Manmadan Ambu - Rib tickling

First half was boring.

Sentiments like French lady death, Ramesh Aravind sickness, Urvashi's cry etc. didn't work out.

The idea of live dialogue recording didn't help movie by any means. Actually, sub-titles were diverting the attention. 

But only people like me who wants to remember all those stuffs and try to write will have it in mind. Otherwise, you will see just smiling faces outside theatre because, the last 1 hour made everyone forget about all those minus points.

You have to keep laughing and clapping during last 1 hr. Thank you Manmadan ambu team for that treat.

Kamal need not prove himself as a best actor since it is 'taken for granted'. We may tell "Thats enough, Kamal. You are the best". But his search for new things will never stop. 'Nee neela vanam' song picturisation is the best example for that. Visual in reverse but Kamal's lip in synch with the song!! Wow, what a performance! Proud to be a Kamal fan.

Madhavan was awesome. Proved once again that it is the film maker who is responsible for extracting the best from actors. Madhavan was best in Manmadan Ambu.

Trisha was beautiful. Her acting was also nice. Good going Trisha!

Sangeetha got her first good performance. Actually she got more scope than Trisha to perform. Well done Sangeetha!

The complete star cast, especially Kunjan, Ushauthup and that small boy did a splendid job.

Cinematography was perfect! Manush Nandan gave a quality visual.

Music: Devi Sri Prasad - Well, I am not very much impressed by the songs but the BGMs were definitely good.

Kamal as a writer has proved once again. The dialogues in last 1 hour was on par with crazy mohan dialogues (I am not sure if there was any contribution from Crazy Mohan for this movie).

Finally, ever successful KS Ravikumar. Kamal kind of writer definitely needs KSR kind of director to make the movie entertaining for everyone.

It is proved once again that Kamal-KSR combination will never go wrong!

Eesan - A decent attempt

While Sasikumar was so far dealing on villages and south Tamilnadu, this time he has given a full fledged city movie (with some scenes in 2nd half showing village). He has succeeded in showing the city culture (ECR, pub, party etc.). I was actually feeling like seeing a Venkat Prabhu movie.

The way he portrayed politicians and police was simply superb! No exaggeration and at the same time no adakki vaasithal. Ulladhu ullapadi! I would like to tell some dialgues which were very good but at the same time I am hesitant to spoil. So watch it in large screen!

His movies will usually have good amount of humor. But that is missing in this movie, may be he didn't want to interrupt the thrilling screenplay with comedy. Actually speaking, Sasikumar didn't succeed well in rendering a thrilling movie.

Though he managed to leave so many open ends and create a puzzle of how he is going to join everything, he didn't maintain a good thrill. But the introduction of that small boy was a good twist.

Vaibhav Reddy, yet another good performance. But he has to come out of the 'city guy' image and try some different type of movie too. 

Azhagappan was too good as a politician. 

Samuthrakani, as a character did a good job. But definitely he cannot be accepted as a hero. He is very stiff. There should be some dynamics for a hero. But I think, even Sasikumar didn't want any one as hero in this movie.

Abhinaya is gorgeous. Good that she got some scope to come in modern outfits too.

The complete crew has acted well. All were natural and helping for the smooth travel of movie.

James Vasanthan.... Songs are nice to hear but nothing got retained in mind. BGMs are ok ok type.

Final words to Sasikumar. You have got a good amount of family audience. Then why so much violence in this movie? Scenes following rape, final 15 mins of killing are horrible. You could have avoided them.

So how is Eesan? A decent attempt but definitely lacks Sasikumar's touch.

Chikku Bukku - Sleep Well ;)

Chikku Bukku is a run of the *SLOW* mill story. It has 2 (boring) love stories which merge in the climax without any impact.

An 'as usual role' for Arya and as usual decent acting by him.

Shriya was trying to act like Jenelia. But she didn't realise that Shreya or Jenelia or any heroine cannot help this movie by any means.

60% of Santhanam comedies were good (though they were not in synch with movie). And it is unfortunate that he comes only in 5% of the movie. Total disappointment for audience who came to theatre just because he was present in the movie. They were expecting a Boss Engira Baskaran kind of treat. Santhanam, FYI. You have gained a position so quickly which Vivek and Vadivelu took good amount of time to reach. Do try to retain it.

Music by Colonial cousins.... Dhayavu senju paduthaadheenga pa. Pls stop with your albums. You guys are not fit for film music.

Director Manikandan.. Ada poya useless fellow!

Friends, if you go for morning or afternoon shows you will feel sleepy. If you go for evening show also you will feel sleepy. If you go for night show, you will definitely sleep ;) Should you pay and have an uncomfortable sleep in theatre?