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Movie Review : Mookuthi Amman 2

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 Sundar C returns with the franchise but with a different story. Sakthi ( Nayanthara)an orphan, is a cop who lives with Mala ( Urvashi). Sakthi is troubled with nightmares which keep her up at night, involving a village called Mylanji. Due to a turn of events in her life,  Sakthi gets transferred to Mylanji, remote village , where a, strange series of mysterious events happen, involving an evil force, Bhaira ( Regena Cassandra) and her love ( Duniya Vijay), who were her ancient enemies from 2000 years ago and are out to destroy her and unleash evil forces. As she gets, caught up in a whirlwind of events, Sakthi realises that she was actually Mookuthi Amman, the local deity who prorected the people.  Will Mookuthi Amman now rise again  to rescue the people from Bhaira and her evil forces in this fight between Good and Evil? The film is a time travel fantasy devotional drama, mounted on a grand scale, in typical Sundar C style.  Nayanthara is the pivot around the ...

Movie Review : Ramayana (part 1)

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 Director Nitesh Tiwari's  Ramayana hit screen worldwide in several languages including Tamil, which is the language we watched it in. The film features the renowned story of Lord Rama ( Ranbir Kapoor),  the 7th avatar of Lord Vishnu, his birth, his life  journey till the time he went on the 14 year exile with mata Sita ( Sai Pallavi) and younger brother Lakshmana ( Ravi Dubey). The film begins with the story of Ravana ( Yash ) his rise as King of Lanka, conquering many worlds till the time his path crosses with Lord Rama when he abducts Sita from the forest. What happens after that has been left for part 2 of the film.  The film  set on a gigantic canvas, captures the viewer's attention right from the word go, when it's starts with the rise of Ravana.  Several scenes stand out,  be it the war with Indra (Kunal Kapoor), the years of penance to win Brahma's boon, his ruling of Lanka, his conversations with his mother ( Shobana) and more.  Yash...