Kites Movie Review | silentcritics.com

The most awaited film of the year has finally hit the screens and with it the expectations that were sky-rocketing post an impressive trailer has been put to test. In the end if the movie is worth the watch or does it belong to the league of films that don’t live-up to the pre-release hype??? Well, the answer is the film doesn’t sustain the momentum to meet the pre-release hype. Though the movie boasts of an impressive star cast the important element that goes for a toss is the treatment given to the story by director Anurag Basu and Team. The movie which has a running time of 2hrs and 6mins just couldn’t deliver the punch required by the audience. Read More

Paiya Movie Review | silentcritics.com

Director Linguswamy had mentioned in an interview to a daily that his movie “Paiya” is a never seen before film in Tamil Cinema. His words are hard to interpret in the above context as to what does he actually mean by the term “never seen before”. The movie is the usual masala flick with a simple storyline wherein a boy meets a girl and falls in love with her and in the end they unite. Looks like director wanted to make a movie that belongs to the Road Movie genre. Read More

Goa Movie Review | silentcritics.com

Venkat Prabhu after the stupendous success of “Chennai 600028” and “Saroja” has embarked on this fun filled package titled “GOA” with the tagline “A Venkat Prabhu Holiday”. To be honest there is lots of fun and glamour but one thing that really hampers everything is the length of the movie. The movie which runs for 3 hours lags in patches. Venkat Prabhu has brought together his trusted cast once again with a mix of few new faces and he has joined hands with Soundarya Rajinikanth who makes her debut in kollywood as a producer with this movie. Read More

Chance Pe Dance Movie Review | silentcritics.com

Ken Ghosh directed “Chance Pe Dance” is all about struggles of life along with a soft romantic love story between the two protagonists in the movie. Sameer (Shahid Kapoor) happens to be a struggling Bollywood aspirant and Tina (Genelia D’Souza) an upcoming choreographer. When they both bump into each other accidentally what happens next is in this Chance Pe Dance. Though the story might sound familiar what the viewer expects is something new in the treatment of the script but in the end all that is served is a loosely knit screenplay that defies logic to a great extent and an ending that was very much predictable. Read More

Aayirathil Oruvan Movie Review | silentcritics.com

Director Selvaraghavan who is known for the boldness with which he normally handles the theme that he likes to unleash on screen was evident in his previous movies right from his debut film “Thulluvatho Illamai” which dealt with the subject of infatuation during school days followed by “7G Rainbow Colony” which ended up being a sophisticated version of his debut film but instead of infatuation it was love and post these two movies he decided to do an action flick titled “Pudhupettai” which unfortunately turned out to be a huge disappointment. Post Pudhupettai debacle Selvaraghavan who was used to scripting his movies based on happenings around him decided to trust his imagination and he started writing “Aayirathil Oruvan” (One in a thousand) sometime in 2007. The director who normally takes close to a fortnight to pen down an entire script took close to four months for this Aayirathil Oruvan. Read More