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,…
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…