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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...

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 South's gonna rise again! This time, it's the south of India, whose over the top masala action style is all the rage in Bollywood these days. The latest product of this trend is Policegiri, a film starring '80s-'90s superstar romantic...

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...

Rohit Shetty's Singham contains several of the most fun action sequences I've seen this year.  Unfortunately, there's a lot of padding, poor editing choices, bad acting, and slow-motion walking stuck in between them.  Now, normally I'm able to roll with...

I'm excited for Rohit Shetty's new film, Singham.  The trailer looks absolutely ka-bonkers, and Ajay Devgn looks pretty damned fierce in the action sequences.  We are psyched to be able to bring you several new stills from the film, which...

I am super excited for the July 22nd release of Rohit Shetty's Singham.  Shetty's remake of Tamil Surya starrer, Singam looks to be the action spectacular to beat for 2011.  I said pretty much everything I wanted to say about...

I've complained more than once here about it seems that most of the interesting genre films coming out of India are coming from the Telugu and Tamil language industries, but Bollywood may finally be getting into the game.  This summer...