Janani K
India Today
Most Divergent Takes
- Magudam (2026)2.0 vs TRM 4.6-2.6
- Blast (2026)4.0 vs TRM 5.7-1.7
- KGF Chapter 2 (2022)7.0 vs TRM 5.4+1.6
- The Raja Saab (2026)3.0 vs TRM 4.3-1.3
- Con City (2026)4.0 vs TRM 5.2-1.2
Ananthan Kaadu
2026 · India Today
Director Jiyen Krishnakumar's Ananthan Kaadu, starring Arya, Murali Gopy, Indrans and Vijayaraghavan, is a story about how the system never lets you win. The film has an interesting backdrop, but fails to achieve a cohesive story.
Heartin
2026 · India Today
The film took a formulaic approach and could have benefited from better performances from its women.
Con City
2026 · India Today
Director Harish Durairaj's Con City, starring Arjun Das, Anna Ben, Yogi Babu and Vadivukkarasi, is a film about a family that scams. While it's an interesting idea, the film gets pulled down by randomness.
Blast
2026 · India Today
Director Subash K Raj's Blast is an interesting dark thriller with promising ideas. However, the film's predictable screenplay and long runtime keep it from reaching its full potential.
Magudam
2026 · India Today
This revenge saga has a story that feels borrowed from the 1940s. But director Vishal dusts off the dated premise and brings it into 2026 with a lousy screenplay and hideous visual effects.
Khalifa: The Ruler
2026 · India Today
Director Vysakh's Khalifa, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Neil Nitin Mukesh, is a template masala entertainer that lacks heart and conviction. The film relies heavily on Prithviraj's swag rather than a compelling story.
Bethlehem Kudumba Unit
2026 · India Today
Director Girish AD's Bethlehem Kudumba Unit is one such film — full of little moments, innocence, laughter and heart. This Onam, Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju gift us a fuzzy little film that is all heart. Bethlehem Kudumba Unit may not reinvent the romantic comedy, but it understands something more important: sometimes, a film doesn't need to be revolutionary. It just needs to make you leave the theatre feeling a little lighter.
Hi
2026 · India Today
Director Vishnu Edavan's Hi, starring Nayanthara and Kavin, is a harmless romantic comedy that has some delightful stretches. The film aims for low-stakes and achieves them too.
Once More
2026 · India Today
Once More is a promising debut from Vignesh Srikanth, with enough sensitivity, warmth and good performances to make it work in parts. But whenever the film gets a chance to push beyond familiar romantic-drama territory, it retreats into cliches.
Rao Bahadur
2026 · India Today
The film, built on a theatrical setup, takes a while to warm up but leaves you with plenty of afterthoughts.
Gatta Kusthi 2
2026 · India Today
The film's lopsided take on gender politics and comedy that never lands make it a sequel that could have been done away with.
Jana Nayagan
2026 · India Today
Director H Vinoth's film, starring Vijay, Mamitha Baiju and Bobby Deol, wants to be both a commercial entertainer and a TVK manifesto, and ends up doing justice to neither.
I, Nobody
2026 · India Today
I, Nobody could easily have been 30 minutes shorter. It overstays its welcome, and that keeps it from the greatness it clearly has the ambition for. The promise of a heist thriller with a fresh screenplay treatment is real – the stumble in the last act is what stops it from getting there.
DC
2026 · India Today
Director Arun Matheswaran's DC is an engaging and arresting revenge thriller that dials up on violence, while embracing it. Composer Anirudh's work does its magic and stays with you long after the credits roll.
Idhayam Murali
2026 · India Today
The film lands its biggest laughs through cameos and comedy but struggles to deepen its relationships.
Vishwanath & Sons
2026 · India Today
Vishwanath and Sons is a wholesome film whose shortcomings don't get in the way too much. The primary cast – Suriya, Mamitha and Radikaa – makes it work, with wonderful performances that elevate the material despite the second half pulling back from being extraordinary.
Nooru Sami
2026 · India Today
Director Sasi's remarriage drama means well, but trips often. While the story has great potential, it has many shortcomings in terms of its presentation.
Maa Inti Bangaram
2026 · India Today
Director Nandini Reddy's Maa Inti Bangaaram, starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Gulshan Devaiah, is a female-led commercial film with great action. It is also a film that proves women can headline an action drama and do it convincingly.
The Raja Saab
2026 · India Today
Director Maruthi's The Raja Saab, starring Prabhas, Sanjay Dutt and Nidhhi Agerwal, is a fantasy horror comedy that relies heavily on the lead actor. However, there's hardly anything that's redeemable in this soulless film.
Baby Girl
2026 · India Today
The film struggles to balance drama and thriller elements, ultimately failing to do justice to either genre.
Kara
2026 · India Today
Director Vignesh Raja's Kara, starring Dhanush, Mamitha Baiju and Suraj Venjaramoodu, is a film about a robber caught in a life-altering situation that pulls him back into crime. It has some solid sequences, but doesn't quite come together as a whole.
Patriot
2026 · India Today
With intelligent writing and a grounded vision, it is spy cinema done right — minor shortcomings and all.
Karuppu
2026 · India Today
Director RJ Balaji's Karuppu, starring Suriya, Trisha and himself, is a fantasy courtroom drama that exposes how corruption is deeply ingrained in the system. While the film taps into a familiar idea, it doesn't capitalise and use it to its full potential.
Identity
2025 · India Today
The film is engaging despite being convenient in many places.
Maranamass
2025 · India Today
The film has plenty of laughs, but also meanders as it progresses.
Veeran
2023 · India Today
Director ARK Saravan's Veeran is a superhero film that has many interesting ideas. However, the major shortcoming is the pacing of the film.
RRR
2022 · India Today
RRR is a terrific film with brilliant performances and amazing set-pieces. Director SS Rajamouli's RRR is an epic war drama featuring Ram Charan and Jr NTR in lead roles, with both actors delivering career-best performances.
KGF Chapter 2
2022 · India Today
Director Prashanth Neel's KGF: Chapter 2 starring Yash, Sanjay Dutt and Raveena Tandon is a paisa-vasool action entertainer. With several goosebumps-inducing build-up scenes, the film is a worthy sequel to KGF: Chapter 1.
Pushpa: The Rise
2021 · India Today
Director Sukumar's Pushpa: The Rise starring Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh Faasil follows a familiar template of a gangster thriller. Allu Arjun delivers his best in this otherwise cliched film.
KGF-1
2018 · India Today
Director Prashanth Neel's KGF starring Yash is a riveting gangster drama that goes wrong in many places.