It’s a dark day for the Tamil film industry. Folks, Vijay’s Diwali release Thuppakki has already leaked on to the pirate sites. I’m so heartbroken! In just over 24 hours after the movie’s release in theatres in the great state of Tamil Nadu and across the U.S., Thuppakki has made its insidious way into the […]
Jab Tak Hai Jaan is the rare Bollywood movie that leaves even discerning, querulous moviegoers like yours truly with a smile. Note to Serial Whiners like SI – Be warned now, there’s not much to complain about with this film. A Classy Entertainer A grand finale to the late Yash Chopra’s decades-long Bollywood career, Jab […]
I’ve got to hand it to Joseph Vijay and A.R.Murugadoss, the malefactors behind the thoroughly unwatchable Thuppakki. Say what you will but these two cheaptains of Tamil cinema have a bizarre sense of humor. After launching a vicious sleeper cell attack against the Indian Army and making the force look like a bunch of buffoons, […]
Thuppakki Review – Whopping Nonsense Joseph Vijay’s new film Thuppakki opened to a so-so response today. At a theatre on the U.S. East Coast, there were about 85 people for the opening, premiere show of Thuppakki. Besides Vijay, Thuppakki features Kajal Aggarwal. A.R.Murugadoss is the director. Murugadoss is also responsible for story, screenplay and dialogs. […]
It takes an Indian to nail an Indian. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara (a Punjabi of Indian origin) has gotten Tamil crook Anand Sekaran to plead guilty to a ponzi scheme that defrauded investors. Anand Sekaran, President and Director of Miami based Wasson Capital Ltd pled guilty Friday in […]
By Araj (This interesting piece was originally penned as a comment. For the sake of a wider audience, I have published it here as a blog post with minor retouches) Pseudo-noir films have become a problem with Hollywood, of late. Nolan kick-started this trend, perhaps, with his much lauded (glorified actually) Batman trilogy and Mendes’s […]