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…
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,…
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…
Apology (2026): A Friend-Search Comedy Caught Between Ambition and Runtime
A gravel road stretches through a nondescript Uttar Pradesh town, three men on a rickety scooter scanning each face they pass, the…
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…
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…
Batwara 1947 (2026): A Partition Drama Trapped Between Its Own Walls
The house in Lahore smells of someone else’s life. When the refugee family steps into the haveli they’ve been allotted, they find…
Maremma (2026): Telangana Rituals Shot Beautifully, Wrapped In Tedium
In Mahishapuram, drought and epidemic have drained a Telangana village dry, and the goddess Maremma is still waiting for her buffalo. Karni…
Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata (2026): Kangana Ranaut Commands stands out while the narrative loses grip
Inside Cama Hospital on the night of the 26/11 attacks, nurses, ward boys, cleaners, and security staff move through corridors where terror…
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.…
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…