#CelluloidCritic

JIL JUNG JUK (2016) Director: Deeraj Vaidy Casts: Siddarth, Avinash Raghudevan, Sananth Reddy, Radha Ravi, Naasar Music: Vishal Chandrasekar Language: Tamil Genre: Comedy “Shoot the Kuruvi” song has become a youth anthem by now and made all the film buffs to turn towards the film. The colourful promos not only invite us to the film’s unique nature but also scream the entry of another new age film making. With a catchy title, ‘Jil Jung Juk’ , will the film fulfill the promise to give us a creative, fresh film? Synopsis Set in 2020, Jil an intelligent con man, Jung a meticulous time keep and Juk a top-class manual car expert are hired to transport the cocaine coated Pink vintage car to the Chinese dealers. However they are entangled in series of hurdles and conspiracies along the way. How they manage to solve them and most importantly come out alive in this mafia war forms the crux of the story. Story – Screenplay ‘Jil Jung Juk’ has a decent story that foll

SETHUPATHI (2016) Director: S.U.Arunkumar Casts: Vijay Sethupathi, Ramy Nambeesan, Vela Ramamoorthy Music: Nivas K Prasanna Language: Tamil Genre: Action Synopsis A policeman is burnt alive and killed by the people of Vathiyar (Vela Ramamoorthy) for a vengeful reason. Inspector Sethupathi (Vijay Sethupathi) an honest but witty policeman, takes a vow to solve this case but little did he know about the huge turmoil he is getting into. How Sethupathi breaks the barriers and solve the case against the ruthless Vathiyar, forms the crux of the story. Story – Screenplay Reading the plot, one might think that this is going to be another mass commercial potboiler. If you did, you are very wrong. ‘ Sethupathi’ doesn’t really go ambitious with its plot and no we are not complaining here. Without over exaggeration or lengthy punch dialogues, Sethupathi flexes its ‘mass’ moments through accelerating situations. In fact this is the formula of many successful commercial c

VISARANAI (2016) Director: Vetrimaran Casts: Dinesh, Samuthirakani, Murugadoss, Kishore,   Aanandhi Music: G.V.Prakash Language: Tamil Genre: Crime Thriller Even before the commercial release, ‘Visaranai’ has won many international and awards and garnered critical acclaim across different regions.   With graphically disturbing visuals of the trailer and Vetrimaran’s excellent track record, there is no reason for any movie lovers to miss this film. So does ‘ Visaranai’ fulfil it’s expectations? Synopsis One day, the police detain four innocent friends randomly for a big robbery case. For the next 13 days, they face nothing but horrifying experiences forced upon as they are beaten up mercilessly to confess a crime that they did not commit. Story – Screenplay Adapted by the novel, ‘ Lock up’ written by Coimbatore based, auto rickshaw driver, M.Chandakumar, Vetrimaran has tactically injected several other popular real life cases of police atrocities and crafte

IRUDHI SUTTRU (2016) Director: Sudha Kongara Casts: R.Madhavan, Ritika Singh, Naasar, Radha Ravi, Kaali Venkat, Zakir Hussain Music: ‘Hip Hop’ Thamizha Language: Tamil Genre: Sports Drama After 4 years gap in Kollywood, the once celebrated romantic Maddy is back with this emotional, intense boxing flick, “Irudhi Sutru”. Helmed by Mani Ratnam’s former associate Sudha Kongara, who made a impressive debut with Srikanth’s  Drohi,  five years ago, is all set to enthrall the audience with another strong film. Madhavan has went through many physical training and toned his body for the role. This second innings will be a crucial one for Madhavan in sustaining his career. Under Santosh Narayanan’s music, the film’s songs have already captured the music buffs instantly. So will ‘Iruthi Suttru’ keep up to its strong pre-talks? Synopsis Prabhu Selveraj (Madhi), an disgruntled, rough boxing coach gets transferred to Chennai due to a friction between Indian National coach Dev

ARANMANAI 2 (2016) Director: Sundar.C Casts: Siddarth, Sundar.C, Trisha, Hansika, Soori, Kovai Sarala, Manobala, Radha Ravi Music: ‘Hip Hop’ Thamizha Language: Tamil Genre: Horror Comedy After the massive hit of the horror comedy , ‘Aranmanai’, Sundar C is back with the sequel of it with even bigger technical team and casts. During the pre-talks of the film, Sundar.C has assured that with improved visual effects and strong emotional story, the second part will give the audiences more to take away from. So let’s see whether the strong run horror comedy trend in Tamil Cinema will take another leap! Synopsis Murali (Siddarth) and his fiancé Anitha (Trisha) fly back to their village to visit Murali’s father (Radha Ravi) who gets into a coma after falling from the stairs. However, there is more to the palace to their living as strange things start to happen. The quest to find the reason, sums up the crux of the film. Story – Screenplay Quite surprisingly, Sundar.