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Movie Review – Veera Dheera Sooran

A Solid Redemption “Finally”, the word which is in everyone’s mind after watching Veera Dheera Sooran. For me the feeling is additionally there for another reason, to have finally completed this review after a month’s time, with the film even in OTT already. For fans, more than the celebration, it was a sense of relief... Continue Reading →

Book Review – Atomic Habits

Helped me make peace with myself As far as I’ve known, I’ve always hated self help books. But this book constantly was in discussion in my circles and also one of my friends wanted me to gift this book. If at all I was to gift it, I wasn’t going to do it without reading... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam

An insult to a generation In the guise of making a Gen-Z film, Mr. Dhanush has insulted a whole generation by showing them as shallow people without any morals. As much as a fun film it is supposed to be, it shouldn’t be projected as a film portraying a section of people. Thanks to its... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Good Night

A solid sleepy affair Why don’t movies like these come often? This film was in my list for quite some time but for some reason wasn’t able to catch up with it all the while. Manikandan’s movie seems to be a foolproof bet nowadays and this film was one such. What an amazing actor. But... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Dragon

Sorry but guilty ‘Dragon’ is as clichéd a story can get but thanks to the brilliance of the director, he made gold out of this cringe material. Pradeep is an exact replica of how Dhanush used to be during his Kaadhal Kondein days where he gave hope to young boys by showing looks are not... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Paka

Testing the waters ‘Paka’ gets into business right from the word go. And through the tone of the movie, we understand within minutes as to what kind of film it’s going to be. The first act was easily the most interesting one with a terrific Jose Kizakkan who reminds us of Vinayakan (especially from Kammatipaadam)... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Hasee Toh Phasee

Calm and respectful There are movies that you want to watch and movies that you don’t, there is the third category where the movies don’t even get into the radar. ‘Hasee Toh Phasee’ was in the third category. The only introduction I had of the movie was the song with Parineeti and Sidharth in train.... Continue Reading →

Travelogue: Winter is here – Chadar Trek

Whenever talks of Chadar happen, I tend to get two types of reaction from my friends, who mostly were not interested. One being the obvious cold, which many were not simply ready to experience. Second is that, many say that it’s not a trek, which literally is right, it’s not a trek, it is a... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – The Shawshank Redemption

A Numero Uno to not ponder about How do you critique a movie which is at the top of IMDB list for god knows how long? You don’t. That’s the safest bet. When a movie is at a No. 1 position it can be safely assumed that it’s considered the best of all by majority.... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Thalapathi

One for the cinema halls Considered as one of Mani Ratnam’s finest work and Rajini – The Actor’s best work, I was lucky to witness this film on big screens. Having watched Mani Ratnam’s films through the years and observed how much the master has progressed, it was a fascinating watch. For the grandeur of... Continue Reading →