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,…
Naina (2026): Urmila Matondkar’s Eyes Betray Unsettling Truths
A young woman regains her sight through cornea surgery and immediately begins seeing dead bodies no one else can perceive. The transplanted…
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.…
Idhayam Murali (2026): Aakash Baskaran risks monotony in a romance of missed chances
It is a framing device that promises self-awareness, but the film soon settles into a rhythm of repetition that threatens to dull…
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…
Cocktail 2 (2026): Adajania’s Ensemble Romance Stumbles on Narrative Clarity
A long-term relationship fractures the moment an old friend materializes, igniting a scheme between two women that spirals into emotional chaos. Homi…
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…
Pluto (2026): Adithyan Chandrashekar risks familiarity with alien-comedy formula
An extraterrestrial lands in a quiet Kerala village, and the local chaos machine revs up. This is a bet on ensemble charm…
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,…
Welcome to the Jungle (2026): Akshay Kumar’s Action Comedy Navigates Gang Wars and Narrative Quicksand
The first thirty minutes of Welcome to the Jungle feel like being stuck in a traffic jam with a dozen clowns on…
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,…
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,…
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…
Love Oh Love (2026): Pavish Narayanan Shines in a Flawed but Funny Role-Swap Romance
Pavish Narayanan’s Raghuvaran doesn’t just lose his job; he loses his bearings in a blistering opening argument about Avantika’s spending habits. The…
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…
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,…
Happy Raj (2026): G.V. Prakash’s Comedy Charm Runs Thin Fast
A musician-turned-actor steps into a world of romantic chaos and comic misadventure, that is the universe Happy Raj promises to inhabit. Director…
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.…
Mother Promise (2026): Dhananjaya Anchors A Chaotic Kannada Comedy-Thriller
A hapless gambler (Dhananjaya) sprints through a fictional Bengaluru, dodging debt and two powerful dons, when his mother (Vinaya Prasad) suddenly joins…
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…
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…
Aadu 3 (2026): Shaji Pappan Returns, But Nine Years Is a Long Wait
Shaji Pappan and his magnificently chaotic gang are back, stumbling headfirst into another absurd predicament that only Midhun Manuel Thomas could dream…
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…
Dongamohan (2026): A Performance-Anchored Curiosity Whose Mystique Outruns Its Story
There is a strange silence around Dongamohan (2026), not from a lack of ambition, but from a cloud of missing context so…
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…
Ustaad Bhagat Singh (2026): Pawan Kalyan’s Masala Machine Runs On Fumes
Pawan Kalyan, director Harish Shankar, and a two-and-a-half-hour runtime walk into a Telugu action film, and what emerges is exactly the kind…
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…
Sweet Rogue Killer (2026): Karthick Ravichandran s lands hard though the screenplay stays patchy
A lone figure stands amidst the rubble of what was once the Forelli empire, his silhouette cutting against the smoke of a…
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…