தமிழ் சினிமாவில் எப்படி தான் திடீரென்று ஒரே genre படங்கள் ஒரே நாளில் வருகின்றனவோ? இறைவி வந்து பார்த்தது மனதில் செட்டில் ஆகும் முன்னரே அடுத்த வெள்ளிக்கிழமை வந்திறங்கியுள்ளது "ஒரு நாள் கூத்து". இந்த படம் பார்த்ததும் "இதற்கு இறைவி என்று பேர் வைத்திருக்கலாமோ ?" என்று தோன்றியது. இதுவும் "இறைவி" போல 3 பெண்களை பற்றிய படம் தான். சொல்லப்போனால் இறைவியை விட இதில் பெண்கள் அதிகம் முன்னிறுத்தப் பட்டுள்ளனர். அவர்களது தரப்பு உணர்வுகள் இன்னும் ஆழமாக சொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளன. எந்த ஒரு எதிர்பார்ப்பும் இல்லாமல் பார்த்ததால் இந்த படம் மிகவும் பிடித்திருந்தது.

She packes the suitcase, carresses the white saree with love remembering that it was her saviour to ward off the alliances she was not interested in... the rain starts outside and she walks towards the window and sees the falling drops with love.. there was a serene peace in her face, smile and she was looking forward for the impending new life with her lover for close to 25 years. Ideally this scene would have given happiness to any viewer of a love story but for me it was the most pathetic, heart wrenching scene considering that as a viewer I know that her world is going to crumble in minutes. Especially when we have a solid performer like Parvathy enacting the role of the lover, our sadness just multifolds. This is in the climax of the malayalam blockbuster - Ennu Ninde Moideen

Time travel movies are little tricky.. they can either be the best or the worst but nothing in between. Reason is the narrative. If the story tends to move back and forth in time, then the audience always need to be on toes to understand & differentiate between the past and the present and the future. Director Vikram Kumar seems to have mastered the technique to translating the complicated stories into simple understandable movies that can be understood by the layman. Vikram's "Manam" (Telugu, 2013) featuring the Akkineni clan was a brilliant testimony of narrating an intriguing reincarnation drama without any confusion to the viewers. His latest movie - 24 is a wonderful fantascy with time travel as the backdrop.

I was little skeptical about watching the critically acclaimed "Aligarh" directed by Hansa Mehta. For those who came late, this movie is based on the late. Prof. Shrinivas Ramachandra Siras, a Marathi professor, from Aligarh Muslim University suspended on the basis of his sexual orientation. Siras later fought against his suspension and finally got reinstated only a day after his death. The movie was brilliant with powerpacked performances of Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao.

Vettah - a movie that made me look forward for more than one reason - Manju Warrier as a lady cop. This movie was helmed by Rajesh Pillai, who kickstarted the new generation movie trend of malayalam and he can easily be termed as a saviour of malayalam cinema which was then fast reaching the zenith of mediocority and absurdness. Unfortunately Rajesh Pillai passed away on the day 'Vettah' hit the screens. So the movie got overshadowed by his death news and there was no coverage for the movie. 'Vettah' deserves a special mention in malayalam cinema annals.

There are some movies that make you laugh, cry and sympathise with the onscreen characters but there are very few movies that make you look yourself in the caharcters. You might even like to do in life certain things the characters had done onscreen. And at the end you might feel good about youselves... Charlie (malayalam 2015) is definitely among such movies. Directed by Martin Parakkat, this movie had Parvathy and Dulqer Salman as lead protagonists supported by Aparna Gopinath, Nedumudi Venu and Shoubin Sahir.

Ever since my favourite Vidya Balan announced her comeback with the Hindi remake of a Bengali movie - "Rajkahini (2015)", I was intrigued about the original movie. Veteran actress Rituparno Sengupta is one helluva lot of actress and had played the role which Vidya Balan is about to essay in Hindi version. So when I stumbled upon the movie with subtitles in a torrent download, I didn't think a moment to initiate the download. The storyline of the movie is quite fascinating. During the India Pakistan partition, the international border line passes through a brothel which is headed by a powerful woman called Begum Jaan.

Sometimes the remix versions score better than the original song and this just proves the saying that you have to be at the right place at the right time. Jatin-Lalit's maiden song "Bin tere sanam" released in 1991 was much ahead of its times that when it was remixed in 2004, it became a rage across the country making every listener dance to it. I have sweet memories of hearing that for the first time in Dubai taxi. Another song that I remember better when remixed was 'Tu tu hai wohi..' from Rishi Kapoor - Tina Munim starrer 'Yeh Vaada Raha' (1982), which was picturised on 3 female models posing to work on a call center.

பொதுவாக படங்கள் எல்லாம் ஒன்று அழுத்தமான திரைக்கதையோடு இருக்கவேண்டும் அல்லது படம் முழுக்க துணுக்குத்தோரணமாக இருக்கவேண்டும் என்ற நிர்பந்தம் ஒரு பார்வையாளராக உங்களுக்கு இல்லையென்றால்.. ஒரு மெல்லிய  wafer this storyline-ஐ எளிய காட்சிகளோடு, compelling visuals உடன் சொல்லப்பட்டால் அதை ரசிப்பவராக இருந்தால் இந்த படம் நிச்சயம் உங்களுக்கு பிடிக்கும். அதிலும் மஞ்சு வாரியர், ரீமா கல்லிங்கல் என்ற நடிப்பு ராட்சஸிகள் படத்தை தங்கள் தோள்களில் சுமப்பதாக இருந்தால்.. பார்ப்பவர்களுக்கு நிச்சயம் பரவசம் தான்.

Noida Double Murder Case allegedly executed by Doctor couple Talwars of their daughter Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj is one of the most intresting 'whodunit' murder case India had ever witnessed. Ofcourse a case of this stature will "inspire" so many novels and movies but the legal stay obtained by Talwar's for any work of fiction based on their case had curbed that. Still 2 movies made it to screens based on this twin murder case - Rahasya (2014) and Talwar (2015).

என்னும் எப்போழும்... படத்தின் தலைப்பை இயக்குனர் சத்யன் அந்திக்காடு அறிவித்தப்போது தமிழ் "எங்கேயும் எப்போது"மை நினைவுபடுத்தியதால் கொஞ்சம் எரிச்சலாகவே இருந்தது. இருந்தாலும் படத்தில் இருப்பது மஞ்சு வாரியரும், மோகன்லாலும் ஆயிற்றே.... அலுப்பை எல்லாம் ஒதுக்கி வைத்துவிட்டு படத்தை ஆர்வத்துடன் எதிர்பார்த்திருந்தேன். படம் பார்த்தபோது தலைப்பு கவிதையாக பொருந்தியிருந்தது. கொஞ்சம் haunting-ஆக இருந்தது. ஆனால் எத்தனை பேருக்கு இந்த தலைப்பு பொருத்தம் புரிந்திருக்கும் என்று தெரியவில்லை.

The "Drishyam" wave is unprecedented. It is quite normal to remake a successful malayalam movie into other languages but "Drishyam" goes beyond the conventional set of languages that remakes touch. But the movie attracted its share of negative feedback regarding the plagiarism and accusations however that went largely unnoticed due to the magnitude of its success. "Drishyam" is the first malayalam movie to cross the Rs. 50 Crore mark which is a great achievement considering the size of their market. Now let me come to the plagiarism part.