J J Frederick

Review of Ponmagal Vandhal: Narrative through a maze of outdated melodrama

Ponmagal Vandhal (Amazon) Starring Jyothika, Prathap Pothen, K Bhagyaraj Directed by J J Frederick Rating: * ½ A rather disconnected thought crosses the mind while sitting through this 2-hour trip into the neighbor bleeding hearts club: are hamburgers the favourite dish of the actors in Ponmagal Vandhal? They ham so much! And that includes the habitually restrained Jyothika. She is usually so reined-in. Here she harks back to the acting style of the screen queens of Tamil cinema in the 1960s: Savithri, Jayalalitha, etc. Facial contortions suggesting the co | Click Here...