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2/5
Normal (2025) Shalini Langer Normal certainly is easy if you care little.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Bhooth Bangla (2026) Shubhra Gupta Part of the sharpness in the original Bhool Bhulaiyaa came from its modern take on superstition which kept women bound; here it feels like a tired trope which goes nowhere.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Bharathanatyam 2: Mohiniyattam (2026) Anandu Suresh Not only does the story take a fresh trajectory this time, with novel conflicts arising along the way, but its aesthetics, visual style, and pacing are also completely different from those of Bharathanatyam, offering an absolutely fresh experience.
Posted Apr 15, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Toh Ti Ani Fuji (2026) Shubhra Gupta This is a well-written, well-directed love story– the titular Mount Fuji a fleeting physical but constant metaphysical presence–whose crests and troughs feel real and relatable.
Posted Apr 15, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Oru Durooha Saahacharyathil (2026) Anandu Suresh Once it enters the psychological terrain, it feels as if Ratheesh has completely lost control of his own creation, almost in a Frankensteinian way, ruining the film altogether.
Posted Apr 15, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Pallichattambi (2026) Anandu Suresh From the very beginning, the Tovino Thomas-starrer makes one thing clear: that it is highly ambitious. However, it also makes it painfully evident that ambition might be the only thing in its kit...
Posted Apr 15, 2026  Edit critic review
1/5
Toaster (2026) Shubhra Gupta In execution, this is nothing but dull constructed slop, which keeps getting worse as it goes along, with not even Rao, who is in practically every frame, able to rescue it.
Posted Apr 15, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Dacoit: A Love Story (2026) Shubhra Gupta This Telugu-Hindi thriller,...proves a few things: plots trying to be new shouldn’t feel familiar, it’s never a good idea to waste Prakash Raj, and that Anurag Kashyap needs to act a lot more, as he literally saves this film from sinking.
Posted Apr 15, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Outcome (2026) Alaka Sahani Yet, for all its insight, Outcome doesn’t always engage. At times, it feels weighed down by its own commentary.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
LIK: Love Insurance Kompany (2025) Yashaswini Sri It brings a concept to Tamil romantic comedy that the genre had not tried before, executes it with strong performances across the board.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Dacoit: A Love Story (2026) Yashaswini Sri If you are willing to sit with a film that earns its emotional punches slowly rather than announcing them early, and has the ability to take you by surprise, Dacoit will give you what you came for.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
1/5
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) Shalini Langer Part 2 has no novelty, fewer actors with recall value, and nothing going for it in terms of script, except putting Grace through a day-and-night of hell, with a Council of ‘Satan worshippers’ chasing her to kill her. Even the deaths are less original.
Posted Apr 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Drama (2026) Shalini Langer While the basic idea of how a relationship can easily wobble is strong, some of the set-ups seem to be staged more for laughs than real insight. However, the distractions notwithstanding, it’s hard to keep eyes off Zendaya and Pattinson.
Posted Apr 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Biker (2026) Yashaswini Sri When the sport is front and centre, it is a genuinely thrilling watch, one that justifies every rupee spent on the racing sequences. But the drama holding those sequences together is routine, underdeveloped, and set to a score that does it no favours.
Posted Apr 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Vaazha II: Biopic of a Billion Bros (2026) Anandu Suresh Unlike Vaazha, the second installment has its heart more or less in the right place. However, that doesn’t mean Vipin Das’ writing is extraordinary. In fact, despite having far better material, the writer has failed to flesh it out adequately.
Posted Apr 02, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Tighee (2026) Shubhra Gupta But overall, I’d say that this is the kind of film, revolving around complex, relatable human emotions, that we need more of: the end-note is perhaps most conflicting, leaving us to question our feelings...
Posted Mar 30, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/5
They Will Kill You (2026) Shalini Langer A pastiche of Quentin Tarantino, minus that director’s sharp dialogue and incisive score, this film directed by Kirill Sokolov is blood and bore.
Posted Mar 27, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Prathichaya (2026) Anandu Suresh Although Prathichaya’s visuals have the depth and sharpness found in today’s Malayalam cinema to an extent...the writing never actually hits the mark and hovers around the middle, rendering the movie an old wine in a new bottle.
Posted Mar 26, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Aadu 3 (2026) Anandu Suresh Although crafted by Midhun Manuel Thomas himself, the creator of the franchise, the movie comes across as an amateurish fan-fiction, with the soul of the original completely missing.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Ustaad Bhagat Singh (2026) Yashaswini Sri If you are a Pawan Kalyan loyalist, there is enough here for you. If you are not, this one tests your patience and yields nothing.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Dhurandhar (2025) Shubhra Gupta The extreme violence in the first part left us so numb, that nothing in the second — not even the most vicious ploy which ends with a limbless body being blown up in smithereens, or even a severed head being kicked — can shock us.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Made in Korea (2026) Yashaswini Sri On paper, this is a premise with real emotional potential. In practice, the film delivers on some of that promise and quietly squanders the rest.
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
THE BRIDE! (2026) Shalini Langer The Bride! too works the best when it is not trying too hard.
Posted Mar 09, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Hoppers (2026) Shalini Langer The hopper doth hop too much. This latest Pixar animation is a frenzied exploration of an idea that could have been told ever so simply, with not much humour or a catchy song or two to lift it.
