Tenali Raman by Yuvaraj Dhayalan (Review)

Story:A revolutionary story with fictional history of Tenali Raman and his smart moves. Fairly good story with a lot of good messages. But it was slightly a cliche of 23am Pulikesi. In terms of Tenali Raman's brain games it was well scripted but subsequent to turning point it was a bit not in order. The director tried to related the movie with current political situation in India. Good comedy, fair adaptation of indian epic tale and revolution as a core subject.

Cast: Vaigaipuyal Vadivelu played the lead as Tenali Raman and the King. A not bad comeback for vadivelu. He did a very good job on Tenali Raman character. Calm and Intelligent well portrayed. Maybe the king was too similar to Pulikesi character. He did his comedy quite well. good to see him back on screen. Good thing about vadivelu in this movie he managed to distinguished between the 2 characters well by different voice modulation and speech. Meenakshi Dixit played Madhulai, Tenali Raman's lady love and the king's daughter. She was hot and sexy but she was bad in acting. Her lip sync was very poor. Maybe she was just there to add some glamour. Radha Ravi as main baddie. He wont appear much in the movie but he will some how take the lead among other baddies. A lot of supporting character played by Manobala, GM Kumar, Bala Singh, Shanmugarajan,Bose Venkat and many more.

Screenplay: The movie had a good start and first half, but it get's a bit irrelevant in between. The way the director portrayed Tenali Raman's intelligent were just aligned with epic tale. You will feel like reading ambuli mama stories. Unnecessary romance and climax. It didn't wrap up well. Yet the movie has good dialogues which is an added value. It has a few cliche scenes with Pulikesi. But most of his comedy in the movie will definitely make you laugh. The movie even became draggy at a point.

Music: The music composed by D.Imman, the songs were terrible and had a bad idea of adapting olden days style songs.

Plus Point: Cast, Comedy, Moral Value and Dialogues

Minus Point: Cliche, bad climax, draggy, average CG

Verdict: An average comeback for Vadivelu, nothing much to hype. If you liked Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi then you might love this movie.

Naan Sigapu Manithan by Thiru (Review)

Story:A very well planned plot. Good story based on Narcolepsy, a sleeping disorder. The story was well blended with good romance, drama, action and thriller. Turning point was remarkable for a commercial movie. The narration involves mix of present and flashbacks. First half will be a warm and feel good part and second half gets rough with thriller and action. The way director comes up with solutions to cope up with narcolepsy was kind of creative eventhough not proven medically. It is good blend of science and masala together.

Cast: Vishal as Indiran, a man with Narcolepsy who struggles to live normal daily life. Vishal is a one of the very few actors who can bring life to the character. He really did a great job in this movie. His body language and gestures were just perfect for this role. And when he turns badass, he becomes badass for good. Yes there were a few resemblance with his character in Pandianaadu but not that significant. Laksmi Menon as Meera, Indiran's lady love. She is just an average looking girl but she can really bring up the character well. Moreover her chemistry with Vishal was great. Her supportive nature and judgmental insight in the movie worth watching. Jagan handled the comedy as Satish. No doubt that he is as good as Soori and Santhanam when comes to spontaneous humour. Sunder Ramu as Karuna. He is earlier well known for his character in Mayakkam Enna and Moonu. But this movie is his best performance till now. Other supporting characters played by Saranya Ponvanan, Jayaprakaash, Iniya and many others.

Screenplay: Well the plot doesn't have any significant flaws. Not much buffer between one peak to another. The song transition was good. But yet the movie was quite long. The sequences were organized and can be understood easily. The romance scenes were beautifully canned. The cinematography was good, the colour shades were awesome. The climax was a bit of a spoiler since it seems like the Narcolepsy disappears just like that for a moment. Regardless of having some illogical elements, the director was creative in showing how Vishal copes up with his disorder. The climax fight scene was nice. And the movie instills a lot of moral values to be followed. But the movie got draggy due to second flashback scene. The dialogues were superb.

Music: The music composed by G.V. Prakaash and it was good and soothing. Well visualized as well.

Plus Point: Story, Cast and Screen Play.

Minus Point: Lengthy, some illogical scenes.

Verdict: A good movie to be watched with some mature acceptance.

Maan Karate by Thirukumaran (Review)

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Story:A story with half utopia and half masala. How fantasy was related to sports event, all well narrated in this movie. A.R.Murugadoss has creative mind when it comes to story. Filled with Comedy, Romance, Drama, Fantasy and Adrenaline Rush. The movie had a solid script with good dialogues as well. But the director could not deliver what exactly in the story.

Cast: Sivakarthikeyan as Royapuram or Maan Karate Peter. He improved a lot as an actor. Good sense of humour and he really improved in dance. But I personally feel he could have worked harder to prepare himself as an instant boxer and make some homework on it. He was unbeatable when it comes to comedy but the boxing setting was not compatible with him. Hansika as Yaazhini, Peter's love. She was just another girl next door and didn't do much anyway but bringing the song . I don't know when tamil cinema going to skip doing that, putting song in every heroine scene. There was 5 core character in this movie which was driving the story. One among the 5 was Satish as Sandy. He is a better comedian compared to many. Vamsi Krishna played Peter the killer. He really has that badass look. He did his  role very well with his boxer body language. Soori did a guest appearance as Tiger Tyson. And a few supporting characters played by Sayaji Shinde and many new artist.

