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Tamil Movie Review: Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan Part 2 – Rushed & Not Engaging

Ponniyin Selvan Part 2 Mani Ratnam Tamil Movie

‘s is undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated of recent times. As a sequel to the first part, this film continues the epic saga based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s . Image source: IMDB

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Mouna Ragam’s Hopeful Sad Mandram Vandha Song 1986

Mouna Ragam Mani Ratnam Revathi Karthik

One of three of ‘s classic, epic 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.

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

Ponniyin Selvan Mani Ratnam A.R. Rahman Tamil Movie Cholan

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: Thalapathi 1991, Looking At 30 Years of A Classic Brilliance!!

Thalapathi Mani Ratnam Rajinikanth Movie Tamil

On this date, 30 years in November 1991, the starring and titled “Thalapathi” was released and it became one of the biggest blockbusters for who wrote and directed the movie. It is a cult movie and one of the three classic Mani Ratnam – the other 2 being Kamalahasan starring and Mohan starring Mouna Ragam. Image source: Cinema Express.

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Tamil Movie Review: 1987 Nayakan’s Haunting Saranya Theme

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I dare say that this is probably one of the most iconic image of Naicker & Neela from 1987 (aka Nayagan). Kamal’s facial expression tells a million things happening in his mind with Neela looking back at him innocently – Image source: www.medium.com.

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Tamil Movie Review: Usual Confusing Mani Ratnam’s Raavanan 2010

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(The poster looks impressive and the trailer somehow entices us to go to the and get the whole “picture” but that is about it. Poster source: Wikipedia)

This has to be one of the most anticipated for the year 2010 but there is a big problem.

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