Tamil Cinema

Prabhudeva on playing cop for the first time with Pon Manickavel, lack of dance songs in Tamil cinema

Prabhudeva, who has directed several cop films, including Salman Khan's Dabangg 3 and Radhe, will soon have first outing as a cop on screen with Pon Manickavel: 'I wanted to essay the character in a particular manner, as someone casual"

Most memorable Tamil films of 2021, from Karnan, Sarpatta Parambarai to Mandela, Jai Bhim

In a year when we needed solace, reassurance, hope, and an escape the most, cinema did not fail us. So in no particular order, here are some of my most memorable Tamil cinematic experiences in 2021.

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.

With Jai Bhim, Tamil cinema yet again depicts caste realities more vigorously than any other contemporary film industry

There is a perception that Malayalam film industry is ahead of Tamil cinema in depicting caste realities but the former never does so as explicitly, and with leading stars that ensures wide dissemination.

Enemy movie review: Vishal and Arya keep locking horns in this trite action drama, but we don't care why

For a film that is mounted on a rivalry, the equation between the two lead characters is pretty shallow and one-dimensional.

Udanpirappe movie review: Jyothika is fine, but can't elevate this rehash of age-old narrative

The emotional beats are inconsistent and overly melodramatic, bordering on preachy in a few instances.

Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum movie review: A well-intentioned but middling social drama

The biggest limitation of RARA is its lack of emotional depth. The lead couple’s arc remains agonizingly two-dimensional, where we know precious little about them apart from their love for their bulls.

Annabelle Sethupathi movie review: Clever, entertaining, but rarely complex

With a little more complexity in screenplay and some wit in dialogue, Vijay Sethupathi and Taapsee Pannu's horror comedy could have been an absolute feast.

Jayasurya's 100th film Sunny to release on Amazon Prime Video on 23 September

Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum, produced by Suriya, will also release on the platform a day later on 24 September.

Vijay Sethupathi on being the busiest lead Tamil actor — even during a pandemic

Vijay Sethupathi currently has 25+ films in his kitty, including Laabam that released in theatres last week, Tughlaq Darbar that released on Netflix India this past weekend, and Annabelle Sethupathi, that will release this Friday (17 September) on Disney+ Hotstar Multiplex.