#CelluloidCritic

SAMAR (2013)   Director: Thiru Casts: Vishal, Trisha, Sunaina, J.D Chakravarthy Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja Language: Tamil Genre: Action- Thriller   Thriller is never an easy genre to conceive convincingly especially when there’s a need to hold the audiences’ attention from start to finish. After tasting a moderate success with the fun filled Theeratha Vilayatu Pillai , director Thiru have joined hands with Vishal once again. With Yuvan’s album failing to impress, Samar opened with a mediocre impression, falling behind the other two Pongal releases in pre talks. So will Samar display a ‘tortoise and hare’ act by proving otherwise?    Synopsis Shakthi (Vishal) a forest trekker is always busy with his work and often fails to pay sufficient attention to his girlfriend, Roopa (Sunaina). When things hit a peak, Roopa decided to break up with Shakthi. When Shakthi starts to dwell in sorrow, unable to forget Roopa, he receives a courier from her, inviting him to B

ALEX PANDIAN (2013) Director: Suraaj Casts: Karthi, Anushka , Santhanam Music: Devi Sri Prasad Language: Tamil Genre: Action When a commercial film gets recognised and fetches a blockbuster status, it is communal in any film industry to trail along the same steps consecutively. The duo of Santhanam and Karthi is such publicized duo which never fails to garner strong pre talks and make the reservation counter ringing. But does that mean success formula can work even without the basic core of commercialism? With that thought, here is my review.   Synopsis ‘Alex Pandian’ carrying the yesteryear Rajini’s film title, has no similarities in terms of the story in any way. Alex Pandian starts off with a ‘sky high voltage’ action sequence where Alex Pandian (Karthi) saves Divya ( Anushka) from a mafia gang. They finally manage to escape and the film shifts to another side where Alex moves to his aunt’s house. There starts the cat and mouse rumble between Kaaly

KANNA LADDU THINNA AASAIYA (2012) Director: K.S. Manikandan Casts: Santhanam, ‘Power Star’ Dr. Srinivasan, Sethu, Vishaka Music: S.Thaman Language: Tamil Genre: Romantic Comedy   Even big films had a surprise startle when this film confirmed its release for this Pongal, mainly because of the winning streak of comedies recently. On top of that, the current superstar of comedy, Santhanam having an interesting combo with Power Star is no doubt the main USP of KLTA. With the trailers and promo garnering stupendous response among the audience, will Santhanam’s risky gamble (as a producer this time), strike victory? Synopsis KLTA nods to the circulating rumours that it is an remake of K.Baghiaraj’s yesteryear hit Indru Poi Naalai Vaa , with just touching up and tweaking certain parts of the screenplay. Three friends, KK (Santhanam), Power (Power Star) and Shiva (Sethu) are thick friends who pass their time by drinking and flirting with any girls t