Veeram by Shiva (Review)

Story:A village based story of 5 brothers. It's a masala movie with enough comedy,action,romance and drama. It has the common telegu movie influence with "expected unexpected" twists. There are contradiction between first half of the movie and second half. A very simple story yet a very usual story of family love based theme. Again to many telegu cliche in this movie.

Cast: Thala Ajith Kumar played Vinayagam, the big brother. He used a different accent in the first half of the movie. He really did great in terms of dialogue deliverance using that accent. Other than that it's usual Thala slow-mo and theme music. Maybe it's good to see thala back in dhothi but major mess up makeover in song sequences. Vidhart of myna fame, Bala of Kathal kisu kisu, Munish and Suhail Chandhok played the 4 brothers. They were the entertainment part. They handled major part of the comedy together with santhanam. Tamanah played Kopurendevi, as Vinayagam's pair. She over acted in this movie as usual. But she was the turning point for the movie. Abhinaya (Eesan) and Suza Kumar played the brothers pair. Pradeep Rawat was the villain in first half while Atul Kulkarni took over the second half. Just some village aruva villains with vengeance. The supporting characters done by Ramesh Khana, Devadharshini, Vidyulekha Raman, Nassar, Appukutty, Thambhi Ramaiyah and many others.

Screenplay: I think there were too many slow motions, I don't know it's just to show the "mass" effect of Ajith or what. but having it too frequent was a drawback. The comedy sequences was good. It was all four 4 brothers with santhanam and their :Looty". Thambhi Ramaiyah joined in second half of the "looty". The song sequences were a major drawback for the movie. It was not attractive at all. Some good moral value instilled in this movie. Cinematography was not that good. The shades were like film roll. The fight scenes are crap of course. Even the movie was kind of draggy.

Music: Songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The songs were crap but the the Veeram theme did gave Ajith's entrance goosebumps.

Plus Point: Good cast, good comedy, good family value

Minus Point: bad stunts, bad song sequence, usual telegu movie story, bad cinematography, draggy.

Verdict: You can watch it once in cinema for the comedy. 

Jilla by R.T.Neason (Review)

Story:A typical Vijay commercial entertainer. Nothing complex about the story. In line with Vettaikaran and Velayutham. There'll be first half Vijay and Second half Vijay like most of his movies. Ample of Exaggerated Action, Nice Family Sentiments, Good Comedy and not so Good Romance. Can't say much about the story since there's nothing unique to tell.

Cast: ilayathalapathy Vijay as Shakthi, the main cast. Seriously I think he really need to change his style of acting. I really hope to see Thuppakki magic soon. The same "I'm too good" type of dialogue deliverance like Pokkiri is too common for him. Mohanlal played Shiva, another main cast with Anti-Hero nature. We know he is a good actor as he's got 3 National Award in hand. But giving him too many punch dialogue totally not so Lal-Ettan style. Ok he had the hard man look but still I think the movie was not 2 man army movie, it was more concentrating on Vijay. Kajal Agrawal played Shanthi, Shakti's lady love. Just a passing cloud heroine who comes once in a while and mostly for songs. Soori played Gopal and he was at the humour part. averagely good, will make you laugh with his dialogues. Sampath is the main surprise antagonist. He was good and can say a good replacement for Prakaash Raj. He really did that evil guy with good humour character very well. A lot of misleading villains as well like RK, Ravi Mariya and Pradeep Rawat. Supporting character was played by Mahat Raghavendra, Niveda Thomas, Poornima Bhagyaraj, Thambi Ramaiyah and many others

Screenplay: Too many cliche in screenplay. Sister sentiments, Death of an important person, a havoc that change the hero's life and many more. The Cinematography was poor. There were variation in the tonal quality between the scenes. The comedy scenes were good especially Vijay does it himself. Song scenes were not bad. Kandangi could have been done better. But the BGM boosted some of the scenes.

Music: Songs composed by D.Imman. It was great plus point for the movie. especially the BGM. 

