Well Vishal the one man army & the fastest "rising"star in Kollywood is back with his 6th movie-Malaikottai.Directed by Bhoopathi Pandian ( Devathaiyai Kandein, Thiruvilayadal Aarambam) who is known for his sense of comedy, this one tries to combine the action image of Vishal with comedy for the first time.
So whats it all about?Vishal gets into an altercation with a gang in his hometown Pattukottai & the court gives him conditional bail but asks him to report to Trichy Police Station every day for a month.The Inspector in the Police Station is Ashish Vidyarthi, his chittappa ( dad's younger bro).Vishal falls in love with Priya Mani who is an engineering student.Trichy is being ruled by Devaraj ( Kannada actor) & his brother.
Again Vishal knocks off the villain's brother & then it becomes a straight competition between the two.Vishal is good in action, but can improve in the lighter scenes.The scenes between Ashish Vidyarthi & Urvasi are good.What was Nirosha doing in the movie?Priya Mani has nothing much to do.Overall an average movie.
Rating-2/5
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Happy Days- A Quick Review (Telugu)
Shekhar Kammula is back with his fourth movie ( after Dollar Dreams,Anand & Godavari), this time its a fun filled nostalgia laced movie-Happy Days.Its about a bunch of people who join CBIT ( a well known engineering college in Hyd of which the director is also an alumnus) & their journey for the next 4 years.
The film captures a lot of intricate weavings of love, friendship, pain etc during the days in college.It in particular makes one relive one's own experience of love ( or the lack of it!) during one's college days & thats where the movie scores.
Except for Kamalinee Mukherjee in a guest role ( a la Sushmita Sen in Main Hoon Na) & Tamanna, the rest of the cast is completely new.But the performances are all very natural & makes the viewing a pleasure.Overall a good film to watch.
Rating-3.5/5
The film captures a lot of intricate weavings of love, friendship, pain etc during the days in college.It in particular makes one relive one's own experience of love ( or the lack of it!) during one's college days & thats where the movie scores.
Except for Kamalinee Mukherjee in a guest role ( a la Sushmita Sen in Main Hoon Na) & Tamanna, the rest of the cast is completely new.But the performances are all very natural & makes the viewing a pleasure.Overall a good film to watch.
Rating-3.5/5
Ratatouille-A Quick Review
Well tobe honest I had never seen a single cartoon movie on the large screem until this one came along.This was one genre of movies that I never wanted to spend my money on.It all changed when I saw the trailer of Ratatouille & actually liked it,so ended up watching the movie on a sunday morning.
Whats the story?Well its about a rat in Paris who's inspired by a popular chef & similarly wants to be a great chef himself.He ends up helping a young introvertish lad ( who is actually the son of the now dead great chef) become a chef & run a restaurant.
Will not go too much in detail as far as the plot is concerned.Its better to see it & enjoy it instead.I am sure my opinion about cartoon movies has improved drastically after watching this.
Rating- As a regular movie-3/5, as a cartoon-4/5
Whats the story?Well its about a rat in Paris who's inspired by a popular chef & similarly wants to be a great chef himself.He ends up helping a young introvertish lad ( who is actually the son of the now dead great chef) become a chef & run a restaurant.
Will not go too much in detail as far as the plot is concerned.Its better to see it & enjoy it instead.I am sure my opinion about cartoon movies has improved drastically after watching this.
Rating- As a regular movie-3/5, as a cartoon-4/5
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Johny Gaddar-A Quick Review
Wow! Sriram Raghavan after Ek Hasina Thi is back with Johny Gaddar & it hits the bulls eye.Its big big tribute to the thriller genre in Bollywood.Some salutations are obvious like references to Parwana, Johny Mera Naam etc.The others are more subtle.
A 5 member gang ( Dharmendra,Neil Mukesh,Vinay Pathak,Zakir Hussain & Daya Shetty) want to make a big deal which would make them all wildly rich.But Neil who loves Zakir's wife ( Rimi Sen) & wants to go abroad with her, decides to double cross the gang & have the money for himself.Its then a complete zig zag tale, keeping you guessing right till the end.
All the performances including that of Govind Namdev as the cop are good.Neil Mukesh makes a good debut & Dharampaji continues his good work of Metro & Apne here.Surprisingly the Box Office performance so far has been very poor.
Rating- 3/5
A 5 member gang ( Dharmendra,Neil Mukesh,Vinay Pathak,Zakir Hussain & Daya Shetty) want to make a big deal which would make them all wildly rich.But Neil who loves Zakir's wife ( Rimi Sen) & wants to go abroad with her, decides to double cross the gang & have the money for himself.Its then a complete zig zag tale, keeping you guessing right till the end.
All the performances including that of Govind Namdev as the cop are good.Neil Mukesh makes a good debut & Dharampaji continues his good work of Metro & Apne here.Surprisingly the Box Office performance so far has been very poor.
Rating- 3/5
Chirutha- A Quick Review ( Telugu)
Well its the big telugu debut movie- Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan Teja makes his debut here in Puri Jagannath's movie.First things first does the movie live upto the hype & does Ram Charan deliver?Well its a no & a yes. While Ram Charan makes a reasonably promising debut, Puri Jagannath seems to have got it wrong somewhere.
There's hardly a plot.Ram Charan's dad is killed by a goon-Ashish Vidyarthi & his mom is now sick. The hero grows up in a reform home & then moves to Bangkok where he is guide. Neha Sharma the heroine, whom the hero had already "met"in Hyderabad lands up in Bangkok & our hero is her guide.
