Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Vivan Batena, Raashii Khanna, Ankit Siwach, Dhanveer Singh, Sparsh Walia, Eijaz Khan, Ashutosh Shukla, Atul Singh, Ajinkya Deo, Brijesh Karanwal, Devendra Ahirwar, Digvijay Pratap Singh, Fredy Chan, Marcus Mok
(2.5/5)This film was meant to be a tribute, but the sub-standard treatment doesn’t allow it to be impactful
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Jaideep Ahlawat, Sharib Hashmi, Priyamani, Ashlesha Thakur, Vedant Sinha, Nimrat Kaur, Aditya Srivastava and Jugal Hansraj
(3.5/5)But between predictable and surprising, massy and classy, the series retains its mojo
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Sunita Mani, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Demetriou, Zoë Chao, Kate McKinnon
(2.5/5)The film is another spin on Warren Adler’s 1981 novel ‘The War of the Roses’
Cast: Dhruv Vikram, Pasupathy, Ameer, Lal, Anupama Parameswaran, Rajisha Vijayan and Azhagam Perumal
(3.5/5)It stands out as a poignant social drama wrapped in the energy of a sports film
The series is ambitious, experimental and unapologetically weird, flipping the outbreak trope on its head
Cast: Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Michael Cera, Colman Domingo, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, William H Macy, Emilia Jones, Michael Cera, Daniel Ezra, Sean Hayes, Katy O’Brian, Martin Herlihy, Karl Glusman, David Zayas
(2.5/5)The adaptation feels more like a desperate attempt to cash in on the prevalent divisive political climate
Cast: Shefali Shah, Huma Qureshi, Rasika Dugal, Rajesh Tailang, Jaya Bhattacharya, Mita Vashisht, Anuraag Arora and Sayani Gupta
(3/5)The series unmasks the gory world of sexual trafficking and how unsuspecting vulnerable girls are drawn into its clutches
Cast: Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Mark O’Brien, Colin Hanks, Wrenn Schmidt, Lydia Peckham, Richard E Grant
(3.5/5)Told from the perspective of psychiatrist Dr Douglas Kelley, played by Rami Malek, the film is largely a psychological drama
Cast: Manav Kaul, Neelofar Hamid, Arista Mehta, Bhasha Sumbli and Ashwini Koul
(2.5/5)The novelty of the film lies in the way it hints at supernatural forces without immediately revealing their rules or intentions
The film is a unique experiment in the horror genre and makes for an interesting viewing experience
Cast: Harshvardhan Rane, Sonam Bajwa, Shaad Randhawa, Anant Mahadevan, Sachin Khedekar, Shailesh Korde, Rajesh Khera
Harshvardhan Rane is framed with a lot of care but his performance gets close to being a parody of Nana Patekar’s in ‘Parinda’
Cast: Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hanks, Riz Ahmed
It is a satire that’s melancholic, a comedy that’s philosophic, a fashion show for existential dilemmas
Cast: Arshad Warsi, Jitendra Kumar, Tara Alisha Berry, Devas Dikshit, Hemant Saini and Ayesha Kaduskar
This tale of a serial killer is not exactly riding on the thrills or tropes of whodunit
Cast: Pankaj Kapoor, Harish Verma, Sandeep Kaur Sidhu, Dhiraj Kumar, Seema Kaushal, Sunita Dhir, BN Sharma, Sukhi Chahal, Navdeep Kaler, Tisha Kaur, Arvinder Kaur, Samuel John, Mehar Gill, Parkash Gadhu, Sahab Singh, Gurpreet Bhangu, Narinder Gakhar, Lucky Dhaliwal
The story follows Chaman Lal, a respected trader in a scenic yet regressive village, raising four daughters
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh, Sherry Cola, Joe Anoa’I
Keanu Reeves plays a well-meaning low-level angel, Gabriel, who tries to work his magic into the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy capitalist
Cast: Victoria Beckham, David Beckham, Donatella Versace, Tom Ford, Anna Wintour
It introduces itself like many celebrity vanity projects: a montage of the press dissecting the Posh Spice-turned-footballer’s wife-turned-fashion mogul
Cast: Rishab Shetty, Jayaram, Rukmini Vasanth, Gulshan Devaiah, Pramod Shetty, Naveen D Padil, Rakesh Poojari and Prakash Thuminad
(4/5)Call it a cinematic marvel, an ethereal experience, masterclass in how not to get a franchise wrong, ‘Kantara’s’ prequel reinforces how legends are born
