Review : Saroja (2008)

Slick comedy and a dark thriller!

Rating : 3.5/5

Genre : Comedy/Thriller

Cast : Shiva, Premji , SPB Charan , Vaibhav , Prakash Raj , Jayaram , Sampath

This critically as well as audience acclaimed film is written and directed by Venkat Prabhu , the man who gave us "Chennai 6000028" which was a real entertainer and made some of us zealous to watch the movie for a lot many times.Athough , this film is a remake of an english flick "Judgement Night" , it is really worth watching.

The Story revolves around 4 friends and their adventurous journey to a so-called cricket match and which ultimately ends up in a life threatening situation.Ajay Raj(Shiva) , a daily soap opera star ; Ganesh (Premji) , a comical character who falls in love with every woman he sees ; Jagapathi Babu (SPB Charan) , a married man with a six year old daughter and his younger brother Ram Babu (Vaibhav) , decide to go on a road trip to hyderabad to catch a cricket match between India and Pakistan in Ajay's so called "azhagaana" Caravan.Enroute , they get caught in a road block caused by the overturning of an acid tanker lorry.They are now forced to take a short route to hyderabad but they end up in a dark , abandoned area where the real problems start.Meanwhile , we are given glimpses of Viswanath's (Prakash Raj) home where his daughter Saroja is kidnapped.The four friends then get entangled with a rogue Sampath who is responsible for the kidnap.Ajay , Ganesh , Jagapathi and Ram are forced to plot a plan to rescue Saroja and they manage not to lose their sense of humor all the way.

For both younger and older audiences , apt casting, editing ,crispy dialogues and a great background music represented a welcome change from the standard masala Tamil cinema.It has set the cash registers ringing and has assured Venkat Prabhu a second consecutive super hit.The Director has understood the tamil audience well and has evolved into an intelligent and creative director.This will definitely create more hype for his forthcoming projects and people in the tinsel world are already having a close watch on his movements.

The Songs are well composed and fit in perfectly.

The Chase sequences are well planned and executed , hats off to the stunt master.

The Cinematography is brilliant , it makes you get so involved in the movie and keeps you in the edge of your seat.

Most of the cast in the movie Chennai 600028  as well as the whos who of Tamil TV world are given some screen space.

This is a definitely a must watch movie and i advice you people not to miss this one at any cost.

Overall , this movie is well crafted with good proportion of action , comedy ,songs and even after 2 1/2 hours of sheer entertainment , it won't let you leave the theatres.

Bottom Line : Assured 100% entertainment!

Review : A Wednesday (2008)

Not a usual terrorist movie!

Rating : 3.5/5

Genre : Thriller

This movie has a very small cast and its story revolves around these 4-5 characters.

Anupam Kher(Prakash Rathod,Commissioner of police) is about to retire and he narrates a case which affected him the most in his career.The story takes place on a wednesday between 2pm to 6pm when a man(Nasseruddin Shah) calls him and tells him that he has planted 5 bombs in the city which are set to blow off at 6.30pm.The only way for the police to know the position of the bomb is to do what the man says.

And that is all I'm going to tell about the story.

Faith is really very powerful.It draws everyone towards it.It is at the core in , A Wednesday.The police is forced to believe what the man says and does it only to find out that...........(sorry no spoilers!!!).

No words will be enough to praise the one man , Nasseruddin Shah who literally carries the movie in his shoulders.He has really churned out to be one of India's finest actors.Any role will fit him perfectly.

Frankly,this movie doesn't have a single song and the background score is just amazing , on par with hollywood action flicks without any sort of plagiarism from the west (This has to be noted).

So good plot , effective dialogues and great performances ensure an above average movie for the debutant writer-director Neeraj Pandey.It has been a trend these days for young directors making their debut to make a film on a terrorist subject (keeping mumbai meri jaan and aamir in mind) and all of them have made the critics awestruck as they keep complaining on the lack of proper directors and script writers.

All in all , this is a very good movie and i sincerely advice ardent movie watchers as well as people looking out for a reason to watch movies to get to the movie theatres and get entertained or as people say get the proper "value for money" because this is a clean , non-masala flick with absolutely no time filling comedy,punch dialogues,intro scenes and no sort of romance.

Bottom Line : A Common man answers the questions putforth to him.

Atheism - A Consciousness Raiser

This thought was in my mind since a long time and also was the thing that i hadn't updated my blog  for a long time now.This article currently sent to our college magazine for publishing is being put on my blog for you people to read.I Hope most of you might be a little hesitant to read this but still , just give it a try.

