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 Amaran, is director Rajkunar Periasamy's second film, a biopic based on the life of  Major Mukund Varadarajan of the Indian Army. The story traces the journey of a young  Mukund (Sivakarthikeyan) , who early  in life itself had decided to join the army one day.  When he appears for the exam and passes with flying colors, he proves his mettle further, when posted in Kashmir as part of the elite Rashtriya Rifles force  to counter terrorism. The film takes you through his journey as an officer while at the same time bringing to life Mukund the person. The story is narrated from the point of view of his wife, Indhu Rebecca Verghese ( Sai Pallavi) and brings to the fore the soul - stirring love story of Mukund and Indhu and the rock solid relationship the duo shared.  Its not only Mukund the exemplary, brave and much loved officer we see, along with Mukund the husband and father, but also Mukund the son. The film is sprinkled with nuggets of small but mean...

 Bloody Beggar is Kavin's next, a dark comedy, after the hit film Dada.  A beggar ( Kavin) ekes out a living pretending to be disabled and takes whatever chances he can get to make some money.  His companion is a young child, who is the only person he seems to care about to some extent. One day, the beggar lands up in a huge palace like mansion and decides to go inside to explore. As luck would have it,  he is discovered by the inmates who propose to use him for a nefarious plan to cheat the family of hundreds of crores, by naming the beggar ( after a makeover) as the real heir to the property. Though he agrees, the beggar soon discovers that things are not what they seem. Before he knows it, he lands from the frying pan into the fire and ends up fighting for his life in a bizarre series of events. What happens to next? Does he survive?  The film with its different storyline, told in an an engaging manner, does capture your attention from the word go. Kavin as t...

 M Rajesh returns with a comedy family drama movie with Brother. Karthi ( Jayam Ravi) who lives with his parents,  gives up his study as a lawyer midway. For, he has a penchant to speak the truth and take people to task whenever he hears of a wrong doing, and uses his knowledge of the law to threaten them to change their ways. This habit of his puts his aged parents in stressful situations to the extent that they want him to leave home. Karthi's beloved elder sister (Bhumika Chawla) takes him to Ooty for a few months, to  reform him and thus reduce the tension for her parents as well. But in Ooty too, Karthi starts causing problems within his sister's family and thus makes many  an enemy there too. Things  get really out of hand when his own sister's marrriage breaks up due to Karthi's words and actions.  Does Karthi change his ways ? Does he save his sister's marriage and mend his ways? The film has an interesting premise and Jayam Ravi does his bit most c...