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Move Review : Blackmail

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 Mani ( GV Prakash ) and Rekha ( Teju Ashwini ) are lovers, who decide to get married.  Mani is determined to work hard to support his responsibilities. But his life soon turns upside down instead.  A medical supply businesss owner Chidambaram's  tempo, driven by Mani, is stolen. What's worse is that along with the tempo is a  hidden parcel of  cocaine. A furious owner suspects the innocent Mani and  threatens him to find the tempo and the cocaine,or lose Rekha, whom he keeps as hostage. In Coimbatore, a rich businessman, Ashok (Srikanth) and his wife Archana ( Bindu Madhavi) undergo a harrowing experience when their child, Anu, is kidnapped. To add to Archana's woes, a  former lover,  Arun (Lingaa), blackmails her with an incriminating video of their intimate moments and hires Mani and his friend, Ramesh Thilak to kidnap the child for ransom,  a task Mani helplessly agrees to in  order to pay off Chidambaram and rescue Rekha....

Movie Review : YOLO

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 When the parents of Deekshita (Devika Satheesh)  look for a groom for her,  they make a surprise discovery. Apparently Deekshita has already been married, something she claims even she didn't know about. On searching for the truth, she discovers who is supposedly her husband - a youtuber named Shiva ( Dev), who is equally surprised by this news.  The duo meet and decide to find out the truth, which leads them down some strange alleys, which include encounters with varioys villains, the cops, an honour killing and even  supernatural elements. Are the duo really married? What are the circumstances of this strange occurence? Do they unite or divorce? The film has good production values, with aesthetic visuals, pleasantly shot songs and a good cast of leads and supporting actors. Everyone has performed superbly, including  Dev and Devika, who make a good screen pair. But the screenplay seems to ramble along , the flashbacks  adding to the confusion. The p...

Movie Review : Uruttu Uruttu

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 Chandru ( Gajesh Nagesh) is a happy go lucky lad, leading his life with his friends in a small town.  Due to a series of circumstances, a rich young girl ( Rithvika Shera ) who believes in showing wrong doers their place, comes into his life. The unsuspecting Chandru is drawn into her world, with tragic consequeces. What is the reason she befriends him? What happens next? The film which is supposedly a comedy, judging by the second half, doesnt seem sure of what exactly it is trying to get at. The climax portion comes as an utter shock. Questions like what gives anyone the right to take such drastic measures as the girl does, come to mind.  In many scenes she is shown trying to seduce him.  It's therefore confusing as to what her intentions were all along.  The scenes with motta Rajendran and his three wives hardly draw any laughs and seem more designed  to titillate in the name of humor. Characters come and go and the screenplay seems to meander aimlessl...