Post Tagged with: "Santosh SIvan"
Rangrezz Movie Review: Banality and Unintentional Hilarity of the Highest Order!
People in India make films for different reasons. Many make them purely for the monetary gains. Many also do it for the fame and glamour that is associated with the silver screen. Few find the medium to be a effective tool to make a statement and even fewer use it purely as a form of [...]
Dil Se… Sincerely
There have been blogs, haters, lovers, detractors, and saviors. To an extent even my father is not really fond of “Dil Se”. There was once a Mani Ratnam blogathon on MadAboutMoviez. And of course there were fans, there are fans including me. And there was once a discussion amongst us writers of this site, regarding [...]
Thuppakki Movie Review – Where ARM’s vigilante cinema perfectly meets Prince Mahesh style herogiri
The Kollywood star system in recent past has become a totally overpaid and overhyped factory churning out one dud after the other. This is a three pronged problem with limited script bandwidth, over inflated star egos & packets, and so-called ‘Midas touch’ directors who are under pressure to deliver from the minute they even think [...]
Thuppakki-Trailer
Vijay’s forthcoming film Thuppakki has been in the news right from the time the project was announced. With names like A.R.Murugadoss, Santosh Sivan, A.Sreekar Prasad etc it looked like Vijay had made a good move by signing the film. And then there was the title controversy as Team Thupakki and Team Kalla Thuppakki were locked [...]
First Look-Vishwaroopam & Thupakki
Today being a National Holiday ( May 1st ) Tamil Cinema has chosen to showcase something or the other related to 3 upcoming films. While Ajith‘s Billa-2 is slated to have its audio launch later in the day the 1st look of Kamal Haasan‘s Vishwaroopam ( Vishwaroop in Hindi ) and Vijay‘s Thupakki have also [...]
Raavan – Mani Ratnam’s Epic Misfire
Dear Mani Sir, As we bring this blogathon to an end with your last offering Raavan, I would like to request you to give us back the Mani sir who was once touted as the Spielberg of India. Who tried to change the conventions of mainstream cinema by replacing drama with subtlety. Who chose bold [...]
Let’s Test Our Mythology – Raavanan
How true are our mythologies? How true are the stories that have been handed over by our forefathers? How true are opinions jaundiced by regional and racial sentiments? In a country like ours where we worship the female deity in various forms and names, we consider Rama as an ideal husband when set he set [...]
Dil Se… – The Manifesto of a Man’s Passion
Dil Se… released when I was in the middle of my 10th standard. The songs came out first, and I didn’t have much of an opinion. After the release of the movie too, I don’t think I got any feedback. Those days, friends and followers had a more literal meaning and they were mostly restricted [...]
Dil Se – An Unsung Classic
Some films are made much ahead of their time. The makers show gumption in attempting something radical, either in terms of treatment, story, or technique-sadly, the audiences and critics are not ready for it. While such films end up being commercial failures, time bestows a haloed nostalgia upon them for generations to come. Rediscovered by [...]
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