Ilaingnan is a wasted effort, in spectacular fashion.
Ekaveera Creations' Kavalan, starring Vijay and Asin, and directed by Siddique, brings back the romantic Vijay of old, even if the story has nothing new to offer.
Siruthai feels like a homage to the good old spicy thrillers of at least a decade ago.
Listening to the Tamil album as a whole, you'll have to admit that while the songs aren't terrible, they never do rise to any sort of musical brilliance.
Pathinaru might have plenty of Yuvan's signature tunes, but there are moments of appeal that give some depth to the album, and veer away from his template.
Siruthai's music is not terrible, but not original either.
Manmadhan Ambu is Kamal Hassan's film all the way!
It's a relief to see less of hero-overtones and more soft numbers.
If the director had shored up the second half just as much he's worked on the first, Eesan would have been a brilliant effort all over.
Eesan seems to have the usual collection of kuthu, romantic and energising songs, but there's nothing that scales the heights of musical brilliance.
Virudhagiri serves the purpose to be a political vehicle for Vijaykanth.
This Tamil flick is nothing but two and half hours of wasted potential.
Ratha Sarithram has a lot of things going for it, including charismatic actors and dramatic possibilities. But it doesn't capitalise on those strengths.
James Vasanthan returns as host of a new Tamil gaming show Varthai Oru Laksham on Vijay TV.
This Tamil movie starring Jai and Shahzahn Padamsee could have been good, if it actually had a story.
It takes a great deal of gumption to avoid commercial overtones, inject the right dose of humour, angst and poignancy, enough to draw you right into the film, but Nandhalala definitely accomplishes that.
Devi Sri Prasad has a reputation for sticking with his regulation format of tunes and here too, you can see it pop up at certain places but there's also a departure from the usual, mostly an influence of Kamal Haasan in both lyrics and music.
Engeyum Kaadhal might sound, at times, like it's a mishmash of Harris Jeyaraj's previous works, but it does have its melodious moments, and those make the album worth a listen.
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