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Movie Review: Netru Indha Neram

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 The story unfolds as a flashback when a group of youngsters meet up for a trip at Ooty. But a crime takes place that shakes them up. One of their friends, Nikhil, has disappeared. When the cops investigate, a backstory emerges about the dissonance in the friends group.  Ritika was in love with Nikhil ( Shariq) from 3 years. But on the third anniversary of their love she finds out he is not open to marriage which hurts her.  Another friend,  Rohit, then proposes to her which leads to a fight between him and Nikhil. Nithya is another friend in the group who loves Hrithik. In the meanwhile Rohit needs money and decides to win it from Nikhil in a game of cards. But Nikhil wins the game instead. Rohit also reveals that he spotted a serial killer on the loose. Shreya loves Rohit who shuns her. She reveals to the cops that Nikhil was a junkie and it was she who instigated him against Rohit telling him about how he proposed to Ritika, leading to a fight. Very soon Rohit too disappears. Overal

Movie review: Veppam Kulir Mazhai

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 A happily married village couple, Petha Perumal ( Dhirav) and Pandi ( Ismath Banu), has a problem. They have no children despite 5 years of marriage and are the butt of ridicule by  people. There are even fights at home with the mother-in-law. A Chennai couple on a visit to the village advice them to seek medical help in Chennai but the husband is against it.  He prefers going to temples to pray instead.   When the ridicule increases  the husband feels the pressure and  starts displaying signs of mental instability with bouts of abnormal behaviour. His mother advices him to marry his sister's daughter, 15 years younger. One day,  Pandi, the wife convinces her husband to remarry.  But fate has other things in store and the couple finally decide to seek medical help  instead. Do the couple get a child? Do their lives change for the better? The making of the film is raw and realistic which is a big plus.  The leads have done a superb effort to bring out the despair and hopes, their n

Movie Review: Hotspot

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The film is divided into 4 antholgies, linked together by the narration of a debut film director ( Vignesh Karthick ) to his producer. Happy Married Life  is the first in the anthologies. Dhanya( Gouri Kishan ) marries  Vijay (Adithya Bhasker) and brings the mapillai  home, in a role reversal from the traditional roles in society. The house husband even wears a thali and looks after the home while his wife works in office.  But wait,  is this reality or something else? In the next section, Golden Rules, a young girl Deepti  ( Ammu Abhirami) loves a guy Siddharth ( Sandy Master) and convinces her parents in a novel way to agree to their marriage.   But  to their horror the lovers discovers a secret which changes everything in their relationship. What happens next? In Thakkali Chutney, Anita ( Janani Iyer) is a reporter who loves Vetri ( Subhash), (who works in IT. He is fired due to a misdemeanour in office which he hides from Anita. In order to meet expenses at home, he takes up an unu