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Prabhu Deva, the renowned Indian dancer, choreographer, and actor, has left an indelible mark on the world of dance with his mesmerizing moves and innovative choreography. Known for his versatility and unique style, Prabhu Deva has given us countless memorable dance sequences in Tamil cinema. Image source: Wikipedia
Read More »My Favorite Tamil Song 101: Funny, Creative Group Dancers Sequences in Song Part 2
Malbatt: Misi Bakara, directed by Andrian Teh who also wrote & directed Paskal: The Movie, is a highly anticipated Malaysian war-themed movie of 2023. With Teh also taking on the role of the writer, expectations were running high for this action-packed thriller. Image source: IMDB.
Read More »Malaysian Movie Review 101: Malbatt: Misi Bakara – An Hit & Run War Movie
Released in 1979, the Tamil movie Ninaithale Inikkum directed by K. Balachander (1930 – 2014) was a true gem of its time. Starring the legendary actors Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Jaya Prada, and Geetha, the film left an indelible mark on the hearts of Tamil cinema lovers. Image source: Saregama
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96 is a 2018 Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by C. Premkumar. It stars Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha Krishnan as Ram and Jaanu, two high school sweethearts who reunite after 22 years at a reunion of their batch. The film explores the nostalgia and love that they feel for each other, despite being married to different people. Image source: IMDB
Read More »Tamil Movie Review: 96 2018 – A Nostalgic Love Story
After Master, Kaithi and Vikram, there was a great deal of anticipation for Lokesh Kanagaraj’s next action Tamil movie titled Leo starring Vijay who was looking out to recover the poor reviewed Beast in 2022. First impressions looked good but then so was Beast when the trailer came out. Image source: Reddit
Read More »Tamil Movie Review: Leo 2023 – Rushed, Nothing Fantastic
After watching Vijay starring in Beast Tamil movie written & directed by Nelson Dilipkumar and then Kamal Haasan starring Vikram written & directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, it was like day and night when it came to quality, storyline and action. It was no doubt that Beast was the dumbest movie for the year 2022. Then we had Rajinikanth starring Jailer written & directed by the same Nelson Dilipkumar. So what could possibly go wrong, right? Poster source: IMDB
Read More »Tamil Movie Review: Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2023, Better But Not Great
One of the key ingredients of a Tamil movie is the song sequences and if you have a great dancers sequence within the songs. When it comes to the Indian cinema industry, there is no lack of talent for creating great dance sequences and one of them would be the great Prabhu Deva who is also known as South India‘s Michael Jackson. Image source: Wikipedia
Read More »My Favorite Tamil Song 101: Funny, Creative Group Dancers Sequences in Song Part 1
The 2001 Paarthale Paravasam Tamil movie directed by late legendary director K. Balachander and starring Madhavan and Simran, the movie did not do well at the Tamil box office but then again, the soundtrack from A.R. Rahman namely one titled Azhagae Sugama has become one of the must-have songs in the Tamil song playlist. Image source: Amazon.
Read More »My Favourite Tamil Song 101: Azhagae Sugama – The Pain of Separation
Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli or S.S. Rajamouli have made 3 consecutive, Telugu Pan Indian blockbusters namely 2015’s Baahubali: The Beginning, 2017’s Baahubali 2: The Conclusion and 2022’s RRR which makes him the highest grossing Indian director of all time. RRR is still making waves in the international arena and won multiple awards including the Oscars. Image source: Wikimedia.
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One of the key elements of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) that is often not in the limelight is the branch’s special force unit called Pasukan Khas Udara or PASKAU in short and they handle special warfare, search & rescue & security coverage missions. It is said that PASKAU received training from the UK’s famed Special Air Service (SAS) and the US Special Operations Forces (SOF). Image source: Wikipedia
Read More »Malaysian Movie Review 101: Air Force: The Movie 2022 – Powerful But Failed Expectations
One of three of Mani Ratnam‘s classic, epic movies of the 1980s, and 1990s is the 1986 Mouna Ragam which means the Silent Symphony and stars Mohan, Revathi, Karthik & the very funny V. K. Ramasamy. It is a love story that has 2 parts –one is a current that tells of a forced marriage and another is a flashback tragic love story. Image source: Amazon.
Read More »Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Mouna Ragam’s Hopeful Sad Mandram Vandha Song 1986
One of the biggest challenges in making a movie that is based on epic bestselling novels like JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings and now Kalki’s Ponniyin Selvan is in bringing the movie’s storyline as close to the actual event or the novel and yet taking care to make it as excited as possible despite the storyline is predictable. Image source: JFW
Read More »Tamil Movie Review: Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 – Historical, Epic and Concise