Flawless Ressurrection: The Dark Knight Rises

Once in a while, the movie goers will get to experience the power of a film by living as part of the story. Here, you will :-).. As the director (Christopher Nolan) had served "The Dark Knight Rises" to us with passion. In all means, it is an entertainment package.

As always, Christopher Nolan had established the Villain Bane (Tom Hardy) as a monster with amazing airborne stunt sequence in the opening seconds of the movie. In a time where people could easily relate to the effects of recession hit global economy, the situations through which Batman (Christian Bale) Bruce Wayne tries to resurrect himself was neatly woven with the Gotham Soceity and the reason for doing so was for his new interest in the Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) with interesting features.The Sarcastic dialogues from Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) and Alfred (Micheal Caine) towards Batman resonates and the witty responses was a feel good factor.Miranda (Marian Cotillard) and John Blake (Joseph Gordon) showcased a flawless performance.

Anyone could be a Hero, Batman is.
Worth a Watch :-)

Flying High - Eega - The HouseFly Movie

What one sees as an annoying and disgusting insect in our environment is made to be loved by the audience through the magical spell of S.S.Rajamouli, the director of the movie "I am Fly" (நான் ஈ - The tamil version of the movie). Like the life giving cracking sounds for a cracker, M.M.Keeravani - the music director had injected intuitive background score which propels the viewer's emotions to new heights. Amazing visual effects with flawless performance by Sudeep, Samantha and Nani justifies the rubber stamp font through which the director's name is printed on the promotional postures of the movie. One should watch the movie without missing a second, there are lot of things conveyed to the audience right from the title card of the movie. Let's see what makes it a lovable movie and thanks to the creator.

The story commences with the interaction between a cute little girl and her parents. The confidence of the director is seen from the first shot of the movie where Sudeep (the Kannada actor) shoots at the flying objects in style. Nani, the protagonist has done justice in chasing behind his dream girl - Bindu  (Samantha, the actress) and their chemistry had worked out well. Visuals speak more than the dialogues in the movie and it's a treat for everyone :-) . To give you.. the reader's... a wrapped worthy gift, Let me cut short the review without any spoilers... it's Worth a Watch :-) Don't Miss It. 

Case No. 18/9 - A Case Study Movie

Do you want to educate a teenage girl with the prevailing social issues and make her identify various booby traps that she may encounter? Then, Case N0. 18/9 (வழக்கு எண் 18/9) is the apt movie to take her to. Set in the backdrop of the present day chennai metro city, the director Balaji Sakthivel is flawless in capturing the reality from a road side food stall to the apartment life style. Casting is never a question in the movies taken by this director. No one ever could question the acting skills of the actor Muthuraman - the Inspector, He qualifies to be recruited as a real inspector with his skills :-). With a completely new team of artists, musician and an experienced cinematographer Vijay Milton, Balaji Sakthivel has presented the story in a documentary style.

Velu - the newcomer Sri, a street side food bearer falls in love with a servant maid Jothi (Urmila Mahanta).Not much interactions are portrayed to carry forward a depth in their love life and there is a dream song which depicts their happy married life. The story moves with couple of social issue additions such as farm lands turning into housing projects, social inequality and abuse of disabled persons until the top cop Kumaravel (Muthuraman) picks up Velu to investigate the incident that had brought Jothi to the emergency Ward. The investigation unravels the various incidents that took place in their locality through 1. Velu's Point of View and 2. Dinesh's Point of View. Dinesh (Mithun Murali) and Aarthi (Manisha Yadav) are high school students residing at the same apartment and their tryst with modern day infactuation brings in a lovely educational material. And with no spoilers here, the movie is worth a watch as an educative documentary material.

Kahaani - Knitted With Knowledge

'Kahanni', the hindi word for 'Story' is a fully loaded entertainment film packed with no bollywood style songs nor amazing stunt sequences. Once in a while, the media industry encounters such beautiful story-driven movies which takes the audience in surprise and leaves them admiring it's characters, location and vibrant visuals. The Director Sujoy Ghosh have sculptured his characters without any flaws. To name a few, the intimate sequences between Vidya Venkatesan-Bagchi (Vidya Balan) and Inspector Rana (Parambrata Chatterjee) were depicted naturally. The Boss-Worker relationship between the Police Inspector and Rana receives accolades during the first interaction between him and Khan, the Intelligent Bureau Officer.

