Ramnath

With more ideological discussions and debates, Vetrimaaran comes back with the sequel to his 2023 film Viduthalai. Vetrimaaran narrates this story with more and more information and sparks several other thoughts in the society with his unrelenting courage to convey his stories. Viduthalai 2 starts from where its first part had ended, and Kumaresan played by Soori is on a life-changing journey with Perumal Vaathiyar, played to perfection by Vijay Sethupathi. This time, Vetrimaaran focuses on scaling down Vaathiyar's story and his transformation from a teacher to a revolutionist.  While Viduthalai 1 was an underdog story about an honest constable, whose unwavering stand towards honesty gets him into the journey of capturing another person, amidst his obstacles, Viduthalai 2 is more towards the backstories of Vaathiyar and the film answers many of the questions left in its first part. The biggest success of Viduthalai 2 is how it meticulously narrates the lives of many re...

Sukumar has always been a director, who had managed to carve a niche for himself in Telugu commercial cinema by presenting flawed and vulnerable protagonists and complex screenplays. His ability to crack this within commercial boundaries catering to the star made him a special filmmaker. The left-out trope of his flawed protagonist was a 'rags to riches' anti-hero and that's Pushpa. Pushpa 2 starts from where its first part got over, from the ego clash between Pushparaj and Bhanwar Singh played by Allu Arjun and Fahadh Faasil respectively. Pushpa, albeit treading along a familiar path gave us one moment after another, that showed his street-smart nature with tricks up his sleeve for every obstacle. His journey of climbing the ladder up in the red sandalwood syndicate made for a nice commercial biggie and Pushpa did that. By now, Pushpa 2 revels in the magnanimous rise of Pushpa and his ego-tussle with this hot headed police officer, hell-bent on revenge for his ...