2008 has proved small movies with little known actors can win over the critics and the audiences. These multiplex films were also trend setting. Here are the pick of the lot.
Subramaniapuram
Director Sasikumar
Producer: Sasikumar
Cast- Sasikumar, Jai, Swathi
Genre- Action Drama
Debutant director Sasikumar who has graduated from Bala and Ameer school of film making came out with the stark realistic Subramaniapuram. The film is set in Madurai of the 80`s, and made like a Quentin Tarantino style revenge-and-redemption saga, which the audiences lapped it up. It had outstanding music by debutant James Vasanth and also appealed to all class audiences
Anjathey
Director: Mysskin
Producer: Hitesh Jabak
Cast- Narain, Prasanna, Vijayalakshmi, Ajmal
Genre- Action Drama
Anjathey is definitely one of the best films to have emerged out of Kollywood. Mysskin has delivered another knock-out punch with this edge of the seat thriller. The canvass is engaging and thrilling as he is able to bring out the moods, anxieties and sheer dread of the characters.
Saroja
Director : Venkat Prabhu
Producer: T.Shiva
Cast- Premji, SPB Charan, Shiva, Prakash Raj, Jayaram
Genre- Comedy Entertainer
Saroja is undoubtedly new millennium cinema. From the characters, to the plot, to the look and feel, there is something new about it. The screenplay is minty cool from a wafer thin story, but the way it is packaged and unfolds on screen is pure magic. The film proved that Venkat Prabhu knows the pulse of today`s urban audiences
Poo
Director: Sasi
Producer: Moserbaer Entertainment
Cast- Srikanth, Parvathy
Genre- Drama
What strikes you most after watching Poo is the simplicity of the story with characters and their motivations intricately etched out by Sasi. It is a portrait of life in a small village and an honest exploration of human emotions. The film belongs to debutant Parvathy, she holds it together with a riveting performance, very rare to have a women centric film in a hero dominated industry.
Poi Solla Porom
Director- Vijay
Producer- UTV
Cast- Nassar, Karthik Kumar, Nedumudi Venu, Piya
Genre- Comedy
Matinee magic? Yes, director Vijay`s Poi Solla Porom, a remake of Jaideep Sahini`s Khosala Ka Ghosala is a rollicking laugh riot, which had a nice message. The film reached its target audiences, because of its fresh new star cast, script, laughs, performances and packaging.
