Happy New Year

First of all a very Happy New Year to everyone.

I made use of the Christmas and New Year holidays and watched some (almost all) of the movies which I missed!! In a span of ten days I watched Thotti Jaya, Aaru, Kanda Naal Mudhal, Thavamai Thavamirundhu, Sandakozhi and some Hindi, English movies.

I saw Thotti Jaya in Cincinnati along with my sister and brother-in-law. It was a quite decent film but I expected something more from Simbhu after watching his Manmathan. I really loved the music and songs. The story is yet another old wine in new bottle. Gopika was gorgeous. My favorite song Uyire En Uyire was fascinating.

I didn’t like Aaru. It was utter waste. I don’t know why actors like Surya do such films.

Kanda Naal Mudhal was really catchy. Performances of both Prasanna and Laila were simply superb. This role would be a landmark in Laila’s career. A perfect comeback for Laila. Prasanna gets another role that suits his strength. He has continued his good performances in Azhagiya Theeyae and Kasthoori Maan in Kanda Naal Mudhal too. Both Lakshmi and Revathy were not acting naturally. All the songs were nice. Kudos to Priya for her directorial debut.

Thavamai Thavamirundhu…. It really touched everyone’s hearts. I don’t know, Cherans last three films disturbed me a lot. His Pandavar Bhoomi reminded me of my childhood days when we used to spend our holidays with all our relatives together. The song “Avaravar Vaazhkkaiyil Aayiram Aayiram Maatrangal” just took me years back. Autograph rewinded me to my past memories. This film took back every individual to their childhood days which can never be forgotten. And now “Thavamai Thavamirundhu”. When Rajkiran takes his sons to school on his cycle, I could see my dad taking me to school on his cycle years ago. Thavamai Thavamirundhu brings about the best in family values, which again most of us will be able to relate to.

The film Sandakozhi, I would say is Run II. All the same. It is yet another action movie with Vishal and Meera Jasmine as lead pair. Meera Jasmine’s acting was awesome in this movie especially the scene in which she asks hero Vishal for matchbox. She has come up with an excellent performance that captures every nuances of the character.

In my next blog I’ll try to give you my views on some of the English movies which I watched recently.