Why Modi appeals to Hindus

Maut ka Saudagar', 'Liar', 'the Ugly Indian' etc etc etc. All the kind of epithets, the likes of which till now used to come easily out of President George Bush's mouth and the pens of his neo......

Review: Kaatru Veliyidai: A beautiful romance

Flirting, persistence and longingness comes alive in Mani Ratnam's Kaatru Veliyidai, feels Divya Nair. There are love stories and then there's romance, Mani Ratnam style. You may forget the......

K Balachander's finest films

Hailed as one of the finest filmmakers of his time, K Balachander, who passed into the ages on December 23, has left behind a rich legacy of hard-hitting films, some of which have been routinely......

Review: Maattraan is not up to the mark

Pavithra Srinivasan says Maattraan is about conjoined twins,but the story is never centred on them.Director K V Anand has excelled, so far, in combining masala ingredients with a fairly serious......

Ilayaraja follows the beaten track in Valmiki

After a successful youthful outing with Siva Manasula Sakthi (SMS), Vikatan Talkies is backwith Valmiki;a tale, they say, is abouta pickpocket who re-examines his life after society turns its back......