Atheism

It is important for the readers to be clear about the meaning of the following words before they read the article. 

• Atheism: “disbelief in the existence of a god or gods”
• Agnosticism: “a belief that it is not possible to know whether god exists or not”
• God: 1 “(in Christianity, Islam and Judaism) the being or spirit that is worshipped and is believed to have created the universe”

     2 “(in some religions) a being or spirit who is believed to have power over a particular part of nature or who is believed to represent a particular quality” 
 
 
 

There are lots of people out there who have been brought up in some religion or other, are unhappy in it, don't believe it, or are worried about the evils that are done in its name; people who feel unclear desire to leave their parents' religion and wish they could, but just don't realize that leaving is an option and henceforth can carry on their life as an atheist.  

This article is intended to raise consciousness - raise consciousness to the fact that to be an atheist is a realistic objective, and a brave and splendid one. You can be an atheist who is happy, balanced, moral, and intellectually fulfilled. That is the first of our consciousness-raising messages. We also want to raise consciousness in other ways too, which we'll come on to. We believe that there exists an atheist in every intellectual human and our objective is to uncover that person to thyself. 

Imagine a world without religion, how would it be?

There would be no 9/11 tragedy, no India partition, no godhra train massacre, no ayodhya crisis and many other inhuman acts. 
 
 
 
 

There might also be people who feel that agnosticism is a reasonable position, but that atheism is just as narrow as a religious belief. 

Maybe you think it is obvious that God must exist, for how else could the world have come into being? How else could there be life, in all its rich diversity, with every species looking uncannily as though it had been 'designed'? 

The answers to the above questions are in your intellect but your presumption that a supreme being/power exists obstructs you from reaching a rationalistic conclusion. 

If you feel trapped in the religion of your upbringing, it would be worth asking yourself how this came about. The answer is usually some form of childhood indoctrination. If you are religious at all it is overwhelmingly probable that your religion is that of your parents. If you were born in the U.S. and you think Christianity is true and Islam false, knowing full well that you would think the opposite if you had been born in Afghanistan, you are the victim of childhood indoctrination. 

                          

Being an atheist is nothing to be apologetic about. On the contrary, it is something to be proud of, standing tall to face the far horizon, for atheism nearly always indicates a healthy independence of mind and, indeed, a healthy mind. There are many people who know, in their heart of hearts, that they are atheists, but dare not admit it to their families or even, in some cases, to themselves. Partly, this is because the very word 'atheist' has been assiduously built up as a terrible and frightening label. 

The Atheist view of life is progressive and optimistic, in awe of human potential, living without fear of judgement and death, finding enough purpose and meaning in life, love and leaving a good legacy. 

Truth is very powerful and you may not have the strength to resist it. God is just an intricate delusion. The dictionary supplied with Microsoft Word defines a delusion as 'a persistent false belief held in the face of strong contradictory evidence, especially as a symptom of psychiatric disorder'. When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion. 
 

The supposed unattainability of knowledge for or against the existence of gods is sometimes seen as indication that atheism requires a leap of faith. Common atheist responses to this argument include that unproven religious propositions deserve as much disbelief as all other unproven propositions, and that the unprovability of a god's existence does not imply equal probability of either possibility. 

It is time to break the shackles of religion or God and ignite our minds with the spark of rationalistic thoughts...

              AWAKE!!!  AROUSE!!!    ACHIEVE!!! 
 

The Riddle of Epicurus* 
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. 
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. 
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? 
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? 

*Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher 
 
 
 
 

FAMOUS ATHEISTS

Scientists

Thomas Edison

Blaise Pascal

Ferdinand Magellan

Annie Wood Besant

Stephen Hawking

Albert Einstein

Charles Darwin

Galileo Galilei 

Writers

Mark Twain

George Bernard Shaw

Oscar Wilde

Andrew Carnegie

Isaac Asimov

Salman Rushdie

Bertrand Russell 

The 10 Avatars of Kamal in close up shots **New Arrival**

Here are the close up shots of the 10 avatars played by "Universal Hero Padmashri" Kamal Hassan.




Govind , the scientist of the 21st century who discovers this unique virus which could destroy millions of people if it goes into the wrong hands.Kamal is in his natural form of acting for this role.One cannot see anything different in his style.

