Thriller
Titans (2026): Jayasurya and Vinayakan Anchor a Fantasy That Bites Off More Than It Can Chew
Prince Joy opens on Fort Kochi’s salt-crusted lanes with a getaway car idling and a job about to go sideways.…
Drama
Crazy Kalyanam (2026): Anupama Parameswaran Anchors A Mid-Tier Rural Drama That Buries Its Own Thesis
The village patriarch Parvathalu does not shout when his household collapses into embarrassment; he simply tightens his jaw and scans…
Horror
Drones (2026): Dravid Selvam’s Horror-Comedy Fumbles Its Own Thesis
R. Raghav Mirdath’s Drones opens with a suspended astrophysics student hijacking a surveillance drone to spy on a mansion across…
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Drama
Titanic (2026): Kate Winslet’s Quiet Rebellion Anchors Cameron’s Beautiful, Blunt Machine
The re-release opens on a rusted grave, not a love story: a remotely operated submersible gliding over the carcass of…
Action
Jailer 2 (2026): Rajinikanth’s Undercover Return Is A Star Vehicle Running On Fumes
Nelson Dilipkumar opens his sequel not with a prison riot or a rain-soaked ambush, but with Rajinikanth’s Muthuvel Pandian pottering…
Drama
Equal (2026): A Title in Search of a Story Worth Telling
There is a certain audacity in announcing a film titled Equal for a 2026 release and then offering nothing else,…
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Drama
Idhayam Murali (2026): Atharvaa’s Restrained Romance Never Finds Its Voice
The camera finds Idhaya mid-flight, New York to Chennai, a man about to marry while confessing his romantic history to…
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Comedy
Revolver Rinko (2026): A Sincere Kids’ Dream Lost in a Scattered Screenplay
The early stretches of Kiran Narayanan’s Revolver Rinko capture something genuinely sweet: a pack of village children, obsessed with superheroes,…
Comedy
അവിചാരിതം (2026): A Village Rumor Mill That Cuts Deeper Than Its Predictable Payoff
A jobless man in a northern Kerala village catches what looks like a secret meeting between neighbors. That single, fleeting…
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Horror
Karakkam (2026): A Haunting Premise That Never Finds Its Ghosts
The premise is almost too good to waste: a drunken New Year prank, sacred crosses pried from graves, and five…
Drama
Mother Promise (2026): Dhananjay’s Chaos Comedy Finally Earns Its Tears
A gambler named Rossi loses everything in a fictional Bengaluru, and within minutes he is sprinting through a city teeming…
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Thriller
Sattendru Maarudhu Vaanilai (2026): Jai s Earnestness lands hard though the screenplay stays patchy
The opening gambit is almost charming: a carefree orphan and a runaway minister’s daughter lock eyes, and within the span…
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Drama
Athiradi (2026): Tovino Thomas powers a messy but infectious youth entertainer
The college gates swing open and Sreekuttan Vellayani walks back into a world of old grudges, louder friendships, and the…
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Drama
29 (2026): A Familiar Age Crisis Drama That Never Fully Coheres
Vidhu carries the entire weight of a man who is terrified of the calendar flipping to 30. His Sathya is…
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Drama
Gaayapadda Simham (2026): Tharun Bhascker’s Comic Charm Can’t Save This Chaotic Satire
Dharahas packs his bags for the United States, chasing a romance that the film’s opening frames as a breezy comic…
Drama
Bromance Kadhal (2026): A Deceptive Premise That Can’t Hide a Broken Script
The con is simple: convince Vijay that his dream girl is a human-robot hybrid, then watch the comic chaos unfold.…
Thriller
Jetlee (2026): Satya’s Comic Grit Can’t Save This Confused Crypto Thriller
There’s a moment in Jetlee where Satya, as the possibly-blind, possibly-extraction-agent Ved Vyas, holds the screen with a grin that…
Action
Flashback (2025): A Tamil Thriller That Can’t Escape Its Own Shadows
Prabhu Deva steps back into a full-fledged acting role as Siddharth, and the inherent curiosity of watching a dance icon…
Drama
Your’s Sincerely RAAM (2026): A Kannada Drama That Trusts Its Silence
The film opens in the 1990s, on a landscape that has stopped pretending to be peaceful. Two men move through…
Romance
Once More (2026): Arjun Das and Aditi Shankar Anchor a Tender Tamil Romance
Raghu enters the frame as a man who has already closed the book on love. Arjun Das plays this withdrawal…
Comedy
Modha Rathri (2026): A Wedding Night Farce With Sharp Writing But Familiar Rhythms
The wedding night is barely underway when Maruthanayagam and Muthuselvi slip out, and the entire village is suddenly on the…
Romance
Ram and Leela (2026): A High-Concept Tamil Rom-Com That Overstays Its Welcome
There’s a moment in Ram and Leela where the film’s entire premise hinges on a single, absurd condition: Leela can…
Romance
Bethlehem Kudumba Unit (2026): Nivin Pauly, Mamitha Baiju’s Romance Feels Familiar Yet Warm
Ashley returns from abroad, and the wedding celebrations next door hit her like a memory grenade. The setup is clean,…
Romance
Pyaar Prema Kalyanam (2026): Elan’s Role-Reversal Romance Needs More Than a Hook
The groom’s suitcase lands on the bride’s family doorstep, not for a visit, but for a lifetime. That single image,…
Drama
Picture (2026): A Familiar Village-to-City Tale With Genuine Heart
The opening frames catch Deepu at his village threshold, a bag slung over his shoulder and the weight of expectation…
Action
Korean Kanakaraju (2026): Varun Tej s lands hard though the screenplay stays patchy
The interrogation room in a Korean police station is tense, the kind of quiet that precedes violence. A detained Indian…
Drama
Ottam Thullal (2026): A Rural Family Entertainer Built on Familiar Malayalam Ground
There is a comfort in watching Malayalam cinema’s dependable faces settle into a rural frame. Vishnu Unnikrishnan anchors this family…
Sci-Fi
Pluto (2026): Neeraj Madhav anchors a quirky alien comedy that plays it safe
Vicky is less a hero than a bemused witness, and Madhav plays him with a shrug-and-smile clarity that sells the…
Crime
Dongamohan (2026): An entertaining action-comedy that understands its audience
The film opens with Dongamohan, a small-time fixer, trapped inside a claustrophobic storage unit, a gun pressed against his ear…
Romance
Love Oh Love (2026): Pavish Narayanan anchors uneven gender-role rom-com
The opening scene of Magesh Rajendran’s *Love Oh Love* doesn’t waste time with meet-cutes. It shows Raghuvaran (Pavish Narayanan) hunched…