Evil Dead Burn
2026 · TheTelegraph
Evil Dead Burn proves there's still fresh blood to spill with gallons of gore, inventive kills and relentless terror. What it doesn't always deliver is the gleeful, mischievous spirit that once defined the franchise. One recurring issue with the film is its overwhelming commitment to bleakness, and the tonal heaviness gradually becomes exhausting.
Onekdin Por
2026 · TheTelegraph
What makes Onekdin Por so beautiful is that it refuses to box love into categories. It exists in friendship, caregiving, shared grief and the simple act of being present for another person. Palodhi delivers a moving reminder that love isn't always about romance but finding someone who stays.
Satluj
2026 · TheTelegraph
What elevates Satluj beyond historical reconstruction is its refusal to simplify the conversation. The film acknowledges Punjab's trauma during the militancy years without using terrorism as an excuse to legitimise every abuse committed in response. Satluj offers a more difficult proposition, reminding us that asking questions isn't anti-national and that human rights aren't obstacles to security but safeguards against power becoming unanswerable.
Awarapan 2
2026 · TheTelegraph
Nostalgia can make an old song feel new again. It cannot make an unremarkable new song memorable. That, ultimately, is the larger problem with Awarapan 2. It assumes that returning to a beloved character is itself an event. But nostalgia has diminishing returns.
Mirzapur: The Movie
2026 · TheTelegraph
Mirzapur: The Movie banks heavily on the pleasure of returning to a familiar world. The film knows that viewers want Munna Bhaiya's one-liners, Guddu's rage, Kaleen Bhaiya's intimidating silences and the familiar power games, and it delivers all of these things, but occasionally at the expense of surprise.
The End of Oak Street
2026 · TheTelegraph
At its best, The End of Oak Street understands that the most effective dinosaur thrillers are not really about dinosaurs. They are about putting ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances and watching them figure out how to survive. Mitchell does not pretend to offer hard science, and the film has a simple objective: keep the family alive and find a way home.
Aajo Ardhangini
2026 · TheTelegraph
Aajo Ardhangini is straightforward and often feels like Ganguly is revisiting familiar emotional territory, with storytelling that occasionally becomes repetitive. While Kaushik Ganguly still knows how to stage intimate human drama and his dialogues remain sharp, the film struggles most in sustaining dramatic tension and resolving developments in ways that feel predictable rather than impactful.
Best of the Best
2026 · TheTelegraph
Best of the Best understands that a campus dance film does not need to reinvent the form to be entertaining. What it needs is energy, charm and characters you want to spend time with. For much of its runtime, Khan's film delivers exactly that.
Babita Singh Reporting
2026 · TheTelegraph · Aug 2026
Unfortunately, while the critique on patriarchy lands well, Babita Singh Reporting fumbles on the police procedural part. Some red herrings do not quite hold up. The final act leaves some questions unanswered, and a tighter mystery could have made the film considerably stronger.
Welcome to the Jungle
2026 · TheTelegraph · Jun 2026
The problem is that while the film is fully aware of its absurdity, it doesn't always know how to turn that absurdity into consistently funny comedy. For every genuinely amusing gag, there are several that feel recycled from an earlier era of Hindi comedies.