#CelluloidCritic

Critic No. 277 Director: Nelson Written by: Nelson Produced by: Sun Pictures Casts :  Vijay, Pooja Hegde, Selvaraghavan, Shine Tom Chacko, Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley, VTV Ganesh, Sathish Krishnan Music: Anirudh Language: Tamil Genre: Action, Comedy SYNOPSIS:  After a shopping mall in Chennai is hijacked by terrorists who hold the visitors as hostages, Veera Raghavan (Vijay), an ex Raw Agent also trapped in the mall, must save the hostages by eliminating the terrorists. REVIEW: After a clear run of form with Kolamavu Kokila (2018) and Doctor (2021), Nelson has established himself as a terrific entertainer that even led him to clinch projects with the top actors in India, Vijay and Rajini for his 3rd and 4th film. His unique voice of black comedy is something that is loved by all sections of the audience. However, with Beast , did Nelson get carried away with an intimidating big team of talents?  In Beast , he takes a backdrop that is serious - a hostage situation - an...

Critic No. 276 Director: Tamizh Written by: Tamizh Produced by: Potential Studios Casts :  Vikram Prabhu, Lal, M.S.Bhaskar, Anjali S Nair, Bose Venkat Music: Ghibran Language: Tamil Genre: Drama SYNOPSIS:  Spurred by his dark part, Arivu (Vikram Prabhu) wants to become a police officer. However, his training instructor Moorthy (Lal) may become a hurdle and shatter his dreams.  REVIEW: There have been many films in Indian cinema that focused on police brutalities to the public based on factual stories. However, policeman turned filmmaker/actor, Tamizh has made his debut with a film that focuses more on the internal conflicts in the recruitment stage that contributes to the corrupted system. And will Vikram Prabhu who has been in the industry for 10 years without a steady graph of success, manage to flip things with ‘Taanakkaran’ ? Set in 1999, the film starts with Arivu who just got selected in the Tamil Nadu Police being sent to the PRS (Police Recruit School) for tr...

Critic No. 275 Director: SS Rajamouli Written by: SS Rajamouli (screenplay), KV Vijayendra Prasad (Story), Sai Madhav Burra (Dialogue) Produced by: DVV Entertainment  Casts :  N.T.Rama Rao Jr, Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani Music: M.M. Keervani Language: Telugu Genre: Action / Drama SYNOPSIS:  ‘RRR’ is a fictional story about two Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (N.T.Rama Rao Jr), who fought against the British Raj and Nizam of Hyderabad respectively. REVIEW: SS Rajamouli managed to wow the audience in 2017 with the Bahubali series. It took him five long years for him to conceptualize his next film RRR , shoot and bring it to the silver screen for us to celebrate once again. It is another uphill task to have both superstars Jr NTR and Ram Charan in the lead roles as well that adds on to the sky rocket expectations. As I observed the progress of the film from day one through the promotions, I...