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K.Bhagyaraj who in his hay days had finesse in handling subjects that were out of the ordinary and most of films were with subjects that had a sexual flavour to it. Chinna Veedu (House of the Concubine) is one such film which in spite of its content was well made. ... Continue Reading

“Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu” was released in the year 2006 but it was in the news right from its making. Its first producer Kaja Mohideen attempted suicide and at that time it was speculated that this movie will not see the light of the day. However Manickam Narayanan of Seventh Channel who ... Continue Reading

The Last Outpost (1935) is a film set in the backdrop of world war I and is based on the book titled "The Drum" by F. Britten Austin. The movie which was released 74 years back is an emotional story of two friends in battlefield. Apart from this the story ... Continue Reading

Sir Charles chaplin known famously for his comic representation of the characters in the silent movies of the 30’s and 40’s has come up with a splendid performance in the 1940 classic “The Great Dictator”. In this movie Charles chaplin plays the dual role of Hynkel – The ruthless dictator ... Continue Reading

Vintage Heritage the film club that always travels back in time showed Parijatham made in 1950 in its June edition that also marked its seventeenth anniversary. It is no mean achievement for V H considering the minimum support the organisers have had in running it. The film should not be ... Continue Reading

Vintage Heritage is a seventeen year old unique film club headed by M.Sarveswaran and Sundaram that shows old, that is, too old Tamil films every month to its members. On 31st May it showed the film Pattinathaar produced in 1936 by K.Sundaram under the banner Vel Pictures. Scripted and directed ... Continue Reading

“Kaadhal” (Love) was director balaji Sakthivel’s second venture after the vikram starrer “Samurai”. Kaadhal was special for more than one reason. First it was the film that made director Shankar producer under the S Pictures banner. Second it was the launch pad for its heroine Sandhya and its music director ... Continue Reading