Gautham Menon’s latest hit job on Tamil movie fans Neethaane En Ponvasantham has not had many takers at the box office. We’re talking here of the U.K. box office. Featuring Jiva and Samantha in key roles, Neethaane En Ponvasantham is an awful, amateurish exercise that’s painful to watch. Here’s how Neethaane En Ponvasantham fared at […]
* Gautham, do you understand Tamil enough to know that a lifeless film like Neethaane En Ponvasantham is what we Tamils slam as a Blaydu Padam (Epic Bore)? * Machchi, did you realize that serious movie buffs who have watched Neethaane En Ponvasantham will consider you to be a Kilpauk Case having completely lost your […]
Every once in a while, I find a Tamil song that endears itself to me. My current favorite is Pengal Yendral Poiya Poithanaa from the film Neethaane En Ponvasantham. Yuvan Shankar Raja has sung the track, for which the music is composed by his father Ilayaraja. The song has a measure of depth, a rarity […]
It’s a dark day for the Tamil film industry. Folks, Vijay’s Diwali release Thuppakki has already leaked on to the pirate sites. I’m so heartbroken! In just over 24 hours after the movie’s release in theatres in the great state of Tamil Nadu and across the U.S., Thuppakki has made its insidious way into the […]
I’ve got to hand it to Joseph Vijay and A.R.Murugadoss, the malefactors behind the thoroughly unwatchable Thuppakki. Say what you will but these two cheaptains of Tamil cinema have a bizarre sense of humor. After launching a vicious sleeper cell attack against the Indian Army and making the force look like a bunch of buffoons, […]
Thuppakki Review – Whopping Nonsense Joseph Vijay’s new film Thuppakki opened to a so-so response today. At a theatre on the U.S. East Coast, there were about 85 people for the opening, premiere show of Thuppakki. Besides Vijay, Thuppakki features Kajal Aggarwal. A.R.Murugadoss is the director. Murugadoss is also responsible for story, screenplay and dialogs. […]