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Mayasabha (2025) 4/5 EDIT “Both tactile and kinetic, Mayasabha is an intriguing roll of the dice that yields haunting, if not delicate, results. ” – NDTV Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Mardaani 3 (2026) 3.5/5 EDIT “[The first half of the film] is followed by another hour and a bit that is nearly just as good, making the film as flawless as a genre film can ever be in terms of both its writing and its crafting.” – NDTV Jan 31, 2026 Full Review Border 2 (2026) 73% 3/5 EDIT “It is inevitable for a movie this long to occasionally sink into tedium. Border 2 does. But it has just enough ammunition in its armoury to be able to keep blitzkrieg going no matter what.” – NDTV Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Parasakthi (2026) 2.5/5 EDIT “Parasakthi, in spite of the star power, is a completely different kettle of fish because it does not for the most part look to deliver big-on-booming-ballistics kind of entertainment.” – NDTV Jan 12, 2026 Full Review The Raja Saab (2025) 2/5 EDIT “Prabhas tries hard, very hard indeed, to lift the film out of its morass but it is all akin to tilting at windmills. Flitting between two personas - invincible action hero and sociable young man - the actor stretches himself thin. ” – NDTV Jan 9, 2026 Full Review Ikkis (2025) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “Dharmendra's final screen appearance enormously enriches an emotionally engaging, if not viscerally rousing, film that pivots around a pair of key performances from lead actor Agastya Nanda and Jaideep Ahlawat.” – NDTV Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri (2025) 10% 2.5/5 EDIT “Flip, frivolous and not as much fun as it aspires to be: that about sums up the first half of Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri.” – NDTV Dec 30, 2025 Full Review Tere Ishk Mein (2025) 33% 2/5 EDIT “While the score works, little else in the film is music. Tere Ishk Mein is a love story that is an advertisement that love can do without.” – NDTV Dec 3, 2025 Full Review 120 Bahadur (2025) 73% 3/5 EDIT “120 Bahadur is consistently watchable because it is aware of where it is going and is able to get there without letting the pitfalls of the genre deflect it from its path.” – NDTV Nov 20, 2025 Full Review Haq (2025) 77% 3/5 EDIT “...Haq tackles an emotive and sensitive topic. It could easily have gone overboard. That it does not is the film's greatest strength.” – NDTV Nov 5, 2025 Full Review The Taj Story (2025) 2/5 EDIT “Notwithstanding the title, The Taj Story does not have much of a story to tell. What it does peddle by way of a narrative has not only been done to death over the decades but has also been debunked in several courts of the land, including the apex one.” – NDTV Nov 3, 2025 Full Review Thamma (2025) 33% 2.5/5 EDIT “Thamma, scripted by Munjya writer Niren Bhatt in collaboration with Suresh Mathew and Arun Fulara, blends a steadily solemn streak with a sustained spirt of playfulness.” – NDTV Oct 21, 2025 Full Review Bison (2025) 3/5 EDIT “Mari Selvaraj blends two dimensions of his film - sport and life as reflections of each other - and brings them alive in fascinating unison.” – NDTV Oct 17, 2025 Full Review Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1 (2025) 85% 3/5 EDIT “Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1 is a manic, sometimes befuddling, mix of history, myth, cinematic craft and performative power. When the disparate components and conceits blend well, it is an undeniably compelling watch. ” – NDTV Oct 2, 2025 Full Review Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025) 20% 2.5/5 EDIT “Parts of the film are funny all right, but the flimsy and frivolous foundation on which the lightweight narrative stands often gives way to wobbly passages.” – NDTV Oct 2, 2025 Full Review They Call Him OG (2025) 2.5/5 EDIT “The film is written and directed by Sujeeth of Saaho fame with an eye on pleasing the star's fan base with more than they can bargain for rather than on serving the cause of the medium and the script.” – NDTV Sep 26, 2025 Full Review Nishaanchi (2025) 64% 3/5 EDIT “...Nishaanchi brims with raw action, earthy humour and gnarled emotions that frequently unleash full-blown violence. Notwithstanding its ups and downs, the film retains its crackle all the way through.” – NDTV Sep 26, 2025 Full Review Baaghi 4 (2025) 2.5/5 EDIT “If you are looking for a positive, let's say this: it is mounted and filmed with a semblance of flair. If only it had a stronger script to go with all the vim and vigour, it might have been a somewhat different story. ” – NDTV Sep 6, 2025 Full Review Coolie (2025) 3/5 EDIT “...Rajini's all-encompassing persona powers the film along when it tends to flag a touch or is in danger of losing its way a bit in a maze of sporadic subplots and backstories.” – NDTV Aug 15, 2025 Full Review Son of Sardaar 2 (2025) 15% 1.5/5 EDIT “Films that try extremely hard to make us laugh often end up becoming laughable. Not that all of Son of Sardaar 2 is a washout. It does have its moments...but taken together they do not translate into a passably meaningful whole.” – NDTV Aug 4, 2025 Full Review Sweet Dreams (2025) 2.5/5 EDIT “Is Sweet Dreams more than the sum of its parts? Not really, but its air of sustained light-heartedness ensures that it is taken for what it is - a frothy yet genteel take on the dynamics of love, dating and telepathy.” – NDTV Jul 26, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% 3/5 EDIT “What serves The Fantastic Four: First Steps...best are the actors, who breathe life into the characters even when they do not appear to be etched with the required sharpness.” – NDTV Jul 25, 2025 Full Review Tanvi: The Great (2025) 2/5 EDIT “The film makes the right noises but its strokes, despite being consistently well-directed, are delivered without ambiguity and nuance. Its emotive tugs and pulls are both laborious and inconsistent.” – NDTV Jul 18, 2025 Full Review Maalik (2025) 23% 2/5 EDIT “The overlong, ultra-violent crime drama revels in assiduously abiding by the rules of the game. It does not make even a token attempt to break new ground. ” – NDTV Jul 12, 2025 Full Review Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) 50% 2/5 EDIT “Yes, Jurassic World Rebirth isn't quite the shot in arm that it could have been for a fading, if not altogether moribund, idea. It is a pale shadow of all that has gone before, a cinematic mutant that moviegoers could have done without. ” – NDTV Jul 7, 2025 Full Review
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