u/Tensioned_Elephant7

Understood a life-lesson while coming across this reel...Credits"suraj____fx___4K"

Came across this reel in the middle of watching KKRvsMI match (honestly hoping all things turn in favour of CSK as a RCB fan) alright coming back.....

Despite the backlash the guy(Ken) received for the casting choices for female leads and also criticised for repetitive themes done in previous films...there was this one thing which hit my mind...WE CAN JUST DO ANYTHING WHICH PLEASES US IF WE HAVE THE CUSHION OF MONEY , POWER , FAME , BACKING...yes that's right...

Life is a thin line between having possession of power you desire and continuously aiming for what he/she needs . This is what power can do .

On the way as I type the body content for this post I feel a bit weird for using an entertaining film's content above for venting out my thoughts..

Getting to choose your female leads , music director , various artists , writing story-screenplay...YES I am a bit jealous of him and at the same time I realise that

"WE AREN'T UGLY(in wealth , power , fame ) BUT JUST POOR (in abilities)

u/Tensioned_Elephant7 — 1 day ago

KARUPPU (2026) REVIEW - A SURIYA SHOW.

After Ashwath Marimuthu's Dragon...Karrupu is probably one of the most entertaining , racy film I've witnessed in recent times . Karrupu may not prove its mettle in logical writing , nor realism but I bet you not...you are probably going to get christened by the Karuppusamy!!!!

The film starts with a Shankar-esque buildup with two Malayalis in a railway station which leads to stealing of gold...following we get a route-map of what we're going to be dealt with...

Each scene in the first half reminded me of the 2016-19 days of Kollywood and I'd thought for a second did I travel back in time . RJ Balaji has really done good treatment in the writing of such scenes .

Suriya's intro comes quite late after RJ Balaji navigates us towards what he offers us . The supporting cast do their role in good bits. Trisha was good in parts as well and fit for the role .

Karuppu teaches us an important lesson that commercial filmmaking doesn't require grippy writing nor ground breaking screenplays but mass moments written well , with good dialogues and tension building are key masala elements which RJ Balaji excelled in his first directorial . These were moments where I miss the greats like Hari , KS Ravikumar .

The songs by Sai Abhyankar were absolutely top-notch and commendable . Right after a peppy album in Dude it's such a great effort from him to pull off something out of zone .

Barring the logic , unnecessary movie references (Aayutha Ezhuthu sat well but others Leo especially just made me feel that the industry is registering our minds that 'Yes the affair is true' ahh feel ) Karuppu is a bonanza of fun , mass scenes and A SURIYA SHOW....

KARUPPU - 7.2 / 10

PROS - Camera work , screenplay , dialogues , RJ BALAJI and SURIYA , GOD MODE was a fire in theatres

CONS - Poor Lip-Sync , Climax (sounded philosophical but draggy tbh) , removing NAANGA NAALU PERU (honestly in context of the film it fits well but not at a random listen )

THANK YOU RJ BALAJI !!!!!

u/Tensioned_Elephant7 — 3 days ago

KARA [2026] REVIEW - BORING , MELODRAMA , FEW GOOD SCENES

HEIST. Why do you make heists ? Does it make any difference - Yes ? Does anyone wish for a heist ? - No , Is heist something good or bad ? - Bad . Should really think twice to watch the right Dhanush film in theatres .

Now , how do you justify a heist ? ....you need a solid reason , did it evoke a reason in me to support Dhanush and his foes in it - No [felt flat]

Since few films , I have been observing a pattern in Dhanush's films where melodrama is at such a high it just bores to some extent . If you are against a system , well the form of resentment could be protests , comments , voicing opinions etc ... the film feels flat in the character's motives as to why he should commit the heist .

Here too we see Dhanush involved in a food business yet again ? Does he really wish to become affluent in the food industry at some point in his life ? Idly Kadai , Raayan , NEEK[ protagonist is a chef] and now Kara .

In the first half , we get a Shankar-esque buildup towards Karasaamy's motives to heist a bank which leads to a pretty intense build up and mind you those scenes were pretty well written . Somewhere I felt the movie went wayward and felt all over the place .

Dhanush is a positive in this film as he carries Kara in his shoulders . Karunas , Suraj-Jayaram-Mamitha , KS Ravikumar are good in bits .

Its a one-time watch . Vignesh Raja impresses us with good camera visuals and screenplay but that alone isn't enough to give you a great movie .

6.1 / 10

u/Tensioned_Elephant7 — 14 days ago

Sometimes in life it isn't wrong to be wayward towards morality....morality works through judgement...it's quite cruel in life when you don't get a platform to act rational in life .

I personally don't believe in good and bad and act rational...hence not caring of the outcomes...calling a spade a spade . But still there's room for change , a word of warning

But this large plie of scum Kollywood sub doesn't have a rationalistic view towards opinions ...if I say Youth is a marana kaatu mokka movie you'd get 100 upvotes and I'm happy with it....but at the same time I would appreciate someone who challenges my views through a different lens and I'd gain insights by it

I might have done a crass comment here and that's why a ban but that wouldn't correlate towards my personal way of adhering life...keyboard warriors don't translate their comments into life perspectives

It's just Indha kaadhula vangitu andha kaadhula viduradhu...

