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Cast: Jeyam Ravi, Nivetha Pethuraj, Aarav Ravi, Vincent Asokan, Jayaprakash Music: D.Imman Direction: Shakti Soundar Rajan A film on bank robbery next a film with a dog, then a film with zombies and now a space film. Shakti Soundar Rajan is trying out different packages for a similar commercial plot. If you had checked out the trailer, you would know the single line plot of it. For those who dint, check out the trailer. This simple plot is saved by screenplay and the visual effects. The screenplay is engaging enough and do not expect out of the box twists. I was not bored all through the film (I never minded the logical flaws as I considered this as a commercial film). Shakti’s previous film, Miruthan, was a disaster to me. The melody song when the characters are surrounded by hundreds of zombies was disgusting. I am thankful that this film does not have so bad commercial elements. Shakti sticks to the narration without any unwanted scenes. The visual effects a

Cast: Varun Dawan, Banita Sandhu, Gitanjali Rao Music: Shantanu Moitra Written by: Juhi Chaturvedi Direction: Shoojit Sircar Love, one of the trickiest emotion and often showed in a clichéd manner is so refreshing in this film. Juhi Chaturvedi has written a beautiful story about love and with Shoojith Sircar’s elegant direction, October is a heart-warming film. Danish Walia(played by Varun Dawan), called ‘Dan’, is a hotel management internee at a five star hotel.   His co-worker, Shiuli Iyer(played by Banita Sandhu), accidentally falls off from 30 feet height. Shiuli Iyer slips into coma and Dan’s character undergoes a transformation. Dan has temperament issues, while working as internee and later he becomes mature. Varun Dawan has completely transformed into Dan, as I could witness the character than the actor. Banita Sandhu’s performance emote the audience’s emotions. The scenes where she responds are heart-warming. The screenplay is well written and doesn

Cast: Rajini, Nana Patekar, Eashwari Rao, Huma Qureshi, Samuthirakani Music: Santhosh Narayanan Direction: Pa. Ranjith Pa. Ranjith’s films always talk about humanity and equality directly or in a subtle manner. Kaala talks about land acquisition from the people of Dharavi. Ranjith has his own share of screen to tell his ideologies, but the way he intertwined the ideologies with Rajini’s style and his screen presence has to be appreciated. He finally found the screenplay for his type of film and Rajini’s type of film, which he couldn’t in their previous film ‘Kabali’. Ranjith’s dialogues stand out really well. I really loved the dialogues when one of his sons decides to leave the house and the dialogues in later scene where his other sons also want to leave Dharavi. The whole Dharavi set is built beautifully and gives a realistic feel to us. The place is of Periyar statue, Ambedkar photos and Bhuddha temple. You even see a book named ‘Rama Kaaviyam’ (meaning Ram poe