Little Thomas
Drama, Comedy (Hindi)
Seven-year-old Thomas and his family navigate life's highs and lows in 1990s Goa, echoing the style of Malgudi Days and Ruskin Bond. (more…)
Gajab Raat
Thriller, Crime (Hindi)
A corrupt, troubled cop's night spirals out of control when a reluctant act of mercy toward an injured girl pulls him into a deadly web of crime. (more…)
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Udta Teer
Comedy, Action (Hindi)
An amnesiac Pakistani spy wakes up believing he is a patriotic Indian counter-terrorism officer.
Cast:
Ayushmann Khurrana, Sara Ali Khan, Rahul Bose, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Brijendra Kala, Ram Kapoor, Mukul Dev, Suhail Nayyar, Sandeep Anand, Gulshan Grover
Director:
Aakash Kaushik
Writer:
Aakash Kaushik
Sat, October 24 2026
Ayushmann Khurrana is back in his comedic element in his new release, but does the spy comedy hold up till the end? Here is our review.
A few years back, Ayushmann Khurrana created a genre for himself by playing the everyday man in numerous slice-of-life comedies. Khurrrana has had a few releases in the last two years, but none have been able to put him back in the spot he had created and ruled (at the box office) for a considerable amount of time. Udta Teer, directed by Aakash Kaushik, brings Khurrana back to his comedic elements. While he doesn’t play a regular guy with relatable problems, Udta Teer still can be put in a genre of comedies that the actor has aced in the past. In his latest film, Khurrana plays a Pakistani spy in India, who suffers post trauma memory loss, which leads to complexities for the neighbour state. The story, also written by Kaushik, has the perfect ingredients to make for a roaring entertainer. Does it deliver? Let’s find out.
Sat, October 24 2026
इस फिल्म ‘उड़ता तीर’ (Udta Teer) की कहानी तो इसका ट्रेलर ही पूरी तरह से बता देता है कि भारत के जासूसों से परेशान पाकिस्तान ने अपना एक बंदा भारत में भेजा हुआ है। एक हादसे में इस बंदे की याद्दाश्त चली जाती है। उसे अब देशभक्ति तो याद है लेकिन देश याद नहीं है। कभी पाकिस्तान को खबरें भेजने वाला बंदा अब जय हिन्द कहते हुए पाकिस्तान से आए बंदों को चुन-चुन कर मार रहा है। ‘धुरंधर’ के आने के बाद यह तो खैर तय हो गया था कि अब जब कभी भी हिन्दी सिनेमा के पर्दे पर जासूसों, एजेंटों की बात होगी, हिन्दुस्तान-पाकिस्तान की बात होगी तो उसे सीधे ‘धुरंधर’ से तौला जाएगा। यही कारण है कि यशराज जैसे बड़े बैनर से आई बड़े-बड़े सितारों वाली ‘ऐल्फा’ को क्रिटिक्स और पब्लिक ने जम कर धोया था। ‘उड़ता तीर’ (Udta Teer) बनाने वालों ने समझदारी यह दिखाई है कि इन्होंने अपनी फिल्म को कॉमेडी के रैपर में ऐसा लपेटा है कि यह कहीं कॉमिक्स नुमा, कहीं स्पूफ नुमा तो कहीं सेटायर नुमा होती हुई आपको हंसाती रहती है। हास्य का यही तड़का इस फिल्म को देखने लायक बनाता है।
Sat, October 24 2026
It still delivers enough laughs to deserve a shot on the big screen.
Can you imagine a spy comedy that uses cross-border tensions, mistaken identities and political undertones to deliver laughs? Udta Teer, directed by Aakash Kaushik, starts on a high note and promises a thoroughly entertaining ride. The film gets its comic timing right early on, and the first half is genuinely hilarious. Unfortunately, it struggles to maintain that momentum after the interval. The biggest strength of Udta Teer is its writing in the first half. The situations are funny, the dialogue often lands, and several scenes are smartly constructed around the political context without making the humour feel forced. The film knows the absurdity of its premise and makes good use of it. There are moments when the comedy is sharp, unexpected and genuinely laugh-out-loud funny.
Doosra
Drama (Hindi)
The 2002 NatWest Final was more than a cricketing victory for India. It was a moment when a nation found its voice, and a young girl found the courage to speak her truth.
