Filmmaker Mani Ratnam has made another hit for South Indian cinema. Clickwalla reviews his latest offering – Alaipayuthey (Romantic Reckonings).
EVER heard of a messy, congested suburban railway station playing cupid? You’ll find one here, as filmmaker Mani Ratnam proves he can make even this drab backdrop look romantic.
There is suspense, romance and there is drama aplenty. Madhavan (the star of many noisy forgettable Hindi soaps) plays the male lead, Karthik. When offered the role by Ratnam he confessed he felt the same way a student would if he was asked …

Rajiv Menon started as an ad filmmaker and continues to be one – despite directing movies like Kandukondein Kandukondein. But is it any good?
MENON began eyeing the big screen when he shot the brilliantly beautiful Bombay for Mani Ratnam and obviously thought he could do better. Well, we all know he couldn’t.
His first film, Minsara Kanavugal (even more atrocious as the dubbed Sapnay), was a self-indulgent cotton candy of riotous colours, inducing diabetes in the most hardy of cinemagoers. A lot of money sank with that first effort, but maybe …

Within a rush of releasing albums from pop gigs, there is one that really banged the pop music scene of Pakistan during a short interval of time. Yes, this is Ahmed Jhanzeb, soft looking chubby guy.
Parastish, Ahmed Jehanzeb’s long awaited debut album is haunted by the success of his debut hit song ‘Aik Baar Kaho’. Curiously almost the whole album lyrically mines the same vein as ‘Aik Baar Kaho’ and musically fumbles around the same formula of a lovelorn hit.
For the lyrics of Parastish, AJ mostly stays close to home, …

The album opens with the title song Saathiya, a melodious number with the rich flute solos and guitar accompaniment in the backdrop. Lyrics by Gulzar are good and Sonu Nigam’s rendition is appreciable.
Road’ boy Vivek Oberoi and Rani Mukherji are pairing for the director Shaad Ali’s Saathiya music for which has been composed by A.R. Rahman.
The album opens with the title song Saathiya, a melodious number with the rich flute solos and guitar accompaniment in the backdrop. Lyrics by Gulzar are good and Sonu Nigam’s rendition is appreciable.
The album then …