Rangarajan Nambi , the priest from the 12th century , strong build and looks exactly like a vaishnavaite would be.We aren't shown much of his character but we are shown some of his bones which still existed till the tsunami struck.
Wow , wow ,wow , the funniest character among all is this fellow.He supposedly speaks 5 languages in telugu.His accent is typical to that of an andhra person and his body movements are even more great.The background score for this character is also great.
The American baddy , displaying kamal's depth of language and style even at 50.One of the perfect avatars with no such flaws.
Karate Master , the perfect make-up.One cannot really find out whether its kamal portrayin this character.Only after strong observation will you find some shades of kamal in this character.
Kamal imitates the U.S. President to 100% except for the last dance step in the stage.His body language and voice are perfectly matched to the original.Hats off to Kamal.
Kalifullah , he might seem very stubborn and angry to you but he has been picturised as an innocent fellow with some cliches and hiccups in his language which fitted his character perfectly.
Vincent Poovaragan , well what can we call him , maybe a political activist or something but his body language is superb and one would really feel that a mass' messiah is standing in front of you.He behaves like a "servant to citizens" kinda person.

Man , oh no he is a woman.What a brilliant portrayal!!!!!!I was really dumbstruck seeing this character on screen.Although this 95 year old showed actions wherin she behaved like a teenager,and also that her ears hear things to her pleasure and not most of the things , Kamal has voiced out this character beautifully.This character seemed like "Daler Mehndi" but had no great make up.But , Kamal , man , I just figured out why his fans call him Aandavar.He speaks his punjabi in the perfect accent with no south indian touch to it.He ROCKS!!!!




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Review : Dasavatharam (2008)

A New milestone in tamil cinema


Rating : 3.5/5
Genre : Action/Thriller/Classic

Cast :
Kamal Hassan, Asin, Mallika Sherawat, Jayapradha, Nagesh, Nepolean, Santhana Bharathi, P Vasu.

Note: Please watch the movie very very carefully in order to really understand the storyline.

Aascar Ravichandran , the producer, who changed the spelling of his first name by numerology , has to really thank the numerologist whom he visited because the name change has really done wonders for him.He really has to be appreciated for believing in Kamal's work and providing him full support even though the former failed to hit the bulls eye in his recent own works.

The film opens with the new production house video for oscar films , a frequent tamil movie watcher might find the difference , and right after that we have the world in Kamal's eyes showing his title "Universal Hero".

The first scene travels from the beach to the stadium where a huge crowd is gathered for some function which one cannot find out what it is for and we hear the voice of Govind Ramasamy (The Protagonist , as we can quite rightly say) narrating a series of incidents.Now, every flashback movie has a hitch , one cannot really narrate the jokes and songs through his speech , well no one is so talented in this world who can really grip you to your seats just through his speech.That is when a huge mass of both literate and "not-so literate" people are listening to you.

So, coming back to the story , as he narrates his first story which supposedly takes place in the 12th century , our view dates back to that period where one can see the rift between the saivites and vaishnavites.The fight inside the temple by kamal when the king's soldiers try to move the ranganathar statue could hav been avoided.Maybe the director wanted a hero's introduction to be stunning for the audiences and add some commercial element.But for a fight in the 12th century period , the stunts were a little too much or as some say unbelievable.The song "Kallai Mattum Kandaal" fits in place and its lyrics perfectly match to the visuals.Nambi's muscles has to be given a special appreciation.



Napolean plays role of kulothunga chozhan who orders the removal of the ranganathar statue which is protested by rangaraja nambi (Kamal in his second of the ten roles).He fights and protests but the king wouldn't accept , so he ties him to the statue and decides to throw them into the sea.Although the king throws a deal that if nambi chants "Om Nama Shivaya" instead of "Om Namo Narayanaya" , he would grant him pardon.So , Nambi starts with OM and the audience is really anxious whether he chants it or not.

The movie is centrally based on butterfly effect or the chaos theory which means that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornado in a certain location. The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations of events. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different. Of course the butterfly cannot literally cause a tornado. The kinetic energy in a tornado is enormously larger than the energy in the turbulence of a butterfly. The kinetic energy of a tornado is ultimately provided by the sun and the butterfly can only influence certain details of weather events in a chaotic manner.The entire story of Dasavatharam is based on this theory and not about bio warfare, 12th century religious clash or tsunami.
So as per the theory,the tsunami is indirectly blamed upon the 12th century this is what one would infer at the end of the story.

