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,…
Batwara 1947 (2026): A Message of Harmony Buried Under Overwrought Drama
The first time Sikander Mirza’s refugee family steps into that Lahore haveli, they find an elderly Hindu widow already occupying the space,…
Awarapan 2 (2026): The Comeback That stands out while the narrative loses grip
The teaser opens not with gunfire but with silence, Tibetan monks tending to Shivam Pandit’s broken body, a man who survived death…
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…
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…
Bhai Tera Star Hai (2026): A Familiar Bollywood Fantasy for Raghav Juyal’s Fans
Raghav Juyal stands in a London casting room, claiming he has landed a role in a star-franchise parody called “Kisi Ka Bhai,…
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…
Max, Min and Meowzaki (2026): Vil Huss and stands out while the narrative loses grip
Two people sit opposite each other, their shared life laid out on a table, and the argument spirals into who gets the…
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…
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…
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.…
Baby Do Die Do (2026): The First Kill keeps the film tense but uneven overall
The first murder arrives in near-silence. Baby KarMarKar, a deaf-mute woman played by Huma Qureshi, hears her dead sister’s voice for the…
Alpha (2026): A Tattoo That lands hard though the screenplay stays patchy
The opening scene of *Alpha* (2026) does not waste a second. Alia Bhatt’s protagonist walks home from a party, rolls up her…
Welcome to the Jungle (2026): Akshay Kumar’s Action Comedy Navigates Gang Wars and Narrative Quicksand
The first thirty minutes of Welcome to the Jungle feel like being stuck in a traffic jam with a dozen clowns on…
Main Vaapas Aaunga (2026): Imtiaz Ali’s Partition Romance Weaves Memory and Melancholy
A 95-year-old man on a deathbed in Chandigarh fixes his gaze on a map of Sargodha and whispers, “Main vaapas aaunga.” The…