Cinema மினிமா's Movie Review on 'Raanjhana'

Cast: Dhanush, Sonam kapoor, Abhay Deol
Cinematography: Nataraj Subramanian, Vishal Sinha
Music: A.R.Rahman
Writted by: Himanshu Sharma
Directed by: Anand.L.Rai

Dhanush's maiden innings in bollywood, pairing up with sonam kapoor and also with the likes of cinematographer Nataraj Subramanian and Music Director was so much expected expecially by the tollywood fans. Has the film lived up to its expectation??? Lets find out.

Raanjhanaa is certainly a cute love story. Dhanush perfectly fits into the role of Kundan, the son of a tamil priest. Many had doubted initially how Dhanush could fit in a bollywood movie. But Dhanush breaks everyones words with his awesome acting. He really make many people to cry during the final parts of the movie. Kudos to him. [சும்மா கலக்கிட்ட சித்தப்பு...]

Sonam Kapoor looks like a cute doll. She has certainly lived as Zoya, a muslim girl. She is so cute in her expressions. Abhay Deol who come in as Sonam Kapoor's Boy Friend has also done justice to his role.

Nataraj Subramaniam and Vishal Sinha have worked pretty good with their cameras. Right from the Dusserah scenes in kasi till the scenes in New Delhi, everthing have been shot so perfectly. Editing done by hemal kotari is also fantastic. Songs by A.R.R are mind boggling. BGM is also so perfectly tuned.

Director Anand.L.Rai has done a great work in his second film. The way he depicts dhanush as a guy with tamil accent and partially hindi, the communal differences and the political interventions are so brilliant. Kudos to him. Script written by Himanshu Sharma, is really so touching. It’s rare to see a film stay true to its story with such conviction.

Positives:

• Dhanush's Fantabulous performance
• Sonam Kapoor
• Brilliant script and Direction by Himanshu Sharma and Anand.L.Rai

 Negatives:

• The slow pace of the movie in second half [Un avoidable]
• A slight resemblance like his previous movie '3'

Even these negatives won't affect the flow of the story. Whenever people criticize Dhanush, he replies back with his awesome performance and this is one such. And certainly this movie is not restricted to lovers alone. Great work by the entire 'Raanjhanaa' team for kindling the audience with mixed emotions.

RATING-7.25/10 [சும்மா நச்சுனு இருக்கு]

Cinema மினிமா's Movie Review on 'Thillu Mullu'

Cast: 'Mirchi' Shiva, Isha Talwar, Prakash Raj, Kovai Sarala, Manobala, Santhanam [Cameo]
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography: Lakshmanan
Direction and Screenplay: Badree

'Mirchi' Shiva, who is always known for delivering the necessary timing comedy which the audience expects, Joining with the legendary actor Prakash Raj that too in the remake of well renowned 'Super star' Rajinikanth's Thillu Mullu, had a decent expectation from the audience. Lets see whether its worth the hype.

'Mirchi' Shiva has done a great job as Pasupathy and Kandhan Ganguly and also fits very much accurately for both the roles. He introduces with a pen name 'அகில உலக Super Star' and he also makes the audience to laugh till the end of the movie. Prakash Raj delivers his as usual goods. Debudant, Isha Talwar comes with lots of make up and struggles with her expressions. [யப்பா உங்களுக்கு வேற ஹீரோயினே கிடைக்கலயா??]

Sathyan comes in for very few scenes who is not at all needed for the story is concerned about. Kovai Sarala and Manobala also have a small role to do. They do justice to their roles by providing grand entertainment.

Yuvan shankar Raja shows his class in 'Thillu Mullu', 'Kaipesi' and 'Ragangal 16' songs. He could have taken care of the Background ground score. Cinematographer Lakshmanan does a good job with his camera. Editors Praveen and Srikanth should have commited lots of blunders in many scenes. [Eg: சென்னைல நடக்குற IPL மேட்ச்ல மும்பை stadium ah காட்டுறது]. There are lots of places where the lip sync does not match for the heroine. 

Positives:

• Mirchi Shiva
• Prakash Raj
• Kovai Sarala

Negatives:

 There are lots of negatives. Still a few to be listed are:

• Isha Talwar
• Logicless Screenplay
• Dragging Climax
• Unwanted Songs

Director Badree should improvise his screeplay making skills, that too while making remake films, to come up as a great director. Though this is not a bad attempt with screenplay, comparing its original 'Thillu Mullu' that got released in 1981, the newer version is just below the par level.

RATING - 4 /10 [Definetely Not worth the hype]

Cinema மினிமா's Movie Review on 'Theeya Vaelai Seiyanum Kumaaru'

          

Cast: Siddharth, Santhanam, Hansika Motwani, Ganesh Venkatram, RJ Balaji

Music: Sathya

Cinematography: Gopi Amarnath

Written By: Sundar.C, Venkat, Nalan Kumarasamy

Directed By: Sundar.C

After a commanding success in 'Kalakalappu', the same duo - Sundar.C and UTV motion pictures join together as the expectation meter peaks up with additions like Siddharth and Hansika in this movie. Have they all satisfied the expectation peaked up???

Theeya Vaelai Seiyanum Kumaaru [TVSK] is a tale of a guy who hates girls and love initially and atlast learns to love very successfully. Siddharth purely fits in to the role of a IT guy with innocence at the first and charmness towards the latter part of the movie. Hansika looks so lovely. She also fits in to the role of an IT employee perfectly. Ganesh Venkatram looks like a fit police officer and he does not fit into the role of lover boy. [ஸார், உங்கலுக்கு லவ் செட் ஆகும். ஆனா லவ்வர் பாய் வேஷம் செட் ஆகாதுங்கோ]

RJ Balaji who comes as Siddharth's friend and Santhanam who comes a 'Love Master' gives more entertainment to the audience out of which santhanam wins the race as usual. RJ Balaji should restrict his skills inside radio box alone, as his jokes does not become appealing in bigger screen, that too alongside with santhanam. [யப்பா RJ Balaji, உங்க மொக்கை இங்க எடுபடல]

Music Director Sathya of 'Engaeyum Eppothum' fame, does a neat job. 'Azhagendral avaldhana' and 'Lovukku yessu sonnale' are the picks of the movie. BGM is also neat and appealing. There is not much scope for cinematography in this movie. Still, Gopi Amarnath does a neat job. Editing by Praveen K.L and N.B.Srikanth could have been better.

The movie screenplay has a lots of resemblances to director sundar.c's previous movie 'Kalakalappu' and his few other old movies and hence, does not feel so fresh. Director Sundar.C should have taken care of this. Though the Screenplay lacks the freshness, the dialogues by Nalan Kumarasamy and Venkat holds the movie and makes the audience not to feel boring till the end of the movie. The climax also does not have a strong finish as people doesnt know whether the hero and heroine join together or not. We can just assume that Siddharth and Hasika Joins atlast.

Positives:

• Siddharth's Innocence and Charmness
• Santhanam's Flawless comedy
• Dialogues by Nalan Kumarasamy and Venkat

Negatives:

•  Lack of freshness in the screenplay
•  Ganesh Venkatram's depiction as Lover Boy
•  Interest made in first half gets faded out in Second half
•  Logicless scenes

 Director Sundar.C should start thinking out of the box as the samething can't be liked by the audience again and again. Though the movie isn't boring, It does not give the enjoyment as like his previous movie 'Kalakalappu' gave. இன்னும் தீயா வேலை செய்திருக்கனும் Director சுந்தர்.C அவர்களே....

RATING - 5.5/10 [ஓருக்க பாக்கலாம் பாஸ்ஸ்]