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u/Tensioned_Elephant7 — 23 days ago

LOCATION - BENGALURU 

TIMELINE - MARCH 2008 

Ashwin Hari celebrates his 18th birthday , hence becomes an adult and enjoys the freedom to do things . He receives a cricket bat as a gift from his uncle Dayalan and he is joyed by the gift . Hence forth he starts playing cricket with his street friends and as his friend Vishnu hits the ball towards clearing the road , it breaks a window causing all of them a fear in receiving the ball back . Ashwin heads to the house to get the ball back . But to his surprise he finds out that it isn’t some old aunt in an angry posture but its an young , good-looking maiden named Devika who recently relocated to this home for rent . He was surprised as it wasn’t common around the locality that independent women would seek homes for rent around . 

Devika is an aspiring actress who’d got a chance to act in an ad film for Miranda directed by famous ad-film and cinema director Pranav Pillai . 

But around the time of the year , India was in financial crisis due to stock-market crash down , which lead to higher inflation and dropping of film projects . This ensured she’d lose out on a film project . 

As the days had passed by since Ashwin and Devika belong to same locality , they’d begun to share conversations based on studies , film opportunities , hobbies and interests….but Ashwin since he wasn’t entirely a matured guy would flex around his friends for having convo with her as he considered it as an achievement . 

Cut to April 2008 , there was a match between RCB and CSK in the Chinnaswamy Stadium and after the match …. Thomas Vimal , an associate of a famous production management \[PR AGENCY\] leaves the stadium to head towards his home which is 2km away from Devika’s . 

During the night , Thomas has a stiff with a local by-passer and in the fight loses his purse along the way . Devika gets the purse and finds his card details in the pathway . She is pleased as she manages to get hold of a big shot . As she notes the number down , the purse is handed over to the cops in a nearby police station and Thomas thanks Devika for the timely help . 

Thomas is in discussions with Pranav Pillai for an upcoming project made bilingually in Tamil-Malayalam . His mind is struck with Devika’s appearance. He reaches out to her for becoming a female lead for his film. Devika is joyed for getting her first break into films . Her luck was too strong that the director wanted to make a Tamil film into Bangalore city itself which made it easy for mobility . 

CUT TO JULY 2008

Raghavan , the producer of the film begins to bank-roll the film with money from the underworld since the crash out of the Indian Economy in 2008 . A influential underworld don , Victor who started out his career in gambling , money , land extortion etc entered the film world when it was needed . He was in ties with a politician of a party in Tamil Nadu \[Tamil Singa Kazhagam \] named Jayaseelan \[30\] . Raghavan is a benami for Jayaseelan in which the funds used for the film are in black money . 

Jayaseelan gets a look of Devika and he is smitten by his looks . So the director Pranav had to schedule a sequence in Chennai . Ashwin on the other hand is at Chennai residing at his Uncle Dayalan’s house for a month . One night around Tambaram in Chennai ,  Devika is being called upon at Jayaseelan’s room for a meet-up . She finds it shady as to why should he call her although she isn’t aware of his involvement in the film through bad means . Jayaseelan begins to act inappropriately with her and she runs away . Ashwin is seen driving his uncle’s car around the night and spots her running in a worrying state , he rushes his car on her by mistake . Devika explains the issue to Ashwin . 

Ashwin , the next day in his home hears a conversation in Dayalan’s room about conversion of black money to white through round-tripping . He informs this to Devika and she is shocked that her cinema career is under the influence of crony people . Ashwin hatches a plan to go along with Devika to spy on Dayalan as he planned to meet Jayaseelan , Pranav Pillai and Raghavan . As they reach the spot both of them get to know about the full details where the three of them have set up a shell company in Mauritius and plans to split the profits between the three of them . 

Devika forms a plan to kidnap Jayaseelan by apologising to him about the incident earlier . Ashwin follows suite and both Devika and Jayaseelan are in a Cafe . Jayaseelan is once again a sweet man . 

Devika forms a masterplan along with Ashwin that she would get a higher renumeration and would never expose their plans . The producer agrees to it and she continues to act .

Through black money , the film is complete and money is transferred to the theatre owners , a blockbuster is created and Jayaseelan retrieves his black money . But they plan to kill Devika . Devika is smart enough as she stores the entire proof of their acts in a back-up device without letting Ashwin know . Devika is met with a road accident with a lorry crashing on her vehicle . The conversion takes place in Mumbai during the 26th of November 2008 in the Oberoi hotel  . They assume she is dead and they continue to do the conversion of money . Sadly the hotel is attached by terrorists and their money is burnt along in the fire . Devika survives and exposes the corruption done by it . Dayalan is arrested and Devika comes out victorious with good name and at the same time with a costly renumeration . She pays half to Ashwin . Ashwin’s dream journey is on an end . 

