Vegam Undu Vivegam Illai

Written & Directed by: Chandran Pillai Editing by: Ram Jumar Music by:  Sri, Mervin Cast: Arun, Sundar, Irshad, Vatsan, Mazhar, Harish, Muthuraj, Camera: Vimal, Shakthi – - This film is surprisingly a let down from the directors who competed in Tamil film industry’s ‘Naalaiya Iyakkunar’competition. Though, a great message has been delivered through the film, the film does not stand up to the expectation. The first thing that seems out of place is the canteen boy. There is no canteen or canteen worker in any college that shouts like a street hawker about the food items. Though this is done for comical effect, it did not bring any smiles. Then all the college boys seem to…

Nee Idayveli Naan

Screenplay & Direction : Sathapranavan Cast : Sathapranavan, Ashvina Music : Jana Assistant Music: Vikram Costume & Make-up : Desmila – Mayuri Cinematography & Editing : Desuban Production : Rajinth – - This film does not look like a short film at all. Quite interesting film, rather. Sure enough it is about love again. But the way it has been presented is wonderful. The two main characters Sathapranavan and Ashwina are brilliant. It is a narrative film. In fact, in the beginning, the narrative seems out of place. But as the film progresses, the narrative looks interesting. The protagonist narrates his love with the girl. He recalls his memories with her. But somehow they drift…

Thei Machi Thei

Written & Directed: N.Rajeshkumar Cast: Karna, Jithender, N.Sathish, Shilpi, Prepna Asstociate Director: S.Guru Assistant Cinematography: GK Vishnu Cinematography & Editing: N.S.Rajeshkumar – - This is a fun filled film. Karna, with his usual style, plays the protagonist with such ease. It is all about Karna praying to God that all he wants in life is to be happy. Whether his prayers are head by God or not, the credit card lender hears it and offers him credit cards to be happy. Karna accepts it and gets credit card. He spends..spends and spends. Finally, when the credit card is denied of any more transactions and Karna comes to know of his debt to the tune of…

Mr & Mr Iyer

Directed by: Charukesh Sekar Written by: Lavanya Mohan Cinematography by: Kugan Palani Music by: Vishal Chandrashekhar Editing by: Prasanna GK – - Mr. & Mr.Iyer When one sees the title of this film, it sure looks like a spelling mistake. But when you come to know the film is all about Mr. and a Mr, it becomes quite interesting. In a traditional Brahmin family the son wants to get married. Well, the parents are so happy and showers lot of praise on his wise decision of getting married. Well, the surprise is that the son wants to marry his boyfriend. Incredible! So, a team of Brahmin families join together to discuss the complicated issue! The…

Luck

Written & Directed by: R.S. Senthil Kumar Cinematography by: M.Srinivasan, Anand V,Jeeva VFX: Ravi Annamalai Editing by: Senthilkumarshankar Cast: Shibu Raghav, Vinod Siva, Karthik Venkatesh, Ravi Annamalai – - It is a different film about becoming a director. It says a small phone call can change your life totally. Of course, though the film tries to name it as ‘luck’, it is an incident only that changes the life. Ashok gets a call to go and meet a producer for a job interview. Ashok goes there and meets Ashwin in the reception who is seriously preparing for the interview. When Ashok enquires him about what he is preparing Ashwin explains that he is an assistant…

Aaromala

Directed by: Elan Co-directed by: Dhanesh Cinematography: Raja Bhattacharjee Editing by: Mani Kumaran Music by: Jerry Sound Effects by: Thomas Kurian Dubbing by: Varun Cast: Kalai, Nisha, Kavi, Harish, Rakesh, Jagan, Bala, Viky, Divya – - This one is really a good one. Though it is supposed to be a love story, it actually tries to get into the complications of being in love. How small things can complicate love is the central theme. Kalai and Nisha are in love. While Kalai loves her sincerely, Nisha is always suspecting about Kalai. She suspects about everything. Kalai gets upset and ignores her and her phone calls. Finally, Nisha calls him for a final meet. Nisha tries…

