Watching Sivaji Ganesan’s ‘Muthal Mariyathai’ on the big screen after 38 years

Watching Sivaji Ganesan’s ‘Muthal Mariyathai’ on the big screen after 38 years

Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja and late singing sensation Malaysia Vasudevan welcome you with Poongatru Thirumbuma as the frame closes in on an aged man on his deathbed. Within minutes, you feel a lump building in your throat. In the very next scene, a flashback, he steps out of his toxic household to take in the fresh […]

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Nayanthara’s 75th film, co-starring Jai and Sathyaraj, goes on floors

Nayanthara’s 75th film, co-starring Jai and Sathyaraj, goes on floors

CHENNAI: 09-03-2020: Actress Nayanthara. PHOTO: PK_PRAVEEN | Photo Credit: PRAVEEN PK Naad Sstudios was recently in the news after they announced the Tamil sports drama Sarpatta Round 2, the sequel to the much-loved film Sarpatta Parambarai. And now their other Tamil film, starring Nayanthara, has gone on floors. Incidentally, this is the 75th film of […]

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Sathyaraj and Sibiraj reunite for ‘Jackson Durai’ sequel

Sathyaraj and Sibiraj reunite for ‘Jackson Durai’ sequel

Sathyaraj and Sibiraj with crew members of ‘Jackson Durai’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Veteran actor Sathyaraj had previously shared screen space with his son and actor Sibiraj in films like Jore, Vetrivel Sakthivel and Kovai Brothers. The duo was last seen together in the 2016 horror comedy film Jackson Durai. The film is now getting […]

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‘Connect’ movie review: Quite pedestrian by Ashwin Saravanan’s standards

‘Connect’ movie review: Quite pedestrian by Ashwin Saravanan’s standards

Nayanthara and Sathyaraj in Tamil movie ‘Connect’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In the midst of crashing sounds of the waves comes a breezy hum of a teenage girl. She sings ‘Naan Varaigira Vaanam’: Meen kannadi thottikul thedum oar kadale vazhva? (A fish searching for the ocean inside an aquarium…is that life?) Then comes this […]

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‘Connect’ movie review: Quite pedestrian by Ashwin Saravanan’s standards

‘Connect’ movie review: Quite pedestrian by Ashwin Saravanan’s standards

Nayanthara and Sathyaraj in Tamil movie ‘Connect’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In the midst of crashing sounds of the waves comes a breezy hum of a teenage girl. She sings ‘Naan Varaigira Vaanam’: Meen kannadi thottikul thedum oar kadale vazhva? (A fish searching for the ocean inside an aquarium…is that life?) Then comes this […]

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‘Meet Cute’ Telugu anthology review: A mixed bag, with two standout stories and other cheerful but generic ones

‘Meet Cute’ Telugu anthology review: A mixed bag, with two standout stories and other cheerful but generic ones

In the Telugu anthology Meet Cute, streaming on Sony Liv, debut writer and director Deepthi Ganta narrates five stories that are designed to be conversational, feel-good urban romances. The stories that stand out are the ones that go beyond the generic ‘chicken soup for the soul’ category. It is a mixed bag, as is the […]

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‘Meet Cute’ Telugu anthology review: A mixed bag, with two standout stories and other cheerful but generic ones

‘Meet Cute’ Telugu anthology review: A mixed bag, with two standout stories and the rest remaining basic

In the Telugu anthology Meet Cute, streaming on Sony Liv, debut writer and director Deepthi Ganta narrates five stories that are designed to be conversational, feel-good urban romances. The stories that stand out are the ones that go beyond the generic ‘chicken soup for the soul’ category. It is a mixed bag, as is the […]

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Telugu anthology ‘Meet Cute’: Siblings actor-producer Nani and director Deepthi discuss their journey, from fighting over TV remote to collaborating for a project

Telugu anthology ‘Meet Cute’: Siblings actor-producer Nani and director Deepthi discuss their journey, from fighting over TV remote to collaborating for a project

Deepthi Ganta first heard the term Meet Cute in the 2006 Hollywood film The Holiday, in a conversation between the characters played by Kate Winslet and Eli Wallach. The memory stayed. Years later, when she wrote a series of five feel-good, conversational short stories on urban romances, she thought it would be an apt title. […]

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‘Love Today’ movie review: Boomers, stay away. This is a watchparty for 2K Kids

‘Love Today’ movie review: Boomers, stay away. This is a watchparty for 2K Kids

Pradeep Ranganathan’s ‘Love Today’, written and aimed at young adults and college cohorts, is mostly entertaining and achieves what it sets out to, even at the cost of flab in writing and plainness in performances Pradeep Ranganathan’s ‘Love Today’, written and aimed at young adults and college cohorts, is mostly entertaining and achieves what it […]

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‘Pakka Commercial’ movie review: Gopichand and Raashi Khanna get their fun moments, but the film is far from entertaining

‘Pakka Commercial’ movie review: Gopichand and Raashi Khanna get their fun moments, but the film is far from entertaining

The sliver of smartness in director Maruthi’s Telugu courtroom drama is buried underneath cringy jokes The sliver of smartness in director Maruthi’s Telugu courtroom drama is buried underneath cringy jokes That director Maruthi is unabashedly commercial in his approach to his movies is known. A few of his films guaranteed hilarious moments while others ended […]

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