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10 ENDRATHUKULLA   (2015) Director: Vijay Milton Casts: Vikram, Samantha, Pasupathy Music: D. Imman, Anoop Seelin (BGM) Language: Tamil Genre: Action Kollywood is experiencing a healthy transit to new age film making with young directors blooming with innovative ideas to entertain the audiences, there are also film makers who strive to keep the commercial cinema alive. ‘Chiyaan’ Vikram who is known for choosing performance-oriented scripts occasionally does go for commercial entertainers and 10 Endrathukulla will be one in his list. But will it be a winning one? Synopsis ‘James Bond’ (Vikram), ‘Virat Kohli’, ‘Kamal Hassan’ or ‘Mani Ratnam’? As random as it sounds, the Vikram plays a driving instructor who is crazy for speed. Using that strength he also does odd smuggling jobs to save money for his comatose sister’s treatment. In midst of an assignment he kidnaps his driving student, Shakeela (Samantha) unknowingly in his car to hand over to Poornan Singh (Abhimany

PULI   (2015) Director: Chimbu Devan Casts: Vijay, Sridevi, Sudeep, Hansika, Shruthi Hassan, Prabhu, Thambi Ramiah, Robo Shankar, Sathyan Music: Devi Sri Prasad Language: Tamil Genre: Action Fantasy After numerous roadblocks for the film, ‘Puli’ has overcome them all to hit the screens on time. With the interesting combo of Vijya-Chimbu Devan, the film has garnered a lot of interest, thanks to the exciting promos as well. With humongous expectations to fulfil, will this ‘Puli’ soar high? Synopsis Maru Dheeran (Vijay) is a young man who stands up for the people against the ‘Vedhalam’ warriors (inclined with super powers) with his pure wit. One day, his ladylove, Pavazhamani (Shruthi Hassan), is abducted by the Vedhalam warriors for a ritual. Maru Dheeran decides to go the fortress to rescue her by drinking a potion that will give him super powers for every eight minutes. He disguises as a ‘Vedhalam’ and enters the fortress as a medic. However, he faces much more