Tag: anushkashetty
Review: SS Rajamouli's BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION Shows A Director on the Verge of International Stardom
Indian director SS Rajamouli is ready for his close-up. For years filmmakers in India have toiled in international obscurity, only occasionally emerging from the shadows when something strikes a chord with international - largely arthouse - audiences. The stereotype of...
BAAHUBALI's Third Poster Showcases Anushka Shetty As Devasena
The hits just keep on coming for Baahubali.This latest character poster reveals the character of Devasena, described by Rajamouli as "tortured and held captive for years," played by Anushka Shetty. While Anushka hasn't done a any work in Hindi...
Check Out The First Poster For S.S. Rajamouli's BAAHUBALI: THE BEGINNING
We are huge fans of Telugu director S.S. Rajamouli round these parts, and after a recent visit to the production offices of his latest opus, Baahubali has fast become one of our most hotly anticipated films of the year. Due...
Take A Peek At The Set Of S.S. Rajamouli's Medieval Epic BAAHUBALI
Last week, the good people of Arka Media Works invited me down to Hyderabad in South India, the home of Telugu Cinema, to visit Ramoji Film City and the set of their long-awaited medieval epic, Baahubali.The film, which stars "Young...
Review: Superstar Rajini's LINGAA, For Super Fans Only
At this point in his career, Rajnikanth is more than simply a performer, he is an icon. The highest paid actor in South Asia, Rajini films draw fanatical crowds not only in Tamil Nadu, but around the world. So much...
Superstar Rajinikanth Returns In The Teaser For LINGAA
It's been a long 4 years since a live-action Superstar Rajinikanth strutted cinema screens in Shankar's brain-melting Enthiran. In the meantime, Superstar limped onto cinema screens in motion capture dud, Kochadaiiyaan, made while he was recovering from a pretty severe...
First Trailer For Selvaraghavan's IRANDAM ULAGAM Blows Minds
A few days before the ridiculously loud trailer for Krrish 3 exploded online, a trailer for another highly anticipated fantasy film made its bow, and this one feels much better to me. Irandam Ulagam is the latest film from acclaimed Tamil...
Review: Hari's SINGAM 2 Stoops To Ridiculous Lows To Entertain The Masses
There is a concept in South Indian cinema, specifically Tamil cinema, known as "class vs. mass." The idea being that some films are made for urban, presumably more upwardly mobile cinema-goers in great population centers like Chennai and Madurai, and...
More Disembodied, Context-Free Action & Violence In New SINGAM 2 Teaser
It's unfair to pre-judge a film based on a 42 second teaser, right? Well, I'm trying my damnedest, but the first couple of teasers from Suriya's Singam 2 are not yet inspiring confidence. This latest bit of footage introduces a...
The Lion Roars Again In The First Look For Suriya's SINGAM 2
The last time we saw Kollywood's leading action star, Suriya, he was playing kung fu fighting conjoined twins in K.V. Anand's medical action thriller, Maattrraan. That film, while okay, never really delivered on the promise that is inherent in a...
Review: DAMARUKAM Takes Hindu Mythology Into The 21st Century
It's finally here. After months and months of teasing and a release date postponed by, of all things, financial woes between producers and money men, Nagarjuna's hardcore socio-fantasy CG spectacle Damarukam has arrived in theaters around the world. The trailers...
More Badass Per Square Inch Than Legally Allowed In New ALEX PANDIAN Trailer
I don't have the words to describe how excited I am for this film.Alex Pandian stars Karthi as the titular bad-ass.Honestly, I don't have much new to say since the first post about this film last week, but the new...
Karthi's ALEX PANDIAN Will Beat The Holy Hell Out Of You! Teaser Ahoy!
I really needed this...As good of a year as Indian film has been having, the Tamil film industry hasn't had a whole lot of that critical success. I haven't seen all of the major blockbusters, but the ones I have...
Trailer For Nagarjuna's DAMARUKAM Looks Like Amazingly Bizarre & Crazy Fun!
Even though I'm still stinging a bit from the disappointment of 2010's promised Telugu socio-fantasy blockbuster, Shakti, my faith in South Indian fantasy remains steadfast. The latest film to catch my eye is the upcoming Damarukam, starring Nagarjuna and Anushka...
Review: THAANDAVAM Is Boring, Forgettable Garbage
I love movies, good and bad.Let's just get that out there.I try to approach each new film I see with an open mind, ready to enjoy it on its own merits. The idea that I'd intentionally subject myself to a...
Vikram's THAANDAVAM Trailer Promises A "Complete Entertainer," But ...
It's only been a couple of years since Ronnie Screwvala took his multimedia conglomerate, UTV Motion Pictures, into the south of India. UTV is the biggest studio in India, and in 2011, the controlling stake in the company's stock was...
DEIVA THIRUMAGAL, Kollywood's I AM SAM: A Critical Overview
Okay, so we all laughed at the ridiculous trailer for Vijay's Deiva Thirumagal, and rightly so. The Tamil unofficial remake (read: rip-off) of Sean Penn's disastrous I Am Sam not only featured what looked to be astoundingly insensitive portrayal of...
