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Named after the Tamil mother at the center of its story, Venba traces the role of food in the life of an Indian family after they immigrate to Canada. The game covers a quite long period of time in its characters’ lives, beginning with Venba learning that she’s pregnant with her son, Kavin, and continuing well past the boy’s graduation from college.
By necessity, then, the game can only offer brief glimpses of their lives, especially since the whole thing takes about an hour and a half to complete. In dialogue-driven scenes before each interactive cooking segment, we see how their lives have progressed and their relationships change, all of it depicted in beautiful cartoon designs with warm colors and squiggly edges.
As for the cuisine, it looks absolutely delicious in this style, and it’s plain to see not only the pleasure that Venba takes in its preparation,...
By necessity, then, the game can only offer brief glimpses of their lives, especially since the whole thing takes about an hour and a half to complete. In dialogue-driven scenes before each interactive cooking segment, we see how their lives have progressed and their relationships change, all of it depicted in beautiful cartoon designs with warm colors and squiggly edges.
As for the cuisine, it looks absolutely delicious in this style, and it’s plain to see not only the pleasure that Venba takes in its preparation,...
- 7/31/2023
- by Steven Scaife
- Slant Magazine
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PoliticsActor Radikaa Sarathkumar made the announcement as she shared an image along with the cast of ‘Chithi 2’.Tnm StaffActor Radikaa Sarathkumar has announced that she will be temporarily signing off from acting in television soap operas. Sharing a photograph along with the cast of Chithi 2, Radikaa tweeted that she was making the decision with happiness and a tinge of sadness. In an Instagram video later, Radhika said she will join her husband and actor Sarath Kumar’s political party Samathuva Makkal Katchi and also work with her production company, Radaan Mediaworks. “Mixed mood of happiness and a tinge of sadness as I sign off from #Chithi2 and mega serials for now. Given the best of my years and hard work in @suntv Sad to say bye to all the technicians and costars. The show must go on good luck to Cavin, venba and Yazhini (sic),” she tweeted on February 13. Mixed...
- 2/14/2021
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
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PiracyThe film was leaked on the notorious film piracy website tamilrockers.com minutes before its worldwide release on Amazon Prime Video.Tnm StaffJyotika’s Ponmagal Vandhal, the first big Tamil film to release directly on an online streaming platform, has been leaked on the notorious film piracy website tamilrockers.com minutes before its worldwide release. Ponmagal Vandhal is now available for free download from this site even while it premiered on Amazon Prime Video after 12.00 midnight Ist on Friday. According to the time of upload on Tamil Rocker’s site, the film was made available at 11.16 pm on Thursday. The Twitter handle of Amazon Prime Video India first tweeted the film’s release at 12.01 am on Friday. The film industry continues to grapple with piracy, one of the major problems plaguing the industry. Leaking of films or even trailers before the official release has become a regular affair in the Tamil film industry.
- 5/29/2020
- by Vidya
- The News Minute
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ReviewJyotika is impressive as Venba, looking confident and in control of the situation at hand. Sowmya Rajendran2012 was the year when conversations about sexual violence in India took a distinct turn. There had been rape cases before that which gained national attention and even changed the course of the law, but the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case was the tipping point. Though then too there were the usual victim blaming narratives, the voices opposing these grew louder. It became acceptable to say that it's never the victim's fault. Cinema, which has traditionally used rape as a plot device to pump up the hero's rage and machismo, too began to reflect this change gradually. Rape survivors were allowed to live on screen, without being killed off conveniently as "death by suicide".The hero no longer had exclusive rights on seeking revenge. Ponmagal Vandhal, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, and directed...
- 5/28/2020
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
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InterviewThe director talks about leaving behind his 10-day old baby, shooting in challenging circumstances and why he decided to make the film.Sowmya RajendranJJ Fredrick's baby was only 10 days old when he left to shoot Ponmagal Vandhal in Ooty. The director's debut film stars Jyotika in the lead and is on a difficult subject -- the sexual assault and murder of children. Incidentally, in that time period, Ooty received the highest rainfall in close to 80 years, making Fredrick's task even more challenging. Speaking to Tnm, Fredrick says, "It would keep raining all through the day. The only time it would stop is when we were on a lunch break!" Laughing at his luck, Fredrick adds that since he had a very supportive and cooperative cast, he managed to overcome the hurdles. Jyotika shot in the pouring rain and even developed a high fever, but she continued with the shoot. "My...
