Thani Oruvan:,Tamil Film: The Thin Line between Good and Evil

Despite the verbal diarrhea and  some huffing and panting, the film manages to evolve into a brilliant middle segment and then ilflatters to deceive with a laboured ending.

The joys of watching a thriller are robbed and one walks out of the hall with an unnecessary heavy feeling.

Despite the heavy viewing there remains interesting thoughts that you carry.

The most difficult question that remains for most of us, is what do we really want in life?

The clarity of evil is stunning.

To desire and dream is one thing,  the motivation and the drive required to equip and elevate your competence and skill is another, to see the layers of interconnectedness could be a third dimension, Understanding the world we live in could be a fourth, and the ability to orchestrate as the action unfolds could the be the vital fifth.

The Thin Line between the Good Vs Evil, would then probably be, Would you want to be the change that you want to see?

Rebecca Ferguson steers MI: Rogue Nation to Cruise Mode

For the first time since I have seen Tom Cruise probably in Top Gun, Cruise looks old. Sadly not only does he look old, he looks tired, haggard and seems to be in constant pain devoid of any humour. 

For a franchise that seemed to have an alignment with Bond, the alignment seems to have shifted to Bourne. 

The rehash redeems itself on two counts, a well written screenplay and sensational casting of Rebecca Fergusson.

Have a strange feeling that the casting of Rebecca could have been inspired from katrina kaif's casting in "Ek Tha Tiger". 

The writing. for Rebecca is perfect.

While Rebecca infuses the necessary grace and charm, there is also a generous quotient of Irene Adler(Sherlock Holmes most famous adversary) thrown in  making Rebecca a most irresistible proposition. 

Watch Rebecca ache for Cruise. 

The eyes can leave you transfixed and haunt you in the years to come.

I hope that she continues to keep our heart's a flutter in the year's to come.

Orange Mittai, Tamil Film: The Soul of a Poet, The guts of a warrior

The old man is quite a handful and it seems a herculean task to wipe the smirk of his swagger and sarcasm.  Beneath the seemingly tough exterior, lies a soft core that is scared of death, aches for relationships and wants to live. Vijay Sethupathi breezes in a  wonderfully understated essay.

While one had a feeling of reading a short story,( O.Henry and Somerset Maugham would have quite approved), the movie is a visual poetry.

There are a very few films since Uthiripookal which have used the visual medium so effectively. 

As the narrative meanders at a leisurely pace, amidst largely vacant spaces, made seemingly larger with adoring skylines, the movie literally pumps oxygen into you.

For some reason I was also reminded of Dances With Wolves, movies like which need to be viewed on a quite afternoon after a lovely siesta and savoured to your hearts content in quiet.

Thank to Biju Vishvanath for his Direction, Cinematography and Editing, Justin Prabhakaran(Music) in his true elements after his Pannairyarum Padminyum  and Vijay Sethupaty for his courage to financially sponsor the visual poetry.

P.S: One question for Tamil producers remains, When are we going to get done with the fair and "ugly" heroines and get home the dark and beautiful ladies of TamilNadu back to the screen.  When the audience can accept dark Tamil Heroes, I am sure the audience can accept the dark and beautiful ladies of Tamil Nadu.