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Anbil Avan (2026): Ashok Selvan Can’t Salvage A Far-Fetched Romantic Action Misfire
Ashok Selvan has spent the better part of his career making smart choices in small films. Anbil Avan is not…
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Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai (2026): Nivin Pauly Anchors Ram’s Haunting Immortality Romance
The first three minutes of Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai arrive like a held breath. Ram, the filmmaker who has spent…
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City Lights (2026): Duniya Vijay’s Majestic Underbelly Is Alive, But the Screenplay Is Running on Fumes
Duniya Vijay has spent his post-Salaga career building a very specific grammar: the Bengaluru underbelly as a living, breathing organism,…
Drama
Epic – First Semester (2026): Aditya Haasan Bets on Mood Over Momentum
Aditya is packed off to a UK campus he never wanted, shipped out by family expectation, and meets Kadali before…
Drama
Aali (2026): A Familiar Romance That Never Finds Its Pulse
The sound engineer and the Ayurveda doctor meet under Dubai’s sprawling skyline. Their courtship begins with the right kind of…
Drama
Hi! (2026): Kavin and Nayanthara lands hard though the screenplay stays patchy
The early stretches of Vishnu Edavan’s *Hi!* find Kavin and Nayanthara exchanging casual greetings that slowly build into something warmer.…
Drama
Hushar Pittalu (2026): Honest Young Leads Buried Under Predictable Adult Comedy
The secret is out before the film even finds its footing. Two village teenagers, Ravi and Chitti, steal moments behind…
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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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Ugly Story (2026): Nandu Vijay Krishna’s Intensity Can’t Save A Thin Script
The shift from romance to dread happens quietly in Ugly Story, one moment Karthik is charming Neha, the next his…
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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
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…
Drama
Itlu Kanmani (2026): A 50-Minute Romance That Never Finds Its Melody
There is a specific kind of silence that falls over a theatre when a romance is working, the collective held…
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…
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Dacoit (2026): Adivi Sesh’s Gritty Action Drama Tests Telugu Formula
The opening stretch of Dacoit: A Love Story drops us straight into the Chambal badlands, where the dust hasn’t settled…
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,…
Action
Awarapan 2 (2026): Emraan Hashmi’s Wounded Return to a Familiar Franchise
The teaser opens on a man broken by his past, Tibetan monks tending to Shivam’s wounds as he recovers from…
Drama
Vishwanath & Sons (2026): Suriya’s Aim Wavers in Family Drama
An international shooter named Sanjay Vishwanath stands at a firing range, his world reduced to precision and control, when a…
Action
DC (2026): Arun Matheswaran’s Tamil Romantic Action Film Generates Intrigue Before Release
Arun Matheswaran, the filmmaker behind the brutal *Rocketry* and the stark *Saani Kaayidham*, is stepping into romantic action territory with…
Drama
Srinivasa Mangapuram (2026): Jaya Krishna and Rasha Thadani anchor a fiery debut romance
In the shadow of the Tirupati temple, Vasu Babu and Manga’s friendship edges toward something more. But Ajay Bhupathi’s romantic…
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…
Action
Lenin (2026): The Gathering Storm keeps the film tense but uneven overall
Akhil Akkineni stands at the edge of a village, his expression carved from the same stone as the harsh terrain…
Drama
the flower she left me: A Craft-Led Puzzle That Never Fully Blooms
The camera lingers on a wilting jasmine garland, petals curling brown against a doorframe. The protagonist, Mahesh, walks past it…
Comedy
Heartin (2026): Sananth Reddy s lifts key stretches, not the full runtime
Madonna Sebastian stares across the living room. Opposite her, Emaya T smiles, a little too warmly. Between them, Sananth Reddy…
Drama
Main Vaapas Aaunga (2026): The Old Man gives the film energy despite weak payoffs
A 95-year-old hand trembles on a hospital bed in Chandigarh, lips moving against the white noise of a family too…
Drama
Double Occupancy (2026): Aswin Kandasamy’s Identity Gamble Tests Romance Formula
A woman by day becomes someone else by night, sharing one body while trying to sustain a love affair that…