“🎶🎶 தென்பாண்டி சீமையிலே…தேரோடும் வீதியிலே…மான் போல வந்தவனே…யாரடிச்சாரோ?…யாரடிச்சாரோ?…யாரடிச்சாரோ?…யாரடிச்சாரோ?…யாரடிச்சாரோ?…வளரும் பிறையே தேயாதே…இனியும் அழுது தேம்பாதே…அழுதா மனசு தாங்காதே…அழுதா மனசு தாங்காதே…தென்பாண்டி சீமையிலே…தேரோடும் வீதியிலே…மான் போல வந்தவனே…யாரடிச்சாரோ?…யாரடிச்சாரோ?…யாரடிச்சாரோ?…யாரடிச்சாரோ?…யாரடிச்சாரோ? 🎶🎶”

A bonafide classic that continues to exponentially grow on me with time/age and which gets more and more heart-wrenchingly haunting with every other revisit now. Gonna rank this above Thalapathi in my MR ranked list at #1 spot and here’s why:

1. Like I’ve mentioned already, this is one film that has aged like wine and improved drastically over time for me. Dunno whether it…

Watched in IMAX (11 p.m. show).

“Nothing… is written.”

M:I-2 ain’t the only bad M:I film anymore.

If not for that terrific aerial stunt in the final act (an instant callback to Octopussy), I’d have definitely rated this lazy-ass excuse of an entry with less than 2 stars.

Heavy-handed with never-ending expositions (Dead Reckoning had those in the right meter at least) and stacked with dull & plodding set pieces for 90% of the godawful running time clocking in at around 3 hours (the entire…

Watched FDFS (9:30 a.m. show).

How do I put it? Okay. Imagine a film where the first half is directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, but the second half by Gautham Vasudev Menon.

Essentially, it is The Godfather on steroids, from Sandeep Reddy Vanga.

Phenomenal performances by everyone. And Ranbir Kapoor chewed the scenery, literally like an Animal, but in a good way, as the script and the character demanded it.

The problem is that, after a first half that is packed with crowd-pleasing…