Avinash Ramachandran
Biography:
Understanding cinema, one film at a time
Sasikumar: Failures don’t deter me from experimenting
… says Sasikumar, who speaks about working with Jyotika in the recent Amazon Prime Video release, Udanpirappe, and reveals his direction plans
17 Oct 2021
Rashmi Rocket Movie Review: Effective performances push the film comfortably past the finish line
Akarsh Khurana's Rashmi Rocket, starring Taapsee Pannu in the lead, is a gritty, effective film about gender bias and injustice
17 Oct 2021
Vinodhaya Sitham Movie Review: Thambi Ramaiah, Samuthirakani present a heartwarming tale of the last ride
Vinodhaya Sitham is easily the most subtle Samuthirakani film and it is the performances of a solid ensemble that manages to elevate the stereotypes to refreshing flourishes
15 Oct 2021
Kavin: Lift was a litmus test
The actor talks about his recent Disney+Hostar release, transitioning from TV to films, and more
11 Oct 2021
Appathava Aattaya Pottutanga Movie Review: A no-frills tale about the twilight years
With a runtime of around 100 minutes, Appathava Aattaya Pottutanga is as much a Power Pandi as it is a NadOLDigal (sorry) of sorts
08 Oct 2021
Lift Movie Review: A mostly engaging scarefest doubling up as a decent Kavin star vehicle
For a film that mainly sticks to the horror side of things, there are brief detours Lift takes into comedy
01 Oct 2021
'We tailored Tughlaq Durbar script to accommodate the star status of Vijay Sethupathi’
...says director Delhi Prasad Deenadayalan, who made his debut with the recent Vijay Sethupathi-starrer, Tughlaq Durbar, that has come in for positive reception
26 Sep 2021
Tughlaq Durbar Movie Review: An efficient satire that is rather too simple
Delhi Prasad Dheenadayalan’s otherwise highly entertaining debut is weighed down by its genericness at times
12 Sep 2021
Chehre Movie Review: Even Amitabh Bachchan can’t save this trainwreck of a chamber drama
Chehre needed liberal doses of eccentricity for us to be invested consistently in its 139-minute runtime
27 Aug 2021
'Ajith sir is my life vaathiyaar'
...says John Kokken, who played Vembuli in Sarpatta Parambarai, as he talks about working in the film, responses to his character, the influence of Ajith, and more
15 Aug 2021
Shershaah Movie Review: Sidharth Malhotra shoulders a surprisingly no-frills biopic
By giving us glimpses of what we know about the soldier, and alternating it with newer perspectives of the man beneath the uniform, Shershaah definitely keeps us invested
16 Aug 2021
Complacency, cockroaches, and curtailed freedom - The fears of Siddharth and Parvathy
Actors Siddharth and Parvathy, while talking about Inmai, their upcoming short from Navarasa that's themed on fear, broach various topics including cancel culture, the short film format, and more
09 Aug 2021
Mimi Movie Review: A feel-good film on surrogacy with some problematic takes
Laxman Utekar’s second Hindi film is mounted on a bunch of important social issues that get ticked one after the other, some more effective than others
27 Jul 2021
'I can never work like my father, IV Sasi'
...says veteran director IV Sasi's son, Ani Sasi, who made the recently released short, Maya, that was well-received on social media
19 Jul 2021
'Bloom will work even better when it ages'
...says director Richard Anthony, whose debut short film Bloom, which released on YouTube, has been making the right noises for its technical finesse and strong core
15 Jul 2021
