Author: Vijay Varma

Nani and director Srikanth Odela are back together after Dasara, and The Paradise is a pretty big departure from the kind of roles we usually associate with the actor. Set in 1980s Secunderabad, the film throws Nani into a much rougher world, where crime, violence and survival are part of everyday life. There was quite a bit of hype around the reunion, and the film certainly doesn’t hold back when it comes to scale or aggression. Nani is joined by Kayadu Lohar, Mohan Babu, Sampoornesh Babu, Sonali Kulkarni and Raghav Juyal, with Anirudh Ravichander handling the music and Sudhakar Cherukuri…

Adivi Sesh’s G2, the sequel to his 2018 spy thriller Goodachari, finally has a release date. The makers have announced that the film will arrive in theatres worldwide on February 5, 2027, following months of production across several locations. The movie is being planned as a pan-India release and will hit theatres in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. With a bigger international setting and a new team behind the camera, G2 is looking to expand the world introduced in the first film. G2 Production and Release Details CategoryDetailsTitleG2 (Goodachari 2)GenreSpy action thrillerLead ActorAdivi SeshCastWamiqa Gabbi, Emraan Hashmi, Supriya Yarlagadda,…

Rashmika Mandanna is set to take on one of the more unusual roles of her career. The actor has been officially announced to play legendary Carnatic vocalist and Bharat Ratna recipient M.S. Subbulakshmi in a new pan-India biopic, tentatively titled MS – A Legacy On Screen. Her casting puts an end to the speculation that had been going around about who would play the music icon. The film was officially launched in Chennai at The Music Academy, on the occasion of M.S. Subbulakshmi’s 110th birth anniversary. Kamal Haasan attended the event as the chief guest. The project is being directed…

I walked into a local theatre for an early morning show of Hanuman Ansh not really knowing what to expect. These days, it’s easy to assume that a film needs a huge budget, endless visual effects and some massive cinematic universe behind it to make an impact on the big screen. Hanuman Ansh takes a much simpler route. It puts its faith in the story, the characters and the cultural world it is trying to portray, and that turns out to be more than enough. A Different Kind of Theatre Experience The audience itself was interesting to watch. There were…

Anand Deverakonda and Vaishnavi Chaitanya, who became one of the more talked-about pairs after Baby, are back together with Epic – First Semester. Directed by Aditya Haasan of 90s Middle Class Biopic fame, the film moves away from the small-town setting and takes its characters to the UK, where student life, money problems, relationships and the whole idea of being independent start getting mixed together. At its best, the movie feels like a fairly easygoing look at young people trying to figure themselves out while living far away from home. It doesn’t always get the balance right, though. The Story…

After the success of Sardar, it was always going to be difficult for the sequel to live up to the expectations. Sardar 2 brings Karthi back with director P.S. Mithran, but this time the scale is much bigger. The film wants to be a proper globe-trotting spy thriller while also dealing with some very real issues around biological threats, synthetic meat and the overuse of antibiotics. There’s plenty happening on screen, and Karthi gives the film the kind of energy it needs, but the sequel doesn’t have the same tightness that made the first Sardar work so well. An Intricate…

The blood, politics and never-ending power struggles of Purvanchal have finally moved from our screens to the big screen. Mirzapur: The Movie, directed by Gurmeet Singh and written by Puneet Krishna, comes into theatres with a pretty huge amount of hype behind it, which was always going to make things difficult. The Prime Video series has a very loyal fan base, and there are certain expectations that come with that. The movie does manage to deliver when it comes to action, scale and those big confrontations, but it also feels like the filmmakers were trying to fit a world built…

After a huge theatrical run in Kerala, where it reportedly crossed ₹200 crore worldwide during the Onam 2026 season, the Malayalam romantic comedy Bethlehem Kudumba Unit has now reached Telugu audiences in a dubbed version. Mythri Movie Makers brought the film to theaters in the Telugu states, giving viewers a chance to see director Girish A.D. follow up his success with Premalu with another youth-oriented story. Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju lead the film, and going by the response from Telugu critics, the movie works best when it keeps things simple. It’s a clean, light romantic comedy built more around…

The Telugu film industry has been seeing quite a few small-budget movies trying to speak directly to younger audiences, and Romanchakam clearly wants to be one of them. Presented by Sandeep Reddy Vanga under the Bhadrakali Pictures banner and directed by Venugopal Reddy, the film stars Sumanth Prabhas and Ananthika Sanil Kumar in the lead roles. It mixes dating apps, young friendships and a missing-person mystery into a comedy that is mostly interested in keeping things light. There are enough funny situations here to make the film work as an easygoing entertainer, but once you start looking closely at the…

Not every action movie needs a ₹100-crore-plus budget, a huge promotional campaign and months of hype before release to make an impact. Blast, directed by and starring veteran action hero Arjun Sarja, is a pretty good example of that. Made for a reported ₹18 crore (according to trade estimates from Koimoi), the Tamil action thriller went on to collect more than ₹77.01 crore worldwide during its theatrical run after its May release. That puts its estimated return on investment at more than 195%, which is a very healthy result for a film that didn’t arrive with the kind of massive…