Nooru Kodi Vaanavil (2026): Harish Kalyan Anchors a Muddled ZEE5 Romance
Sasi opens on a Goa shoreline at dusk, Vino half-lit against the surf, and the film announces its intentions with unusual quiet.…
Mookuthi Amman 2 (2026): Nayanthara’s Divine Double Act Frays Under Sundar C’s Two-Timeline Bloat
The opening night crowd at the Diwali screening came for the goddess and stayed for the cop. Sundar C’s sequel arrives with…
KillR (2026): Jyothi Poorvaj’s Fragmented Sci-Fi Identity Puzzle Runs on Ambition, Not Coherence
Poorvaaj opens his film on a face that refuses to settle, Jyothi Poorvaj’s Rania staring back at us, then dissolving into Raktika,…
Pyre (2026): Padam Singh Kapri Anchors a Quiet, Devastating Mountain Elegy
Vinod Kapri opens on a precipice, not a plot. An old man leads his ailing wife toward the edge of a Kumaon…
Little Thomas (2026): Hridansh Parekh Anchors a Gentle, Single-Track Goa Memory
Kaushal Oza opens on a seven-year-old’s face in Fontainhas, and the film’s whole gamble is written there: a child solving adult sadness…
Doosra (2026): Abhinay Deo’s Cricket-Nostalgia Experiment Is a 78-Minute Tightrope Walk
Abhinay Deo’s latest opens not on a cricket pitch but in a Rajasthani courtyard, where a girl learns to make herself small.…
Dhood (Sandstorm) (2026): Yashpal Sharma Anchors A Rajasthani Chamber Thriller That Buries Its Knife Too Deep
The Thar Desert does not need a score to feel hostile. Anand Singh Chouhan knows this, and for long stretches of Dhood,…
Naa Wife Missing (2026): Varun Sandesh Anchors a Lean Thriller That Runs Thin
A temple visit ends with an empty space beside a husband, and the police complaint that follows curdles into an accusation. Naa…
Orijinal (2026): Sreenath Bhasi Anchors a Time-Loop Puzzle That Threatens to Outsmart Itself
Two Sreenath Bhasi’s occupy the same frame, and the film’s entire nervous system short-circuits into a staring contest with its own reflection.…
Sumo Didi (2026): Shriyam Bhagnani Anchors A Sincere Biopic That Rarely Pins Its Opponent
The first body we see Hetal Dave throw is not an opponent’s. It is her own, and the film never quite decides…
Udumbanchola Vision (2026): Mathew Thomas and the Newsroom That Eats Its Own
The first image that lands is a dead channel: a local newsroom with its lights half-off, monitors showing nothing but static and…
THE BRANDOS (2026): A Phantom Release That Never Was + A Void Where Cinema Should Be
The ticket stub in my pocket says “The Brandos, ” but the screen that flickered to life at the 7:40 show carried…
VISA – Vintara Saradaga (2026): Vintara Saradaga (2026): Ashok Galla’s Campus Romance Is All Setup, No Payoff
The first voice you hear in VISA – Vintara Saradaga belongs to a radio jockey, narrating the small comedies of an Indian…
Garividi Lakshmi (2026): Anandhi Anchors a Folk-Biopic That Buries Its Own Fire
Anandhi steps onto a bare stage with a mike and no safety net, and for a fleeting stretch the theater belongs to…
Poniiy (2026): Kunal Singh and a Missing-Owner Mystery That Never Quite Bites
Shibesh Motilal opens on a dog that belongs to two households at once, and a girl who decides that arithmetic is intolerable.…
Prahaar (2026): Rajkummar Rao’s Controlled Prosecutor vs. A Courtroom That Won’t Hold Still
The single chargesheet lands on the judge’s desk like a closing fist, and for one clean moment the chaos of 26/11 has…
Ranabaali (2026): Vijay Deverakonda’s Famine-Era Revolt Sings, Then Sags
Somewhere in the third hour of Ranabaali, a British commissioner asks a starving village what it wants, and the answer arrives not…
Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups (2026): The Opening Scene gives the film energy despite weak payoffs
The first glimpse of Raya is pure spectacle. Yash towers over the frame, the Goa underworld bending to his will as the…
Drishyam: The Conclusion (2026): Ajay Devgn’s Vijay Salgaonkar Returns in a Sequel That Guards Its Secrets Too Well
The rain-slicked verandah of the Salgaonkar house is the first thing we see, and it tells us everything: this family has been…
Kalpana Aur Yatharth: Salil Singh’s Reality-Bending Drama Is A Ghost Of A Film
The most telling detail about Kalpana Aur Yatharth is that its own director plays the man doing the searching. Salil Singh casts…
Selvi (2026): Anjali Patil Anchors a Caregiving Drama That Refuses to Look Away
Kavitha falls in the middle of a shift, and the camera does not rush to catch her. She simply drops, and the…
Chevittorma (2026): Dileesh Pothan Anchors a Deathbed Vigil That Refuses to Expire
The whisper arrives before the man does. In the opening stretch of Chevittorma, Pauly Valsan’s Theresia leans over a stranger’s bed in…
Avaraachan & Sons (2026): Biju Menon Anchors A Warm, Wayward Family Comedy
Chellanam is the kind of coastal town that keeps receipts. Every slurred insult, every unpaid tab, every night Avaraachan stumbles home reeking…
Bail (2026): Shiva Rajkumar Anchors A Sturdy But Overstuffed Cop Drama
Shiva Rajkumar does not enter Bail so much as he settles into it. The first sustained image of him as retired commissioner…
Thella Kaagitham (2026): Harsh Roshan Leads A Tender 2000s Romance That Keeps Its Biggest Scene Off-Screen
The most discussed scene in Thella Kaagitham never appears in the film. Weeks before its 2 October 2026 release, an intimate sequence…
Baththa (2026): Vijay Sethupathi Anchors A High-Concept Premise That Tests Patience
Balaji Tharaneetharan has never been a filmmaker interested in the obvious. The director behind Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom and Seethakaathi has built…
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…
Enna Vilai (2026): A Fisherman, a Gold Pendant, and the Quiet Machinery of Injustice
The first image that sells Enna Vilai is almost insultingly simple: a coin sinking through green water, caught between a devotee’s fingers…
Epic – First Semester (2026): Hesham Abdul Wahab’s Melodies Outlast the Drift
A phone call home from a cramped London flat, a mother’s voice thinning into static while her son counts pounds he does…