Posted Mar 09, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Mrithyunjay (2026) Yashaswini Sri It is controlled, confident in its genre, and anchored by a Sree Vishnu performance that deserves to be seen. But it is also a film that sets up a more satisfying conclusion than it is willing to deliver.
Posted Mar 09, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Subedaar (2026) Shubhra Gupta Subedaar reminds me of the kind of old-fashioned crime thriller fronted by a hero clashing with the corrupt system, and individuals, that used to give mainstream Bollywood its heft.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Thaai Kizhavi (2026) Yashaswini Sri Thaai Kizhavi is a well-written, well-acted rural entertainer that works as a comedy drama, and leaves you thinking a little after the credits roll. Radikaa Sarathkumar reminds everyone why she belongs at the center of a film.
Posted Feb 27, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Accused (2026) Shubhra Gupta But the writing offers us little depth, and that’s where this film, which had the potential to be a humdinger, falls flat.
Posted Feb 27, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Pennum Porattum (2026) Anandu Suresh Pennum Porattum, despite its flaws and shortcomings, also stands as a testament to the power of a director’s conviction.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) Suanshu Khurana At a time when AI can create almost anything musically, one sees Elvis Presley, this raw, brilliant musician in this concert film, as a reminder of what we’ve lost. And how there would never be another Elvis.
Posted Feb 25, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
The Bluff (2026) Alaka Sahani The Bluff starts with the promise of being an entertaining action drama, but it ends up as a period action piece that could have packed a punch.
Posted Feb 24, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Shalini Langer ...the back stories of each are more compelling than the film’s ultimate premise of saving the world from itself. So good luck to all you viewers, and have fun. The “don’t die” part is not worth dying for.
Posted Feb 21, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
GOAT (2026) Shalini Langer So what is GOAT aiming to be? A film for children about dreaming big or a film for adults about aiming big? The confusion is apparent.
Posted Feb 21, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Do Deewane Seher Mein (2026) Shubhra Gupta Chaturvedi’s side-part is a bit distracting, but he makes up for it by making his Shashank likeable, not succumbing to an easy cop-out. But as far as rom coms go, Do Deewane is just not deewana enough.
Posted Feb 21, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Hey Bhagawan (2026) Yashaswini Sri The first half is fun, Naresh is excellent, and there are enough laughs to keep things moving. It is when the film tries to become more emotionally significant that it runs into trouble.
Posted Feb 21, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Assi (2026) Shubhra Gupta Assi has flaws, but is never not an urgent, imperative call to arms. Watch it.
Posted Feb 21, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty (2023) Raghu Bandi Nirav Shah’s camera work is a visual treat. The production value is top-notch. A couple of songs by Radhan are good.
Posted Feb 21, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Couple Friendly (2026) Yashaswini Sri The second half could have been smoother, and the tonal shift might not work for everyone. But it has heart, strong performances (especially from Manasa Varanasi), and enough genuine moments to overcome its flaws.
Posted Feb 19, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
O' Romeo (2026) Shubhra Gupta But the thing with building your scaffold on style and swag is that you end up skating on thin substance, and this reunion of Bharadwaj with Shahid Kapoor...is left swinging between highs and lows.
Posted Feb 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Tu Yaa Main (2026) Shubhra Gupta Much of the first half feels like we’ve seen it before, and we have, in Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy...
Posted Feb 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Wuthering Heights (2026) Shalini Langer Had all this tinkering even added something to the story, Fennell could have been pardoned for giving a shot at a novel that is notoriously hard to adapt due to its changes of tone, and its refusal to give a crowd-pleasing ending to Cathy and Heathcliff..
Posted Feb 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Ashakal Aayiram (2026) Swaroop Kodur As much as the first half sails smoothly, the second half comes undone because of unimaginative writing that veers prominently towards melodrama.
Posted Feb 09, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Anomie (2026) Swaroop Kodur What the film ends up being is routine at best, with a few dashes of genuine curiosity. It’s rather like a meal that underwhelms with its main course so as to hype up its dessert; it sounds intriguing, but that approach rarely works, does it?
Posted Feb 07, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
With Love (2026) Yashaswini Sri With Love is the kind of film that won’t blow you away with spectacle, but it will sit quietly in your chest for days afterward.
Posted Feb 07, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Euphoria (2026) Yashaswini Sri This is a film with an iron spine. It picks a stance on every issue it raises and never deviates from it, not for commercial convenience, not for audience comfort.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Scarlet (2025) Alaka Sahani Even though the film’s detailed aesthetic that blends traditional hand-drawn animation with 3D CG, is brilliant, the intense narrative feels crowded with too many elements.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Vadh 2 (2026) Shubhra Gupta While veterans Gupta and Mishra, as well as the other Mishra, do their job like the seasoned actors they are, the others manage to leave a mark, even if you are left wondering just why a cop’s chiselled chest is given a whole scene to itself.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Prakambanam (2026) Anandu Suresh While the film is partly fun — thanks in particular to the impressive way in which Vijesh has extracted chaos from the scenarios — Prakambanam is one of those movies that has too many problematic layers beneath its glossy, hilarious surface.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Gandhi Talks (2026) Shubhra Gupta The better bits are in the first half; post-interval, all is a confused slump, weighed down by an inordinately long passage with the rich guy, poor fellow and the grinning thief skulking about without any discernible purpose.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Shelter (2026) Shalini Langer Nothing is particularly bad; but nothing is particularly striking either.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
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