Appavi

Directed by: Veghan Rajesh Produced by: VJS Entertainment Story written by: Veghan Rajesh Music by: Radhan Cinematography by: R.N. Vasantha Kumar Edited by:  Madhan Main Role Cast: 1. S.S.SHREEKARTHICK 2. MEERA KRISHNAN 3. DIVYA.V.DILEEP, R.BALACHANDER – - This film tells about love with the girl next door. The protagonist Ramesh waits for that girl everyday to convey his love but one fine day, the girl herself asks him to come and meet her in a park. Till he goes to meet this girl in the park, he becomes restless and asks his mother all sort of stupid questions. The mother gets irritated. So do us. When he finally meets her in the park, she says…

Theeyorku Anjael (Never fear of baddies)

Directed by: Senthil Nathan Produced by: Greenhorns films Story written by: Senthilnathan, Sherrybosco Cinematography by: Narasimha Edited by:  Sanjeev Kumar Country of Source: India – This is a cinematic story presented in the simplest way. But the characters are very natural and it engages you even though you know that the script follows quite famous film formulae. The amazing thing about this film is that this is a debut film for the director and it never shows anywhere in the film. The director has done a neat job of what he wanted to say. Vetrivel is the laziest young man in that small village just out of the Coimbatore town. He is uneducated, unemployed and…

Andru Oru Naal

Directed by: Preethi Rajendran Produced by:  Rani  Jayachandran Story written by: Preethi Rajendran Music by: Vishal Chandrashekhar Cinematography by: Kugan Palani Edited by:  Prasanna G.K Distributed by: Tadka Films Cast – Reshmi Menon, Walter Phillips & Sharath Kumar Country of Source: India This is a simple love story with interesting presentation if not an interesting script. One young father, Walter narrates his love story to his son. Walter is a funny guy who falls in love with many girls since his young age. Even the class teachers are not spared. But everywhere he fails in love. The best thing about Walter is that he never gives up. It is at this time he meets Reshmi…

Valentine – Reaction of Love

Directed & Written by: Vishnuwaren jegathesan Produced by: Infinite Productions Cinematography by: Arun Ravintharan Edited by:  Sanjeev Kumar Cast: Iswaran kengatharan & Dhivasakthi This is another classic film that tells how not to make a film. It has all the elements to learn. A boy comes to meet her lover at a park and he recalls those incidents that made their love possible and how happy he was when she was with him. Finally, he goes to meet her at a graveyard. Yes, she is dead and he has come to see her on that day. He is still in love with her. Well, it sound s like a beautiful poem when told. But visually…

Pogathey (It’s now or never)

Directed by: Viknesh RS Story written by: Malhar Music by: Sithravel Cinematography by: Preeya M Edited by:  Viknesh RS Main Role Cast: 1. Viknesh as Karthik 2. Viveka as Pooja Secondary Roles Cast: 1. Suresh as Suresh 2. Preeya as Geetha 3. Preetha as Sister One more film about love! On a Valentine’s Day the protagonist goes to college and while waiting for nobody, his friend calls him to meet a girl, who is Pooja. And at first sight, he falls in love with the girl. Butterflies fly in his heart and then he tries to talk to her and well, finally he proposes with a chocolate and the girl accepts. But problems creep in…

Oru Naal

Written & Directed by: Deepan Cinematography by: R N Vasantha Kumar Music by: Raghu Raam Editing by: Jomin Sound Effects by: Jaikar Sound Mixing at: RKV Studios Cast: Neelima Deepan (Voice) It is always a mistake to make a film on a famous incident in history. Especially, when the incident involved loss of death, the mistake becomes a blunder. The reasons can be many but a few of them are quite understandable. The first among them is that the destruction is still fresh with many hearts. And the reality is much more deeper than the filmic reality. People have lived with it and to take them back to those memories, the film needs to do…

Endrendum

Directed by: Zainal Produced by: MIG Story by: Zainal Cinematography by: Riyaz Edited by:  Zainal Main Role Cast: 1. Shasindran Poonudurai 2. Thilaga Rajendran 3. Mohd Riyaz Secondary Roles Cast: 1. Mohd Riyaz 2. Rintha Hari 3. Darwin Subramaniam 4. Rumitha Seva 5. Chockalingam Ramasamy 6. Shasindran Poonudurai – - This is a beautiful short story but presented so badly. Two lovers meet on a Valentine’s day and the boy gets a call that his father is sick and so he leaves her without expressing. After one month when his father has recovered, he comes back to meet the girl but she is nowhere to be found. Finally, when he decides to throw a tissue…

