Reviews

Vivo X200T review: Quietly premium, thoughtfully tuned

Vivo X200T review examines design, display, performance, battery life, cameras, software experience, and value in India, highlighting strengths, limitations, and everyday usability across gaming, photography, and long-term use scenarios today.

Jack Twitter Review: Siddhu Jonnalagadda starrer Telugu film fails to impress the audience

Telugu movie Jack starring Siddhu Jonnalagadda has hit theaters today, April 10 and the movie has not been able to generate enough buzz. On X too fans have been left disappointed with the film.

IFFK 2024 'Swaha' review: An arresting spiritual take on the tyranny of fate of Bihar’s Musahars

29th International Film Festival of Kerala: Abhilash Sharma’s award-winning sophomore film, the Magahi-language drama 'Swaha' ('In the Name of Fire') had its India premiere in the Indian Cinema Now segment of the ongoing festival in Thiruvananthapuram.

‘Poem of the Wind’ review: The Tamil indie makes an Agam-Puram probe into masculinity

Ramakaushalyan Ramakrishnan's debut feature film 'Poem of the Wind', which premiered at the 13th Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF), has as its executive producer Parth Saurabh of 'Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar' fame.

Thalaivettiyaan Paalayam Review: This superb Tamil remake of Panchayat is a subversive revisit to the rural utopia

Thalaivettiyaan Paalayam web series review: The Viral Fever (TVF) produced and Naga directed Tamil remake of the very popular 'Panchayat' Amazon Prime Video series, stays faithful to the original with subversive tweaks, and stars standup comic Abishek Kumar in the lead role of the panchayat secretary.

Ministry dissolves Standing Committee on Statistics citing overlap with Sample Survey panel

The stats ministry noted that the survey terms of the SCoS were overlapping with the Steering Committee formed earlier this year

Salim-Javed’s Angry Young Men Review: Diplomatic Salman Khan & frank Honey Irani in a wholesome not holistic documentary

Angry Young Men Review: Salman Khan Productions, Excel Media Entertainment, Tiger Baby produced three-part Salim-Javed docu-series, on Prime Video, covers the duo's rise to the top, delivering 22 (of 24) blockbusters, and fall. They were the stars, they were the brats.

Manorathangal Review: Fahadh Faasil talks to a cat; the Mammootty, Mohanlal and Parvathy starrer MT Vasudevan anthology has more misses than hits

Manorathangal Zee5 Anthology Review: The highly anticipated 'Manorathangal' features the best of creative talents in Malayalam film industry, prominent filmmakers, actors, technicians and actor Kamal Haasan introduces the nine stories of the anthology, based on the stories written by MT Vasudevan Nair, an epitome of Malayalam literature.

Ulajh Review: Gulshan Devaiah shadows Janhvi Kapoor in this dull spy thriller that takes a dig at nepotism

Ulajh spy thriller review: Sudhanshu Saria's political thriller on diplomatic missions, which released in theatres on Friday, also starring Roshan Mathew, Meiyang Chang and Rajesh Tailang, shows that saving the nation can be done minus the jingoism, but, true to its title, the film's writing is confused.

Varshangalkku Shesham review: Nivin Pauly’s cameo saves the day in Vineeth Sreenivasan’s tribute to cinema and friendship and dig at nepotism

Varshangalkku Shesham comedy drama review: Vineeth Sreenivasan’s well-intentioned, good-hearted, humorous at times but insipid film about friendship, starring Dhyan Sreenivasan and Pranav Mohanlal, released on SonyLIV.

Blackout review: Between robbing gold and becoming a cuckold, Vikrant Massey takes us on a long drive in this comedy crime caper

Blackout comedy thriller review: This directorial by Devang Shashin Bhavsar, which released on JioCinema on Friday, starring Vikrant Massey, Sunil Grover, Mouni Roy, Jisshu Sengupta, Chhaya Kadam, Ruhani Sharma, Prasad Oak, is a light-minded watch.

The Great Indian Kapil Show Review: More of the same as Netflix places its biggest bet for growth yet

Ranbir Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor make the first batch of guests in a show that, barring the welcome return of Sunil Grover, offers much of the same in Netflix’s search of the mainstream.

Madgaon Express Review: Hindi Cinema finally has its own ‘The Hangover’

Divyenndu Sharma, Pratik Gandhi and Avinash Tiwary all shine in a cantankerous buddy comedy that finally pulls the pin on the ‘Goa plan’.

Amazon Prime Video’s Ae Watan Mere Watan Review: Sara Ali Khan Struggles in Film that Squanders a Great Untold Legacy

Sara Ali Khan can’t quite fill the shoes of a young freedom fighter in a film that knows its ceiling but can’t quite build the ladder to get anywhere close to it.

Swatantra Veer Savarkar Review: Randeep Hooda the Director outshines the Actor in Strangely Fascinating Yarn

Randeep Hooda acts and directs a lengthy homage to VD Savarkar, in a strangely hypnotic film stolen by the Hooda who sat behind the camera.

Disney+Hotstar’s Lootere Review: Absorbing Thriller Marries Impressive Scale with Ambitious Storytelling

Lootere is sprawling but cogent, obsessively detailed and beguilingly shot on a scale rarely visible on Indian streaming.

Telugu film 'Mix Up' review: A Messy Narrative That Leaves You Longing For More

The characters' motivations remain shallow, lacking depth or justification for their actions.

POCO X6 Neo first impressions review: 5 cool features to check out

The POCO X6 Neo costs Rs 14,999 for the 8GB/128GB option and Rs 16,999 for the 12GB/256GB variant.

Book Review: India’s mittelstand is robust and raring to go, notes 'Beyond Three Generations'

While family businesses constitute about 75% of the Indian economy a whopping 90% of them are MSMEs. The new book 'Beyond Three Generations: The Definitive Guide to Building Enduring Indian Family Businesses' profiles a dozen such enterprises, their business dimensions and what such firms should not do.

Manjummel Boys Review: Of male friendships and Soubin Shahir in a moving, engaging survival drama

The bonding between the characters, in the Malayalam drama based on a real incident, looks very lived-in and Soubin Shahir stands out with his subtlety.

Strays Review: Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx lead delightfully foul-mouthed canine revenge comedy

Four dogs take revenge on an abusive owner in a film so gloriously indecent and against the grain, it might just be the best comedy of the year.

Zee5’s Lantrani review: A welcome, charming but uneven anthology about rural anxieties and dysfunction

Two of Lantrani’s three short films made by National Award-winning directors, are likeable but also hamstrung by a woke, urban lens.

Review: JioCinema’s Equals is a delightful survey of India’s undernourished musical traditions

Equals is a welcome act of preservation and a significant creative update on the insipid attempts of the past.

Malaikottai Vaaliban review: Even Mohanlal can’t lift Lijo Jose Pellissery’s unoriginal narrative that feels like an Amar Chitra Katha retelling

The fantasy world of Vaaliban is neither a spectacle nor is immersive. Mohanlal is smooth as butter in action sequences but almost embarrassing in romance scenes.

HanuMan Review: Teja Sajja’s film is Ambitious and Energetic if not Original

Directed and written by Prashanth Varma, HanuMan is ambitious and spirited but bogged down by underwhelming catalysts and outdated elements.