India, June 28 -- Action films have mainly been a genre that has been dominated by men on screen. So it is always refreshing to see when women claim that space, when filmmakers take chances, and when audiences warm up to it. Such an example is the recent Tamil film Blast, which is now available to watch on Netflix.

The action thriller starts off easy and steadily unveils its world- where women are just as capable of taking care of themselves and landing the perfect kick. The film finds Abhirami and Preity Mukundhan delivering some of the best action choreography seen in recent years, where the everydayness of its scenes and the slick nature of its build-up make it so enjoyable.

At 42, Abhirami gets one of her best roles yet in Blast. Sh...