Toxic
Three hours and fourteen minutes is a long time to spend in a world that never quite decides…
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Chevittorma
Leo Thaddeus opens his camera on hands, not faces. A caregiver's hands, folding a cloth, adjusting a pillow,…
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai
Ram has spent his career building cinematic mazes. From the metaphysical loops of Katradhu Thamizh to the mythic…
418
The most unnerving sound in 418 isn't a scream. It's a key turning in a lock that has…
Vibe
Somewhere in the second hour of Vibe, a terrorist plot is unfolding, a national security crisis is escalating,…
Daayra
Four men are dead in an encounter the whole city is applauding, and Meghna Gulzar opens Daayra not…
Enna Vilai
There is a moment early in Enna Vilai where the camera simply watches the tide retreat, leaving behind…
Hanuman Ansh
On a colonial-era platform, a barefoot sadhu produces a fistful of tickets and refuses to let British officials…
Haiwaan
A blind caretaker reads a crowded ferry by sound alone, footsteps, breathing, the shift of weight across a…
Maremma
Mahishapuram's cracked fields and fevered households set the stage for a rite older than the village itself: the…
Epic - First Semester
A Wanaparthy boy steps off a flight into grey London carrying a filmmaking dream his father already replaced…
One Last Game
One Last Game arrives with a title that suggests closure, a final showdown, a decisive play. Yet the…
Mirzapur
The A certificate lands with the weight of a licensed gun. At 197 minutes, this is not a…
Poovellaam Kettuppaar
The field interviews begin with academic formality, but the unease is immediate. Sathya, a PhD scholar, and her…
Character's Creation
There is a moment, buried somewhere in the middle of this film, where the narrative seems to promise…
Hushar Pittalu
The secret is out in the village, and the families are gathered, faces hard with judgment. Ravi and…
Equal
There is a moment in Equal, or perhaps there isn't, because the film leaves so little trace, where…
Aali
Mulla, a sound engineer, meets Ebby Mathew, an Ayurveda doctor from Dubai, near the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, and…
Sarvagunn Sampann
The premise is a landmine wrapped in a joke: a middle-class woman in the 1990s discovers her face…
Magudam
The 1965 opening sequence lands with brutal force, a young boy named Linga clawing his way out of…
Hi!
There is a moment in Hi! where Nayanthara and Kavin simply share a glance, and the theatre seems…
Awarapan 2
Emraan Hashmi stands in the shadows, the weight of a decade pressing down on his shoulders as Shivam…
Tadviruddha
There is a moment in Tadviruddha when the retired officer steps back onto the JD Kere Estate, and…
The Abeyance
Rijuta Sharma sits in the quiet of an opening frame, her face a study in controlled devastation, and…
Unmadham
Kunchacko Boban walks into the frame as CPO Shelly, and for a moment, the Malayalam crime-thriller terrain feels…
Sudesha
The Himalayan foothills frame Sudesha Devi not as a passive victim of ecological collapse, but as its most…
LURK
The premise arrives with a growl, a man-eating tiger has turned a threatened landscape into a hunting ground,…
Oh..! Sukumari
Aishwarya Rajesh's Damini can generate electricity through her touch, a quirk that should electrify every frame of this…
Anbe Diana
From the opening frames in Perambur, where a high-energy athlete coach named Chirumamilla Sita Krishna, CSK to his…
Arjunan Per Paththu
Arjunan's parents are struck dead by lightning in the opening minutes of R. Rajmohan's drama, a blunt instrument…
Ikka
There is a moment early in Ikka when Sunny Deol's celebrated lawyer Arjun Mehra refuses a case, only…
Dhamaal 4
The CBFC's scissors did more talking before release than any gag in the film, hand gestures clipped, words…
Aroopi
There is a particular kind of dread that settles in when a horror film opens with a sprawling…
Ananthan Kaadu
The opening frames of Jiyen Krishnakumar's *Ananthan Kaadu* drop us into a politically charged 1990s Thiruvananthapuram, where a…
Nooru Sami
There's a moment early in Sasi's Nooru Saami when Selvi, a widowed mother, quietly tells her two sons…
Cocktail 2
Kunal (Shahid Kapoor) stands at a crossroads, caught between the free-spirited Ally (Kriti Sanon) and the grounded Diya…
VENDETTA-THE BEAST WITHIN
A June 10, 2026 release date and a U/A 16+ certification tell you exactly what kind of evening…
Makaran
From the Film and Television Institute of India comes a picture that feels less like a debut feature…
A Rock
There is no establishing shot here, no hand-holding into the world of *A Rock*. The film opens as…
Dose
The first suspicious death at the hospital lands with clinical precision, no melodrama, just a body that doesn't…
System
Neha Rajvansh walks into her tenth consecutive case with the weight of her father's law firm on her…
Ugly Story
There is a moment early in Pranava Swaroop's Telugu psychological thriller where Karthik's attention shifts from charming to…
Chand Mera Dil
The engineering campus hums with unspoken glances and half-finished conversations. Chandni and Aarav orbit each other through hostel…
Drishyam 3
Georgekutty sits in a room that has been his prison and his fortress for three films now. When…
Gudgudi
There is a specific, quiet cruelty in watching Ritu perform cheerfulness inside a heavy mascot costume at an…
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…