Plus Point: Heavy Cast, Music

Minus Point: Story, Screenplay

Verdict: If you like Velayutham and Vettaikaran, you'll like this movie. If you don't then please don't watch this movie in cinema.

Endrendrum Punagai by I. Mueenuddin Ahmed (Review)

Story: A story of friendship, bromance between 3 guys. Unlike Nanban@3idiots, it was more on egoism and domination. Not an adaptation of dil chahtha hai either. The characters were centralized towards hero character but how the characters around him brings enlightenment. Beautifully portrayed. Good input of friendship,family and love. A lot of good values were instilled and so much of entertaining elements were included like how guys acts among their friends which was hilarious. The story might be a very general story which happens around us. But making it as realistic masterpiece is the directors achievement. Though I find minor glitch which I find illogical in the story, it doesn't affect the movie as a whole.

Cast:Jiiva played Gautham. A very egoistic and serious character. Not so dynamic and very firm. This is one of his best performance. seriously, jiiva brought life to the character. We can see the rage and how he controls the environment around him very well in the movie. Superb acting. Vinay played Shri, one of the bro of gautham. He was equally good. He had a lot of scope to perform eventhough he was not the main character. He contributed a lot for humour in the movie. Santhanam as Baby, the third and final bro. Of course he suppose to be the joker of the group. But some of his one liner doesn't work this time. But of course combination of these three idiots will make you laugh your A** out. Trisha was the lead lady named Priya. Good to see her after so long. She was beautiful and dashing as usual. And she was an added value for the romance since she really had good chemistry with jiiva. Nasser played Jiiva's father. A very loving and silent father. We dont need to teach that guy to act. He was excellent. There were few supporting characters played by Andrea, Abhinay, Varsha Ashwathi and many others.

Screenplay: The director's first achievement was signing a good cast. Good portrayal of guys friendship. It was spontaneous and realistic. Good romantic scenes, thanks to location selection. shooting love scenes at cold countries always works. Good portrayal of fatherly love. Song sequence were well choreographed. The screenplay was not draggy, which makes the movie not so lengthy. There are very valuable messages instilled in the movie. only last two songs the gap was small which looks a bit of a spoiler.

Music: Songs composed by Harris Jeyaraj and was good but typical. Yet it was a mood booster. good BGM.

Plus Point: Story, Cast, BGM, Screenplay and Moral Values.

Minus Point: Minor glitches in story.

Verdict: Awesome entertainer. Will be youngsters preference. Worth watching in cinema.

Biriyani by Venkatprabhu Review

Story:Venkatprabhu is back with his great masala work mixture of good comedy, romance, thriller, action, sentiments and fun. A full package. The movie is just another product of chaos theory. How one small thing can lead to bigger events. Well narrated, awesome turning point and epic climax. Just Like every venkatprabhu movie there is always surprise antagonist. Keep yourself tuned. If you are a venkatprabhu trend follower you will eventually make a right guess. A very enjoyable movie.

Cast: Karthi played the hero sugan. A more of a naughty boy character. I must admit, it was good makeover for him. He had the casanova look in this film. After constant flops i think this movie is a great comeback for him. He did his role very well be it as a playboy,a loving brother, a vigilant youngster and a friend with benefit of course. Quite impressed with his dance moves in the first song but other songs he was just jumping i guess. Hansika played priyanka, sugan's girlfriend. She had a significant role but she really has to improve on lipsync and emotions. I mean she did average work for a supportive and jealous girlfriend. Overall acceptable performance. As usual VP's favourite cast premji amaren played parasu, sugan's buddy or security for his problems. Pityful character, always gets tricked by sugan but with his usual comical role sure to make you laugh. But nothing new about his role, just the usual clown of venkatprabhu's movie. But in one scene he'll do mission impossible stunt. Please watch it and laugh. Nasser played Varadarajan, top ten rich guy with a lot of influence. Nasser is always an epic performer. Besides he was the turning point of the movie. Ramki made a comeback in this movie as Vijay Krishna, Varadarajan's son in law. He was a misleading character with a very important scope for the movie. Sampath played CBI officer Riyaz, he is really a versatile actor. He fits the role very well. He had that stylish look and body language. There is one epic role played by Uma Riaz Khan. Lady assasin which we hardly see in tamil cinema. It was one well played character and added value for the movie. There were a lot of supporting characters played by Jayaprakaash, Subbu Panchu, Madhumitha, mandy thakkar, sam anderson and many others.