Next in the pipeline of his narration is his own flashback where he still is a scientist working in an american laboratory and researching a biological weapon of mass destruction.Kamal's senior official tries to sell this invention and Chris Fletcher (the third of ten played by Kamal) is sent to retrieve the weapon from Ramasamy when he comes to know of his senior and escapes with the weapon to India.



Mallika Sherawat as Fletcher's assistant fails to create an impression on the movie watcher and her role in the movie could have been played by any other actor having cut the "Kaa Karu..." song which was totally unwanted.

So, not spoiling the storyline any further , the other portraits of Kamal which fall into place as the story progresses are CBI Officer Balaram Naidu,Pop Singer Avatar Singh,95-year old Woman , Japanese Karate Master,7-foot tall Kalifullah Khan,US President George Bush and finally a dalit activist Vincent Poovaragan.

All roles played by the maestro are commendable except for some actions of the 95 year old woman which are quite manly and George bush dancing in the end which could have been corrected and avoided respectively.

Asin,who also plays a dual role,creates an amazing impression on the audience with both her characters played perfectly and her voice really fits into her persona.

The Last scene where Chris Fletcher opens the vial and swallows the virus, is gripping as to what will happen to the face of Tamil Nadu but just then Tsunami shows up (sea water contains NaCl which is required to stop the virus from spreading) thereby eliminating the virus action.I couldn't get it while watching the movie, only after i heard from some great brains , it could really register in my brain too.This is no more a flaw to what i thought it was.Logic has been applied perfectly, its only that sometimes people like me won't understand quite simple things.

Coming to the technical aspects of the movie , Cinematographer Ravi Verman has handled the camera really well and needs an applause.
The Tsunami scene,one of India's first shown in movies is not very perfect with transformers being unharmed when water gushes through it destroying everything else beside it, but it really is a very good effort in re-creating the the disaster on the screen.
The graphics could have been better overall but owing to Aascar Ravichandran's bank balance , it surely is an amazing work.

The songs composed for the movie were not that pleasant to hear when the audio released.One thought,for such a big budget movie, the songs aren't that great but then after watching the movie ,one could contradict oneself because the songs fit right in place and the need of the song is not thought into except for the Mallika Sherawat number.
The re-recording work by Devi Shri Prasad is excellent and he is sure to climb more heights in Kollywood.


The Dialogues written by Kamal are surely worth mentioning especially for the tamil he uses in his speech and also the lighter parts of the movie.
The places where the audio was in english or japanese lacked "readable" subtitles and it went too fast and also the dialogues in punjabi did not have subtitles at all.These could have been corrected by the editor but these stand apart while taking his editing brilliance in the movie into consideration.Excellent work ,kudos to him.

Speaking of the director , K.S.Ravi Kumar , signs off the movie in style.He also has to be appreciated for believing in Kamal's script and deciding to direct the movie for him.He has handled all the character's well in accordance to the script.This movie has brought laurels for him as well.

So, all in all , Kamal's exorbitant budget flick "Dasavatharam" hits 100 on the technical aspects and ideologies but fails to deliver an edge-of-the-seat thriller.One was not really satisfied of watching a full movie after the movie ended as it did not have that much of entertainment quotient except for the viewer to gaze at Kamal with his/her mouth open.Some say it was like a hollywood flick but i say no because it had a quite a lot of commercial elements.
Kamal ,an athiest in himself ,through this movie , tests the presence of god in his brain child "Dasavatharam"(For he has written the story , screenplay and dialogues).
The End of the movie is marked by Kamal, showcasing his make up videos for different characters and if one would start counting as to how many characters he has played , he/she would end up with nine and keep thinking what was the last part or as if the last part really weren't there and thereby blaming Kamal for cheating but the last part is of Rangaraja Nambi whose make up video isn't shown.One needs to really watch the movie seriously and not for finding flaws alone.

Trade Talk : Will not be understood in the B and C centres although his fans will surely pour in to catch a glimpse of the so called masterpiece which indirectly will ring the cash registers.

Final Verdict : Don't forget to catch the universal hero in his 10 avatars because its only Kamal , Kamal and Kamal all the way.
Two Thumbs Up!!



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Review : Kuruvi (2008)

Poor script and direction but Vijay rocks!!!!

Rating : 2/5

Genre: Action/Thriller

Disclaimer:
Well, this is my first review for a Vijay movie.So, people please don't mind if i show any sort of extra appreciation for any normal scenes.All views written in this page about this movie is clearly my personal ideology and any sort of discourage shown to any of the actors is purely unavoidable.

