Gudgudi
There is a specific, quiet cruelty in watching Ritu perform cheerfulness inside a heavy mascot costume at an…
Author: Tanishq Rajput
Tanishq Rajput has been writing about films for over 5 years, ever since his college days in Bhopal where he studied Digital Media. He’s into massy entertainers, powerful scripts, and movies that stay with you long after the credits roll. When he's not reviewing, you’ll find him rewatching 90s action films or breaking down scenes with friends over chai.
Kartavya
The journalist dies within minutes of arriving under Pawan Malik's protection, a murder that should ignite a thriller…
Sattendru Maarudhu Vaanilai
The pub meeting is electric, Kathir and Janaki lock eyes, and within what feels like minutes, they are…
Aakhri Sawal
Professor Gopal Nadkarni (Sanjay Dutt) publicly tears apart his research scholar's thesis on the RSS, and in that…
Pati Patni Aur Woh Do
Ayushmann Khurrana returns as Prajapati Pandey, a man whose life appears to be one long misunderstanding. The film…
Athiradi
The opening sequence of Athiradi doesn't creep toward its premise, it charges. Samkutty, played with wired enthusiasm by…
Karuppu
The gavel strikes in a Kochi courtroom, and for a fleeting moment, Karuppu finds its true calling as…
PARAYANA
The opening frames of Parayana arrive with little introduction, placing us in a world that feels immediate yet…
Godari Gattupaina
The opening stretch of Godari Gattupaina holds promise, an auto driver’s gentle smile meets a college girl’s curiosity…
She Sells Seashells
Maruti moves through her morning routine on a Goa beach, selling seashells to indifferent tourists, her stillness speaking…
Sathi Leelavathi
There's a moment early in Sathi Leelavathi when Ram Sethu tells his filmmaker wife that her success has…
Operation Sindoor
The war-room hums with intent. Senior officials lean over maps and screens, and the phrase "A Nation's Resolve"…
I'm Not An Actor
The video call connects a frustrated Mumbai actor to a depressed ex-banker in Frankfurt, and within minutes, the…
Sitting
There is a particular stillness to the idea of sitting, a promise of introspection, of bodies finally surrendering…
டே 11
The first wish-granting sequence in Sritika J.'s Day 11 arrives with a seductive simplicity. Five youngsters watch their…
Daadi Ki Shaadi
Neetu Kapoor sits in a quiet Shimla room, and for a fleeting moment, the film around her stops…
Krishnavataram Part 1
The camera follows Krishna as he leaves the opulence of Dwarka, bound for the blood-soaked fields of Kurukshetra.…
The Last Tenant
There is a moment in the cottage when Sagar and Manvi share a silence that feels heavier than…
Indian Institute of Zombies
At Tekfest 2026, Dr. Darwendra holds up a shimmering potion before the institute's elite toppers, promising superpowers and…
Angam Attahasam
Ajay Chandran is 24, caught in Trivandrum's violent underworld, and the trailer's promise of a raw gangster drama…
Dug Dug
The premise is so good it feels criminal to watch it deflate. A drunk man dies in a…
Revolver Rinko
The children of a rural Kerala village have decided they are going to make a superhero film, and…
29
Sathya and Viji's love story doesn't unfold in song-and-dance fantasy. It lives in the spaces between family arguments,…
Licence
There is a moment early in Licence where Masoom Sharma's Satta, a fruit vendor, stands in a government…
Dridam
SI Vijay Radhakrishnan's first morning at the quiet hill station police station is almost boring, until human remains…
KD – The Devil
Dhruva Sarja doesn't walk into frames; he bulldozes through them. As Kaalidasa, the small-time criminal who becomes KD,…
Flashback
The opening frames introduce young Siddhu, a boy whose eyes follow his caregiver with a devotion that feels…
The Storm, the Calm. The Madness, the Magic.