- 5/27/2020
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
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InterviewAhead of the film’s release Jyotika spoke to the media about the film, its direct release on an Ott platform and her choice of roles since her comeback.Sowmya RajendranJyotika’s Ponmagal Vandhal is all set to release on Amazon Prime Video on May 29. The actor plays Venba, a fiery lawyer, in the film which revolves around a dark subject – the sexual assault and murder of children. Ahead of the film’s release Jyotika spoke to the media about the film, its direct release on an Ott platform and her choice of roles since her comeback. Though the lockdown due to Covid-19 has come as a dampener, Jyotika pointed out that the film, which has been produced by 2D Entertainment, will now enjoy a worldwide premiere in over 200 territories – a feat that is quite rare for a heroine-centric film. “None of my films in the past have had such a big reach,...
- 5/26/2020
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
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InterviewAhead of the film’s release Jyotika spoke to the media about the film, its direct release on an Ott platform and her choice of roles since her comeback.Sowmya RajendranJyotika’s Ponmagal Vandhal is all set to release on Amazon Prime Video on May 29. The actor plays Venba, a fiery lawyer, in the film which revolves around a dark subject – the sexual assault and murder of children. Ahead of the film’s release Jyotika spoke to the media about the film, its direct release on an Ott platform and her choice of roles since her comeback. Though the lockdown due to Covid-19 has come as a dampener, Jyotika pointed out that the film, which has been produced by 2D Entertainment, will now enjoy a worldwide premiere in over 200 territories – a feat that is quite rare for a heroine-centric film. “None of my films in the past have had such a big reach,...
- 5/26/2020
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
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KollywoodThe case has to do with child murders.Tnm StaffJyotika’s Ponmagal Vandhal will release directly on Amazon Prime Video next Friday and the film’s trailer is now out. Written and directed by JJ Fredrick, the film is centred around a crime network that kidnaps and murders children. Jyotika and Parthiban play lawyers pitted against each other in the case involving the dead children. The trailer begins with the wailing sound of a child, a woman calling out for help and the sound of a gunshot that sends the birds flying around a fog-covered lake. A case comes to hearing - the kidnapping and the brutal killing of five children in Ooty in May 2004. From the trailer, Jyotika who plays advocate Venba, seems to be arguing for a woman who has been wrongly implicated in the case, reopening old wounds. The trailer ends with Jyotika walking down a courtroom corridor.
- 5/21/2020
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
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KollywoodThe case has to do with child murders.Tnm StaffJyotika’s Ponmagal Vandhal will release directly on Amazon Prime Video next Friday and the film’s trailer is now out. Written and directed by JJ Fredrick, the film is centred around a crime network that kidnaps and murders children. Jyotika and Parthiban play lawyers pitted against each other in the case involving the dead children. The trailer begins with the wailing sound of a child, a woman calling out for help and the sound of a gunshot that sends the birds flying around a fog-covered lake. A case comes to hearing - the kidnapping and the brutal killing of five children in Ooty in May 2004. From the trailer, Jyotika who plays advocate Venba, seems to be arguing for a woman who has been wrongly implicated in the case, reopening old wounds. The trailer ends with Jyotika walking down a courtroom corridor.
- 5/21/2020
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
Film ReviewThis 'romance-action' film directed and written by Arun Kumar travels across four countries for a plot that could have been explained in two lines.Priyanka ThirumurthyVijay Sethupathi's latest film, the much awaited (and delayed) Sindhubaadh, is quite similar to a pair of pants. More specifically, it is like a pair of ripped jeans that your grandmother found hanging unattended and decided to sew back with various scraps of material she had collected over the last decade. And while your grandmother may be pleased with herself and present it with flourish, you are left, to put it simply - bamboozled. This 'romance-action' film directed and written by Arun Kumar, travels across four countries for a plot that could have been explained in two lines. It stars Vijay Sethupathi as Thiru, a small-time thief, Surya Vijay Sethupathi as his protege 'Super', and Anjali as Venba, a contract employee from Malaysia. Thiru...
- 6/27/2019
- by Prajwal
- The News Minute
InterviewThe 13-year-old is acting as a thief with his real life father Vijay Sethupathi who plays the film's lead.Anjana ShekarFilmmaker Su Arun Kumar is joining hands with actor Vijay Sethupathi for the third time for Sindhubaadh, an action adventure that will hit the screens on June 21. Arun Kumar, who made his directorial debut with Pannaiyarum Padminiyum in 2014 with Vijay Sethupathi went on to direct Sethupathi in 2016, once again with the star. For his third Sindhubaadh, Arun Kumar tells us that their original plan was to cast someone else in the lead. “Sethu (Vijay Sethupathi) always knows what my next story will be. This time he wanted me to work with a different actor and refered many for it as well. But the project, unfortunately, never took off,” he begins. He goes on to explain, “The thing is, I’ve done two films but they aren’t blockbusters. Pannaiyarum was...
- 6/6/2019
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
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