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  1. `Samar’ is an unusual chase

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    / January 28, 2013 /
    “Vetaadu Ventaadu” (Hunt, Chase) in Telugu (“Samar” in Tamil) is quite an unusual movie even though it mixes up many genres in one film. It must be Vishal’s best film to date even though his character is flaky. Directed by Thiru, it starts off with a chase sequence and then...

  2. Why ‘Vishwaroopam’ should be released

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    / January 25, 2013 / 3 Comments
    By the time you read this, the Madras High Court may have intervened to lift the suspension of the screening of ‘Vishwaroopam’, the Kamal Haasan starrer in Tamil Nadu for 15 days. If it does, it will not be a moment too soon. This patently illegitimate step of the Tamil...

  3. Celebrating relationships on celluloid

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    / January 20, 2013 /
    The festive season saw the Telugu film viewing audience watch two films reiterating the value of the family and storylines dealing with the family. The two however, are as different as chalk is from cheese. If one had the dynamism and velocity of an Akram-Waqar Younis spell, the other had...

  4. Bombay Jayashree has a naturally different voice

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    / January 11, 2013 /
    Extremely happy to know that Bombay Jayashree, with who I have sung a few film songs, has been nominated for the Oscars for the lullaby in `Life of Pi’. Jayashree is a unique voice and a lot of her film songs have worked because of the manner in which she...

  5. A feel good entertainer with Venkatesh and Mahesh

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    / January 11, 2013 / 2 Comments
    “Seethamma Vaakitlo SiriMalle Chettu” is a clean and supergood U-certificate blockbuster from the house of Dil Raju who made some of the finest DVD value catalog of family films over the last several years. “SVSC” is a culmination of many people who are proven talents in their own areas of...

  6. `Nayak’ gets its place under the `Sun’kranti

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    / January 11, 2013 / 3 Comments
    “Nayak” starring RamCharan is a sensational winner and a film worthy of duel under the “Sun”kranti. Sankranti is the grand-mother of Tollywood movies and is not for the faint-hearted. Even the best of stars don’t take a shy at the stumps for Sankranti because of the weight of expectations and...

  7. Life of Pi, Perfect

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    / November 28, 2012 / 5 Comments
    “This has exceeded the book fair and square”, commented a viewer sitting next to me. I have not read the book myself and wouldn’t be able to comment on that but to be honest; I have never before come across a situation where a source material has been outdone in...

  8. Sublime Trichur Brothers

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    / November 28, 2012 /
    An experience in the exquisite. Classicism is celebrated here and at a time when the art is going through a redefining moment, it was an awesome evening at Kalasagaram listening to the Trichur Brothers who with the concert have appeared at every premier institution of the genre in the city...

  9. And quiet flows the gutter

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    / November 25, 2012 /
    The big question -  Does television reflect society or does society reflect television? My TV watching of late has become quite infrequent. In the 80’s I used to eagerly look forward to seeing serials on Doordarshan. I love Lucy, Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot, Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, Wagle...

  10. SOS ! Save yourself from `Son of Sardaar’

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    / November 15, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Over the last few years we have seen a flurry of highly entertaining but mindless cinema which many have panned as being reminiscent of the movies of 80s and 90s. Remaking South Indian movies with a north Indian tadka has also seen its share of takers with movies like Wanted,...

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