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.…
Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam) (2026): Works Better as a Devotional Drama Than a Blockbuster
Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart tries to retell Lord Krishna’s story through emotion instead of spectacle alone. Rated 3.5/5, the film leans…
Vishwanath and Sons (2026): Suriya’s Warm Family Drama Carried by Charm, Not Script
The film opens on Sanjay Vishwanath, a celebrated professional shooter whose trophy cabinet is fuller than his emotional life. He resists his…
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…
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…
Arjunan Per Paththu (2026): Yogi Babu’s Earnest Shift Anchors A Familiar Crime Drama
The theft happens fast, but the wound stays open. Arjunan, a working man played by Yogi Babu in a strikingly serious register,…
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,…
Hushar Pittalu (2026): A Predictable Youth Drama Undone by Its Own Boldness
Ansh Thorat plays Ravi as a Class 10 topper whose studious foundation crumbles the moment romance enters the frame. There is an…
Chand Mera Dil (2026): Ananya Panday Anchors College Romance Into Adult Reckoning
Aarav steps into engineering college in Hyderabad and locks eyes with Chandni almost immediately, a moment of pure student-life attraction that feels…
Hushar Pittalu (2026): Bold Content Overshadows an Honest Youth Drama
The secret is out before the interval in Hushar Pittalu, two teenagers, Ravi and Chitti, are caught in a relationship their families…
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…
Ire (2026): A Non-Existent Film, A Masterclass in Missed Connections
The very premise of reviewing a film that doesn’t exist is, in itself, a fascinating exercise in modern cinema’s demand for content.…
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…
Thudakkam (2026): A Debut Anchor in Jude Anthany Joseph’s Survival Thriller
Jude Anthany Joseph returns with a lean, threat-driven survival thriller that banks its entire emotional weight on a debutante’s shoulders. The film’s…
Character’s Creation (2026): The Missing Frame keeps the film tense but uneven overall
There is a moment in *Character’s Creation* where the frame goes empty, no actor, no dialogue, just a held silence that stretches…
Drishyam 3 (2026): Ajay Devgn Returns to Finish What Deception Built
Vijay Salgaonkar sits in the shadows of his own life, waiting for the past to resurface, and it does, with new evidence…
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…