Drama
Chinna Chinna Aasai (2026): Indrans and Madhoo Anchor a Gentle, Risk-Filled Two-Hander
Varsha Vasudev throws a curveball in Tamil cinema: two strangers, Leela and Madhavan Mash, meet by chance in Varanasi, and the next hour is measured…
Malayalam
Mollywood Times (2026): Naslen’s Cinema Dream Risks Ambition Over Execution
A small-town teenager fixates on directing films, pleading with his father for a video camera in the opening moments, a request that crystallizes both his…
അവിചാരിതം (2026): A Malayalam Film Lost to Verification Limbo
അവിചാരിതം, the Malayalam word itself carries weight, suggesting something unforeseen or unexpected, arrives as a 2026 release shrouded in the kind of obscurity that defines…
Karakkam (2026): Subhash Lalitha Subrahmanian’s Comedy-Horror Hybrid Gamble
A possessed house and its increasingly unhinged inhabitants spiral through Malayalam cinema’s familiar supernatural-comedy framework, testing whether genre collision can salvage what appears to be…
Kattalan (2026): Antony Varghese Enters Malayalam Action’s Highest-Stakes Gamble
A man stands alone against forces designed to crush him, no shield, no mercy, only forward motion. Kattalan arrives as a Malayalam action-thriller positioned to…
Bhishmar (2026): Dhyan Sreenivasan Anchors a Quiet Night That Whispers Instead of Roars
A vegetable vendor in Palakkad receives an unexpected plea from a stranger to help rescue his girlfriend, and what unfolds across a single night is…
Oru Durooha Saahacharyathil (2026): Kunchacko Boban’s Commitment Can’t Anchor Uneven Thriller
Sethu performs as a dead man inside his home, a quirky masquerade born from his paralyzed brother’s refusal to grieve. When a wounded stranger arrives…
Vaazha II (2026): Savin SA Chases Laughs Over Lingering Emotion
Four friends spiral through adulthood marked as liabilities, parents disappointed, schools indifferent, society labeling them failures before they’ve begun. Vaazha II widens the lens on…
Pallichattambi (2026): Dijo Jose Antony Crafts a Period Thriller Around Tovino Thomas
A scheming small-town man navigating British-era power structures, where every risky plan collapses back onto its architect, is the kind of premise that lives or…
Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam (2026): Saiju Kurup’s Comedy Sequel Bets on Familiar Faces
Sequels to surprise comedy hits carry a peculiar burden, the first film’s charm was accidental, unrepeatable, and deeply personal to its original audience. Mohiniyattam, the…
Aadu 3 (2026): Midhun’s Craft Buckles Under Its Own Ambition
A fortified gate in 1790. Maharaja Padmanabhan Thampuran and Azam Khan in a charged confrontation. Then, the same crumbling location in 2025, where Paapan and…
Prathichaya (2026): Nivin Pauly Carries stands out while the narrative loses grip
A Kerala Chief Minister’s liquor policy triggers left-wing protests on the streets while his IT entrepreneur son quietly seals a data deal with a Russian…