Vijay Narayanan on November 29th, 2008

A must watch movie. Highly commendable.
It is unfortunate that many people who have watched this movie consider it an imperfect remake of Cheran’s epic Thavamaai Thavamirundhu. In my opinion, that is the sort of preconception, borne of an urge to describe new things in the light of those familiar to us that can - and has [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on October 13th, 2008

John McCain reminds me of our actor Ajith Kumar. And Vijay too. In a rally today, McCain, who is down by between 5 and 11 points in national polls, said that he might be down, but he was going to fight. He said that Senator Obama might me measuring the drapes to the White House. [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on August 26th, 2008

Alright, can someone explain the meaning of the first line from the song “Marudhaani” (Sakkarakatti)? I mean, when translated to English, it reads “Are you Marudhu?”
My guess is that the main character’s name is Marudhu (a retro name; cool, these days). He dies, gets lost or something. And his girlfriend, daavu, whatever sees someone who [...]

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