Mugaputhagam

Written & Directed: ATLEE Cinematgraphy by: George C Williams Music by: Nandha Editing by: T.S.Suresh – This is really a neat commercial film. Though it is a short film, it has been structured like a full length feature film and executed perfectly. And surprisingly, with all the ingredients of a commercial venture as well. Interesting work! It has a foreteller. A young man waits in a forest near Velachery for her lover who he met in facebook. But within few minutes he realizes that he had been conned and he dies at the hands of rowdies who stole everything from him and disappear. Now the script moves on to four jolly-go-drink guys who play pranks…

Acham Thavir (Rid yourself of fear)

Directed by: Dhiwakar KR Dialogues: Ganapathi Music by: Abhishek Cinematography by: Kesavan C Edited by:  Kesavan C Distributed by: One Take Media Main Role Cast: 1. Ashok varma –Theeran 2. Krishnam raju –manager 3. Ravi–old man Secondary Roles Cast: 1. Ambika 2. Krishna mohan 3. Krishna chaithanya 4. Gobinath 5. gopinath This film is nicely made. It starts quite brilliantly and maintains the tempo till the end. It revolves around one character who daringly faces everyone who is a baddie and never worries about any consequences. He is so direct in his approach whether it is the boss in his office, or an electrician who cheats, or his uncle who finds faults or his lover….

Aathai Nehram

Starring : Sithravel, Devika, Preetha and Preeya Music Director &   SFX Engineer : Sithravel Dialogues & Asst Director : Preeya M. Story, Screenplay, Direction & Edition : Viknesh RS Production: SSVPP Production Aathai Nehram is a ghost story. Or better still, a revenge of the ghost story. The story is just two young lovers come home after a late night function and when the girl asks him to surrender to the police for the crime (the boys argues it was an accident) he had committed a year ago which caused two lives, a mother and her daughter. They quarrel and he leaves the girl and goes away. He gets a call at the same…

Applied

Production by: ThinkAgain Screenplay & Direction by: Nitin Menon Music: Nivas Prasanna Cinematography: Vinod Chandrasekaran Editing: Sentamizh Pandian Applied is just a satiric look at the arranged marriage. The presentation is good.  In the case of arranged marriages, the process of first meeting between the boy and girl is quite tedious and can be troublesome as rather than meeting, it is being conducted like a corporate interview. In fact, the film opens with a young boy nervously getting into a life. He looks neatly dressed. Tensed and shaky as well! The stranger gets in and immediately identifies the young boy who is ready for his first interview and tries to strike a conversation with him….

Prethya

Written & Directed: Arunvardhan Music by: Sudeep Palanad Editing: Noufal Ahmed Cinematography: Ranjith Hari Prethya is a spooky thriller that is based on the lines of Sixth Sense. It is being narrated by a dead girl who comes to know that she is already dead. While the idea is good, it is not being executed perfectly to gain the fullest advantage from the ghostly concept. A girl and her lover go to a remote house and after making love, the girl hears some weird noise in the house. She shouts for help and then runs away to escape from the unknown. But wherever she goes she is being chased and finally when she tries to…

Kuri

Written | Direct | Edit : Viknesh RS Production by: SSVPP Production Asst Director : Mani G. Cast : Mani | Preeya | Viknesh RS | Siva | Vignesh | Parthiban | Yamunah | Mr Daniel Cinematography : Mani | Suraj The protagonist of the movie is Ashok. He was very disturbed as he was not in touch with his elder brother Santosh since last 3 weeks. Santosh had gone to Singapore to earn money. Ashok discusses his problem with a close friend Ram. Ram promised to help Ashok, he took Ashok to Singapore & changed his appearance too. On reaching the Singapore airport, both Ram & Ashok began their search. They went to the…

536

Written and Directed by Ganesh Kumar Cinematography by KB Prabu Editing by Abhinav S Nayak Asst. Direction : Senthil Nathan Cast: Venkat, Mohan, Guru & Isaac The number 536 refers to money. And the film is about how one rich and spoilt young boy learns to earn 536 rupees when he is trapped in a remote village. In fact, this boy’s friends leave him in a forest and take off to the city which is far away. They wanted to teach this boy a lesson or two. Well, this boy realizes how difficult it is to earn one rupee in that village and when he gets money from a shop keeper whom he teased before,…

