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Naveen Polishetty in 'Anaganaga Oka Raju'
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‘Anaganaga Oka Raju’ Movie Review: Naveen Polishetty Keeps The Laughs Coming

A light hand at writing and a hilarious Naveen Polishetty largely carry this film through a slippery second half.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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'Vaa Vaathiyar' Movie Review: Something Is Amiss In Karthi's Vigilante Movie Remix

Director Nalan Kumarasamy and Karthi's film doesn't do enough with its several fascinating ideas and premise

BY Vishal Menon
Emraan Hashmi in 'Taskaree'
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‘Taskaree: The Smuggler's Web’ Series Review: New Wine In An Old Bottle

Starring Emraan Hashmi, the Neeraj Pandey-helmed series falls into old habits despite exploring uncharted territory.

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu’ Movie Review: A Fun Chiranjeevi Navigates A Trite Marriage Drama

Anil Ravipudi directs Chiranjeevi and Nayanthara in a drama that lets its lead star have unbridled fun—often against the backdrop of an antiquated marriage portrait

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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‘The Raja Saab’ Movie Review: Prabhas In A Haunting Misfire

Maruthi directs Prabhas in a horror comedy that is terrifyingly clichéd and over-the-top.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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‘Dhandoraa’ Movie Review: Telugu Social Drama Finds Its Footing Over Time

Murali Kanth Devasoth centres an anti-caste drama around themes of dignity in death.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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'Sirai' Movie Review: Well-Written Drama About a Cop Transforming from Hero to Human

With many smart touches in the writing, Vikram Prabhu's 'Sirai' makes a living, breathing life form of what could easily have remained an intellectual exercise

BY Vishal Menon
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'Mindiyum Paranjum' Movie Review: Aparna Balamurali and Unni Mukundan's Long-Distance Relationship Drama is a Thing of Joy

Aparna Balamurali and Unni Mukundan share a joyous chemistry in this intimate take on the long-distance relationship

BY Vishal Menon
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‘45’ Movie Review: A Surreal But Disjointed Take On Karma

Upendra and Shiva Rajkumar add freshness to a genre experiment that ultimately falls flat

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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‘Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders’ Movie Review: A Cleverly Calibrated Crime Thriller

Honey Trehan’s sequel to 'Raat Akeli Hai' (2020), starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, makes a Knives Out-sized dent in the Hindi genre landscape

BY Rahul Desai
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'Bha Bha Ba' Movie Review: Dileep’s Mass Action Comeback Is Absolute Gibberish

In its effort to create a film that tries to be wild, we’re left feeling like we’re watching gibberish on screen.

BY Vishal Menon
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'The Great Shamsuddin Family' Movie Review: Home Truths and a Fun Ensemble

Two generations of a Muslim family hold the peace—barely—in Anusha Rizvi's sweetly drawn directorial return.

BY Shilajit Mitra
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'Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2' Movie Review: Kapil Sharma Versus The World

Kapil Sharma is once again a man with many wives in this belated sequel; it's satire meets fantasy meets low comedy

BY Shilajit Mitra
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‘Single Papa’ Series Review: Kunal Kemmu's Comedy is a Flimsy Revision of the Man-Child Template

Despite a fun cast, the six-episode Netflix comedy is happy to be a rehashed portrait of single parenthood.

BY Rahul Desai
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'The Devil' Movie Review: Darshan's Film Is Devilishly Dated

Prakash Veer’s Kannada film twists and stretches a half-decent idea into dreadful form.

BY Sruthi Raman
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‘Real Kashmir Football Club’ Series Review: The Sport of Good Storytelling

The eight-episode series, inspired by true events, succeeds at simplifying a modern Kashmir tale through sports, humanity and balanced writing.

BY Rahul Desai
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'Kalamkaval' Movie Review: Mammootty Like Never Before In This Genre-Defining Thriller

Vinayakan is surely the film’s driving force, but Mammootty also shows us a side to him that we haven’t yet witnessed before

BY Vishal Menon
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'Stephen' Movie Review: Explosive Ideas In This Uneven Serial Killer Origin Story

This experiment never devolves into a mere indulgence and director Mithun maintains control over his complex material, even when it looks like it’s slipping away

BY Vishal Menon
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‘Tere Ishk Mein’ Movie Review: When ‘Raanjhanaa’ and ‘Animal’ Enter A Toxic Relationship

Starring Dhanush and Kriti Sanon, Aanand L. Rai’s latest monument to the madness of love is very difficult to sit through.

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Kaisi Ye Paheli’ Movie Review: Technical Glitches Mar A Good One-Liner

Ananyabrata Chakravorty’s small-town whodunnit has the ideas, but fails to contain its excitement.

BY Rahul Desai