Tuesday, March 1, 2011

LATEST MOVIE REVIEWS - திரைப்பார்வை


நடுநிசி நாய்கள் / NADUNISI NAAIGAL - MOVIE REVIEW

Cast : Veera baghu, Sameera reddy, Deva

Music : NIL

Editing : Antony

Cinematography : Manoj Paramahamsa

Director : Gaudham Menon
Producer : Kumar, Jayaram, Madan
Distributor : Two 95 Entertainment
Studio: Photon kathas, RS infotainment
Release Date : 18th Feb 2011
Runtime : 1 Hour 50 Mints (approx)
Genre : Action, Comedy, Love & Hi-jack Thriller
REVIEW BY : AUTHOR





GLIMPSE - Gautham vasudev menon was known for doing stylish films with excellent music (Its disguising he missed harris). His last venture vinnai thandi varuvaya was appreciated for the storyline & superb music by ARR. Personally my best was "vaaranam Aayiram". Here with nadunisi naaigal, gautam had taken a path ahead of his routine cinematic formula & let me analyze the rest.  





MERITS : Gautham has renewed tamil cinema after sigappu rojakal... Congratz for his boldness to tell a dark controversial psychotic story in a lucid way. really the cinematography & atmosphere was intense & eerie throughout the film. New actor has done a good job, but have to improve a lot to sustain the competition. 
        



DE-MERITS : Its an inspiration from a 1960 Alfred Hitchcock's  superhit HW flick called "Psycho". Has the shades of Moodu pani, Sivappu rojakkal & Manmadhan. My question is "Why gautam copies, while he has talent...?". Menon's movies are well-known for good BG music & mind-cooling songs with visual excellency, but here he has experimented a movie without music & the result was an utter failure. Storyline is so controversial, like walking on a knife... again he has failed with the character selection & screenplay. Below Average performance by the artists. Nothing more to talk about this crap.






MY PUNCH : Never repeat this mistake Gautam. We soon expect a different kind of movie in your usual style. 


MY RATING - 55% 






RATING & IT'S CATEGORY :


BELOW 50 %    = WASTE

50% - 60%       = OK

60% - 70%       = GOOD

70% - 80%       = EXCELLENT


80% - 90%       = MUST WATCH

90% - 100%     = WATCH BEFORE YOU DIE! 



DISCLAIMER: Rating & Review is based on my view over the film & it shouldn't be considered as mass opinion - SADIQUE (Blog Owner)
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Monday, February 14, 2011

பயணம் / PAYANAM - MOVIE REVIEW

Cast : Nagarjuna, Prakash raj, Sana Khan, Rishi, Poonam Kaur, Thalaivasal Vijay, MS Baskar, Prithviraj. Etc.. Etc..

Music : Pravin Mani

Director : Radha Mohan
Producer : Prakash Raj
Distributor : Thriupathi Brothers
Studio: Silent Movies
Release Date : 11th Feb 2011
Genre : Action, Comedy, Love & Hi-jack Thriller
REVIEW BY : AUTHOR





GLIMPSE - Payanam is the fifth directorial venture of Radha Mohan, Who is well-known for soft hits like mozhi & abhiyum nanum... much appreciated for his style of direction that involves hi-end humor paired with sentiment. Here he has taken flight 'hi-jack' as a main theme and let us see what  he has delivered with the help of nagarjuna & prakashraj in the lead.       

MERITS : Hats off to the director for taking such a serious plot and dealt it with good balance. Screenplay is really wonderful and makes us addicted to the film right from the word say 'go'. All the characters have done their part well. Pakistani child's acting is sensitive. Prakashraj has delivered what he is capable of over the years. Nagarjuna (after a long gap in direct tamil movies) has done his role as a commando - surprisingly superb. No songs, yet the BG music is heart warming. Once again the director should be appreciated for bringing his comedy touch throughout the movie, even if the plot is a 'chilly thriller ride'.    
        



DE-MERITS : Over 'spoof' done wrt an actor's movie, who always act as an intelligent(?) police and captures pakistan terrorists (I think u might have guessed). Some of the characters are not necessary. Some scenes had no logic yet enjoyable.  








MY PUNCH : Payanam could have been made little more sensational in-order to make the 'flight of our life' unforgettable.
P.S : To get full satisfaction, watch this movie in Hi-Class theaters.


