Maragatha Mani. Songs were average. But BGM was awesome and suited the scenes very well.

Plus Point: CGI, BGM, Sudeep's Performance, Creative Screenplay, Crazy Mohan's dialogues

Minus Point: Songs, Simple story, Sound effects for certain scenes

Verdict: An awesome commercial entertainer with imaginary elements. Suit all walks of life. If you liked Kanchana, you will like this too even though both movies has nothing in common in terms of story. Worth watching in cinema.

Thadaiyara Thaaka by Magizh Thirumeni (Review)

Story: A very good story with a lot of action and multiple twist. it is an action thriller starts with a simple romance and comedy. There are a lot of incidents which will mislead the story and earns curiosity of audience till the end.

Casting:  Arun Vijay plays the protagonist of the movie. This movie could be his turning point movie. He performed his character very well. a subtle hero who knows the value of money and practical about life. Second half gets better with his action sequence. Then we have Mamta mohandass as his lead lady. she is so beautiful and hot. she plays a demanding pair for Arun Vijay. and then we have some supporting roles playing  hero's friends. and not forgetting a mysterious character played by Rakul Preet  Singh. 

Screenplay: The way they visualize first half and second half was totally different. first half was simple and full with small humour and romance. Credits to director for misleading the movie with a lot of incidents which raise suspense elements throughout movies. the cinematography was awesome and the songs were visualized and choreographed well yet only two songs were picturized. The action sequence quite good except for the one scene shows as if Hero is invincible. climax might be a little bit disappointing but it won't spoil the overall movie.

Music: The music was composed by Thaman. Poondamalli song was awesome, another version of kalasala. Kelaamale song was just another anjana anjana song... not that much of a entertainer.

Plus Point: Story, plotting, twist, cinematography, dialogues and actions.

Minus Point: Lengthy and bad BGM.

Verdict: Can be watched at cinema once. It was a rich movie with a lot of turning points.

Sir Udanay Varuvara Lyrics

Sir udanay varuvara

Getha getha varuvara

Thaambulam tharuvara

Vantha tharuvarey 2x

Uppu gandam uthattule mutham podanum

Apadiye kanne mudi sorgam poganum

Sir udanay varuvare

Sir udanay varuvare

Korikaiye yethukittu seivai seiyanum

Konji konji konjam konjam yenna kolanum

Vathukuchiyaai suttu vidu ahaa…

Ais kattiyaai thottu vidu ahaa..

Nee ambu vidu vadaa

Sappa kotti vide naan

Kaaram ooruthaa

Sir udanay varuvara

Getha getha varuvara

Thaambulam tharuvara

Vantha tharuvarey 2x

Udanay  Vaaiya…vaaiya vaaiya…

Moga theeyai,,thaaya thayaa..

Muthu kulike..vaaiyaa vaaiyaa

Mutham koduke…thaaiya thaaiya

Thaagum irukku Thanni irukka?

Un uthattu amirtha mazhai enakka?

Nee naattu Katte sarakaa

Ithu udamba illai karumba

Athai kadike vanthurukken erumba

Satham poda poda poothathintha arumbaa

Nee thottu thottu eduthuko ahaa

Enna saethu katti pudichiko ahaa

Koode thangividu ahaa

Vendruvidu ahaa..

Pala inbam aagatho…

Sir udanay varuvare

Getha getha varuvare

Thaambulam tharuvare

Vantha tharuvarey 2x

Murpozhudum Un Karpanaigal by Elred Kumar (Review)

Story: A very good story with ample of romance, action and drama. Love between a son and a mother well portrayed in this movie. A few predictable turning point yet interesting. Creative story with some simplicity.

Casting:  Atharva plays Ram the hero of the movie. He was able to express his love feelings naturally. yet there were some artificial reactions. His powerful eyes added some flavour to the action scenes. Amala Paul played the lead lady. Well she had a lot scope to play in this movie. Good performance but  it seems like she was trying hard to potray herself hot. Santhanam took care of the comedy. it was average except for one scene where he was having one funny conversation with the doctor. Jayaprakaash played the doctor role. he was the doctor with some humour. well played. Anupama Kumar  as Atharva's mother. she played the role of an iron lady. Superb performance and a lot of value she put on to display motherly love.

Screenplay: The 1st Half an hour seems to be a spoiler for the movie, yet it gets better in subsequent hours. the comedy scenes were average. The song clips were well visualized but the transition was poor. Some action scenes seems nonsense but overall it was ok. The scenes involving Atharva and Amala's romance were quite good. The flashback scenes were smooth and nice. The cinematography was awesome. poor editing though

Music: The music was composed by GV Prakaash Kumar. The songs were awesome, no doubt. the oru murai and kangal neeye song was well visualized.


Plus Point: Story, Music, the plotting, Romance, Jayaprakaash's acting.

Minus Point: Editing, song transition, action scenes.

Verdict: Can be watched at cinema once. It was a rich movie with a lot of turning points.

Kathalil Sothapuvathu Epidi? by Balaji (Review)

Story: An awesome storyline. Full of comedy,romance, drama and great moral value throughout the movie. Story about how different can women and men think and handle lovelife. Inspired by his own short movies. Hats off to the director. An excellent job by a newcomer.

Casting:  Siddarth plays the lead. The role fits him perfectly, a chocolate boy character who digs his own grave in love life. great performance by siddarth in every aspect. Then we have Amala Paul as his lady love. Cute and meaty performance. Others were newcomers, and some were the same people from the original short movie itself.

Screenplay: Well planned screenplay. couldn't see any flaws. every single scene were interconnected and had a smooth run. The comedy scenes will sure make you laugh your ass out. And romantic scenes were equally good. The songs were on flow, none of it runs out to foreign location with extreme choreography. The cinematography was awesome since it was nirav shah's work. The best of all the moral of the story was brought in an excellent manner. The humour were was spontaneous and direct. 

Music: The music was composed by SS.Thaman. Sweet and simple. Azhaipaya song the best.


Plus Point: Story,Screenplay,Music,Comedy,Moral Values, casts,cinematography,romance.

Minus Point: None

Verdict: For the first time Ivak Says "5 Star"