Category: Kollywood
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Marghazhi Mani Utsavam
Back in 2013 when Kadal released and was kalasified across the web, I was a mad about those harsh reviews for a truly different Mani Ratnam film. During the Christmas break of that year, I revisited all of Mani’s 23 movies up to that point. In that process, I discovered Guru – a movie that…
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O Kadhal Kanmani – Of Millennials and Maritals
Disclaimer: What follows is a stream of consciousness type writing that hasn’t been edited at all. There are extreme indulgences about Mani’s past movies and some personal observations but if you want to know what a die-hard Mani fan felt about OK Kanmani you should probably read it. Each paragraph is a standalone card, so…
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Enthiran – An Impressive Dry Run
[ Image: Vikatan] Shankar talks about the Enthiran that could have been and shares a sneak peak here in Vikatan.
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Delusions Galore!
Mayakkam enna was a wasted effort, devoid of substance and class. It didn’t engage me as a viewer, didn’t bother to develop its rather cardboard characters and never stopped to pretend that it was a raw but class movie. All this I never wanted to say about a Selvaraghavan film but I do now. Given…
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Why we like kolaveri?
I wanted to write a post summarizing the events that unfolded over the weekend when kolaveri went viral. Medianama did that quite well, for the most part. However three things that needs to be called out – One, the making video itself was a make believe. The shots of Dhanush singing were just looking like…