#CelluloidCritic

Critic - No.127 Director:  A.R.Murgadoss Casts:  Mahesh Babu, S.J.Suryah, Rakul Preet Singh, Bharath Music:  Harris Jeyraj Language:  Tamil Genre:  Action / Crime / Thriller PLOT: Intelligence officer Shiva (Mahesh Babu) must use his skills and intellect to take down a psychotic terrorist causing havoc in Hyderabad. REVIEW: A.R.Murgadoss strikes back to Kollywood after the back to back blockbusters ‘Thuppaki (2012)’ and ‘Kaththi (2014)’. Known for his fine balance between commercialism and social commentary, the film maker went on to become one of the highest paid director in Indian Cinema. So how will his latest bilingual fair, stirring massive expectations with Mahesh Babub’s debut in Tamil? This time A.R.Murgadoss takes humanity and compassion to be the main subject and threads a story with a psychotic maniac who enjoys inflicting death. The film engaging in the way technology is used to nab an intelligent criminal. The cat and mouse chase between Mahesh Babu and SJ

Critic - No.126 Director:  Mysskin Casts:  Vishal, Prasanna, Andrea Jeremiah, Vinay Music:  Arrol Corelli Language:  Tamil Genre:  Action / Crime / Mystery PLOT: The eccentric detective Kanniyan Poogundran (Vishal) together with his partner Manohar (Prasanna), investigates a murder of a dog that opens up a hyper linked robbery by a vicious gang. REVIEW: After giving us solid thrillers like ‘Anjathey (2008)’, ‘Yuddham Sei (2011)’ and ‘Onnayum Aatukuttiyum (2013)’, Mysskin returns to his forte with Thupparivaalan. Though feel inspired by Sherlock Holmes in terms of wardrobe and some story conventions, Mysskin has adapted it to his own style of film making. With a tint of film noir style, Mysskin blends in other international flavours to the story to place his Indianized detective into a James Bond kind of spectacle. The main strength of the film is the way Kanniyan’s character progresses with the narration. Introduced as an eccentric detective, the audience get to

Critic - No.125 Director: Siva Casts: Ajith Kumar, Vivek Oberoi, Kajal Agarwal, Akshara Hassan, Karunakaran Music: Anirudh Language: Tamil Genre: Action / Adventure / Crime 
 Plot: An Interpol agent, AK (Ajith Kumar) sets out for a revenge against his friends who work for a secret society. Review: After delivering two commercially successful films, ‘Veeram (2013)’ and ‘Vedalam (2015)’ , ‘Vivegam’ marks Ajith-Siva’s third collaboration. Looking at the trailers and promotion, the film was touted to be a crime thriller that looks and feels westernised. So will the combo hit a hat trick? Despite the Hollywood treatment, we know that we are watching a Siva film when even an American utters a punch dialogue in the starting scene. After a breathtaking intro and a far fetched pre-title stunt sequence, the audience are left with whether to excite or hesitate. The main problem with Vivegam is that it takes good ideas and delivers it with overblown cinematic liberties that m