Jaane Tu…is a celebration of cameos. Besides the leads, who are extremely competent, there are so many interesting cameos that can be branched out into separate plots/ movies themselves. Take...
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WALL•E (Andrew Stanton)
Watching WALL•E, I had a familiar epiphany. That films across the globe talk of things very universal. WALL•E briefly sojourning Eve when she’s amnesiac (ahem, directives, you see!) is straight...
Continue reading...Dasaavathaaram (K.S.Ravikumar)
Dasaavathaaram is a movie experience meant for people who are familiar with Kamal Hasan and his body of work. If you are not one of them, this exhausting exercise in...
Continue reading...Anjaadhey (Tamil – Mysskin)
For all the promise director Mysskin displayed in his debut (Chithiram Pesuthadi), Anjaadhey is terribly disappointing. Using the same realistic, lower middle class setting, he has an Ajmal who simply...
Continue reading...Gone Baby Gone (Dir: Ben Affleck)
Gone Baby Gone tests a recent, but amazingly well-ingrained – by our films, what else? – theory, espoused best in Maniratnam’s Nayagan – a wrong is no wrong, if it...
Continue reading...Pirivom Sandhippom (Karu Pazhaniappan)
Pirivom Sandhippom’s script and screenplay is nothing short of a miracle in a state which thrives on loud, shocking or sudden twists in everything – films, megaserials or politics! It’s...
Continue reading...Kalloori (Tamil – Balaji Shaktivel)
Kalloori is a brilliant example of perfect casting – Akhil, the girl who plays Kayalvizhi and the rest of the gang, and of course Tamanna, who’s ticket to fame till...
Continue reading...Pollaadhavan (Tamil – Vetrimaaran)
Despite the clichés, (songs, scrawny lead actor!) director Vetrimaaran succeeds with Pollaadhavan mainly through the masterful screenplay that spins an unusual tale with things progressively spinning out of control, much...
Continue reading...Azhagiya Tamizh Magan (Bharhathan)
What do you get when David Dhawan directs SJ Surya’s script for Vaali? You get Azhagiya Tamizh Magan. Vijay gets so side-tracked by a half-baked idea that uses ESP like...
Continue reading...Jab we met (Imtiaz Ali)
Think DDLJ 2.0! Jab we met gains immensely from Shahid and Kareena’s endearing and honest performances. There are the usual leaps of imagination – the shortcuts that work brilliantly for...
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