Screenplay: The movie started well with some supernatural features. And it was brought up good up to first half then it started to get draggy. Surprisingly, Siva was given an Intro song like big stars and it was quite well choreographed. But when it comes to song transitions it was a bit not aligned. The songs simply comes when Hansika and Siva is together. And the boxing setting could have done with more momentum. It was an entertaining movie until the boxing ignited. Could have shown a lot more on boxing rather than Siva and Hansika's love. And Siva's boxing match was poorly choreographed, it was more like Tom and Jerry jokes between Siva and Soori. And Siva's transformation could have been done like Ethir Neechal. Lot more visuals on training could have been added. Final fight scene was ok but less logic, because a non boxer fighting a professional boxer and he was sustaining the hit like a boxer. Title fits good with the movie but could have shown more of Siva's agility. But good thing about the  movie it will definitely make you laugh with Siva and Satish instant comedies. And scenes involving Hansika's supportive nature was touching anyway.

Music: The songs by Anirudh are already chartbuster and it was well choreographed especially un vizhigalil song.

Plus Point: Story, Cast and Comedy.


Minus Point: Second half, Boxing Setup,Song transitions and Lengthy


Verdict: A very creative story done in average manner. Could have pumped in more adrenalin rush. Can be watched in Cinema

Vennira Iravugal by R.Perakas

Story:A feel good romance movie with a very well planed plot. It has good raise and drops which will be an added advantage for the movie. Something new for a Malaysian Tamil movie. Out of mainstream. Ample of romance,drama,comedy and message. Nicely written twists and climax. Kudos to the story.

Cast: Vikadakavi Magen played Ramesh@Senior Jagat, a happy go lucky guy with a hidden black background. He was good at instant comedy deliverance but had a lot of weak spot when it comes to speech in general. But good choice of cast to resemble an irritating senior of course. Sangeetha Krishnasamy played Megala the lead lady. I really find her good in acting among other actresses in Malaysia. The way she deliver her dialogues seems quite good and spontaneous. But her junior makeover were overdone. The big glasses quite mainstream. Maybe less make-up, normal glasses and some body language for the junior role would be just perfect. But seriously her expressions and search for truth deserve appreciation. Both of them were the game player. Others were just supporting character such as Psychomantra, Kanchana Devi, Aruna, Logan, David Anthony and many others.

Screenplay: The screenplay was something out of norm for Malaysian Tamil movie. Loved the parallel narration throughout the movie especially second half and the wrap up. well done. The director's victory is making dual narration in line and doesn't overlap to each other.The dialogues were good at most scenes but minor glitches in dialogues in uni scenes. But it doesn't matter, overall it was good. Loved the way director used blogging as a key tool of romance in this movie.One of the drawback in the movie is the performance of the other than center characters. They should be given rehearsal because most of the Malaysian movie has that problem.The side characters were giggling, smiling, over-act and react opposite to mode of the scene. Eventhough the cinematography was basic but the angles of shot were done very well. The best is the climax scene, which answers how,what and why. Hats off R.Perakas for you and your team effort.


Plus Point: Story, Screenplay, Twists and Climax.


Minus Point: Side casts


Verdict: A well done feel good Malaysian Tamil movie. Watch it in cinema.

Thegidi by P.Ramesh (Review)

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Story:A crime solving thriller, a rare subject in Tamil Cinema. It has a very good plot and ample of twists to maintain the suspense elements. Using Insurance Scam is a good idea to rationalize the story. It has a good mixture of suspense,thriller, action and romance. But giving too much space for a common man to contribute in police investigation seems a bit illogical. But overall it was racy and had enough feel good elements.

Cast: Ashok Selvan played Vetri, a newbie detective who works for a detective agency. He is quite good in acting but the characterization in this movie could have been made more bold. The confidence level in solving crime was lacking. But his romance play was good. Not forgetting his speech deliverance was natural. Janani Iyer played Madhushree, the lady love of vetri. Not the best choice of heroine for this movie. I think this story needs more of a homely look girl which this Janani doesn't fit 100% with her overdone makeup. One thing good about her is that she was good in speaking Tamil so the lip sync matches. Some of the romantic scenes was ok with her in it. Jayaprakaash played a cop role. He was good as usual. It's just that the dubbing was not done by him, it was someone else's voice. would have been better with his original voice. Other supporting roles were done by many new faces.

Screenplay: Actually this is a film with good story but average screenplay. The drawback was crime solving  seems like easy in this movie. Many scenes were made as if the protagonist got the answer in a very simple process. Attempts like opening a car door or a house window, entering a police guarded house, fraudster using real names and newspaper publishing the pictures of deceased  same as the one the detectives has. Director could have paid attention to this small details. Certain scenes were escalating too quickly for an unknown reason and jumping from one scene to another. The director could have slow down the pace of such scenes and justify it accordingly. Another drawback was the dialogues and monologues, seriously needs a lot of fine tuning. It wasn't so impressive. even most comedy dialogues were not funny. If you want to make a crime solving thriller, "vettaiyaadu vilayaadu" must be the benchmark. The Cinematography was good, had good shade of colours. The BGM was awesome. The movie had a lot of racy scenes and adrenaline rush in second half. But the climax was predictable. The song sequence made the romance more colourful. Since it is the first movie for the director I think it is quite a good product for a newbie. 

Music: Songs composed by Nivas K Prasanna. A very feel good music, soothing and mood booster.

Plus Point: Story, Cast, Cinematography and Music.

Minus Point: Screenplay.

Verdict: A not bad crime-thriller. Can be watched once in cinema.

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.