Cast:
Vijay...........................Vetrivel
Suman........................Gocha
Ashish Vidyarthi.......Konda Reddy
Trisha.........................Devi
Vivek..........................Ops
Manivannan..............Singamuthu


This movie is by far the highest budget movie for "Ilayathalapathy" Vijay.Produced by "Red Giant Movies" Udhayanidhi Stalin and directed by the famous Dharani , the movie slams 100 on its entertainment quota.Dharani who gave continuous hits like Dhill , Dhool and Ghilli , fails to make an impression through this one.The story could have been altered and there are few major flaws in the movie which could have been avoided.


Talking about the hero , well , he doesn't need any introduction.He has been given the "Next Superstar" title from the tamil cinema world and he need to keep it up.Well, he makes sure that he gives us a superstar movie and pleases his fans for sure.His fans are ought to go gaga on his performance in the movie as it is the only thing due to which the movie is watchable , so sorry to say this.


Starting from the introduction scene , you can see the hero gushing out from a manhole but what sort of a manhole , is it gutter or some water sump ,the director fails to explain.But this intro stunt is sure to make his fans go up.The hero has shown his interest in racing and made it clear to his rival (Wondering who it would be , eh?).


The Vijay-Vivek combo is sure to enthrall and make the audience laugh.Vijay is at his comedy best.He definitely has shown his worth and experience in this movie, many people say that he cannot act,he has quoted them wrong.

Trisha looks stunning in all her scenes also in dance sequences and not to mention the scene where she goes to Vijay's house to remove her sprain.Her looks in the songs "happy new year" and "thaen thaen" are warming and pleasurable.

One can really argue that some ideas have been copied from sivaji like the one outside the bar in malaysia where Vijay asks Vivek to touch either of his fingers as to what route to take but it is a way to show that the hero is a die-hard fan of the "present" superstar ,nothing wrong.

Also , few may not like the hero performing the stunt where he jumps from a terrace to a bridge situated 200m away but director Dharani has quoted this scene as "If it was the superstar performing the same scene , we would have him reach the train directly but since it was Vijay he had to fall short".
The fight sequences by "Rocky Rajesh" are to be noted because they were really exciting to watch.



There a lot many flaws to the movie wherein you hav a doubt in the experience of the director :
Vijay , Trisha and Vivek board some international flight from Malaysia to Chennai but when they show Chennai airport , they seem to land in a jet airways aircraft.One can also argue that they might have switched flights in between but security check doesn't happen on landing in any airport unless if it is from an international flight.
Trisha tells Vijay that it is her first time in a flight but her engagement took place in cudappah , how did she go there. (* Special Correspondent)
The song " Mozhu Mozhunnu" could have been seriously avoided as there was no sort of need for the song in between a fight sequence.
The fight sequence in cudappah where the hero fights with the cudappah "raja" change places unnecesarily.
Vijay should have been asked to build up some muscles before he could take off his shirt.
There could be no such webcam created in this world with such great picture clarity.
There could be no such laptop created which enters password on its own just by swiping the thumb and that too in the reverse way.

If at all , all these flaws were removed , the movie would sure have reached heights or you can also console yourself by saying that it was the government's move to spend their black money in order to escape from the income tax department.

Finally coming to the main departments which apart from Vijay made the movie watchable , the background music (bgm) and cinematography.Vidyasagar should definitely be applauded for his great work on the bgm although the songs weren't upto the mark.Cinematography was excellent and a real treat to cinema lovers , the scenes in cudappah were shot brilliantly with perfect colour contrast to malaysian and chennai scenes.Hats off to the cinematographer.

All in all , the movie contains Vijay at his best all throughout packed with bad direction and great cinematography.

Trade Talk : Good Opening , Will not survive in the box office for more than 1 month.

Final Verdict : If you are a hardcore Vijay fan , do watch it and applaud but if you are wanting to see it for Dharani , AVOID!!!!!

