Cinema, Karam, Kapi

The much anticipated Vettaiyan feat. Superstar Rajinikanth and Bollywood thespian Amitabh Bachchan released worldwide on 10 October. The cop story has a regular plot but with a twist.   And when two top stars of the country come together, it is sure to be a blockbuster in the making.   Athiyan (Rajinikanth) is a Superintendent of Police posted in Nagercoil district. His past reveals that the cop is a seasoned encounter specialist.   In the first few scenes, we see a very formulaic encounter of sorts which we have seen dime a dozen times in Indian cinema. That was for starters.  Saranya (Dushara Vijayan) is a teacher at a Government school and helps Athiyan nab drug peddlers. She is named among the Best Teachers in the State and gets a transfer to be posted in Chennai city as per long term wish.  Athiyan’s wife is Thara (Manju Warrier) who supports the cop in his duties while running a social media channel “Galatta Kitchen” along with their nephew.  Saranya is brutally raped and murdere

What happens in the island, stays in the island. Perhaps not, if it is the death (rather, murder) of someone on the eve of a high profile wedding! Merritt Monaco (Meghann Fahy) is one of the closest friends of bride to be Amelia Sacks (Eve Hewson). She is getting married to Benji Winbury (Billy Howie), the second son of Greer Garrison Winbury (Nicole Kidman) and Tag Winbury (Live Schriber).  Greer is a prolific author and has several books to her credit, while her latest one is awaiting a launch right after the wedding is over. She is not happy with her son’s choice of bride, as Amelia doesn’t match the “class” of her clan, and hence always looks down upon her.  Tag is a chilled out husband of a popular persona, that is his wife. He makes it appear that their wedding is just the kind of story people love to believe. The media makes a celebration of their relationship, calling Greer and Tag “ The Perfect Couple ”.  Though, they are exactly the opposite in real life. Tag is fed up of Gre

The Police force of India tries its best to reign in on the rowdies and the anti-social elements to ensure peace is upheld all the time. Though policing is a state-specific department, Indian Police Service (IPS) is governed through the Central Ministry, directly under the Ministry of Home. Some of the notorious goondas and culprits have largely arisen from specific cities. And Mumbai is no exception. While one wouldn’t say the city tops (with the most number of such elements), the city’s crime scene has always been on top, especially for film makers. Murshid is one such subject, depicting the behind the scenes of what happens in the lives of such rowdy elements. Two men deployed by Farid (Zakir Hussain) are to exchange money for drugs with the men of an operator who has a Talibani background and is based in Dubai. While exchanging the “goods”, one of the men shoot 3 members of the other group and tries to escape with the booty – money and drugs while the other guy rushes to the office

Between 2005 and 2006 at a village by the name Nithari in Noida, UP, a domestic help along with his bossman, a well-connected rich man, kidnapped kids from the nearby slums, used them for their sadistic sexual pleasures and culled them in to parts, to be thrown away in the neighbourhood drains, one by one.  The Allahabad High Court came heavily on the police and other agencies back then, for such a botched up investigation. Sector 36 - the movie, is a loose adaptation of this civil horror, which is palatable only for a mature audience (viewer discretion suggested, especially younger children). Prem Singh (Vikrant Massey) is a household caretaker of a farm house owned by Balbir Singh Bassi (Akash Kurana) in the outskirts of Delhi. He lures young kids passing by and kidnaps them. Once in the house, he tortures them in various forms, that is reminiscent of his troubled past. His uncle, a butcher would sexually abuse Prem, which brings him nightmares and he punishes similar aged children,

Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is among the most coveted departments in the Government of India where one gets to explore the world, even as their negotiating with one another foreign country’s office either in India or where they are posted. From responding to SOS messages on social media platforms to ensuring the top brass of governance know what / how to respond on crucial matters, the life of an IFS staffer is excruciating.   In the Hindi language movie Ulajh (meaning Entangled), Jahnvi Kapoor does full justice to her role as a newbie IFS officer – from the first screen till the end.  Initially posted in Nepal, Suhana Bhatia (Jahnvi) is the daughter of IFS Officer Dhanraj Bhatia (Adil Hussain) gets posted in the UK. Her father is not happy, even as she occupies a senior office at such a young role and that the media is constantly assessing her abilities, giver her lineage. Her grandfather was an IFS officer too, according to the story.  Once in London, Suhana befriends Michelin star

At a gala event held at the Nehru Indoor stadium in Chennai on 20 th Sep. ’24, the makers of Superstar Rajinikanth’s Vettaiyan celebrated the audio launch as well as released the film’s trailer.  On the same day morning, the second single titled Hunter Vantaar was released by the makers across various music platforms. The film has just two songs including Manasilayo which was released 2 weeks back and has over 2.50 crore views on the official handle on YouTube.   This would be the septuagenarian’s 170 th film, even as the brisk actor is shooting for his next titled Coolie, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj.  Vettaiyan, directed by TJ Gnanavel and produced by Lyca Productions has music composed yet again by Rockstar Anirudh Ravichander, his fourth with the Superstar after Petta, Darbar and Jailer. With a stellar starcast that includes Bollywood’s Shehanshah Amitabh Bachhan, Fahad Fazil and Manju Warrier from Mollywood, Rana Daggubati from Tollywood and Abirami, Ritika Singh and Rakshan f