Will this Paiya Delight Us Tonight?

Paiya Review – Storyless, Pathetic Piece of Shit We were delighted thrilled to see Karthi in Selvaraghavan’s charmer Aayirathil Oruvan. At last, a fella in Kollywood who can spell the word acting. The fella can teach a thing or two about acting to his older brother Surya, sister-in-law Jyothika and even to his old man […]

Whither Tamil Cinema

by SI blog reader Racer44 (Readers: SI’s comments follow this essay) Having completed over 92 years since its inception (the first silent Tamil movie Keechaka Vadham was released in 1917), it is only obvious that we ask ourselves, where is Tamil Cinema headed? (ignoring, of course, naysayers like SI who say that it’s headed from […]

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa – Stupid Shit

Goat-fucking idiots! Offspring of lunatic donkeys! Shameless eunuchs from somewhere. Source – the drunks yelling in the beggar-van in Rohinton Mistry’s tour de force A Fine Balance P.323 Thank God, fictional drunks can’t watch Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. For if they did, the tipplers wouldn’t hesitate one nanosecond before unleashing the same vitriolic barrage at (mis)director Gautam […]

We’ve Lost It; Yes, Completely Lost It

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa Review – Stupid Shit Folks, our worst fears and your best hopes have both been realized tonight. We’ve lost it. Not one small screw or even a few screws but all our screws have been threaded out of their sockets. Yes, we’ve braved the snow-storm and strong winds barreling up the North-East to […]

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