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  அண்மையில் வெளியாகி விமர்சன ரீதியிலும் வசூல் ரீதியிலும் வெற்றி பெற்றுள்ள படம் 'மண்டாடி '. இப்படத்தில்  சூரி, சுஹாஸ், மஹிமா நம்பியார், சத்யராஜ், ரவீந்திர விஜய், பால சரவணன், மிதுன் மற்றும் ஸ்டன் சிவா உள்ளிட்ட பலர்  நடித்திருந்தனர்.இயக்குநர் மதிமாறன் புகழேந்தி இயக்கியிருந்தார். ஜி.வி. பிரகாஷ் குமார் இசை அமைத்திருந்தார். எஸ்.ஆர். கதிர் ஒளிப்பதிவு செய்திருந்தார்.  படத்தொகுப்புக்கு பிரதீப் இ. ராகவ், கலை இயக்கம் : டி.ஆர்.கே. கிரண், ஆக்‌ஷன் காட்சிகளுக்கு பீட்டர் ஹெய்ன் எனப் பணியாற்றியிருந்தனர்.ஆர். எஸ். இன்போடெயின்மெண்ட் நிறுவனம்  சார்பில் எல்ரெட்குமார் தயாரித்திருந்தார்.  'மண்டாடி' படத்தின் வெற்றி மகிழ்ச்சி பகிர்வுக் கொண்டாட்டம் சென்னை வர்த்தக மையத்தில் நடைபெற்றது. அந்த அரங்கமே விழாக்கோலம் பூண்டிருந்தது. வருகை தந்திருந்த அனைவரது முகத்திலும் மகிழ்ச்சி ஒளி படர்ந்திருந்தது. விழாவில் கலந்து கொண்டு இயக்குநர் வெற்றிமாறன் பேசும்போது, "ஒரு படத்தைப் பற்றி பேசும்போது மிக முக்கியமாக கவனிக்க வேண்டியது மக்களுடைய ஏற்புதான் .மக்கள் ஏற்றுக்கொண்டு கொண்டாடுகிறார்கள் என்கிறபோது நாம...

 Vetrikondan ( Vemal) joins a firm in London,  as assistant to CMO Maya (Shriya Saran) who is a terror as a strict disciplinarian in the organisation. Vetri is a citizen of the the UK and his real reason for taking this job is to get finance for an app idea he has. One day however, Maya loses her visa status and has to return to India indefinitely. She convinces Vetri to marry her so that she can get citizenship status. However, a strict immigration officer smells the fakeness of their plan and tells them to prove him wrong. The duo are forced to return to India for a while.  In Vetri's native village, prentending to be his wife, Maya discovers he is rich not only financially but also with the love of doting parents and grandmother, a factor she lacks in life.  What happens next? Does his family find out the truth? Do Vetri and Maya return to their London dream or stay back in India, united as a real couple? Director Madhesh returns with a good rom -com and  fam...

 Guru Somasundaram plays a Gautham Raja, a doctor happily married to Thara (Anumol). They have a daughter Oli, who lives in USA studying in a top Uni there and set to marry a young man Kavin, over there.  But these happy lives are disrupted when the doctor reveals a dark and guilty secret to his wife who is horrified, and leaves him in frustration. The doctor, under threat of bodily harm to him and his family, had to sign a post- mortem  document giving a clean chit to an honour killing of a girl and her husband.  Now, upon hearing this truth years later, Thara convinces Gautham to confess and re-opens the case so that  justice can be served. What happens next?  The film has a stylish and trendy making. It highlights the love of 2 different generations and presents both in a thought provoking manner. The topic of honour  killing is the core theme of the film and the film imparts a noble social message on honesty and social justice. Anumol and Guru Soma...

 The story revolves around 4 youngsters in Bengaluru, who are trying their best to get confirmed at their jobs as sales personnel in a company. They come from diverse background but get along well together and enjoy the highs and lows of tbeir work, learning the ropes of how to do cold calls and achieve targets. One day they land up on a cold call at a kidnapper's den. Unwittingly they get targetted by cops as the kidnappers. How do they use their sales pitch and training to escape? The film is, watchable for its trendy making and pleasant visuals. The daily  lives of youngsters at a  corporate job is captured well and the situations they find themselves in and how they manage it all, their attempts at romance, his they manage pressure from bosses, are narrated in an engaging screenplay. The four leads are well chosen with pleasant personalities, good acting chops and realistic performances. The film is a light hearted comedy which works for the most part. However, the...

  The film centres around a young man (A Harish) in a town, who is a confirmed alcoholic. He even runs a bar business and  an organisation supporting drunkards. The only aim of the group is to promote alcohol. A medical student ( Roshinii ) is in love him and he reciprocates. But despite her attempts to reform him he refuses to change.  One day,  the government declares a ban on alcohol which leaves the alcoholics devastated. They try other means to get alcohol but to no avail. What happens  next? Do they give up drinking? What haplens to the young lovers? Do they unite or does alcohol destroy  their love? Major portions, of the film are devoted to showing the group of drunkards engaging in all sorts of activities to maintain their drinking habit come what may.  One man is deep in debt and unemployed but continues to drink with his wife's earnings. Others,are young and old who are too addicted to do anything contructive in life.  The aim of the fi...

 A young man ( Raghav) has occult powers wherein by looking at a photo he can predict past details about a person. He befriends a sex worker and one day he is shocked to find her dead, fallen from the balcony of a high rise. He is determined to find out the truth though the cops cannot find any clues nor proof against suspects. But having  an instinct and armed with a few details, he manages to zero in on the killer. Do the cops believe him? Do they find proof? What happens next? The film has an interesting premise and good actors who take their roles seriously. The director has played a signifucant role as well. Raghav delivers a neat and convincing performance but is let down by haphazarded writing and a lacklustre screenplay. The story starts moving in various directions and the whole screen presention , which is dialogue heavy, gives off an amateur vibe. Scenes seem included just for shock value and the feel is of a school play in many places.  The climax portions are...