Best movies of the year
Movies that achieved the cult status:
- Aadukalam - Bagged 6 awards in the national scene and deserves a place here.
- Mayakkam enna - True to its tag line, the story revolves around Karthik Swaminathan (Dhanush) who aspires to be a wildlife photographer and how he achieves his dream despite all the shortcomings in his life. Richa gangopadhyey deserves a special mention for her performance in the movie as lead actress.
- Mankatha - Despite few logical loop holes, this became the biggest blockbuster of the year. Good performance by Ajith.
- Vaagai Suda Vaa - For taking us back to the 60’s.
- Engeyum eppodhum - Excellent message and screenplay by Saravanan. Despite this being his debut film, he has handled his part well intertwining the 4 characters with a gripping story running back and forth.
Movies that achieved the cult status:
- Aaranya kandam - Neo noir type of movies are new to tamil cinema. Definitely first and best of its kind in 2011. A daring attempt by thiagarajan.
- Azhagar samiyin kudhirai - A courageous attempt by suseendhiran to make a movie with an unconventional hero and a horse.
- Mouna guru - Riveting crime-thriller with excellent plots-twists and characters. The best part about the movie is Shantakumar’s screenplay which never falters and delivers a complete film with no logical leftovers.
- Payanam - One of the impressive movies of 2011. Taut thrillers are a rarity in tamil cinema and Radha Mohan had delivered one of the finest with a neat plot and awesome gripping screenplay, making audience move to edge of their seats at right moments.
- Yudham Sei - Director Mysskin’s delivery for 2011. These genre of films are untouched in tamil cinema. Despite blatant errors, clever twists and convincing characters makes it one of the best.
