Ek Din Review: An Earnest Reverie of Old-School Romance, Suspended Between Predictability and Pathos
Ek Din Review There is a particular species of Hindi cinema that flourished in the early aughts — the kind that offered up the hopeless romantic as protagonist, allowed him to languish in unrequited devotion, and trusted that the audience would meet his earnestness with their own. Ek Din, the latest essay in this vanishing tradition, opens with precisely such ...
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Review There exists, in the firmament of contemporary cinema, a rare species of sequel that does not merely exhume its progenitor for nostalgic plunder but instead converses with it — a respectful interlocutor in dialogue with its own past. The Devil Wears Prada 2 is precisely such a film: a sartorial successor that opens with ...
Ginny Weds Sunny 2 Review The Setup: Familiar Territory Ginny Weds Sunny 2 opens with Avinash Tiwary’s character caught in the throes of fake news troubles, but more pressingly, desperately seeking matrimonial bliss. Within the first ten minutes, the film establishes its central premise: a young man so desperate for marriage that his predicament borders on the theatrical. The desperation, ...
The much-anticipated biopic on the King of Pop, Michael, has finally hit the screens, promising audiences an intimate look into the life of one of the most iconic entertainers the world has ever known. While the film is undeniably crafted with reverence and love for its subject, it ultimately struggles to rise above the formulaic structure of a standard documentary, ...
Bhooth Bangla Review There was a time when Bollywood comedies did not need to explain their jokes. The setup was invisible, the timing was surgical, and the laughter was involuntary. Bhooth Bangla, in 2026, makes a bold attempt to bring that era back — and for the most part, it succeeds gloriously. The Opening Act A Normal Beginning, Then Asrani ...
Dacoit Review There is a peculiar kind of frustration that comes from watching a film that clearly knows what it wants to be but spends an unreasonable amount of time deciding when to actually become it. Shaneil Deo’s Dacoit: A Love Story is precisely that kind of film — a heist-romance that opens like a lukewarm cup of chai, meanders ...
Dhurandhar The Revenge Review Director Aditya Dhar is back with Dhurandhar The Revenge, promising a massive scale, ruthless action, and a storyline deeply entrenched in real-world Indian politics. If there is one film in 2026 that sets the screen on fire with raw emotion and brute force, it is this one. However, the sheer volume of gunpowder and an exhausting ...
Assi Review Some films begin gently, giving you time to settle into the world before they start pulling the rug from under your feet. Assi does the opposite. Its very first scene is the kind that makes your skin tighten and your breath shorten—not because it’s trying to shock you with noise, but because it feels raw and intensely alive. ...
O Romeo Review O Romeo opens with the kind of swagger that immediately tells you what the film wants to be: Shahid Kapoor walks in carrying an attitude that feels like a mash-up of Kabir Singh’s rage and Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal-style violent bravado. On paper, that mix could have created something dangerously magnetic. On screen, it mostly becomes a reminder ...
Tu Yaa Main Review Tu Yaa Main opens with suspense right from the first beat, the kind that tells you, “Okay, buckle up—something messy is coming.” The lead pair is Adarsh Gaurav and Shanaya Kapoor, and the film clearly wants you to feel two worlds colliding: street energy versus glossy influencer life. On paper, it sounds like a familiar Bollywood ...
Mardaani 3 Review: An arresting start and a changed tone After the success of Mardaani and Mardaani 2, one might have expected the third part to open in a familiar way—but it does not. From the very beginning, Mardaani 3 signals a change of pace. Rani Mukherjee’s introduction is striking: she doesn’t just appear on screen, she seems to burst into a ...
Border 2 Review Border 2 comes with the weight of a legacy and the instant recall of Border 1’s iconic patriotic high. This time, the battle premise is set against the 1971 Indo–Pak war backdrop—and the film expands the familiar template by adding the Navy into the mix. Sounds promising on paper… but in execution, Border 2 often feels like ...