Karthik Subbaraj

Mahaan movie review: Dhruv, Vikram in an unmemorable, pointless film on ideology

Mahaan is marred by flawed set-ups, lack of emotional depth, and sticks to platitudes -- both commercial and emotional.

Trends in Tamil cinema of 2021: While male star vehicles brought back audience to theatres, women dominated streaming

The question of the year has been, ‘Will people come back to the theatres?.' They did and how. 2021, even with a hiatus in between, saw some major star vehicles that set the cash registers ringing.

Jagame Thandhiram movie review: Dhanush, Kartik Subbaraj gangster film is confused, self-indulgent, inconsiderate

The film cannot make up its mind between being an empathetic story about xenophobia or a mass gangster film about a borderline psychopath.

Karthik Subbaraj talks his connection to Madurai, gangster films, and working with Dhanush on Jagame Thandhiram

Karthik Subbaraj speaks on why he has a penchant for gangster films: 'The world of gangsters excites me but the underlying emotional current fascinates me more as a director"

Karthik Subbaraj on Jagame Thandhiram, working with Dhanush: 'He brings a lot of detail to his characters'

Karthik Subbaraj discusses his experience of working with Dhanush on Jagame Thandhiram, the film's delayed release and what he is looking forward to do next

Dhanush begins shoot of D43 with opening song; track sung by star, shares composer GV Prakash

The shooting of the yet-untitled movie, directed by Karthick Naren and also starring Malavika Mohanan, has begun in Chennai.

Karthik Subbaraj discusses producing Triples on Hotstar, and why anthologies challenge him as a filmmaker

"As a filmmaker, anthologies excite me because you have to tell a solid story within 30 minutes," says Karthik Subbaraj on directing in an anthology of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video each.

Triples review: All of Tamil cinema can’t save this bummer of a web series

The biggest shame with Triples is that it had potential. A sharper commentary on the world and a cleverer dialogue writer could have made Triples an absolute delight of a show.

Suriya, director Gautham Menon reunite after 12 years for Netflix's Tamil anthology film Navrasa

Produced by filmmaker Mani Ratnam and Jayendra Panchapakesan, Navrasa will have nine shorts based on the nine rasas.

Mani Ratnam to present Tamil anthology Navarasa for Netflix; Bejoy Nambiar, Karthik Subbaraj among directors

The proceeds from the Navarasa anthology will go towards the well-being of film workers in Tamil cinema impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, a press release said.