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THANDAVAM(2012)   Director: A.L. Vijay Casts: Vikram, Anushka, Amy Jackson, Jagapathi Babu Music: G.V.Prakash Language: Tamil Genre: Action Thriller When an experimental upcoming director Vijay was given a versatile veteran like Vikram, it got translated into a gem in form of ‘Deivathirumagal’. This passionate combo have joined hands again for an action thriller, Thandavam and the much talked about echolocation concept have already grabbed the attention of the cine buffs especially when supported by strong technicians like G.V Prakash and Nirav Shah, who wouldn’t be? So will the magic of their maiden venture be recreated?  Synopsis It will be a sin as a reviewer to leak too much of the plot line of a film like this which has edgy twists now and then. To just give a surface of the story, Thandavam set in London, opens up with a murder by a blind man, Kenny (Vikram) which activates the investigating officers led by the police officer Veerakathi Pillai (Naasa

CHARULATHA (2012) Director: Pon Kumaran Casts: Priyamani, Skanda, Saranya, Seetha Music: Sundar C Babu Language: Tamil Genre: Horror Charulatha is a Tamil remake of the Thai horror hit, ‘Alone’.   Horror films always excite Tamil audiences due to the rarity of the subject but Charulatha comes with a unique theme of conjoined twins which injects more curiosity to it. Touted to be a terrifying super natural thriller, does Charulatha impacts as the original?   Synopsis Charulatha starts off with a glimpse of the past of two conjoined twins, Charu and Latha (Priyamani) raised by a single parent (Saranya). It then cuts to present where Charu and her boyfriend reside far away from her mother. However her mother gets admitted in hospital which makes Charu travel back to her hometown. Things start to turn a little creepy, when thoughts of Latha start to torment Charu which she believes is a sign of revenge of late Latha’s spirit. The film then progres

SUNDARAPANDIAN (2012) Director: Prabhakaran Casts: M.Sasikumar (also producer), Lakshmi Menon, Soori Music: N. R. Raghunanthan Language: Tamil Genre: Romantic Comedy Sasikumar is one of the recent gems of Tamil Cinema who strongly believes on films which highlights reality and at the same time entertains. As a director and a producer, he has brought in several quality films such as, Subramaniapuram, Pasanga, Nadodigal, Porali and now Sundarapandian as an actor. However, Sasikumar have kept the marketing low profile this time and have decided for his product to speak for itself. So will Sundarapandian break the barriers and prove to be a sleeper hit? Synopsis Set in the rural milieu, the film revolves around Sundarapandian (M.Sasikumar), a happy go lucky guy who is always seen with his fun loving friends. One day one of his friends asks him a favour to woo a girl named, Archana (Laksmi Menon) whom he sees in the bus every day.  After a series of comical in