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The Gautam Menon Magic Logic

Gautam Menon Film Pattern

I know this is a late review. Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (வெண்ணிலா கபடி குழு) surprisingly turned out to be a refreshing one from Suseendran (The Director). The Cinematographer, Lakshman, also deserves credit. I think Kollywood has a promising line up of Cinematographers and the other one of interest to me is Muthiah (of Poo fame).

Apart from [...]

Kanchipuram (Conjeevaram) is worth a watch! Priyadharshan deserves credit for handling a less talked about subject - the travails of weavers in silk industry at Kanchipuram. The story takes place in pre independent India and directing such stories involve research with meticulous attention to avoid anachronism. I enjoyed watching the movie for its costume - [...]

In one word: Sensitive!

If you enjoyed movies like Veyil, Autograph, Kalloori…read on…

Based on my gathered information, Sasi, the Director, has faithfully adapted to screenplay, a fictional novel written in Tamil. His characterization revives stories based on pastoral life (a much needed look in an otherwise urbanized or half-cooked series of screenplays - these days). The [...]

I watched “Vaaranam Aayiram” at the renovated Thanga Regal Theatre in Madurai. I can hardly recollect any old memories of the theatre except for the fact that I watched “King Solomon’s mines” from the balcony reminiscent of Victorian Era.

“Vaaranam Aayiram” is meant as a dedication to his late father by Gautham Menon, the Director. I [...]

On Saturday night, me and Ram decided to visit the nearest live-band pub (i wish so) theatre that was screening Saroja. It happened to be Priya Theatre Complex. The Cini-Mini-Sugam is fast becoming a legend except for the callous and arrogant attitude of the theatre owners. The theatre is located in a vantageous point and [...]

Where else could be a better place to watch this movie than Madurai? If you want to get the pulse of the audience (classified B center) that is close to the main characters, Madurai is “the place”. “Pazhakathukkaga” (for the sake of relation) is a word that would resonate with the folks in Madurai.

As the [...]