Screenplay: One good thing about venkatprabhu is his screenplay. He'll never make you think that scenes are unnecessary in the movie. But it's just that this movie song transitions were in short gap for first half of the movie. But it was not that obvious. The way he starts up the movie brings it as narration for first half and then continue as current situation for second half quite impressive. Seriously you won't feel bored of the movie at all unless you are watching it for the third time onwards. The scenes were well organized. Even the action sequence was quite decent. Not overly done like alex pandian. The BGM made the movie to have adrenalin pump. Good thing about the movie eventhough it was an action comedy film, there were a lot scenes emphasizing on love, family and friendship value. And he made sure all the characters got purpose in the story. Everyone had a crucial role to play even the cameos. The best was the climax, he ended the movie and gave some space for sequel. He can come up with biriyaani 2. 

Music: Composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Their combo always a success. And this time they did it again.

Plus Point: Screenplay, Cast, BGM, Story 

Minus Point: Minor venkatprabhu stereotype

Verdict: Another awesome product of venkatprabhu. Definitely a good watch

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.

Mela Thiranthathu Kathavu by Karthik Shamalan (Review)

Story: First time giving review for a Malaysian Movie. A thriller story on violence against women. Something new in Malaysian Tamil Movie Industry. The director had placed ample of romance,drama and suspense elements in this movie. The good thing about the movie is that it was customized for local audience in terms of lifestyle. Simple but impactful story.

Cast: Since it was female oriented movie, the main cast was Joy Rasan. She played Swashna, an independent  and workaholic a girl. first half she did well in showing how sneaky she is when it comes to handling her boyfriend and messed up big time through petty things. But second half acting as a traumatic girl, she was the "woman of the match" I guess. I don't think any other local actress did as natural as her.Especially when she raged towards the journalist. the speech was clear regardless of boiling emotions. Hats off. Vinash Mitra as Matthew, Swashna's boyfriend. He had this funny accent when he speaks. I'm not sure whether it was intentional by the director or he really does have that accent but some scenes the speech could not be delivered well. But one thing worth appreciating was his emotions. Matthew manage to carry out his anger and disappointment excellently. His dialogues might not be right but his expressions were priceless. Kuben Mahadevan as Maaran the antagonist. Trust me he was epic. never seen that in any local movies. Needs a lot courage to do that type of role. Less dialogues and more actions. He really resembled the hardcore negative character with his gestures. There were a few supporting characters like Pd Sara, Yotesri Shanmugam and Jaya Ganason.

Screenplay: It was very good effort for a first timer. The dialogues were well written. Most mistakes Malaysian film dialogues are they try to imitate Indian Tamil films. But in this movie the dialogues were like usual Malaysian conversational dialogues.And some part were straight forward which suited the scenes. In terms of Cinematography, the shades were relevant with the story. It was dark and manage to boost up the elements of suspense. But there were scenes where angles were well positioned. Couldn't see the characters wholly. Sound engineering was fair. Because the speech and specific sounds were overlapping the surrounding. But the BGM was awesome, really aligned with the scenes. The directors best achievement is to make the key role to act naturally. And Karthik manage to do that. Hats off bro. And the "Peygal Manil" song as time lapse video, was good effort, ice cream melting and Joy was constant while others moving. it was awesome.

Music: Composed by Sameshan Mani Maran, 3 songs and Adaimazhai was sweet and nice.

Plus Point: Screenplay, Cast , BGM, Dialogues and Story

Minus Point:Sound Mixing and Camera Angle. It was a bit draggy

Verdict: Watch this at cinema and have a new experience in local cinema.