Movies - My Life

It has been quite a lot of time since i have updated my blog.So let me give it a life with the most interesting and important amenity of life.(Movies have the worth and can be rightly called an amenity)
You people might be wondering why i always post a movie review in my blog,the reason is that i am passionate about movies,can't live without it.
I have watched quite a lot of movies and can boast over many people on the account of the number of movies seen.
A movie is quite rightly considered as a director's child where he has to take every care in putting up the right scenes onto the reel and show it before the public.You see,these days the public are also equally intelligent in understanding the basic themes of life and can judge a movie quite rightly so as to whether the movie has some sort of the reality element in it.
I basically watch all kinds of movies.Good quality stuff as well as the bad ones.They cannot be called bad ones as the director has taken lot of pains in delivering his product to us but,yeah sometimes the director is not able to give the right amount of weightage to his script.
I have really suffered watching bad quality stuff and have sat down whole throughout the movie where my friends used to just walk out of the place.People should really learn to admire cinema not just speak something bad about it right on the face.Some people might think of contradicting me on this fact, but then when you are writing a review as a critic then you have all rights to write anything on that.
When i watch movies that interest me, i get a thought as to why not i write some story keeping all the things in mind.Why not take a script and engage people's brain to get some adrenalin rush while reading it.You see there are a lot of movies where you definitely want to know what is going to happen next but there are also movies that piss you off right from the first scene(eg: I am Legend,Sunshine).
I like being a critic and respect others' comments too but there are instances where well-known critics write rubbish on a movie such as "I am legend".The movie basically had nothing in it but still people are fond of it just because of the hero or the cinematography or the futuristic view of the world.The same thing was with "Children Of Men".
Just recently i saw a movie called "Vantage Point",i had gone to the theaters just after reading reviews of it stating that it is an edge-of-the-seat thriller,it was quite a thriller but only till one half of the movie.The other half ,well cannot be quite called a half as it lasted only for 20 minutes,was damn short and movie was not ended properly.
But still i will keep watching movies like that because.........................
....................I am a movie addict and i surely cannot live without them!!!!

Spoiling The Classic



Rating : * *1/2

In spite of the great hype created and a hell lot of expectations from cinema lovers,this movie is a set back to the old "Billa".It fails to deliver any such entertainment and you cannot find any new twist in the story.
Director Vishnuvardhan is a versatile director known for his youth and experienced direction.Unlike Arindhum Ariyamalum,his previous venture,he fails to show any of his talent.

In short,this movie is a mix of the hindi Don(2006) and story wise remake of tamil Billa(1980).

Starting from the first frame :


The introduction scene of Ajith is an "already seen" Rajinikanth's style which will not san any logic when the superstar himself performs it but this time,hey,its just the "Ultimate Star".

Then comes ajith's first dialogue "Check Mate" with a south indian accent and then a slash of a sword onto cut a person's neck.

Nayanthara looks damn sexy and does some changes to your hormones.But her role in the movie is not explained properly as to how she gets caught by the police.


Namitha is just an eye wash in the movie,no use of her except for her comedy dressing and dancing.

Comparing the movie with SRK's Don,this movie can't even come closer to it.
Ajith definitely looks god damn stylish but his dialogue delivery is not upto the mark.He certainly is the best person for this role but unfortunately fails to do it properly.
There are a lot of loop holes in the movie where you can sense that the director hasn't explained few things properly.The answer to that is he hasn't thought of anything new from his own brain.The Story might seem new to few people but to those people who watch quality movies might have a bitter view of it even though it looks stylish.


The Way Jagdeesh(Rahman) comes into the police is vastly researchable and there are many unwanted glimpses of Anil(as the name of the character played in the movie) being a villianish type.
DSP Jay Prakash(Prabhu) has done quite well except for his so called intro scene where he just turns around his chair expecting a lot from the audience which he ultimately didn't get any response from the audience.

The "Sei" song is picturised beautifully and choreographed also because it is the only song where one can see something called DANCE exists in this movie.

Ajith seems to have learned his Singaporean language well using the words "CAN, CANA and LA" frequently.

Oh ya, i forgot ajith had donned a dual role.One is called Billa and the other Velu.The velu character was acted well by him and not to forget Santhanam has done a great job providing laudable comedy and to ajith "Man,he dances better than you.......so sorry to say!"

Finally,coming to the only heroes of the movie ,Yuvan Shankar Raja,the music director, and the cinematographer,Nirav Shah.Amazing background music and camera work.Those were the only plus points in the movie which made it look like a hollywood flick.

Hope you liked the review,please post comments.

Review : I am Legend (2007)

Complicated science fiction!!!!!

