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Some romantic comedies arrive with a very serious point to make. Anbe Diana takes a different route. It puts love, family disagreements, cultural differences and social prejudice into the same room, then lets comedy do much of the talking.…

There is something instantly familiar about Idhayam Murali. The school crushes. The awkward teenage romance. The friends who seem to have nothing better to do than spend the entire day together. The confusion around love. The things you…

Lakshmikanthan Kolai Vazhakku takes a different route. The film begins with a crime story, but its real interest lies in what happens after the investigation starts raising uncomfortable questions about justice, punishment and the value of…

Not every crime comedy needs a twist in its back pocket. Con City figures that out early, and it's better for it. Directed by Harish Durairaj, the film follows a group of scammers whose separate lives collide through a chain of accidents,…

Love triangles are familiar territory in Tamil cinema, but not every film handles them with restraint. Heartin does. Instead of chasing dramatic twists, director Kishore Kumar builds his story around something quieter — the discomfort of an…

Some stories don't need a twist to work. They need a setting sharp enough to make familiar beats feel urgent again. That's the bet Ananthan Kaadu makes, and for the most part, it pays off. The film opens on a man who has already lost…

There's a version of this story that could have been loud. A mother and son on the run, secrets buried in their past, a mystery waiting to unravel — it's the kind of setup that tempts a filmmaker into chases, twists and noise. Chidambaram…

Samantha's return to a full-fledged commercial entertainer comes with a title that sounds like a family blessing — Engal Thangam. And for a while, the film earns it. Directed by Nandini Reddy and written by Raj Nidimoru, the story follows…

There's a particular kind of courage in choosing not to shout. Director Sasi's last film with Vijay Antony, Pichaikkaran, was a mother-son story told at full volume — sentiment stacked on sentiment. Nooru Saami, their reunion after that…

Most Indian films use music to punctuate a scene — a burst of emotion, a romantic interlude, a moment of celebration. Sing Geetham flips that convention on its head. Here, music doesn't accompany the story. It is the story. Directed by…