CinemaSpeak.in

 The Arulnithi starrer, Lyca Productions' thriller Thiruvin Kural, directed by Harish Prabhu, hit screens on April 14th. Thiru ( Arulnithi), who lives with his father (Bharathi Raja), grandmom, sister and her daughter. He is to marry Bhavani ( Athmika) and all is well in his life. Thiru isspeech and hearing impaired  but can hear sounds that are near. He is prone to be short tempered and rises to the defence of women and children who are harassed. But their happiness is shattered when Thiru's father meets with an accident and is admitted in a  government hospital. A series of strange events start happening. Thiru encounters a group of suspicious men who work in the hospital.  His suspicions are further aroused when his niece is in danger and strange incidents happen, endangering his  father's health. A series of crimes in the city seem to be linked to the suspects. Does Thiru manage to save his niece? Does he get to the culprits, who were after his father? Aruln...

 The much awaited Samantha starrer Shaakuntalam, directed by Gunasekar, hit screens in multiple,languages on April 14th. The film is based on Kalidasa's sanskrit classic play Abhigyana Sakuntalam. King Dushyant ( Dev Mohan) falls in love with a sage's foster child, Shakuntala (Samantha), and the duo perform a secret marriage in the hermitage she lives in.  But due to a curse, the duo are separated and Shakuntala bears Dushyant's child after she is abandoned by her husband, in another hermitage of Rishi Kashyap. Will the duo ever be united? Will Dushyant meet his son,  the future great prince, Bharat (Allu Arha)? The movie is rich in visuals and vfx, especially in scenes likes the hermitage (with wildlife, flora and fuana), grand mountain areas  and the grand palace scenes, apart from the scenes involving Indra and the apsaras. The abundance of animals and birds are bound to enchant kids. The costume department handled by Neeta Lulla has done a fab job especially with...