New Tamil films, particularly small ones sans star value, face a catch-22. If they have to attract large crowds of viewers so they become hits, they must continue to be on show in theatres. But if they have to be continuously on show, they must attract viewers in large numbers. When films fail...
The recent Tamil blockbusters – Kamal-starrer Vikram and Maniratnam-directed Ponniyin Selvan-1 - have raked in over Rs.400 crore. But their release on the OTT has stopped their further box-office collections. In a way, it is a setback to the owners of cinemas. In that case, they may take some...
Historical film Ponniyin Selvan-I, has taken the tinsel town by surprise, reportedly raking in nearly Rs. 500 crore in India and $6 million at the U.S. box office within one month of its release. Kalki’s novel, though film material, was not originally expected to cook up a storm on celluloid....
Ponniyin Selvan sticks to the script. It's less a Mani Ratnam movie and more a faithful adaptation of Kalki's novel. Raja Raja Chozhan was a glorious emperor, about whom Kalki wrote a well-researched story Ponniyin Selvan in the early 1950s – serialized in the Kalki magazine for nearly...
Parthiban Kanavu and Raja Raja Cholan, two Chola themed movies, proved to be duds in the box office. Boasting of big stars, big writers and grand themes, they came a cropper. And some of the elements that proved to be the nemesis of those films are there in Ponniyin Selvan too. Ponniyin Selvan...
