Most Divergent Takes
- Nagabandham (2026)1.0 vs TRM 4.1-3.1
- With Love (2026)8.0 vs TRM 6.0+2.0
- Irumudi (2026)4.0 vs TRM 6.0-2.0
- Dacoit (2026)7.0 vs TRM 5.1+1.9
- Sing Geetham (2026)8.0 vs TRM 6.3+1.7
DC
2026 · Indian Express
Lokesh Kanagaraj-starrer is a moody, visually rich drama that falls short
Lenin
2026 · Indian Express
Akhil Akkineni shines in this intense rural drama inspired by the Mahabharata, set against a village's annual jatara.
Kara
2026 · Indian Express
Vignesh Raja's period heist drama is like watching two films. The first half is gripping, tense and emotionally precise. The second tests your patience. Dhanush, as always, makes them both worth watching.
Made in Korea
2026 · Indian Express
Made in Korea keeps playing it safe when it should have been brave enough to go deeper. You leave it feeling pleasant rather than moved, entertained rather than affected. For a film that begins with the image of a girl climbing an elephant for a signal, that is a little disappointing.
Karuppu
2026 · Indian Express
One of Suriya's strongest performances in years is delivered in a film that is only half as good as he is. Suriya is why this film works and why he is worth watching. Karuppu is flawed in ways it cannot hide. But it has Suriya at his most committed, a first half that delivers, and enough big moments to make the ticket worth it.
Rao Bahadur
2026 · Indian Express
Director Venkatesh Maha returns after five years with a psychological thriller that slowly creeps under your skin and makes you appreciate cinema as an artform. Satyadev delivers a career-best performance.
With Love
2026 · Indian Express
With Love is the kind of film that won't blow you away with spectacle, but it will sit quietly in your chest for days afterward. It's a film about looking back at the people who shaped you without realizing it, about the courage it takes to say what you feel, and about the strange, wonderful possibility that the right person might have been there all along, you just weren't ready to see them yet.
Peddi
2026 · Indian Express
Buchi Babu Sana comes into his second film with a genuinely interesting idea at its core, and Ram Charan makes the most of it. But at 189 minutes, Peddi carries too much weight in the wrong places, and not enough where it counts.
Maa Inti Bangaram
2026 · Indian Express
Samantha Ruth Prabhu finally lands on solid ground after the misfires of Shaakuntalam and Yashoda. The action carries the film, even when the emotional writing struggles to keep pace.
Sing Geetham
2026 · Indian Express
The result is fantastical, ambitious, and unlike anything Telugu cinema has put on screen before.
Varavu
2026 · Indian Express
Joju George is towering as Paulson, but a bloated second act and old-school treatment keeps it from being the complete package.
Jana Nayagan
2026 · Indian Express
H Vinoth's political action drama gives Vijay the mass moments his fans want but wraps them in a film that feels a decade too late. Bobby Deol's track is a mess, the VFX is poor, and the emotional core is lost in translation.
Srinivasa Mangapuram
2026 · Indian Express
The film's romantic crime drama loses itself in violence, failing to balance the love story with its darker elements.
Korean Kanakaraju
2026 · Indian Express
Merlapaka Gandhi's horror comedy reduces an entire nationality to a punchline, turns its female lead into a K-pop stereotype, and delivers an AI-heavy climax that is painful to watch. Comedian Satya is the only reason to stay and watch the film.
Aadarsha Kutumbam House No: 47
2026 · Indian Express
Aadarsha Kutumbam is a film of two halves, and the difference in quality between them is stark enough to be the defining issue. The first half is Trivikram at or near his best when it comes to domestic comedy, aided by a Venkatesh performance that reminds you why he has lasted this long. The second half is Trivikram on autopilot, leaning on action set pieces and a crime plot that does not have the sharpness or emotional weight to match what came before.
Romanchakam
2026 · Indian Express
Romanchakam has a lead pair you want to root for, a friends' gang that makes you laugh and a runtime that tests your patience. A messy love story that's frustrating to watch.
The Paradise
2026 · Indian Express
The Paradise is a film that reads like a first draft. Nani's physical commitment and sincere performance, the first half's action set pieces, Anirudh's songs and the production design prevent it from being a disaster. But the repetitive screenplay, the underused supporting cast, the flat second half, the anticlimactic climax and the poorly written heroine track leave the film well short of what Dasara promised Odela's second film would be.
