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'DC' review: Arun Matheswaran's film is an aggressive mishmash

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- Tamil cinema's current epidemic is directors auditioning themselves as leads, and Lokesh Kanagaraj is its latest carrier. In Arun Matheswaran's DC, Kanagaraj is Devadas, a wronged... Read More


'Jana Nayagan' review: Vijay's final film is an unworthy swansong

New Delhi, July 24 -- H Vinoth's Jana Nayagan, more importantly Vijay's Jana Nayagan, or even more accurately Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's Jana Nayagan, finally sees the light of day. An obvious pr... Read More


'Idhayam Murali' review: Nostalgia only carries this romantic drama so far

New Delhi, July 11 -- Raja (Murali), from Kathir's debut film, Idhayam (1991), may have become iconic over the years, partly due to the grating niceness and tragic innocence of the character (and most... Read More


'Balan: The Boy' review: A film of surprises and detours

New Delhi, June 21 -- There is an incredible time jump a little over halfway into Chidambaram's Balan: The Boy. A police station hide and seek battle between a police constable and a lost little boy (... Read More


'Mollywood Times' review: A cynical insider's view of the world of cinema

New Delhi, June 7 -- Abhinav Sunder Nayak gravitates towards obsessive compulsive curmudgeons. He is only two films old but there is a pattern. If his debut film, Mukundan Unni Associates, is about a ... Read More