She is the spoilt rich daughter of Prakash Raj.Once while saving her from the bad guys , the hero & heroine end up getting stranded on a deserted island.So its now time for romance.Well turns out that Ashish Vidyarthi & his son are now in Bangkok & after making peace with Prakash Raj, its time for Ram Charan to take revenge.
Whew! its one big mess out there. Neha Sharma only has to look pretty.The others are all wasted.The comedy is a big let down-surprising since its a whole brigade-Bramhanandam,Ali, Venu Madhav, M.S.Narayana, Dharmavarapu etc.The locales are quite lovely.All in all it goes as a failed attempt though at the Box Office its likely to be a safe bet due to lack of opposition & curiosity factor.
Rating- 2/5
There's hardly a plot.Ram Charan's dad is killed by a goon-Ashish Vidyarthi & his mom is now sick. The hero grows up in a reform home & then moves to Bangkok where he is guide. Neha Sharma the heroine, whom the hero had already "met"in Hyderabad lands up in Bangkok & our hero is her guide.
She is the spoilt rich daughter of Prakash Raj.Once while saving her from the bad guys , the hero & heroine end up getting stranded on a deserted island.So its now time for romance.Well turns out that Ashish Vidyarthi & his son are now in Bangkok & after making peace with Prakash Raj, its time for Ram Charan to take revenge.
Whew! its one big mess out there. Neha Sharma only has to look pretty.The others are all wasted.The comedy is a big let down-surprising since its a whole brigade-Bramhanandam,Ali, Venu Madhav, M.S.Narayana, Dharmavarapu etc.The locales are quite lovely.All in all it goes as a failed attempt though at the Box Office its likely to be a safe bet due to lack of opposition & curiosity factor.
Rating- 2/5
Sivi-A Quick Review
Well it was by pure accident that I ventured to watch Sivi- a tamil horror movie!For starters I dont recollect having watched any tamil movie made by completely new technicians & starring newcomers in the recent past.
So considering that & also that there have hardly been any noteworthy horror movies in tamil cinema, this is a good attempt.Though inspired by the Thai cult movie-Shutter, this movie still manages to hold your attention.
The hero is a photographer.One night when is travelling by car along with his girlfriend,they accidentally hit a girl on the road & speed away.Right after that there's a photoshoot and when the hero then gets the photos developned, he is shocked to find the photos distorted & carrying the image of a ghost.
The ghost happens to be that of a girl who was the hero's collegemate.Though she loved him, our hero after a brief fling refuses to marry her.Now the ghost is back to haunt.What happens next?The climax is interesting & gives way to the prospect of a sequel.
All in a all a fair attempt.
Rating- Though I am inclined for a 2.5/5 I would go for a 3/5 since it was made without any stars
So considering that & also that there have hardly been any noteworthy horror movies in tamil cinema, this is a good attempt.Though inspired by the Thai cult movie-Shutter, this movie still manages to hold your attention.
The hero is a photographer.One night when is travelling by car along with his girlfriend,they accidentally hit a girl on the road & speed away.Right after that there's a photoshoot and when the hero then gets the photos developned, he is shocked to find the photos distorted & carrying the image of a ghost.
The ghost happens to be that of a girl who was the hero's collegemate.Though she loved him, our hero after a brief fling refuses to marry her.Now the ghost is back to haunt.What happens next?The climax is interesting & gives way to the prospect of a sequel.
All in a all a fair attempt.
Rating- Though I am inclined for a 2.5/5 I would go for a 3/5 since it was made without any stars
Marudhamalai-A Quick Review
Well after a long time I saw a movie by "Action King" Arjun in the big screen, the last being , Mudhalvan ( in 1999). But Arjun seems to be still fit & raring to go & is tailor made for this role.Nothing much about the story-Arjun plays a law graduate who joins the police due to his dad (Nasser) who is a police constable.
So our hero joins as a constable & the head constable there happens to be Vadivelu.The heroine Nila happens to be a neighbour of the hero & daughter of the inspector.So the first half is mainly fun filled with Vadivel having a meaty part.The villain is Lal who prevents elections in that town & this time Raghuvaran the chief election commissioner is prepared to defy Lal & conduct elections.
So during the elections, in a freak encounter Arjun clashes with Lal & puts him behind bars.The 2nd half sees Arjun now as an Inspector & his game for supremacy with Lal.You know how the movie will end right?If Kireedam was for the classes, Marudhamalai is for the masses.Nila has nothing much to do.D.Imman's music is a big bore.In the end its basically Arjun & Vadivel ( to some extent) who salvage the movie.Nevertheless this is a winner at the Box Office.
Rating-2/5
So our hero joins as a constable & the head constable there happens to be Vadivelu.The heroine Nila happens to be a neighbour of the hero & daughter of the inspector.So the first half is mainly fun filled with Vadivel having a meaty part.The villain is Lal who prevents elections in that town & this time Raghuvaran the chief election commissioner is prepared to defy Lal & conduct elections.
So during the elections, in a freak encounter Arjun clashes with Lal & puts him behind bars.The 2nd half sees Arjun now as an Inspector & his game for supremacy with Lal.You know how the movie will end right?If Kireedam was for the classes, Marudhamalai is for the masses.Nila has nothing much to do.D.Imman's music is a big bore.In the end its basically Arjun & Vadivel ( to some extent) who salvage the movie.Nevertheless this is a winner at the Box Office.
Rating-2/5
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