Thuru

Music Director: Raguram Cinematography: Manikandan Writen & Directed by: Karthik Subbaraj Cast: Mahesh: Vijay Sethupathi Nadhini: Nancy Mother: Usha Father: Gajaraj Grandmother: Ammani Paati Brother: Aravind It is always enjoyable to watch comedy films as long as a fresh concept is tried. In general, primarily comedy genre films bank upon the dialogues more. Then they depend on the comedy characters. If both of them work well, the film becomes interesting. Now if the concept adds something to the plot, the film clicks. Well, this film has all and it sure brings good laughs throughout. It all starts with a mother finding out her daughter, Nandhini’s love affair by opening one of the three suit cases….

En Uyir Shakthi

Production by: Emergency Film Makers Written & Directed by: N.S.Rakesh Cast: Amzath, N.S.Rakesh & Arunachalam Cinematography: Shakthi Aravind It is a simple funny concept rather than a film. Because the protagonist is almost narrating the whole story and just for a little part the director goes on live. Of course, it is worth the try. It is all about a young man who falls deeply in love Shakthi, his classmate and friend since birth and so he decides to marry Shakthi. The father (Step Father) initially opposes this but gradually gives in to the protagonist’s demand. And he says he can’t live in this town anymore after the marriage and that he is willing to…

Brick Go(t/d) Me

Production by: LALAT Production Directed by: Gogularaajan Brick is a beautiful short story with a strong message especially, to the people who always say that they don’t have time to do certain things. The film starts off quickly and moves on with the concept. The concept is also nicely told at the end of the film. It is about a young man who thinks only about job and money and nothing else. He promises to have lunch with his lover but a last minute phone call from his boss makes him turn his back on his promise. It is because he has been offered quite a handsome posting in the company if he covers up…

Confidence Machi Confidence

Story & Direction & Editing: Viknesh RS Cinematography: Mani G Production: SSVPP Production In films we do have masala films which prey on films again and make fun of film making.  Sometimes, they work so well with the audience because it encashes on famous characters and famous dialogues and established customs in typical film making. This short film, though conveys something else through the title and story, uses the same techniques and sure enough brings a spate of smiles. It is more satirical. When the film starts, it hinges on a serious note. The music does convey this feeling. But when the protagonist kathik enters the interview scene, we are immediately enlightened that it is…

Aadu Puli Aaddam

Directed by Samuel Mathew Camera by Satish Editing by Ruben Cast: Thalai Vasal Vijay The film starts with a serious note. The title actually conveys something else and even the captions collaborate with the titles. But expecting something out of ordinary, if you watch the film it ends up without any convincing note. It starts with a father who admits his wife for delivering his third baby. Never has he given any idea that he needs a boy baby. But when he gets the girl baby, he is all angry and wants to have a boy baby at any cost. What he is trying to say or do here? There was no reaction from the…

Ramasamy

Directed by Ganesh Kumar Produced by Greenhorns entertainment Cinematography by KB Prabhu Editing & Mixing by Anil Krishnan Hero: Venkat Sundar Sometimes people, I mean film makers, have great ideas and they make you laugh every time they talk. And well, when it actually comes to making it into a movie, they flop terribly. Yes, their on screen jokes look pathetic. But this short film Ramasamy is really a good one. It sure brings in some nice funny moments. Before starting the film, a narrator says that this film has no story and so there is no need to watch it completely. Well, thankfully the director has not wasted this movie. It is all about…

Moments

Directed by: Sanjeev Kumar Story written by: Sanjeev Kumar Music by: Vinesh Kumar Cinematography by: Sanjeev Kumar Edited by: Sanjeev Kumar Main Role Cast: Vinash Mitra & Farah Hanim Moments is a nice short story about a love failure. Just a different approach has been tried here. The visuals lack the depth to deliver such a story. But not bad, though. Two lovers recall their love episode beginning from the love proposal to the college studies and to the final exam result. With the exam results a failure, they both feel the heat at home and decide to commit suicide. Of course, they die. Now as spirits, they feel that they should not have died…