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Movie 101: 2011 War Horse’s Heartfelt & Beautiful Pre-Credit Closing Scene

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Horse (2011) earned USD178 million worldwide in the box office worldwide, making it the 40th top-grossing at the domestic box office first released in 2011. War Horse was recognized as one of the ten best films of 2011 by the American Institute and the National Board of Review. It also received several award nominations, including Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing. Image source: IMDB

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Tamil Movie Review: Meiyazhagan 2024: Brilliant, Great Chemistry and Must Watch

Meiyazhagan Tamil Movie Karthi Arvind Swamy Family Premkumar

A celebrated blockbuster, ‘Meiyazhagan’ boasts an impressive 8.4 rating on IMDb. Starring the brilliant and , the garnered widespread acclaim for its poignant exploration of complex relationships and its evocative portrayal of nostalgia. Their on-screen chemistry further enriched the heartfelt storytelling, captivating audiences. Image source: IMDB

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Tamil Movie Review: Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 – Historical, Epic and Concise

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One of the biggest challenges in making a 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

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Tamil Movie Review: Vikram 2022 – Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Rock Solid & Action Packed Movie

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After watching one of the worst movies of the year for 2022, I had higher expectations of the latest , written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj who also did the excellent Kaithi which I rated the best movie of 2019. Another reason for the high expectation is that it is a Kamal Haasan movie which means perfection from the master himself. Poster source: IMDB.

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Indian Cinema 101: Blatant Mockery of Military Tactics in Wild Dog 2021

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Every regardless it is romantic, action, or comedy, there must be a sense of good storyline and when it comes to action or war, there must be a good use of . If it involves the , then we expect nothing but the very best when it comes to tactics, skills, strategy and use of specialised weapons.

Just look at the tactics and weapons used in the 2019 blockbuster – Uri: The Surgical Strike. They even got the badges and stripes on the uniform just right. Image source: Bollywood Hungama.

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RIP Comedian Vivek: 1961 – 2021

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After the demise of the great SP Bala last year, we got tragic yesterday that the famous , had passed away due to a heart attack. Image source: The Indian Express

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Indian Cinema 101: Tamil Movie Sad Scenes That Can Make Anyone Cry Part 2

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has always had a special and a key role for the legendary in his (the other usual collaborator with Kamal is Delhi Ganesh) and Nagesh who had always played a comical role has proved to be a very versatile actor with different roles with Kamal Haasan. Image source: Cinema Express

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Hindi Movie Review: Eye Opening, Shocking Article 15 Thriller 2019

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Before , I guess the last Hindi that I truly loved – from the storyline to characterisation is Lunch Box starring the late Irrfan Khan. Of course, there were other Hindi that I had watched in between and before that will make a place in my list of must-watch Hindi movies. Image source: IMDB

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RIP SP Balasubrahmanyam: 1946 – 2020

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The legend with the Maestro Illayarajaa and both have made some of the best classic, ever-green songs that is still popular in this millennium – the voice of my many favourite songs has passed away today. Image source: The Hindu

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Movie Review: Funny, Joyful Toy Story 3 (2010)

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(Can you identify the new toys in this latest sequel of the series? There are evil ones in the bunch now. Poster source: Wikipedia)

When Toy Story 3 was first mentioned on TV, one of the very first people to take note of it was my son.

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Indian Cinema 101: Tamil Movie Sad Scenes That Can Make Anyone Cry

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It is a fact that we cannot separate “crying scenes” from especially when you watch the old movies. but sometimes sadness can come in other forms as well especially when you have Kamal in the lead role.

I may have my “bad moments” with (and worse ones are the Tamil Serials) but I have to admit that some Tamil movies or some scenes are simply gems. I talked about comedies in Tamil movies and coming to the other spectrum of comedy, this has to be one of my favourite moments from Tamil movies has to be this:-

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