Expectations were riding high on Silambarasan's 'Silambattam' as the songs made it big even before the movie's release and it was touted to be a racy entertainer laced with action. However, the end product seems to be far from being impressive. With loosely etched characters…

After watching Bommalattam, Bharathiraja's bilingual venture, one cannot help being overawed by the excellence of Nana Patekar – easily one of the best actors India has ever produced. Designed as a film within a film the movie explores the quintessential life of a talented film…

Movies that revolve around the life of gangsters are ruling the roost in Kollywood and Bollywood. In the recent past, a host of films seemingly inspired by the underworld life was released and a few of them went on to rake in huge moolah.Debutant…

Emerging from Lingusamy's stable, debutant director Ravi has dished out a love story.Taking a cue from his mentor Lingusamy's maiden directorial venture 'Anandham', Ravi has etched out a good entertainer. But, a slow narration with repeatedly familiar characters and plot spoils the show.It's…

Remakes are never an easy task. It has to retain the flavour of the original and at the same time ensure that it suits the local audience for which it has been remade.Three cheers to filmmaker Kannan for taking the acid test to do…

Reluctance by a neighbouring State to release river water has allegedly left many agricultural regions in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu reel under drought.Several agricultural and farmers associations have raised their ante against the authorities for their 'failure' to take appropriate steps to…

In many ways 'Pazhassi Raja' occupied news columns in the recent past. It was the most anticipated Malayalam film this year. Its production equalling three big budget Mollywood films in terms of cost and time. And it is the Malayalam debut of Tamil industry's big…

Remakes seems to be the trend in Tamil film industry. But for the first time, a movie that hit the screen a couple of years ago has managed to see its sequel.'Naan Avan Illai', a remake of yesteryear K Balachandar film titled the same,…

Racy entertainers and Ilayathalapathy Vijay are inseparable. Much like Rajinikanth, Vijay’s films also are hero-centric and have all the ingredients to please the masses from 6-60 years. Fiery action sequences, colourful songs, romances with one of the most beautiful heroines in town and not to…

Love is the sought-after theme in Tamil cinema. With good showing in his last two outings that dwelt on romantic subjects, Nakulan has tried to recreate the magic with 'Kandha Kottai', which too is about romance.Debutant director S Sakthivel has rendered a commercial cocktail…