Irumudi (2026): Ravi Teja s gives the film energy despite weak payoffs
The first glimpse of Ravi Teja’s character is a man at war with himself, an alcoholic with a violent past living peacefully…
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…
Arulvaan (2026): Arulnithi anchors a sincere but uneven rural drama
There is a scene early in Arulvaan where Arulnithi’s character watches his daughter (Krithika Balasubramanian) trace alphabets on a dusty slate, her…
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…
Detective Teekshanaa (2026): Priyanka Upendra’s Sleuthing Drama Stays Methodical, Never Thrilling
The trailer’s rapid montage of murders promises a detective who pieces together chaos through pure observation. Priyanka Upendra enters the frame as…
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…
Drishyam 3 (2026): Mohanlal’s Crime Drama Extends a Franchise Past Novelty
Georgekutty moves through another calculated frame, protecting his family once more in a crime-drama engine that has already proven its commercial machinery…
Sanjeev (2026): Anil Nakka’s One-Man Gamble on Grit and Grief
There is a particular kind of tension that arrives when a filmmaker steps in front of his own camera, and Anil Nakka’s…
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…
Jana Nayagan (2026): Vijay s Vetri stands out while the narrative loses grip
C. Joseph Vijay, credited here as Thalapathy, delivers a performance that holds a sprawling 183-minute runtime together. He plays Vetri Kondan, an…
G.D.N (2026): Madhavan Holds the lands hard though the screenplay stays patchy
There is a moment early on when R. Madhavan, as the self-taught inventor G.D. Naidu, demonstrates a piece of his own engineering…
KJQ (2026): A Gritty Crime Drama Trapped in Its Own Trailer
Dheekshith Shetty walks into KJQ as Raju, a man whose friendship curdles into rivalry. The trailer positions him in a confrontational space,…
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,…
Michael (2026): Fuqua’s Biographical Ambition Undercut by Uneven Craft
Jaafar Jackson steps into his uncle’s shoes as the film traces the rise of a child performer into a solo phenomenon, beginning…
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…
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…
Tera Yaar Hoon Main (2026): Paresh Rawal Owns lifts key stretches, not the full runtime
Sanju Deshmukh, a young man full of charm and a hidden agenda, walks into the home of Vishwanath Purohit, the man he…
Sathyavan Savithiri: A Courtroom Drama That Rests on Keerthy Suresh’s Shoulders
The teaser places us inside a sterile courtroom, where the camera lingers on the polished wood of the benches before settling on…
Aligned Apart (2026): Greek Dance Romance Is A Quietly Moving Character Study
The moment Aeneas is paired with Alex for a dance thesis project, you can feel the film shifting gears. What starts as…
I’m Game (2026): A Nearly Three keeps the film tense but uneven overall
Dulquer Salmaan’s Dan John enters a world of high-stakes crime with the swagger of a man who knows the odds are stacked…
Mollywood Times (2026): Naslen’s Meta-Cinematic Coming-of-Age Gambit
A teenager asks his father for a video camera, then gathers friends to shoot a horror short that will live forever in…
Babita Singh Reporting (2026): Nimisha Sajayan turns lifts key stretches, not the full runtime
The boating sequence arrives early, and it tells you everything about Babita Singh’s world before the murder even surfaces. A sister-in-law’s body-shaming…
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…
The India Story (2026): Shreyas Talpade the lifts key stretches, not the full runtime
Talpade plays a man wrestling with a system that has failed him. His face carries the exhaustion of someone who has seen…
Karavali (2026): Kambala Spectacle Can’t Hide A Fractured Narrative
The Kambala races thunder across the screen with mud-splattered ferocity, and for a moment, Gurudatta Ganiga’s coastal drama feels like it might…
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…
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…
The Transition (2026): A Documentary’s Ghost Haunts Berlin’s Changing Streets
There is a peculiar weight to any film that begins as someone else’s final project. The Transition arrives carrying the ghost of…
Peddi (2026): Ram Charan’s Rural Sports Drama Tests Craft Against Ambition
A village spirals under the boot of a powerful oppressor. One man decides sport is the language of resistance. Buchi Babu Sana’s…