Akash Selva

Favorite films

  • Casablanca
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • Vertigo
  • Lolita

All
  • Thug Life

    ★½

  • A Man Called Otto

    ★★★½

  • Stand by Me

  • A Man Called Ove

    ★★★½

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Thug Life

2025

★½ 2

Kannadigas might be the luckiest ones in recent times. Their team won the trophy two days ago and they were spared from watching this film. What a win win.

Retro

2025

★½ Watched

Weakest film of Karthik Subbaraj.

Went in with low expectations, still ended up disappointed. No way Karthik said this was a love story in his interviews. Just the romantic leads standing next to each other for 45 minutes, felt nothing. Pooja Hegde’s character was very generic, a typical 'Saandhamaana Heroine' from Tamil films, and the laughter episode coming following the love one tested my patience.

Don’t have the energy to talk about the rest of the film. In an interview,…

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Vaazhai

2024

★★★½ Liked Watched

We are so fuckin privileged.

Kadhalikka Neramillai

2025

★★★★ Liked Watched

A romantic banger!

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I honestly feel the first half of this film is just as good as OK Kanmani. Loved every bit of it. I’m really impressed by the way they subverted audience expectations by dropping a mediocre trailer, and I think that’s why the film worked so well for me. As someone who considers Natchathiram Nagargiradhu one of the best films of this decade, I really appreciate how Kiruthiga Udhaynidhi handled sensitive…

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