There is a moment, early in Nihar Palwe's short film, where a man at his lowest point catches…
8th Street
Late at night, in a quiet corner of the city, a weary stranger, a silent old man, and…
The Worst He Can Say Is.
The title itself is a dare. "The Worst He Can Say Is" implies a confrontation, a moment of…
Commandovin Love Story
The commando meets the Ph.D. student during a journey home, and the film builds its entire romantic architecture…
In the Chaos of Diwali
The Malhotra household is a pressure cooker of unspoken grievances, and Rohan Bakshi's camera lingers on the diyas…
The Dark Heaven
Balaaji's earlier film D3 showed he could handle tension. Here, he stretches that instinct across 147 minutes, letting…
Paavakoothu
Rajesh, a college student carrying the weight of an unspoken crush, is told by Amudha Mozhi to read…
Songs of the Djinns
Two actresses drift through the chaotic, fire-lit streets of Varanasi on New Year's Eve, their faces catching the…
TAXILA
There's a moment in the opening stretch of Sathish Ramakrishnan's Taxila where Vikram, an archaeological lead in a…
The Curious Case Of Robert Ledru
There is no opening scene to latch onto, no establishing shot that sets the world in motion. The…
Peter
Raajesh Dhruva steps into the title role of Peter with the kind of quiet confidence that suggests he…
Aadharam
The gate of the prison doesn't clang shut behind Bapputty; it simply releases him into a world that…
TN 2026
The film opens on Kulkanth Kumar rolling beeda leaves on a street corner, a man whose hands know…
Lechindi Mahila Lokam
There is a moment in Lechindi Mahila Lokam where Lakshmi Manchu holds the frame with nothing but a…
Derby
Arjun Divakaran doesn't walk into the campus; he charges into it, a coiled spring of ambition and adolescent…
Maragatha Malai
Deep into the 18th-century woods, a fleeing mother is separated from her child, and the screen shifts from…
Neelira
The wedding eve preparations are interrupted, not by rain, but by the heavy boots of Indian Peace Keeping…
Oru Durooha Saahacharyathil
The stranger enters Sethu's home and the quiet geometry of his domestic life collapses into suspicion. What follows…
Carmeni Selvam
The opening domestic exchanges between Selvam and Shanthi carry the weary rhythm of a household where every rupee…
Nee Forever
Ajay, a startup app developer, and Mathi, an aspiring filmmaker, strike a deal: fake a relationship while hiding…
Hum Mein Shahenshah Koun
There is a peculiar thrill in watching a film that should not exist. Hum Mein Shahenshah Koun, shot…
Battle
There is a moment early in Narayanan P's Battle when Arjun Prabhakaran's Mani, born mute until age ten,…
Ginny Wedss Sunny 2
The matrimonial-ad reveal where Sunny and Ginny catch each other in their respective lies is the one stretch…
Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam
The second half of *Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam* snaps into focus with an ensemble confrontation that carries real menace,…
Pallichattambi
The church sends Krishna Pillai, also known as Christopher, into Kaniyaar, a village already simmering with communist and…
Madhuvidhu
Amrut Raj walks into yet another bride-search meeting, the weight of his all-male household pressing on his shoulders.…
Band Melam
In a Telangana village, Giri picks up an instrument while Raaji picks up a textbook, and the distance…
Suyodhana
There's a specific kind of tension in watching Priyadarshi Pulikonda's Foley artist react to a voice only he…
Pathaan
The opening action passage finds Pathaan dropping into frame like a man who has been waiting four years…
Lee Cronin's The Mummy
Eight years after Katie Cannon vanishes into the Egyptian desert, she returns to her family in a near-comatose,…
Rosie
The saffron title suggests ideology, but this horror-thriller is far more interested in jump scares than political commentary.…
Paharganj to Phuket
A man from Delhi boards a journey from the chaos of Paharganj to the beaches of Phuket, narrating…
Beyond the Pages
The film opens on a premise that promises the weight of literature colliding with reality, a scholar, a…