Sivakarthikeyan – Namma Veetu Pillai
The rise to fame of Sivakarthikeyan is an inspirational one. Like Rajinikanth, Sivakarthikeyan had many challenges in his career and has slowly worked himself up to his current position as one of the leading actors in his tier. Sivakarthikeyan was born on 17 February 1985 in the Sivagangai district to G Doss, a jail superintendent […]
Cine News Digest: 16 Feb 2025
Kamal and Suriya in Kaidhi 2? Unconfirmed reports from Kodambakkam portal, Thiraichudar, cite Kamalhaasan and Suriya being confirmed to make special appearances in Karthi’s Kaidhi 2 written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. Lokesh had earlier indicated that Kaidhi 2 would definitely be part of the LCU. R.Madhavan and Gautham Karthik in Netflix series R.Madhavan and […]
Song Review: “Jillu Malli” Independent Tamil Song
Song : Jillu Malli Film/Album : Independent Singers : Premji Amaran Lyricist : Ku. Karthik Music : KM Rayan Impact of the song An instantly catchy song. Vocal rendition Premji Amaran has greatly improved his enunciation and sounds really good in this song. Musical Arrangement KM Rayan has created a multi-layered song with rich instrumentation […]
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 […]