It all starts with Vidya, the pregnant woman who flies in to Kolkatta from London in search of her missing husband to unwrap a closely knitted story which unwinds in stages - gaining the concentration of the audience until the climax where things are revealed and justified for all the incidents that had occurred. The cinematographer Satyajit Pande - Setu had played with his gadgets to bring in more beauty and color to each and every frame shot in Kolkatta. This film - Kahaani would be the first ever movie to depict the indian intelligent officers at their best when compared amongst decade old films from bollywood. It is a great movie to watch, Worth a Watch :-)

Aravan - Thrilling Time Traveller

It is from the Sahitye academy award winning tamil novelist Venkatesan, that Vasantha Balan had travelled to 18th Century to bring in an amazing experience for his audience. If one would ever want to peek into the life style of the people, the era before britisher's stepped into india - Aravan is the movie which would take them there like a time machine. Through the eyes of Siddharth, we are able to see outstanding visuals of history. In the present day, Hardly one sees the stars in the sky, But the story starts with an extreme connection between the human life and the stars. Pasupathy, heading a small south tamilnadu group, has a team to do the stealth job with great level of expertise and trades in the stolen valuables for food to take back to his group. The happiness in the group is short lived until the soldiers from a nearby kingdom break into their livelihood threatening their extinction if one could not find the princesses necklace. It is when the director introduces Aadhi as a wanderer who uses Pasupathy's village name for his loots. The interactions between Pasupathy and Aadhi are portrayed brilliantly. With a cloud of suspicion over inducting Aadhi into their main stream activities, the group takes in on one of the toughest jobs. One will see what happens next and the incident reveals the motive of Aadhi.

Jallikattu - the traditional bull fight helps Aadhi to flex his muscles and establish himself as one of the top contenders for recognition. With a well picked up characters and their performance, Aravan is a complete thriller packed with action and romance. It's worth a watch.

Shaitan - Seam of the Souls - Triumphant Thriller

It's about the evil within, untamed and untied trait of human nature brewing to confront with tamed traits.
The director Bijoy Nambhiar blends the conscious and unconscious motivation of the characters like a chef and has served it to the audience as a 5 star dish. Like the seam which traverses through facts and instincts of the soul, the screen play is strengthened by Megha Ramasamy.

The artistic opening bundled with uncertainty, aesthetic visuals, intriguing sound and perfect casting makes the viewers spellbound.
Amy, the cognitive deficient daughter of an influential public servant who hates her step mother is the hub and learns the meaning of modern day trust with her new found friend KC. Unable to identify Amy's phobia, the drugged KC introduces her to the spokes - Tanya, Zubin and Dash ; each one of them with a so called trendy nature. Unlike a tamed monkey, the actions of each of these spoke characters makes one wonder whether they had a good schooling or not. Drugs, Sex, fun and games are their only routine other than food. On the other hand, Mathur - a newly married honest police officer is challenged by his contempt wife and a divorce application. It is when the spokes (KC, Tanya, Zubin, Dash) and Amy wanted to coverup an incident, a stained cop demands a huge bribe triggering them to perform a childish play. Driven by uncontrollable events, the chase by the top cop Mathur reveals a string of mysteries and thereby revealing the unanswered. There are lot of strong implicit messages to the general public and the director has done it in his own style by not only words. Both the merits and demerits of the media are delicately portrayed and It is surely one of the contenders for the best hindi film 2011. It's worth a watch.

Aadukalam - Mind Game Mastered

Aadukalam, as the name denotes the play ground - Vetri Maran had come up with yet another creation which adds one more feather to his cap. The director had mastered the story telling technique by stitching in the modern day techniques with reality and emotions. Using the backdrop of people indulging in "Seval Sandai" - "Cock Fighting" at a small village in madurai, he (director) not only portrays the life of people involved in it but also the emotions and thought process tied to it. It may be a mear cock fight, but there are people who live for it.

Karuppu (Dhanush) fits in the role of a Cock-jockey and is part of a team headed by vettaikaran, veteren in cock fighting who still holds an unbeatable title. If karuppu lives for only one thing in this world, then it's for his passion towards his rooster until he meets an anglo indian 'pumpkin' girl. The stakes are beautifully loaded when the rathnam rooster team (Opponents) tries to pull vettaikaran team into the rooster fight for reclaiming their decade long lost glory. It is at this moment, the director got some romance scenes for the actor to sail him through the story and finally brings in a great visual of rooster fighting right before the first half of the movie.

Unable to digest what was won and what was lost, the movie takes the audience to the edge by showcasing the decisions that a normal human being would take inorder to not only survive, but to control things around..
Vetri maran continues to sow the good side of his villians in the movie, and has placed karauppu in a total mess which he tries to clear in the later half of the movie. It would require a great thought process to end a movie like aadukalam and vetri maran had done it in style. It's a must watch for fun, games, romance, sentiment, friendship and betrayal. Overall, it's a mind game and it's a hit - Must Watch!