Song Review: “Kannadi Poove” from “Retro”
Song : Kannadi Poove Film/Album : Retro Singers : Santhosh Narayanan & Kapil Kapilan Lyricist : Vivek Music : Santhosh Narayanan Impact of the song A typical Santhosh Narayan composition with strong instrumentation and high emotive content. Vocal rendition Santhosh Narayanan’s rendition of the song captures the emotions of the lyrics very well but does not […]
Song Review: “Uyir Pathikaama” from “Vaa Vaathiyaar”
Song : Uyir Pathikaama Film/Album : Vaa Vathiyaar Singers : Vijaynarain, Aditya Ravindran & Santhosh Narayanan Lyricist : Vivek Music : Santhosh Narayanan Impact of the song It is an immediately catchy song that has the unmistakable Santhosh Narayanan flavour. Vocal rendition The different voices in the song and lyrics blend perfectly with the music Musical […]
Song Review: “Rangamma” from “Nilai marum Ulagil”
Song : Rangamma Film/Album : Nilai Marum Ulagil Singers : Arivu & Dev Prakash Regan Lyrics : AS Dawood Music : Dev Prakash Regan Impact of the song A song that become catchy after the third or fourth listen Vocal rendition The song style screams out “local” from the opening lines but one soon realises that […]
Film Preview: Idhayam Murali
The announcement of a film has taken on another level of late, with elaborate videos that almost resemble a full trailer. The latest film that enjoyed this introduction is the aptly titled Idhayam Murali, an obvious homage to the late Murali who is best remembered for his iconic role in the 1991film, Idhayam. Playing the […]
TOP 20 Tamil songs for week ending14 Feb 2025
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Idhayam Sonaal Ketkatha Once More Vineeth Srinivasan Vignesh Srikanth Hesham Abdul Wahab 4 2 Kadhal Fail Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kobam Dhanush Dhanush GV Prakash Kumar 3 3 Tholanju Manasu Nesipaya Yuvanshankar Raja Pa. Vijay Yuvanshankar Raja 1 4 Lavender Niramae Kadhalikka Neramillai Adithya RK & […]
“Kadhalikka Neramillai” (2025) Film Review
Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi (wife of Udhayanidhi Stalin) attempts a modern extension of Maniratnam’s OK Kanmani in a romantic comedy that is fuelled by woke ideology and modernist views. The result is a patronizing look at the challenges of modern relationships in a story that reflects the way a small percentage of young people see marriage and […]
What happened to Tamil religious movies?
Disclaimers In Tamil Nadu – a state where Hindus form 78.9% of the total population, it is surprising to note that Hindu religious films are now virtually non-existent. From the early days of silent cinema and the early talkies, religion, history and myth were the basis of almost all movies. The boom in religious films […]
Sigaram Top 15 Tamil films of 2024
Compiled and ranked by Devan Nair and Dhaarani Nair Introduction Sigaram is 90 days old today and it is time to look back at the best films of 2024. Last year, we featured a Top 10 list as at 01 November 2024, but there were some films that released after that date and more films […]
Cine News Digest: 09 Feb 2025
Sruthi Haasan shares screen with Vijay again Sruthi Haasan has joined the cast of Vijay’s final film Jana Nayagan. The cast and crew are filming fight and talkie portions in Payyanur. The crew will be there for these rest of the week. Jana Nayagan is directed by H. Vinod and is set for release in […]
Ajith’s “Vidaa Muyarchi” takes Global box-office by storm
Ajithkumar’s first collaboration with director Magizh Thirumeni – Vidaa Muyarchi – has proven to be a hugely successful one. The film entered 100 crores worldwide early on its third day and recorded USD 750 000 in the same period in North America, making the 1 million dollar-mark within easy access. Many Tamil Nadu complexes had sold-out […]