Tamil Movie Reviews

You cannot be everything to everyone, as the rule in marketing for selecting your niche and target market would testify. In movies, the best fall under one genre, and targets the audience well.  Manmathan Ambu blows hot and cold in the genre game, and ends up a slapstick masala at the end. However the better part of the movie is the when it was riddled with sentiments, witty and punch lines that we are accustomed to seeing from Kamal.

Kamal the actor, Kamal the writer, and Kamal the Singer, all par excellence! His rendering of the song “Neela vaanam” is exemplary and it is only befitting that song is delivered as a stunning visual and “reverse”. Perfecting a reverse lip syncing to synchronise with the video is no mean task and probably would have taken days to shoot. This piece of song would go down in history as a wonderful piece of art.

A reasonably good script with interesting characters, is made more impressive by how well roles were enacted by the right people, uplifting the overall viewing experience. The brilliant casting, camera and music are what keeps the movie watchable, and it is not often that we take notice of others in a Kamal’s movie where the rest are under his shadow. Mathavan, Trisha, Sangeetha and Urvasi, all seemed to have played their roles to the best as they can.

The movie is genre blind and is neither a classy romantic comedy nor a melodrama. But it does pack the punch to be a light-hearted entertainer.

My rating ** 1/2  /5 (2.5 out 5)

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Abiyum Naanum

Director Radha Mohan delivers another family entertainer after his successful ‘Mozhi’. Like ‘Mozhi’, this film too could have ended up as a top grade movie if the director had avoided unnecessary scenes and comical situations that has no impact on the storyline.  Prakashraj has been flawless despite being tested by Director in some seemingly inappropriate and poorly inserted scenes. Aishwarya plays her character perfectly and with Trisha in the cast, one has to say that Radha Mohan has the knack of forming good teams, just like in ‘Mozhi’. Despite drawbacks, this is clean family entertainment with emotions, humour and lessons to be learned.  Vidyasagar doesn’t live upto his reputation, although most songs go well with the storyline.

Rating **

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Director -    Radha Mohan

Producer --     Prakash Raj
Writer -    Radha Mohan
Cast --    Prakashraj, Trisha, Ganesh, Prithviraj
Music --    Vidyasagar
Cinematography  -   Preetha
Editor -- M. Kasivishwanathan