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‘Jazz City’ Series Review: An Overindulgent Ode To History and Patriotism

Soumik Sen’s disorganised period drama retells the story of the birth of Bangladesh against the backdrop of a Calcutta jazz club

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’ Movie Review: Propped Up By Pawan Kalyan, Undone By Musty Template

The Telugu film is a perplexing and often wearying mishmash of every old trick in the mass film pocketbook.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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'Aadu 3' Movie Review: GOAT-ed Characters Get Butchered In This Wild Bore

As with every idea that turns into a business proposal, 'Aadu' is forced to become a big, bloated, big-budgeted status vehicle

BY Vishal Menon
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'Local Times' Series Review: Basic Pleasures In This Workplace Comedy

With broad plotlines for each episode and reasonably likeable ensemble, the show is best enjoyed as a second screen experience.

BY Vishal Menon
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‘Aspirants Season 3’ Series Review: TVF Finally Gets It Right

The third season of the popular TVF series pits its robotic protagonist against a more complex and real-world aspirant

BY Rahul Desai
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'Made In Korea' Movie Review: A Seoul-Less Drama Made For Algorithms

Cultural appropriation seldom feels as inappropriate as it does in this Priyanka Mohan-starrer

BY Vishal Menon
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‘Sankalp’ Series Review: The Grassroots Allure of Prakash Jha’s Storytelling

The 10-episode political drama stars Nana Patekar as a Patna-based kingmaker on a collision course with one of his former devotees

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Mrithyunjay’ Movie Review: Sree Vishnu’s Thriller Has The Smarts But Settles for Convenience

Sri Hussain Sha Kiran’s film is a clean, operational, and sometimes convenient thriller that digs deep into the workings of a perfect criminal. 

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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'Oh Butterfly' Movie Review: A Messy But Watchable Triangular Hate Story

Nivedhithaa Sathish holds it all in place as the guilt-ridden protagonist, struggling to deal with multiple heartbreaks.

BY Vishal Menon
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‘Hello Bachhon’ Series Review: Hey Teacher, Leave Them Kids Alone

The TVF series flattens and buries the real-life story of a clutter-breaking Indian educator

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Jab Khuli Kitaab’ Movie Review: Pankaj Kapur, Dimple Kapadia Anchor an Imperfect but Moving Portrait of Marriage

Saurabh Shukla’s sweet film stars Pankaj Kapur and Dimple Kapadia as an old couple going through a crisis of trust.

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Subedaar’ Movie Review: Anil Kapoor Elevates an Imperfect but Ambitious Hero Story

Suresh Triveni’s 142-minute action drama is not a smooth watch, but it thrives on the subtext of a familiar template

BY Rahul Desai
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'Secret Stories: Roslin' Series Review: A Clever Refresh On The Unwanted Visitor Trope

The guiding hand of Jeethu Joseph is evident in this patchy yet unsettling mystery

BY Vishal Menon
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‘The Bluff’ Movie Review: Priyanka Chopra Jonas Stars In A Gory and Generic Pirate Actioner

There’s nothing to write home about in 'The Bluff,' a middling 19th-century swashbuckler starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas as a former pirate

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Accused’ Movie Review: Guilty Of Not Reading The Room

Starring Konkona Sen Sharma and Pratibha Ranta, Anubhuti Kashyap’s film about a female doctor grappling with sexual harassment allegations falls into its own trap

BY Rahul Desai
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'Nukkad Naatak' Movie Review: A Spirited Indie That Bridges Art and Activism

Tanmaya Shekhar’s independent drama expands the Indian street-play aesthetic into a modest coming-of-age journey

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Raakshasa’ Series Review: An Intriguing Watch That Stops Short Of Being Riveting

Vijay Raghavendra is perfectly cast as a vulnerable cop racing to recover a missing corpse’s head and save his own.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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‘Second Case Of Seetharam’ Movie Review: A Procedural That Runs Low on Fuel

Vijay Raghavendra returns as Seetharam, but this time to solve a knotty serial murder that intercepts his life.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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Berlinale 2026 | 'Members of the Problematic Family' Movie Review: One of the Most Distinctive, Disjunctive Films to Come out of India

A grimy, formally anarchic Tamil indie that rejects coherence for sensory overload, R Gowtham’s film turns death into spectacle and fragmentation into method

BY Prathyush Parasuraman