Welcome to Chennaikaaran Tamil Podcast, a place where fun and interesting conversations about movies and around movies happen. Each season has movies chosen thematically from India (Predominantly) and across the globe.
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Hello makkaley, I hope you all are doing well and wish you all a very Happy New Year and a Happy Pongal. Pluribus by Vince Gilligan was a sensational TV Show and there were numerous theories, comments, and criticisms on the show. I tried to bring some of the Pluribus lovers on to the show to dig a little deeper on the show and some of the wild theories that they had in their minds. Our guests for…
Hello Makkaley, Meeting you all after a long time, I'm pleased to share an episode featuring a friend, Ram Murali, who Interviewed Actor/director Rahul Ravindran about his new film, The Girlfriend, which is his Third film as a Director. Recently, Rahul Ravindran posted the screenplay draft of his brilliant film, “The Girlfriend.” This led to Ram structuring an interview with him around the choices…
Hello Makkaley, In the fourth episode of this season, we have Ram Murali as our guest, and this is his maiden episode. Ram and I discuss one of Vijayakanth's lesser-known movies, directed by Bharathiraja, Thamizhchelvan. Vijayakanth plays an Honest IAS officer, and this movie is different because we won't see the usual Captain's antics, stunts, or the Punch dialogues, but a subtle Captain, which…
Hello Makkaley, In the Third episode of the season, Praveen and I discussed Vijayakanth movies where he was part of the system, be it a Police Officer, IPS, IFS, or even Marine Officer for that matter, and how he created a name for himself and rose to become Tamil Cinema-win Captain. We also discussed many other things in this episode, apart from Captain. I hope you enjoy listening as much as we…
Hello, makkaley, In the second episode of the series, we came up with a list of movies where Vijayakanth played an Angry Young Man and many aspects that cemented Vijayakanth in movies and real life. The four movies that we discussed in this Podcast were Dhoorathu Idi Muzhakkam and Sivappu Malli. In this episode, we had Praveen and Gopal (Our Podcast regular), who shared a lot of insights. Do check…
Hello, makkale, Finally, the first episode of Season 5 is out, and I hope you enjoy listening to the episode as much as we loved talking. In this episode, we talked about so many things about Vijayakanth and his contemporaries, like Superstar Rajnikanth and Kamal, and the choices of movies all did. Rejections faced by Captain, the number of directors he introduced, his reach in the rural areas,…
Vijayakanth, one of the iconic Tamil stars from yesteryear, rose to fame and became known for his rivalry with the likes of Superstar Rajnikanth. He garnered a loyal fanbase, particularly in the rural parts of the state. I’ve been working on bringing this Season out for a long time, but for various reasons, I couldn't publish it while he was alive. This series serves as a tribute to the Captain…
Hello hello, Wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year 2025. We thought of having a Music roundtable to kick off the New Year in style on the Pod. I hope you enjoy listening to the Podcast as much as we had fun recording and editing it. Guests for the Pod were: Kaushik: https://x.com/filterkaappiyum Ajai: https://x.com/ajaidoesnttweet Sathya: https://x.com/0sathya0 and last but not the…
In the last and final episode of Season 4, we discuss one of the iconic films from the 90's directed by Maniratnam. Many 80s or 90s kids must have watched this film at least once in their lives. In this episode, we had one such 90s kid, Rajesh Kumar, aka Ronin Raj, who talks about 90s nostalgia on his Podcast. Do check out his Podcast…
In the 16th Episode of Season 4, I talk about a 2003 Assamese Children's movie directed by Jahnu Barua. The movie starts with Kukoi and why he is sent to the Juvenile home, along with the Warden of the Juvenile home we also travel to unravel Kukoi's story and that forms the crux of this beautiful film. The Movie is available on YouTube with Subtitles. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode.…
