Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar (2026): Sparsh Walia & Anuj Saini’s Reunion Rom-Com Runs on Fumes
Anuj Saini opens on a Delhi office floor where the fluorescent light does the work of a character: three colleagues staring at…
Haiku (2026): Aegan’s Possessive Lover Drama Fails to Narrate Its Own Idea
The first male student walks into a women’s college in Coimbatore, and the film’s best idea is already spent on the doorway.…
Crazy Kalyanam (2026): Anupama Parameswaran Anchors A Sincere But Uneven Rural Drama
Anupama Parameswaran plays Keerthi, a young woman in rural Telangana who wants to finish her education before anyone finishes arranging her life.…
Drones (2026): Dravid Selvam Anchors a Tamil Surrealist Fantasy That Refuses to Sit Still
A drone hovers over an old mansion, piloted by a suspended astrophysics student who has no idea he is about to fall…
Afreet – A Never Ending Night (2026): A Never Ending Night (2026): Dev Bodhare’s Horror Short Fumbles Its Own Terror
The most frightening thing about a 23-minute horror short is how fast the clock runs out on atmosphere. Afreet – A Never…
Vibe (2026): Kunal Khemu’s Spy Caper Is a Great First Half Trapped in a Bloated Second
Somewhere around the ninety-minute mark of Vibe, a Bangkok corridor fills with the sound of two grown men bickering over a wire…
Romanchakam (2026): A breezy Telugu comedy that fumbles its own romance
Anvesh (Sumanth Prabhas) is a Hyderabad engineering graduate launching a dating startup with his friends, and there’s a genuine spark in these…
Soulmates – Oru Saathukkudi Pranayam (2026): Nivin Pauly Anchors Meta-Romance That Plays Too Safe
Joel Davis walks into the frame of a film that is not quite his own, pitching a short film about a mosambi,…
Bhaskara Bharanam (2026): Roopesh Peethambaran Doubles lifts key stretches, not the full runtime
The forced cohabitation premise lands with an almost theatrical bluntness: a father and son who can barely stand each other, now locked…
Equal (2026): lead performance keeps the film tense but uneven overall
A title like Equal carries a promise, of balance, of symmetry, of a story that knows exactly what it wants to say.…
Uttar Da Puttar (2026): A Gentle Satire That Prefers Warmth Over Bite
Annu Kapoor leads this ensemble with the kind of heartfelt ease that has become his signature. His Professor isn’t a loud caricature;…
Dulhaniya Le Aaeegi (2026): Khushalii Kumar Anchors lifts key stretches, not the full runtime
The wedding mandap is set, the families are squabbling, and Navya, a 32-year-old heiress played by Khushalii Kumar, is told she must…
Mister Middle Class (2026): Srikanth carries the stands out while the narrative loses grip
Srikanth is the reason this film is even being discussed. His emotional stretches land with a sincerity that the screenplay never earns,…
Father’s Day (2026): A Kannada father-son road drama stuck in neutral
The reveal lands early: Sushant, on the verge of becoming a father himself, learns his estranged father is alive. It is a…
Oh..! Sukumari (2026): A Rural Comedy That Never Finds Its Rhythm
The opening stretch of Oh..! Sukumari introduces Yadagiri (Thiruveer) as a village innocent whose romantic entanglement with Damini (Aishwarya Rajesh) promises the…
Anbe Diana (2026): A Sweet Romance Held Up by Pari Elavazhagan’s Charm
There is a particular kind of Tamil romance that believes love can bulldoze every social barrier, and Pari Elavazhagan’s directorial debut leans…
Ontari E-Kaki (2026): A Ghost of a Film Waiting for Definition
There is a specific kind of silence that surrounds a film that doesn’t exist yet, a void where a review should be.…
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai (2026): A Farce That Runs on Charm, Not Logic
In the opening courtroom scene, Jass sits across from his wife Baani as a judge listens to her complain that her husband…
Your’s Sincerely RAAM (2026): A Kannada Drama That Puts Memory Before Momentum
The pre-release buzz around Your’s Sincerely RAAM leaned heavily on one image: Ganesh in a Hanuman avatar. That single visual promised spectacle,…
Once More (2026): Arjun Das Carries lifts key stretches, not the full runtime
Arjun Das, known for his intense turns, shifts gears as Raghu, a man still nursing a broken heart. His introduction establishes a…
A TOY GUN (2026): A Title in lands hard though the screenplay stays patchy
The problem with A Toy Gun begins before a single frame unspools. It is a film that, at the time of viewing,…
Modha Rathri (2026): Wedding Night Farce With Sharp Writing But Familiar Beats
The camera finds Maruthanayagam frozen mid-gesture, a groom trapped between ritual expectation and rising panic. Rishikanth plays the entire wedding-night disaster as…
Ram and Leela (2026): A One-Note Hook Stretched Thin in Tamil Rom-Com
The local train rattles through Chennai’s suburbs, and Ram spots Leela for the first time. It’s a classic meet-cute, the kind Tamil…
Bethlehem Kudumba Unit (2026): Nivin Pauly’s Charm Meets A Familiar Romance
Ashley returns from abroad, and the wedding next door becomes the emotional wrecking ball that swings straight into her past with Justin.…
Pyaar Prema Kalyanam (2026): A Fresh Premise That Settles for Familiar Comfort
The premise arrives with a confident swing: a bride named Pavi refuses to leave her family home, and the husband packs his…
Picture (2026): Deepu s Village lifts key stretches, not the full runtime
The opening frames of Sandeep Bedra’s *Picture* show Deepu (Nithyaprakash Bantwal) packing a modest bag, leaving his village for the city’s promise…
Korean Kanakaraju (2026): Varun Tej’s cross-border possession comedy walks a tonal tightrope
Varun Tej carries the entire weight of this premise on his shoulders. The title glimpse demands he oscillate between a short-tempered Rayalaseema…
Ottam Thullal (2026): A Rural Family Entertainer Banking on Ensemble Comfort
There is a certain comfort in the familiar rhythm of a Malayalam rural family entertainer, the kind that promises a village square,…
Bhai Tera Star Hai (2026): A Familiar Bollywood Fantasy for Raghav Juyal’s Fans
Raghav Juyal stands in a London casting room, claiming he has landed a role in a star-franchise parody called “Kisi Ka Bhai,…