Sanjay Ponnappa
India Today
Sanjay Ponnappa is an entertainment journalist and assistant producer at India Today who primarily focuses on cinema, regional films, and OTT releases.
Most Divergent Takes
- Korean Kanakaraju (2026)3.0 vs TRM 5.0-2.0
- Mother Promise (2026)7.0 vs TRM 5.7+1.3
- Kattalan (2026)4.0 vs TRM 4.7-0.7
- Karavali (2026)5.0 vs TRM 5.5-0.5
- Graamaayana (2026)5.0 vs TRM 5.5-0.5
Korean Kanakaraju
2026 · India Today
Korean Kanakaraju is a classic case of a film with an amusing premise but no idea how to sustain it beyond the first few laughs. What could have been a quirky cross-cultural horror-comedy ends up becoming a painfully shallow commercial entertainer that mistakes randomness for humour and scale for spectacle.
KD – The Devil
2026 · India Today
This Dhruva Sarja-Sanjay Dutt-starrer period action drama is entertaining in bits but is mostly loud, messy and violent.
Karavali
2026 · India Today
With beautiful visuals and intriguing ideas, Gurudatta Ganiga's coastal drama offers moments of genuine thrill but ultimately feels incomplete due to its lack of clarity and depth.
Kattalan
2026 · India Today
Kattalan is all style, little substance. The film presents a stylised tale of elephant tusk smugglers caught in a power struggle, but the pan-Indian approach weakens what could have been a promising thriller.
Graamaayana
2026 · India Today
Directed by Devanuru Chandru, the rural drama starring Vinay Rajkumar, Megha Shetty, and Gopalkrishna Deshpande impresses in parts but falls short of leaving a lasting impact.
Unmadham
2026 · India Today
Kunchacko Boban's mystery crime thriller, written by Shahi Kabir and directed by debutant Kiran Das, sets up a strong premise but gets lost in direction in all the chaos towards the end.
Mother Promise
2026 · India Today
Dhananjaya's Mother Promise embraces absurdity with confidence, delivering relentless laughs, quirky characters and enough heart to leave audiences walking out of theatres with a smile.
Bromance
2025 · India Today
The Malayalam comedy film offers chaotic gags which are only effective in parts.