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ReviewEven setting aside all its problematic theorising, Bakasuran fails as a thriller because it has nothing new to offer.youtube/ Mrt MusicThere was a time when Tamil cinema made one film after another about the wonders of organic farming. It wasn’t a good phase for a reviewer who had to sit through this week after week, listening to lectures about the glories of manure and the redness of traditional tomatoes. But one almost feels nostalgic for those days because the trend was replaced by the 2019 Pollachi sexual assault case, and we’re still seeing films inspired by it, four years later. It is no secret that director Mohan G is fond of conspiracy theories. His ideas can be boiled down to two beliefs that are fundamental to his films: women are stupid and need to be protected always; the toxic masculinity of dominant caste men who ‘own’ these women...

The unit of director Mohan G Kshatriyan’s eagerly awaited action thriller “Bakasuran”, featuring director Selvaraghavan and actor Natarajan Subramaniam in the lead, released the first look of the film.

The first look poster has Selvaraghavan dressed like an ascetic and several people in the background offering their obeisance.

Taking to Twitter, Selvaraghavan shared the first look poster containing his picture and said, “‘Bakasuran’ first look! Hope you all like it!”

Kshatriyan, while tweeting the first look poster, said: “Pagai mudikka varugiran Bakasuran (Baksuran is on his way to finish his enemies).” He also announced that the teaser of the film would be released on Sunday.

Ace cinematographer and actor Subramani, who plays the other pivotal role in the film along with Selvaraghavan, had recently announced that he had wrapped up his portions for the film. A couple of days before completing his portions, Subramani, better known as Natty, had...