MY RATING - 79% 






RATING & IT'S CATEGORY :


BELOW 50 %    = WASTE

50% - 60%       = OK

60% - 70%       = GOOD

70% - 80%       = EXCELLENT


80% - 90%       = MUST WATCH

90% - 100%     = WATCH BEFORE YOU DIE! 



DISCLAIMER: Rating & Review is based on my view over the film & it shouldn't be considered as mass opinion - SADIQUE (Blog Owner)
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Monday, February 7, 2011

தூங்கா நகரம் / THOONGAA NAGARAM - MOVIE REVIEW

Cast : Vimal, Bharani, Nisanth, Gaurav, Anjali.

Music : Sundar C Babu

Director : Gaurav
Producer : Dhayanidhi Alagiri
Distributor : Dhayanidhi Alagiri
Studio: Cloud Nine Movies
Release Date : 4th Feb 2011
Genre : Friendship, Love, Comedy, Action, Sentiment, Betrayal & Revenge.
REVIEW BY : AUTHOR





GLIMPSE - Its needless to say that "Thoonga nagaram" is another pet name for the sleepless city Madurai. I'm proud for having this town as my home. I was much impressed by the trailer and waited for the movie to hit the screen As early as possible. Finally i made my dates to watch the film & hence this review. (My review will always be neutral and this too not because i'm a born & broughtup of vaigai land)    

MERITS : Vimal has shown a lot of improvement in kalavaani and this film will be a milestone for this rapidly growing actor. barani, nisanth, debutant dir/actor gaurav all have done justice to their roles. Anjali has not exaggerated & has delivered to the requirement. Flashback of anjali & vimal  was interesting. The egoistic clash between the two grannies is somewhat new and will be a 'trendy' in tamil cinema. Comedy by Singampuli is a enjoyable along with this 4 guys.Music by Sundar C Babu is simply fantabulous as it makes us involved with the flow of story. Songs blended very well with the situation & even a duet has been cut, as the director might have thought, it may reduce the pace.  Screenplay is racy right from the title. Cinematography by Vijay ulaganathan is the core of the movie as it is in new style and highly technomatic. The director deserves all the applauses as he hasn't given any chance to guess WHAT IS NEXT? Hats off Mr.Gaurav. After a longtime i saw audiences give a standing applause @ INTERVAL aswellas @END. (All waited and watched till the End of Credits with a warm round of Claps & Whistle). 
        



DE-MERITS : Villain's could have been shown with even more cruelty, as the climax was surprisingly cruel. (I think this is the first movie that got less De-merit comments from me, as I'm not able to think anything offensive) 








MY PUNCH : Movies of this kind will prove to the world, "WHO WE TAMILAN'S ARE & WHAT'S OUR LEVEL OF DEDICATION TO TRUE FRIENDSHIP...?!!" 
One word to say "More than Expectation" :) THAARU MAARU!
P.S: I read many reviews before posting in my blog, but the sad thing is many of the sites under-rated this movie stating it is a "replica" of earlier movies of such a genre. I strongly dis-agree with them, as this movie is gonna be a Mega hit of 2011 (Like subramaniapuram for 2008). I guess it will pickup little late. 




MY RATING - 86% 






RATING & IT'S CATEGORY :


BELOW 50 %    = WASTE

50% - 60%       = OK

60% - 70%       = GOOD

70% - 80%       = EXCELLENT


80% - 90%       = MUST WATCH

90% - 100%     = WATCH BEFORE YOU DIE! 



DISCLAIMER: Rating & Review is based on my view over the film & it shouldn't be considered as mass opinion - SADIQUE (Blog Owner)
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யுத்தம் செய் / YUDHAM SEI - MOVIE REVIEW

Cast : Cheran, Deepa sha, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Y.G.Magendra, Jeyaprakash.

Music : K

Director : Myskin
Producer : Kalpaathi S Agoram
Distributor : Kalpaathi S Agoram
Studio:  AGS Entertainment, Lone wolf productions 
Release Date : 4th Feb 2011
Genre : Action, Thriller, Psychotic revenge
REVIEW BY : AUTHOR





GLIMPSE - Myskin has presented Yuham sei in a quick succession after the critically acclaimed nandalala. His films anjaathey and Chithiram pesuthadi was liked by many and pronounced to be a good hit. The director was stamped with a style and here too he promises it, but this time with lots of violence & in a chaotic manner.








