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Rahul Desai

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Border 2 (2026) 73% EDIT “There is no politics; the only philosophy is ‘paisa-vasool’ entertainment at any cost.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos (2026) 50% EDIT “That’s not to say Happy Patel is inaccessible; it just doesn’t pretend to be something else in pursuit of validation. It’s all so free-spirited that it’s easy to forgive its hit-or-miss translation onto the screen. ” – The Hollywood Reporter India Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Rahu Ketu (2026) EDIT “A witless assault on the senses. ” – The Hollywood Reporter India Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Ikkis (2025) 100% EDIT “Come for the heroism, stay for the hugs.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Jan 2, 2026 Full Review Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders (2025) 79% EDIT “A whodunit worth the wait.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Saali Mohabbat (2025) EDIT “Saali Mohabbat has this short-film-coded habit of unfolding in punchlines rather than moments. It’s why the title sounds less like an indignation of love and more like the one that got away. A bit like the film itself.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Dhurandhar (2025) 42% EDIT “All Style, No Substance. ” – The Hollywood Reporter India Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Kaisi Ye Paheli (2025) EDIT “Swing and miss. ” – The Hollywood Reporter India Dec 4, 2025 Full Review Tere Ishk Mein (2025) 36% EDIT “The thing about Tere Ishk Mein is that it’s not even fundamentally sound. It is detached from the (civilised) world we live in as well as the grammar of storytelling.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Dec 1, 2025 Full Review Gustaakh Ishq (2025) EDIT “Vintage vibes done right. ” – The Hollywood Reporter India Dec 1, 2025 Full Review 120 Bahadur (2025) 73% EDIT “A misfire at every level.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Nov 21, 2025 Full Review Mastiii 4 (2025) EDIT “An unbailable offence. ” – The Hollywood Reporter India Nov 21, 2025 Full Review De De Pyaar De 2 (2025) 55% EDIT “In theory, the subterfuge should have worked. But it just yaps so much and can’t get enough of its own silver-tongued reflection.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Nov 14, 2025 Full Review Agra (2023) 87% EDIT “Kanu Behl’s most impressive (and expressive) film yet. ” – The Hollywood Reporter India Nov 14, 2025 Full Review Lord Curzon Ki Haveli (2025) EDIT “It’s indulgent, clumsy, randomly provocative, choppy, and seems to reverse-engineer its idea of cultural conceit.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Homebound (2025) 97% EDIT “Powerful, poignant and purely performed.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Baramulla (2025) 54% EDIT “As a horror film, Baramulla is efficient with its tropes: dysfunctional family, haunted cop, creepy new house, missing children, the possibility of vengeful spirits, gunfights and jump-scares vying for attention, human terror posing as celestial chaos.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat (2025) EDIT “All of this is executed with not a single interesting frame, aesthetic or original note.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Thamma (2025) 33% EDIT “To draw from its own central theme, Thamma is cursed by its own vampirism. It flatlines in no time, because it tries to grow feelings without a heart. ” – The Hollywood Reporter India Oct 21, 2025 Full Review Bhagwat Chapter One: Raakshas (2025) EDIT “It largely succeeds, despite the childish vibe of the closing slate. Given the chapters ahead, I would hope that the ellipsis-coded nature of the storytelling defeats the exclamation-mark energy of its intent. ” – The Hollywood Reporter India Oct 21, 2025 Full Review Cactus Pears (2025) 97% EDIT “A magnificent film about longing and belonging ” – The Hollywood Reporter India Sep 19, 2025 Full Review The Fable (2024) 100% EDIT “One of the finest Indian films this year.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Sep 12, 2025 Full Review Baaghi 4 (2025) EDIT “Four times the frustration.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Sep 5, 2025 Full Review Inspector Zende (2025) 64% EDIT “A clumsy but watchable cop comedy.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Sep 5, 2025 Full Review Songs of Paradise (2025) EDIT “There's nothing wrong, but there's not much right either. The production value is weak. The writing is shielded and simple. Landmarks and events occur like neat bullet points.” – The Hollywood Reporter India Sep 3, 2025 Full Review
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