7Aum Arivu is a silly bore that bizarrely seeks to meld fictional Tamil history, fictional Tamil pride and fictional biological warfare for the sole purpose of bamboozling Tamil movie fans into parting with their real money. Silly, Lifeless Film The movie builds on the myth of a historical martial arts fighter and medicine man called […]
Just finished watching the first half of 7Aum Arivu at a theater on the East Coast. We never thought there’d be an actress worse than Trisha on this planet. But today we found a monster million times worse than Trisha in the acting department. And its name is Shruti Haasan. Devoid of any expression, this […]
Folks, it’s 8.15PMET. We’re sitting in a hall on the East Coast blogging on our iPad 2. Waiting for the Surya-Shruti Hassan starter 7Aum Arivu to start. Good crowd in the hall. About 150-175 people in the hall. Not bad, not bad at all considering tomorrow is a working day in the U.S. Let’s hope […]
by Chennai Arun (Note: SI believes that Vishal and Sameera Reddy are a stain on Indian cinema) After two successive flops in Villu and Engeyum Kaadhal, director Prabhu Deva returns with a remake of the Telugu film Souryam, which released in 2008 and went to become a hit. Vedi’s story is simple. Vishal […]
Watch Suriya and Jyothika in the Uyirin Uyire song from the Tamil film Kaakha Kaakha (2003). Sure, the song/picturization is no masterpiece but there’s some life in the song and the scene. Now, watch the two Bollywood stars John Abraham and Genelia make monkeys of themselves (below) in the ‘same’ song Khwabon Khwabon in Force […]
By Chennai Arun Engeyum Eppodhum is a new Tamil film that hit the screens the other day. Directed by M.Saravanan, previously an assistant to the thieving swine aka A.R.Murugadoss and jointly produced by the Thiruttu LaKaBa (thieving wine) and Fox Star Studios, Engeyyum Eppodhum stars Jai, Anjali, Ananya and Sarvanand. Sathya has composed the music. […]