MERITS : Some scenes are really enthralling. The dark atmosphere adds goodness to the film of such genre. Music is appreciable @ few places. Jeya prakash will become a trademark character artist in tamil cinema, for the wonderful performance displayed here. Only one song in the movie, "kanni theevu" performed by ameer is choreographed in an eye/ear catching manner. Good message told in an unwantedly confused plot.             



DE-MERITS : Why Myskin doesn't learn from his previous mistakes...? Here too there are poorly executed fight scenes which makes us laugh "when the scene is sympathetically seriuous!" (for eg: rogues come one by one and get knifed by cheran and picks their fallen knives slowly - Like anjaathey naren's fight in hospital). Cheran needs to improve a lot as he doesn't fit the role perfectly, nevertheless to say he is a poor choice for an intelligent CBI officer. The movie also resembles Easan @ some point. Music by debutant 'K' gives headache after a while, as his tunes doesn't change from the loudness and lengthy eerie BG. Some scenes are not clear or made clear till the end. Why all the characters of myskin's film behave as an abnormal personality..? is an unanswered question from right his debut film. Many such silly childish things were flavored throughout the movie & don't want to waste my time by mentioning it all.        




MY PUNCH : A movie for the 'A' class audiences, that too if they whole-heartedly accept, "Yes! We watched a good thriller movie!"....? Miss it if your 'head' is out of 'ache'. 


MY RATING - 60% 






RATING & IT'S CATEGORY :


BELOW 50 %    = WASTE

50% - 60%       = OK

60% - 70%       = GOOD

70% - 80%       = EXCELLENT


80% - 90%       = MUST WATCH

90% - 100%     = WATCH BEFORE YOU DIE! 



DISCLAIMER: Rating & Review is based on my view over the film & it shouldn't be considered as mass opinion - SADIQUE (Blog Owner)
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பதினாறு / PATHINAARU - MOVIE REVIEW



Cast : Shiva, Madhu salini, Abishek

Music : Yuvanshankar raja

Director : D.Sabapathy
Producer : A.Shiva Sankar
Distributor : V.Creations (Kalaipuli S Dhaanu)
Studio: Passion Movie Makers
Release Date : 28th Jan 2011
Genre : Love & Sentiment
REVIEW BY : AUTHOR





GLIMPSEThis movie came without expectation and the only news about this movie was Mirchi shiva as hero and some gud songs composed by yuvan. As I had no other movies left to watch, went to this movie just for Time-Pass. (Already watched kavalan, aadukalam, siruthai and posted my reviews. Note : Posting this review after a week).  Let us see whether my time was good or bad...?

MERITS : Yuvan's music was good and couple of songs were impressive. (Only) Few dialogues are appreciable.  :(   



DE-MERITS A very boring screenplay. Totally logic-less love sequences both @ present & @ past. Mirchi Shiva has done a care-free role and nothing to boast of his performance, which was below-average compared to tamil padam or vaa QC. Heroine just accompanies shiva. Abishek after a longtime in silver screen has acted similar like what he does in small screen serials. A very childish & mindless performance by all the artists. Nothing more or less to talk.      




MY PUNCH : Save yourself, if you have read my review. Yes, I had a bad time.


MY RATING - 45% (For the First time I'm rating below 50, which implies the film is a total "WASTE")






RATING & IT'S CATEGORY :


BELOW 50 %    = WASTE

50% - 60%       = OK

60% - 70%       = GOOD

70% - 80%       = EXCELLENT


80% - 90%       = MUST WATCH

90% - 100%     = WATCH BEFORE YOU DIE! 



DISCLAIMER: Rating & Review is based on my view over the film & it shouldn't be considered as mass opinion - SADIQUE (Blog Owner)
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

காவலன் / KAAVALAN - MOVIE REVIEW

Cast : Vijay, Asin, Vadivel, Rajkiran, Roja.

Music : Vidyasagar

Director : Siddique
Producer : C.Romesh babu
Distributor : Cinema Paradise 
Studio: Ekaveera Creations
Release Date : 15th Jan 2011
Genre : Love, Comedy & Sentiment
REVIEW BY : AUTHOR





GLIMPSE - Vijay's kaavalan after a long struggle has hit the screens on 15th january 2011 (With one day delay). After the failure of Sura and average vettaikaran... every fans of him expected "kaavalan" as the real "guard" for eradicating the negative marks on "Vijay". Let me analyze the crucial factors of kaavalan.

