Tag: vikram
IRU MUGAN Trailer: Vikram Is a Dead Serious Friend and Delightfully Daft Foe
The monomymic Vikram is one of my favorite Indian actors. He has, over the course of 25 years, created an amazing body of work that is unlike anything else I can think of. He divides his time between mainstream masala...
Review: Shankar's I: A Tale Full Of Sound And Fury, Signifying... Something?
I have a problem.I am a great admirer of Shankar, the director of I. Even when his films aren't great, as in the case of something like his take down of India's insidious corruption problem, Sivaji, they are engaging and...
New Trailers For Bejoy Nambiar's DAVID Hint At Different Films For Different Audiences
Bejoy Nambiar burst onto the Indian film scene back in 2011 with his crime spree film, Shaitan. With the help of some pretty impressive critical reaction the film managed to more than triple its budget in box office receipts, opening...
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...