Half Yearly rating: Top Tamil movies of 2015

As far as 2015 is concerned there were some spectacular films which were critically as well as commercially accepeted. We have selected the few  of the best tamil films of this year till july(The ratings are strictly personal):

6. OK Kanmani: Maniratnam, the king of romance, after a series of flops was back in his strong forte with OK Kanmani, a refreshing coming of age love story portraying the subject of living together relations among the youth.The maor highlight of the movie were the cracking chemistry between the leading pair, terrific music by ARR and mind blowing visuals by PC Sreeram.

5. Demonte Colony: Its always difficult to make a well crafted horror thriller keeping audience hooked up to the screen for 2 hours and scare them at the same time. But Ajay Ganamuthu  successfully keeps us glued to the seat and add shivers till the end in Demonte Colony with the help of a well written screenplay, scary camera shots, nerve chilling sounds and that too with 3 actors.

4. Indru Netru Nalai: Directed by debutant Ravikumar, Indru Netru Naalai perfectly told the concept of time travel in a hilarious manner through two friends who are trying to make money using the time machine.The best part of the film is that the time travel scenes and the machine are shown in a believable manner.Though it cannot be termed as a sci fi as the importance is given to the problems faced by the lead characters due to the time travel rather than scientific aspects of the travel.

3. Uthama Villain: This classy stuff is another masterpiece from Kamal hassan who went into new depths in screenplay writing which was ahead of its times.The story telling itself is unique as it involves 2 parallel stories, one is the present stroy of a superstar and next is a 8th century story told in the form of villupattu and songs.The major highlight of the movie are the brilliant script by Kamal himself which would be a study material for aspiring script writers and spell bounding performances of the entire cast which will be remembered for a long time. Uthama Villain will be definitely in the league of Kuruthipunal, Anbe Sivam and Hey ram and will be considered as a classic in the years to come.

2. Papanasam: In this remake of Drishyam, directed by Jeethu Joseph, Kamal gave his own style of performance to the role made immortal by the inimitable Mohanlal in the original.This was undoubtedly the closest remake to the original and perhaps one of the best remakes to be ever done in Tamil film industry.The film had everything to be a perfect blockbuster: water tight script with several hair rising moments, terrific performances and perfectly edited scenes which added another cap to the illustrious career of Kamal Hassan.

1. Kakka Muttai:  A film billiantly scripted and directed by Manikandan make us realize that a film that wins awards can be outrageously entertaining also. A story of two slum brothers whose struggle to buy a pizza was told so endearingly by the director that you don't feel bored even for a minute for the entire 2.5 hours and the natural  performances of the children would simply wins your heart.Undoubtedly the best tamil film of the year and perhaps the best film of the year among all the Indian films  released till date. A cinematic gem not to be missed by film lovers.

Top Malayalam movies -2015: Half yearly report

As we have covered more than half of 2015, we have picked the best five Malayalam films in the year based on the quality of the films and not on box-office reports. Though it was not a great year for mollywood as far as quality is concerned, some of the better films which deserves to be watched are listed below.(The ratings are strictly personal):

5.Chandrettan Evideya: This movie directed by Sidharth Bharathan was a refreshing change from the Janapriyanayakan  after a string of so called masala pot boilers which was testing the patience of audience for a while. The highlights of the movie were the unforced humour included in the narrative and the performance of Anusree particularly in the climax sequence.

 

4. Premam: This film which was nothing more than the compilation of three short films is placed at fourth position for the stupendous packaging and fun filled treatment of  director Alphonse Puthren  which stimulated the nostalgic hormones in the youth audience and reminded  them of their school and college days. And with the help of a strong technical team, chart busrting music and spell bounding cinematography Premam wrote new box office records, thanks to the rage created by the characters of Malar, George and his friends and terrific comedy by Vinay Fort.

3. Nirnayakam: Directed by V K Prakash, this was a socially thought provoking film which atleast deserved a hit status but got drowned in Premam mania. Though not a perfect script by Bobby –Sanjay,perhaps the most talented writers in Malayalam today, Nirnayakam is worth watching for the message it was trying to convey and for the powerful performances by Prem Prakash and NedumudiVenu.

2. Chirakodinja Kinavukal: This film ,the first cinema spoof ever made in Malayalam film industry was one of its kind which entertains and makes us think at the same time regarding the clichés followed in film industry for years. Kudos to Listin Stephen, the producer of the film for supporting this experimental initiative though the film had just an average run at the box office.

1.Kumbasaram: directed by Aneesh Anwar is definitely the better  film among the Malayalam releases we had this year which was emotionally heart breaking and thrilling simultaneously ,socially relevant too. Jayasurya who played the role of a poor, helpless father of a sick child gave perhaps the finest performance of this year. Though a bit lagging at times Kumbasaram doesn’t deserve to be tanked at the box office and had to satisfy as a torrent hit, the usual fate of these type of movies.