Personal Interest, General Issues and News
Before Sarvam Thaala Mayam, my impression of GV Prakash is that he is a really good music director who has composed some of the best hits in the Tamil movie industry. I had never rated him as a good actor perhaps due to the types of roles that he has done in the past.… [Click to read the rest] “Tamil Movie Review: Beautiful Sarvam Thaala Mayam 2019, GV Prakash High Point Movie”
I may be one of the last who managed to catch this excellent anime over Netflix – Attack On Titan but watching it now has blown me away and I am waiting eagerly for the next chapters. Image source: Animamo.
… [Click to read the rest] “Anime 101: Crying Over Attack On Titan’s Red Swan”
Kazhugu is a Tamil movie that came out in 1981 starring Rajinikanth and was directed by S. P. Muthuraman with music scored by maestro Illayaraaja. It will be 40 years since this movie first came out and yet the songs from that era are still fresh and can still engage any generation of music lovers like it was yesterday.… [Click to read the rest] “Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Ponnoviyam Kandenamma by Illaiyaraaja 1981”
I thought it is best to start the year with a Tamil classic from the early 1980s which has some of the best soundtracks by Illayarajaa. Image source: Amazon
… [Click to read the rest] “Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Classic Kadhal Oviyam by Ilaiyaraaja 1981”
Most of us are still reeling from the great loss, the late SP Bala was not only known as a great playback singer and actor but also a music director. Image source: Youtube
… [Click to read the rest] “Tamil Movie Review 101: SP Bala As Brilliant Music Director, Actor and Singer”
Agal Vilakku is a 1979 Tamil movie starring Vijayakanth and Shobha and the music composed by the one and only Ilaiyaraaja. Image source: Youtube.
… [Click to read the rest] “Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Classic Edho Ninaivugal by Ilaiyaraaja 1979”
It is difficult to place Vidyasagar in the Tamil movie scene – you see the 1980s and 1990s was dominated by the one and only Maestro Illayaraja and then 2000s thereafter we had AR Rahman changing the whole way we hear Tamil songs and then we had other music directors like Vidyasagar.… [Click to read the rest] “My Favourite Tamil Song 101: Beautiful Vidyasagar Tamil Hits Part 1”
One of the best things that happened whilst I was in Cambodia is that I caught The New Pope (which also lead me to watch The Young Pope which had me worshipping Jude Law) which I think is one of the best TV series that I have seen. It simply blew me away.… [Click to read the rest] “TV Shows 101: The Young Pope’s Powerful, Inspiring African Speech”
I am not sure why but it seems like most of my favourite Hindi songs in my playlist has Sonakshi Sinha as the lead actress (a mere coincidence?). This is from the 2012 Hindi movie, Son of Sardaar starring Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha. Image source: BHM Pics.
… [Click to read the rest] “Favourite Hindi Song 101: Mesmerising Bichdann by Himesh Reshammiya 2012”
This was one of the favourite Hindi songs some time ago – from the 2013 Hindi movie, Bullett Raja starring Saif Ali Khan and Sonakshi Sinha. Image source: Youtube.
… [Click to read the rest] “Favourite Hindi Song 101: Saamne Hai Savera by Sajid-Wajid 2013”