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Cast: Dhanush, Aishwarya Rajesh, Samuthirakani, Kishore, Pawan, Andrea Jermiah, Ameer Music: Santhosh Narayanan Direction: Vetri Maaran Vada Chennai, Vetri Maaran’s dream project started its production stage in 2016 and it’s a trilogy about a group of people living in North Madras (Vada Chennai) spanning over 15 years. The first part of trilogy starts with a murder done by Guna (Samuthirakani), Senthil (Kishore), Velu (Pawan) and Pazhani. A narrative voice, by Vetri Maaran himself, narrates that this murder is going to affect everyone involved in it and persons who are indirectly involved, Anbu (Dhanush). The narrative is chapter wise, where each chapter establishes the relationship of Anbu to the murder. Vetri Maaran is brilliant in not revealing who was murdered. He takes us through the lives of the people and how the murder was done, why was it done and mainly who was murdered. He is genius in casting. The casting choices from Pollathavan to Vada Chennai is spot

Cast: Kathir, Anandhi, Yogi Babu Music: Santhosh Narayanan Direction: Mari Selvaraj Pariyerum Perumal (played by Kathir) says he wants to become a Doctor during the admission in Law College. When told he cannot become a doctor studying Law, he says “He doesn’t want to become medical doctor, rather Dr. Ambedkar”. We know we are in Pa. Ranjith’s film when we hear names like Ambedkar. But this time Ranjith is the producer of the film and Mari Selvaraj directs this beautiful piece of art. The story is situated in and around Tirunelveli district and with the help of cinematographer, Sridhar, Mari selvaraj portrays this story realistically with utmost honesty. Amidst the realistic portrayal of the story, Anandhi, who plays as Jyothi Mahalakshmi, has a quirky voice in the film, which totally undermines her performance. The characters are relatable, though Anandhi’s voice was annoying, her character is relatable. Kathir’s character is someone whom we would have seen in cla

Cast: Vijay Sethupathy, Trisha Krishnan Music: Govind Vasantha Direction: C Prem Kumar The batch of 1996, hence the title 96, is planning to have a reunion and all this is started by K.Ramachanran a.k.a Ram (played by Vijay Sethupathy). The film opens with ‘Life of Ram’ song suggesting us that Ram is a travel photographer. The song visuals also conveys he isn’t enjoying it as we Dhanush enjoys in Mayakkam Enna. Ram is the one who goes to his school after 20 years. The whole scene where Ram admires his school standing in front of the gate to entering the classroom to sliding fingers through the edge of the black board is such a nostalgia. And with Govind Vasantha’s background score you would want to live the school life again. It’s not the only scene where Govind vasantha’s background score gives an exciting audio visual experience. The songs are a chartbuster before the movie’s release. The ‘Kaathalae Kaathalae’ song’s violin, which itself gives a delightful experie