Bhuvanesh Chandar
The Hindu
Normal
2026 · The Hindu
Normal is a blood-slick popcorn actioner that offers the gleeful satisfaction of watching those brainrot puzzle videos on YouTube. There's hardly a moment when Normal takes itself seriously, with every action set piece reveling in a hilariously grisly and macabre sense of cinematic violence.
Karuppu
2026 · The Hindu
This is the mass masala film Suriya fans have been waiting for. It features Suriya in a never-before-seen avatar and offers endless fan service through callbacks to the star's filmography. But it is also RJ Balaji's film, out and out, one in which he plays to his strengths and emerges largely victorious in the enormous challenge of helming a mass hero film.
Con City
2026 · The Hindu
Con City is the latest addition to the long list of Tamil mid-budget flicks that rely too heavily on an interesting one-liner to squander away character depth and ingenuity. After a point, when the convenient turns pile up one after the other, the film doesn't have the wit to turn it all into a comedy, and you can't help but feel indifference towards the characters. Overall, Con City only feels like watching a worn-out magician energetically perform a long-debunked magic trick.