Meethe Mein Kya Hai (2026): Ritwik Bhowmik Anchors a Diwali Grief Drama That Never Quite Boils Over
The Diwali lamps are lit before the grief is. Radhika Bansal’s direct-to-Netflix debut drops a widower back into his grandmother’s crowded Lucknow…
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,…
Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar (2026): Sparsh Walia & Anuj Saini’s Reunion Rom-Com Runs on Fumes
Anuj Saini opens on a Delhi office floor where the fluorescent light does the work of a character: three colleagues staring at…
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…
Gajab Raat (2026): Manoj Bajpayee Anchors a One-Night Procedural That Trusts Its Star More Than Its Script
The woman leaves the moving car before the film has finished introducing itself. One body on a Delhi roadside, and a corrupt…
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…
Nayyi Navelli (2026): Yami Gautam’s Daayan Bride Comedy Sags Under Its Own Folklore
The most unsettling image in Balaji Mohan’s Meerut-set fantasy comedy isn’t a reversed footprint or a flickering tube light. It’s the sight…
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…
Afreet – A Never Ending Night (2026): A Never Ending Night (2026): Dev Bodhare’s Horror Short Fumbles Its Own Terror
The most frightening thing about a 23-minute horror short is how fast the clock runs out on atmosphere. Afreet – A Never…
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…
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…
Last Man in Tower (2026): Bajpayee Holds the Line, Dutta Steals the Room
Masterji sits with a child’s arithmetic book, correcting sums while, somewhere in the same building, neighbours weigh a builder’s offer against decades…
Haiwaan (2026): Priyadarshan’s Craft Holds While His Thriller Slips
Sound arrives before sight in Haiwaan, and Priyadarshan leans into that idea with real craft. A blind caretaker maps a room by…
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…
Mirzapur: The Movie (2026): Big-Screen Return Lacks Series’ Ruthless Precision
The gaddi is silent, the air thick with the promise of retaliation, as Akhandanand Tripathi walks back into frame. This isn’t the…
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…
Sarvagunn Sampann (2026): Vaani Kapoor’s Identity Comedy Is a Curious Oddity
The teaser’s defining image is unmistakable: Vaani Kapoor split across two looks, one demure and one dangerously close to a public fantasy,…
Uttar Da Puttar (2026): A Gentle Satire That Prefers Warmth Over Bite
Annu Kapoor leads this ensemble with the kind of heartfelt ease that has become his signature. His Professor isn’t a loud caricature;…
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…
Ikka (2026): Sunny Deol Anchors stands out while the narrative loses grip
The courtroom goes silent as Sunny Deol’s Arjun Mehra, the man who never loses a case, locks eyes with Akshaye Khanna’s Shauryaman…
Qaid (2026): Dhruv Jain s lands hard though the screenplay stays patchy
There is a moment in Qaid where Dhruv Jain simply sits still, and the camera refuses to blink. The film trusts that…
Vo Ladki (2026): A Wristwatch, A Memory, And The Weight Of Letting Go
The last meeting arrives with a wristwatch as its only currency. Pathik walks toward Devyani not to reconcile, but to return an…
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…
Jeevan Bheema Yojana (2026): The Lookalike Reveal lands hard though the screenplay stays patchy
Picture this: a debt-ridden couple staring at a stranger who is the spitting image of the husband. The insurance scam idea lands…
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…
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,…