Movie Review: Damaal Dumeel – Missed the bulls eye by a little
You got to give it to these young directors who don’t care much about Tamil film grammar. Take for instance, this Shree has made a simple but effective dark comedy that doesn’t break you in to...
View ArticleMovie Review: Vaayai Moodi Pesavum – The Sound of Silence
After completing the movie at S2 Thiagaraja, we headed to Zaitoon for a late lunch. Initially, there was a couple and us who were seated. There came a huge group with one small boy. After ordering,...
View ArticleMovie Review: Yamirukka Bayamey – This horror will make you laugh
It would not have been an easy job for a new director like Deekay to debut on an untouched genre in Tamil cinema. Horror comedies are nothing new to world cinema audiences but it is totally unheard of...
View ArticleMovie Review: Kochadaiyaan – Child’s Play
When I finished watching Kochadaiyaan, I stepped in to an introspection on what makes a movie good. I am not speaking about what makes a movie a hit (or a super hit or a blockbuster) because if you...
View ArticleWhy you should watch “The Letter” if you love “P.S. I love you”
Warning : If you haven’t read PS I love you or watched the movie, there are a lot of spoilers ahead. There is a fine line between inspiration and plagiarism with respect to books and movies. There is...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide for Indian students who would like to do overseas...
If you had visited my blog in the past 4 months, you wouldn’t have seen any updates. There were various reasons for the lack of blogging and one of the causes was the uncertainty in my career. I...
View ArticleDevice Fingerprinting: is this the most dangerous weapon of digital marketers?
When the NSA tracking scandal broke out, the whole world raged about the privacy of common people. But the truth is that we have been silently giving out our personal details to online ad networks...
View ArticleMovie Review: Kaththi – Who’s the hero?
I have given up on reviewing Tamil movies, but sometimes it pains a lot to see how even media reviewers are swayed by sentiments that are totally against the ideals of the society we live. Kaththi is...
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The ugly face of Feminist Consumerism
Airtel, one of the leading telecom providers from India aired an advertisement that was supposed to break gender barriers at work, but the ad also reinstated another long standing gender stereotype in...
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5 marketing jobs that you will apply for in 2064
People would not have guessed the fancy titles that we have in marketing today. Social media manager, digital marketing manager and mobile marketing manager were non-existent ten years back. So when...
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A case for virtue ethics in marketing
It all began with the lecture on ethics and how marketers are presented with ethical dilemmas in their work life. Two modern ethical frameworks were discussed – teleology and deontology. I have faced...
View ArticleSlacktivism: Guilty as charged
Everyone in social media is an activist nowadays. A like or a share or retweet is the only thing needed to become an activist on a social network. They support a cause even if they don’t know what it...
View ArticleLingaa Movie Review : Why we should let go ‘Super Star’ and bring back...
When King Lingeswaran is introduced in Lingaa, he is shown reading a book titled “The Hero of Thousand Faces” by Joseph Campbell (it’s historically wrong because the book was first published in 1949...
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The Annual Kollywood Roundup 2014 from Sylvianism
Although I wrote less number of reviews this year due to my PG study plans, I watched 75 movies out of the 200+ Tamil movies released this year. To be honest, it was a tough choice to choose the top...
View Article5 movies of K.Balachander you wouldn’t have watched but probably should give...
Whenever KB movies are discussed, reviewers and writers always speak about his most famous creations. You can see Thillu Mullu, Apoorva Ragangal, Ethir Neechal and Sindhu Bhairavi in every article...
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50 Tamil movies to watch before you Die – 25 – Moondram Pirai
Some movies stand out because of performances. Some movies impress you because of the screenplay and direction. Some might bowl you over with cinematography. This movie will baffle you because every...
View ArticleMovie Review: I – Beauty without soul
Shankar’s movies are supposed to be extravagant. Hideously fantastic that will make your jaw drop on every visual he makes. Tamil audiences are quite used to stereotype the actors. But we have also...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide for Indian students who would like to do overseas...
Sorry for the delay with the follow-up posts. I got busy due to university coursework and presentations. Although, we have less number of lectures compared to India, we are given a lot of references...
View ArticleMovie Review: Yennai Arindhaal – You will love Sathyadev when you know more
I don’t know about other reviewers but I also tread on a thin line (mellisana kodu). Either, I like a movie or I don’t. I liked Yennai Arindhaal because it is simple, but a taut cop movie that kept me...
View Article50 Tamil movies to watch before you die – 27 – Thanneer Thanneer
There will be some movies that will tackle social issues and will be relevant forever. Thaneer Thaneer is one such classic that vociferously spoke about the water issues in the country at that time....
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