Rating : **

Starring : Will Smith, Alice Braga, Dash Mihok, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Charlie Tahan

Genre : Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller, Adaptation and Remake

Release Date : December 14th, 2007 (wide)


This movie made me think right from the beginning.I read many reviews written for this movie by famous and experienced critics but all seem to tell the same thing that Richard Neville (Will Smith) is a scientist who tries to cure a deadly virus.When i started seeing the movie, i couldn't find any place where they say that he is trying to do so.Someone creates a cure for cancer and then it turns into a deadly virus.I cannot understand how it turns out to be so.There a lot many flaws in the movie and places where you can clearly understand that the movie isn't conveying.Maybe the director wants you to chat with him while watching the movie.




During the movie,Will Smith keeps getting flashes of the past where you can see the above scene.One thing i couldn't understand is that an airplane lashes over the sky bombing the bridge,but the thing is who pilots the plane and why do they have to bomb the bridge.Whoof..it is a very complicated movie.

I just cannot understand why the critics liked the movie so much, i mean there is nothing that great in the movie that is laudable except for the breathtaking sounds which shock you and also the wonderful graphics which is superb.The screenplay of the movie is good.Though,Will Smith is known for his acting,there wasn't any scope for him to show more of his talent.


Coming back to the story -
Samantha (Sam) is his only companion in this so called abandoned "New York City" but suddenly one day,some kind of aliens or humans affected by the virus attack Neville and Sam but unfortunately Sam gets infected and turns wild and Neville is persuaded to kill him.So Neville is angry and decides to kill the infected humans and goes on to do so,only to get caught.But then, a woman comes and saves him from those infected,saying that she'd heard Neville's appeal in the radio to help the human survivors.

The movie is total crap and unbelievable.There is no "IMPACT" on our brain after seeing this movie.One has to read the director's script or the so called wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend) in order to understand the movie.

People,you can watch the movie for Will Smith , for the music and for the graphics in some parts.Otherwise the movie is useless and only confuses your brain.

Verdict : A Sci-Fi which can only be understood by the geniuses.


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Please do comment about this review for those who have or haven't seen the movie.

Review : Sivaji (2007)

COOL - thats how the movie is.
ேபர ேகட்டவுடேன சும்மா அதுறுதுல!!!!!!

Rating : ****

I don't know whether i can express all my feelings about the movie in writing but i suggest you people that when you are going to watch the movie you have to have a different mindset.A mindset of enjoyment and telling your brain not to think that the movie sans logic.

Though the movie has unbelievable stunts which will literally make you laugh when you see any other hero performing it but don't forget that in this movie the hero is our SUPERSTAR.

The movie is fun to watch and i didn't get bored watching it 2 times in fact i have decided my third trip to the theater to watch the movie.

So i suggest you people to watch the movie in the theater and experience the ambience.

I have given a rating of 4 stars which doesn't mean that the movie deserves an oscar or any kind of award except that of "Best Hype Creator".The movie was expected with a lot of hype and our superstar doesn't fail to deliver it.He has put in his 100% efforts in order to satisfy not only his fans but also others.



Director Shankar has tried to attract the fans of two big young heroes of tamil cinema,"Ultimate Star" Ajith and "Ilayathalapathy" Vijay by rendering a famous dialogue and dancing for the hero's song respectively.

The cinematographer K.V.Anand needs an applause for his beautiful picturisation of songs and fight scenes.

Art Director Thotta Tharani's experience is seen in the movie through his sets.

The background music is just amazing.no wonder why the "ARR" tag is so valuable.

Vivek has done a fabulous job.all his dialogues got the audience laughing instead of giving an awkward look.

Shriya is the right choice for the heroine.she is so beautiful though only with make up.


NOTE: The following is just the basic storyline of the movie and doesn't reveal any other interesting sequences in the movie.

STORYLINE : Sivaji returns from USA after earning a lot of money.He is very astonished to see big buildings in Chennai but after seeing a beggar on the road,he learns that still poverty hasn't gone from India.So he invests all his money to start "Sivaji Foundations" which will run schools,hospitals,colleges,etc and provide service to people free of cost.The "king maker" of Chennai gets to know this and fears that his industries,schools,colleges will suffer badly if sivaji continues the project.So he decides to take everything from sivaji and make him come to the middle of the street(literally translated from tamil).After this whatever happens is exciting and thrilling and...... sorry no words to describe.
Why not you people watch it in the theater and find it yourself.


Verdict : Everyone is at their best in this blockbuster movie.Worth watching twice just for fun and time pass.Make sure you go to the movie with your friends so that you can enjoy it more.