Chinna Veedu (1985) Movie Review
Published By Siddhartha On Saturday, June 1st 2013. Under Vintage Movies Tags: Anu, Bhagyaraj, Chakri Toleti, Chinna Veedu Review, Chinna Veedu Running time, Chinna Veedu Spoiler, Chinna Veedu Storyline, Ilayaraja, Jaiganesh, Kalpana, KK Soundhar, Kovai Sarala, R Parthiban
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 Movie Review
Published By Siddhartha On Friday, October 7th 2011. Under Vintage Movies Tags: Anthony, Daniel Balaji, Gautham Menon, Jyothika, Kamal Hassan, Prakash Raj, Rajeevan, Ravi Varman, Saleem Baig, Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu Review
“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) Movie Review
Published By Siddhartha On Thursday, October 6th 2011. Under Vintage Movies Tags: Cary Grant, Charles Barton, Claude Rains, Getrude Michael, The last Outpost, World War
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
The Great Dictator (1940) Movie Review
Published By Siddhartha On Thursday, October 6th 2011. Under Vintage Movies Tags: Adolf Hitler, Charlie chaplin, Great dictator movie review, Jack Oakie, Napolean, Reginald Gardiner, Sir charles chaplin, The Great dictator, The great dictator spoiler, The great dictator storyline
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
Parijatham (1950) Movie Review
Published By Siddhartha On Wednesday, October 5th 2011. Under Vintage Movies Tags: Parijatham (1950) Movie Review
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
Pattinathaar (1936) Movie Review
Published By Siddhartha On Wednesday, October 5th 2011. Under Vintage Movies Tags: Jayalakshmi, M M Dhandapani Desigar, Master V N Sundaram, P G Venkatesan, Radha Bai, Sankara Bhagavathar, Sarojini, T R Muthulakshmi
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 (2004) Movie Review
Published By Siddhartha On Tuesday, October 4th 2011. Under Vintage Movies Tags: Balaji Shakthivel, Bharath, Joshua Sridhar, Kaadhal Movie, Kaadhal spoiler, Kaadhal storyline, Kadhal Movie Review, Sandhya, Shankar
“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