Nagabandham
2026 · Indian Express
Abhishek Nama's mythological adventure has the money and the scale. What it does not have is writing strong enough to hold three hours together.
I, Nobody
2026 · Indian Express
Nissam Basheer's bank heist thriller reunites Prithviraj Sukumaran and Parvathy Thiruvothu after years, but a bloated runtime, a sagging middle act and a mystery that does not justify its length restrict it.
Sigma
2026 · Indian Express
Sigma is a heist film that forgets to steal your attention. The core problem with Sigma is that the screenplay does not understand the mechanics of the genre it is operating in, with the plan presented but not stress-tested and complications introduced but not explored.
418
2026 · Indian Express · Oct 2026
418, the Prashanth Neel-presented horror thriller, fails to honour this, other than in its middle act that the rest of the film does not deserve. It is not a bad horror film but a frustrating one.
Ranabaali
2026 · Indian Express · Oct 2026
Ranabaali is the kind of film you want to defend because the intention behind it is so clearly good... All of that is admirable. None of it exempts the film from working as a film. It can be deeply researched, beautifully intentioned and still not work as a piece of cinema if it cannot find the discipline to match its ambition.
Baththa
2026 · Indian Express · Oct 2026
Baththa is a film about that realisation, and what it feels to experience kindness. It is also, unexpectedly, one of the most original and humane Tamil films of all time. What makes Baththa work is not one thing. It is everything arriving at the same place at the same time.
Epic
2026 · Indian Express · Sep 2026
Anand Deverakonda and Vaishnavi Chaitanya have genuine chemistry but the film is undone by a sluggish narrative that circles the same emotional territory for two hours.
Sardar 2
2026 · Indian Express · Sep 2026
PS Mithran's sequel to his 2022 hit is undone by childish execution, poor CGI, an overlong runtime and a script that can't land its big ideas.
Mandaadi
2026 · Indian Express · Sep 2026
Actor Soori anchors the film with a physical performance that adds to his growing reputation as a serious leading man, but the screenplay struggles to sustain its unique premise across the full runtime.
Irumudi
2026 · Indian Express · Aug 2026
Ravi Teja fails to break free from his streak of failures with Shiva Nirvana's film despite delivering one of his strongest performances in recent years.
Magudam
2026 · Indian Express · Aug 2026
Vishal's directorial debut Magudam is an ambitious, action-heavy revenge saga that boasts committed performances across three timelines, but struggles with a screenplay that cannot always hold its multi-layered structure together.
Vishwanath & Sons
2026 · Indian Express · Aug 2026
Suriya returns to the family entertainer genre after nearly two decades, delivering a warm, sincere romantic drama that works largely on the strength of its performances, and less on the script.
Dacoit
2026 · Indian Express · Apr 2026
Adivi Sesh has built his career on choosing stories with something to say, and Dacoit fits that pattern. If you are willing to sit with a film that earns its emotional punches slowly rather than announcing them early, and has the ability to take you by surprise, Dacoit will give you what you came for. It is the kind of film that stays with you a little longer than you expected it to.
Love Insurance Kompany
2026 · Indian Express · Apr 2026
Love Insurance Kompany is the most interesting Tamil romantic film in recent memory, even when it is not quite the best version of itself. There are not many filmmakers working in this space who would even ask the question this film is asking. It brings a concept to Tamil romantic comedy that the genre had not tried before, executes it with strong performances across the board.
Ustaad Bhagat Singh
2026 · Indian Express · Mar 2026
Ustaad Bhagat Singh is the kind of film that fans will find moments to cheer in, but general audiences are likely to walk out feeling they have seen this before, and done better. Pawan Kalyan does what he does best, and there is genuine enjoyment in watching him work. But a good lead performance alone cannot carry two and a half hours when the writing is outdated, the music is underwhelming, and the supporting cast is either underused or underwritten.
Mrithyunjay
2026 · Indian Express · Mar 2026
Mrithyunjay is a mixed bag that is easier to respect than it is to fully enjoy. It is controlled, confident in its genre, and anchored by a Sree Vishnu performance that deserves to be seen. But it is also a film that sets up a more satisfying conclusion than it is willing to deliver.
Thaai Kizhavi
2026 · Indian Express · Feb 2026
Thaai Kizhavi is a well-written, well-acted rural entertainer that works as a comedy drama, and leaves you thinking a little after the credits roll. Radikaa Sarathkumar reminds everyone why she belongs at the center of a film. A solid watch.