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By Rinku Gupta Sun Pictures' Namma Veetu Pillai is the next outing of the Pandiraj-Sivakarthikeyan duo, co-starrring Aishwarya Rajesh ( as his sister) and Anu Emmanuel ( as his love interest).Bharathi Raja ( his grandfather), Samudrakani ( his late dad), Soori ( his cousin) Natty ( his sister's husband) and a host of others make up the large star cast of this rural family drama. The bro-sis relationship forms the mainstay of the film. If at first seeing Aishwarya play his sister is tough to handle, the way the actors have handled thier roles makes you understand that Aishwarya was indeed the perfect choice for the role. Nirav Shah's camera work is a huge plus as is D Imman's music. The story in a nutshell is fairly simple, its the larger than life emotions and characters that resonate well, appealing to the sentimental core within us. Arumpon ( sivakartikeyan) lives with his mom ( a widow... with a backstory) and sis Tulasi( Aishwarya Rajesh) and has a lo...

by Rinku Gupta Watching the Karthi starrer, director Pandiraj's Kadaikutty Singam, one couldn't help but notice the several ways in which the director has subtly added a sprinkling of elements of the rural way of life , thereby immersing the viewer into a different visual experience and bringing alive  the rural flavour. This could be one of the major reasons why the film has appealed to people in such large numbers. ( Recently in one theatre screening the film, fresh  coconut water was sold alongside other refreshments, in keeping with the spirit of the film perhaps! ) For instance, in several frames when you see a woman  character in the film, she is  engaged in farming activity of some sort, which is not usually seen our films. Arthana Binu is seen feeding little goats or her mother is seen sweeping the area where animals are housed when Karthi approaches her in a major scene. When Karthi goes to meet Bhanupriya she is seen shredding some farm produc...