Review ‘Victim: Who is Next?’, now streaming on SonyLIV, has four thrillers directed by Pa Ranjith, Rajesh M, Chimbudevan and Venkat Prabhu that play around with the question of victimhood, agency and redemption.Sowmya RajendranCourtesy: Youtube | SonyLivIt’s not an exaggeration to say that Over-the-Top platforms in India have gone over-the-top with anthology films. Most of these have been around uninspiring themes, with more misses than hits in the lineup. Victim: Who is Next?, now streaming on SonyLIV, breaks the monotony by giving us four twisty thrillers that play around with the question of victimhood, agency and redemption. Shot during the Covid-19 pandemic, each film is mostly set in one location. Dhammam (compassion), by Pa Ranjith, unfolds in an agricultural field; Mirrage, by Rajesh M, is set in a spooky guesthouse; Kottai Pakku Vathalum Mottai Maadi Sitharum, by Chimbudevan, makes use of an apartment building; Confession, by Venkat Prabhu, shifts...
- 8/5/2022
- by AditiKumar
- The News Minute
Review ‘Victim: Who is Next?’, now streaming on SonyLIV, has four thrillers directed by Pa Ranjith, Rajesh M, Chimbudevan and Venkat Prabhu that play around with the question of victimhood, agency and redemption.Sowmya RajendranCourtesy: Youtube | SonyLivIt’s not an exaggeration to say that Over-the-Top platforms in India have gone over-the-top with anthology films. Most of these have been around uninspiring themes, with more misses than hits in the lineup. Victim: Who is Next?, now streaming on SonyLIV, breaks the monotony by giving us four twisty thrillers that play around with the question of victimhood, agency and redemption. Shot during the Covid-19 pandemic, each film is mostly set in one location. Dhammam (compassion), by Pa Ranjith, unfolds in an agricultural field; Mirrage, by Rajesh M, is set in a spooky guesthouse; Kottai Pakku Vathalum Mottai Maadi Sitharum, by Chimbudevan, makes use of an apartment building; Confession, by Venkat Prabhu, shifts...
- 8/5/2022
- by AditiKumar
- The News Minute
Film: "Cuckoo"; Cast: Dinesh, Malavika Nair, Murugadoss and Somasundaram; Director: Raju Murugan; Rating: ***1/2
Ears become the eyes of Tamizh (Dinesh) and Sudhanthirakodi aka Kodi (Malavika) in "Cuckoo", which revolves around the love story of a blind couple united by love.
If the approaching footsteps of Kodi can bring a bright smile on Tamizh's face, it's the latter's impromptu singing that can make the former skip a heartbeat. When you can't see your beloved with your own eyes, but can still feel his or her love with the remaining four senses, the bond strengthens.
Debutant director Raju Murugan's "Cuckoo" is a mostly endearing and occasionally sad film exploring love and hope with intermittent humour.
"Cuckoo".
Ears become the eyes of Tamizh (Dinesh) and Sudhanthirakodi aka Kodi (Malavika) in "Cuckoo", which revolves around the love story of a blind couple united by love.
If the approaching footsteps of Kodi can bring a bright smile on Tamizh's face, it's the latter's impromptu singing that can make the former skip a heartbeat. When you can't see your beloved with your own eyes, but can still feel his or her love with the remaining four senses, the bond strengthens.
Debutant director Raju Murugan's "Cuckoo" is a mostly endearing and occasionally sad film exploring love and hope with intermittent humour.
"Cuckoo".
- 3/22/2014
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter)Director: Thiagarajan KumararajaCast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Somasundaram, Yasmin Ponappa, Master VasanthRating: ***1/2 There are two debut features in Aaranya Kaandam (Jungle Chapter). One, Thiagarajan Kumararaja helms for the first time. Two, Bollwoodian Jackie Shroff plays for the first time in a Tamil film, and as gangster Singaperumal, he is absolutely superb in his veshti (dhoti) and shirt, bespectacled and impotent, but yet holding a young woman, Subbu (Yasmin Ponappa), as his slave. But what a slave she turns out to be, pairing with the aging don’s Man Friday, Sappai (yet another compelling performance by Ravi ...
- 6/11/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
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