Balaji's Thots

With a busy weekend preceding Halloween, it felt like a rather low-key Halloween this year. Still we managed to do all the stuff that makes this one of the kids’ favorite events of the year. First up was the pumpkin carving as the kids got together with their cousins yesterday evening. We’d picked up the […]

The last time A.R.Murugadoss and Suriya teamed up, they gave us Ghajini, a thriller that borrowed its concept from Memento. The two have come together again for 7aum Arivu and this time they have an original concept that unfolds on a bigger canvas. The storyline and the backdrop help initially but the predictable storyline and […]

Along with fireworks, good food and new clothes, new film releases are an integral part of Diwali. While the number of films released on Diwali has gone down over the years, it is an important day for Kollywood with some high-profile movies always making it to screens. That is certainly true for Diwali this year, […]

I could probably write a post every week on how Kavya and Karthik differ from each other since every day serves up at least a few reminders of how the two of them are poles apart. But sometimes the difference is in something so fundamental, so basic that even I can’t help but be surprised. […]

Director Sargunam’s debut Kalavaani was a charming film that told a simple love story with a consistent undertone of humor. For his sophomore effort Vaagai Sooda Vaa, Sargunam aims higher in both canvas and scope as he delivers a period film that drives home an important message. The uncomplicated screenplay and natural humor work when […]

Prabhu Deva’s directorial path in Tamil started off successfully with a superhit in Pokkiri but the going since then hasn’t been smooth with his subsequent films in both the action and the romantic genres – Villu and Engeyum Kaadhal – not doing very well. Vedi sees him try to replicate the Pokkiri success by remaking […]

Reviews for Doo, Engeyum Eppodhum, Vandhaan Vendraan, Aayiram Vilakku and Muran are online @ the reviews site.

While remakes are always disappointing since there’s the feeling that the director took the easy way out, the silver lining is that we are now seeing remakes of films from different genres rather than just copies of masala films from other languages. Muran, from debutant director Rajan Madhav, is one such film whose subject helps […]