MERITS : Vijay has played the role of 'bodyguard' without any 'one-line-punches' or 'gravity defying fights'. His character resembled the time he played as 'kutti' in 'TMT' and a sincere lover in 'Love today'. He hath handled the role so soft and Vadivelu accompanies him delivering an average comedy throughout the movie. Vidyasagar's BG music plays a vital role. Songs blends very well with the script. Unexpected twists at the end gives a "feel good" experience.    



DE-MERITS First half is totally dull and it will give us a feeling of watching a comedy serial. Asin is very sad, weak n thin (!?). Comedy is not like earlier combinations of vadivelu n vijay. Story n screenplay lacks the required pace n thrills. No effective casting and many talented artists just come at the beginning & vanish. Vijay's hairstyle at the climax is not at all suitable for his face-cut.   




MY PUNCH : Kaavalan though claimed to be the victor among pongal release, it was not such a great film when compared to his early films of such genre. (1996 - 2003 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Vijay)  Watch it once & forget !




MY RATING - 68% 


RATING & IT'S CATEGORY :


BELOW 50 %    = WASTE

50% - 60%       = OK

60% - 70%       = GOOD

70% - 80%       = EXCELLENT


80% - 90%       = MUST WATCH

90% - 100%     = WATCH BEFORE YOU DIE! 



DISCLAIMER: Rating & Review is based on my view over the film & it shouldn't be considered as mass opinion - SADIQUE (Blog Owner)
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Monday, January 24, 2011

சிறுத்தை / SIRUTHAI - Movie Review

 Cast : Kaarthi, Thamana, Santhanam

Music : Vidyasagar

Director : Siva
Producer : K.E.Gnanavel Raja
Distributor : Studio Green
Release Date : 14th Jan 2011
Genre : Action, Comedy,  Love, Cop Story & Sentiment
REVIEW BY : AUTHOR





GLIMPSE - Kaarthi's growth chart goes linear initiated from Paruthi veeran. Being asst director of manirathnam, its quite natural he has learnt what is Accurate Acting. As his total films count to 5 with siruthai, he has also scored 5 stars with his action packed comedy in siruthai. Kaarthi has done a dual role as Rocket raja (Pick Pocket thief) and Rathinavel pandian IPS (DSP).  Lets see what has worked out and what was lacking.

MERITS : Kaarthi is fully vibrant and energetic throughout the movie, even-though he has done a dual role. Shanthanam has supported the comedy track with his rib-tickling dialogues. After a long time, we hear Vidyasagars BG music and though not upto gilli or dhool, he has delivered what is necessary for the garam-masala flick. The fight scene before interval was mind-boggling and the way climax has been shot is sure to make this movie an above average hit. Hope girls will love this movie n karthi [As lot of girls who sat a row behind me were going gaga over the film :) ] The best to mention @Last was the DSP role by kaarthi, it will earn him good name from all class audiences.   



DE-MERITS : While kaarthi scores high marks from film to film, Tamanah was on the reverse track, her role was so idiotic and logic-less, added to her poor innocent acting. Main Villain was not at all impressive, looks like he is an aged TB patient. How could 2 karthi's look alike (!?), even-though they are not twins or blood related, only differentiation is their way of talking and a small scar on the nose of 'fraudulent' karthi. Songs could have been made with little more cheer & care. // Why does many of our directors always tell a gangster story with andhra BG, while it could have been well said with tamil nativity....? :( //        




MY PUNCH : If you dont want to waste your 2 hours and 40 minutes,  then go watch siruthai. Sit, relax, whistle, clap, giggle n enjoy! 
JINGTHAATHAA... JINDHAA... JINDHAA... JINGTHAATHAA... THAA...!




MY RATING - 73% 


RATING & IT'S CATEGORY :


BELOW 50 %    = WASTE

50% - 60%       = OK

60% - 70%       = GOOD

70% - 80%       = EXCELLENT


80% - 90%       = MUST WATCH

90% - 100%     = WATCH BEFORE YOU DIE! 



DISCLAIMER: Rating & Review is based on my view over the film & it shouldn't be considered as mass opinion - SADIQUE (Blog Owner)


 
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