I have written this keeping in mind writing for a film

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u/Tensioned_Elephant7 — 24 days ago

LOCATION - BENGALURU 

TIMELINE - MARCH 2008 

Ashwin Hari celebrates his 18th birthday , hence becomes an adult and enjoys the freedom to do things . He receives a cricket bat as a gift from his uncle Dayalan and he is joyed by the gift . Hence forth he starts playing cricket with his street friends and as his friend Vishnu hits the ball towards clearing the road , it breaks a window causing all of them a fear in receiving the ball back . Ashwin heads to the house to get the ball back . But to his surprise he finds out that it isn’t some old aunt in an angry posture but its an young , good-looking maiden named Devika who recently relocated to this home for rent . He was surprised as it wasn’t common around the locality that independent women would seek homes for rent around . 

Devika is an aspiring actress who’d got a chance to act in an ad film for Miranda directed by famous ad-film and cinema director Pranav Pillai . 

But around the time of the year , India was in financial crisis due to stock-market crash down , which lead to higher inflation and dropping of film projects . This ensured she’d lose out on a film project . 

As the days had passed by since Ashwin and Devika belong to same locality , they’d begun to share conversations based on studies , film opportunities , hobbies and interests….but Ashwin since he wasn’t entirely a matured guy would flex around his friends for having convo with her as he considered it as an achievement . 

Cut to April 2008 , there was a match between RCB and CSK in the Chinnaswamy Stadium and after the match …. Thomas Vimal , an associate of a famous production management [PR AGENCY] leaves the stadium to head towards his home which is 2km away from Devika’s . 

During the night , Thomas has a stiff with a local by-passer and in the fight loses his purse along the way . Devika gets the purse and finds his card details in the pathway . She is pleased as she manages to get hold of a big shot . As she notes the number down , the purse is handed over to the cops in a nearby police station and Thomas thanks Devika for the timely help . 

Thomas is in discussions with Pranav Pillai for an upcoming project made bilingually in Tamil-Malayalam . His mind is struck with Devika’s appearance. He reaches out to her for becoming a female lead for his film. Devika is joyed for getting her first break into films . Her luck was too strong that the director wanted to make a Tamil film into Bangalore city itself which made it easy for mobility . 

CUT TO JULY 2008

Raghavan , the producer of the film begins to bank-roll the film with money from the underworld since the crash out of the Indian Economy in 2008 . A influential underworld don , Victor who started out his career in gambling , money , land extortion etc entered the film world when it was needed . He was in ties with a politician of a party in Tamil Nadu [Tamil Singa Kazhagam ] named Jayaseelan [30] . Raghavan is a benami for Jayaseelan in which the funds used for the film are in black money . 

Jayaseelan gets a look of Devika and he is smitten by his looks . So the director Pranav had to schedule a sequence in Chennai . Ashwin on the other hand is at Chennai residing at his Uncle Dayalan’s house for a month . One night around Tambaram in Chennai ,  Devika is being called upon at Jayaseelan’s room for a meet-up . She finds it shady as to why should he call her although she isn’t aware of his involvement in the film through bad means . Jayaseelan begins to act inappropriately with her and she runs away . Ashwin is seen driving his uncle’s car around the night and spots her running in a worrying state , he rushes his car on her by mistake . Devika explains the issue to Ashwin . 

Ashwin , the next day in his home hears a conversation in Dayalan’s room about conversion of black money to white through round-tripping . He informs this to Devika and she is shocked that her cinema career is under the influence of crony people . Ashwin hatches a plan to go along with Devika to spy on Dayalan as he planned to meet Jayaseelan , Pranav Pillai and Raghavan . As they reach the spot both of them get to know about the full details where the three of them have set up a shell company in Mauritius and plans to split the profits between the three of them . 

Devika forms a plan to kidnap Jayaseelan by apologising to him about the incident earlier . Ashwin follows suite and both Devika and Jayaseelan are in a Cafe . Jayaseelan is once again a sweet man . 

Devika forms a masterplan along with Ashwin that she would get a higher renumeration and would never expose their plans . The producer agrees to it and she continues to act .

Through black money , the film is complete and money is transferred to the theatre owners , a blockbuster is created and Jayaseelan retrieves his black money . But they plan to kill Devika . Devika is smart enough as she stores the entire proof of their acts in a back-up device without letting Ashwin know . Devika is met with a road accident with a lorry crashing on her vehicle . The conversion takes place in Mumbai during the 26th of November 2008 in the Oberoi hotel  . They assume she is dead and they continue to do the conversion of money . Sadly the hotel is attached by terrorists and their money is burnt along in the fire . Devika survives and exposes the corruption done by it . Dayalan is arrested and Devika comes out victorious with good name and at the same time with a costly renumeration . She pays half to Ashwin . Ashwin’s dream journey is on an end . 

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u/Tensioned_Elephant7 — 24 days ago