Cast:
Plabita Borthakur, Ankur Vikal, Samidha Guru, Twisha Joshi, Krishna Gokani
Director:
Abhinay Deo
Writer:
Agnello Oswin Das, Matt Graham, Zak Shaikh
Sat, October 24 2026
भारत में क्रिकेट सिर्फ एक खेल नहीं है, बल्कि वो जोश, जुनून, और जज्बा है जो हर जाति-धर्म, ऊंच-नीच से परे, हर तबके के दिल में एक सा धड़कता है। फील्ड पर एक पल में हार को जीत में बदल देने वाला यह करामाती खेल तमाम युवाओं की आंखों में सपने बोता है। क्रिकेट के इसी असर की बानगी है फिल्म ‘दूसरा’। फिल्म में क्रिकेट के मैदान पर मिली एक ऐतिहासिक जीत को घुटन भरी जिंदगी जी रही एक लड़की की आजादी से दिलचस्प अंदाज में जोड़ा गया है, लेकिन लड़की की कहानी पर कहीं न कहीं क्रिकेट का करिश्मा भारी पड़ जाता है। प्लॉट साल 1991 से 2002 तक दरम्यान का है। यहां दो कहानियां एक साथ चलती हैं। एक तरफ प्रिंस ऑफ कोलकाता सौरव गांगुली भारतीय क्रिकेट की पुरानी छवि तोड़कर कामयाबी की नई इबारतें लिख रहे थे, तो दूसरी ओर राजस्थान के एक रूढ़िवादी परिवार की बगावती बच्ची तारा (प्लाबिता बोरठाकुर) सौरव दादा की हर जीत में अपनी कामयाबी देख रही थी।
Fri, October 23 2026
The docudrama forcibly seeks parallels between the life of a small-town girl in the 1990s and the rise of Indian cricket under captain Sourav Ganguly
A small-town girl, Tara (Plabita Borthakur), grows up in a patriarchal and regressive household in 1990s Rajasthan. She wants to break free; she is different from the rest. Like millions of Indians, she finds inspiration in the clutter-breaking career of a cricketer. So we see Tara’s coming-of-age journey intercut with the story of Sourav Ganguly transforming a meek Indian cricket team into a combative force. Doosra, directed by Abhinay Deo, is a docudrama that plays out like a fragile film-school idea inflated into a feature-length production. At its best, it feels like one of those patriotic World Cup commercials with farfetched allegories and corny copywriting. The entire cricket-as-a-metaphor-for-life analogy is well past its sell-by date.
Gajab Raat
Thriller, Crime (Hindi)
A corrupt, troubled cop's night spirals out of control when a reluctant act of mercy toward an injured girl pulls him into a deadly web of crime.
Cast:
Manoj Bajpayee, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Saqib Saleem, Divya Dutta, Kiku Sharda, Shraddha Das, Rajiv Gupta, Akshay Oberoi
Director:
Ritesh Shah
Writer:
Neeraj Pandey, Ritesh Shah
Sat, October 24 2026
‘स्पेशल 26’ जैसी यादगार फिल्म देने वाली नीरज पांडे, मनोज बाजपेयी और दिव्या दत्ता की तिकड़ी अरसे बाद किसी फिल्म में साथ आए, तो उसके भी स्पेशल होने की उम्मीद जगती है। लेकिन इस मामले में उनकी नई फिल्म ‘गजब रात’ ऐसा कोई ‘गजब’ कारनामा नहीं कर पाती। एक रात की इस कहानी में ‘गजब’ सिर्फ मनोज बाजपेयी हैं, जो कमजोर प्लॉट ट्विस्ट के बावजूद अपनी एक्टिंग के बूते इसे देखने लायक बनाते हैं। फिल्म OTT प्लेटफॉर्म ‘नेटफ्लिक्स’ पर रिलीज हो गई है। यह वही फिल्म है, जिसका नाम पहले ‘घूसखोर पंडत’ था और इसी साल फरवरी में इस पर खूब विवाद हुआ था। बाद में सुप्रीम कोर्ट के निर्देश के बाद मेकर्स ने इसका नाम बदला और अब ‘गजब रात’ टाइटल के साथ इसे रिलीज किया है।
Sat, October 24 2026
A corrupt sub-inspector investigates an injured woman as rival agencies seek control. The case exposes a vaccine conspiracy, but his moral transformation feels unearned.
A corrupt cop who takes bribes at the drop of a hat suddenly discovering the virtues of honesty? Now, that’s a plot twist. Except, in Gajab Raat, it is less gasp-inducing and more head-scratching. The Netflix thriller, directed by Ritesh Shah and co-written by Neeraj Pandey, has corruption, a vaccine scam, and a morally conflicted protagonist, but very little convincing writing. There is hardly any gajabness (wonderment) here, only ajabness (bafflement).
Sat, October 24 2026
The finale is not what you would expect from a typical Bollywood film
“Highly efficient and highly corrupt” — that is our hero Ajay Nirvit (Manoj Bajpayee). The dishonest cop is introduced before the actual story begins. Ajay is out to conduct a raid at a hotel, not because he has a strong moral/duty muscle. On the contrary, his mission is to extract money from the flesh trade operative (Kiku Sharda in a guest role). Suddenly, Ajay receives a call from his superior and is assigned to check out a near-dead young girl lying on the streets of Delhi. Who is she and why has she jumped out of a moving car? Some cards are laid on the table right away and many lurk in the closet. Stakes are undeniably high as more than one character and actor pops up. There is the good-looking Akshay Oberoi as CBI officer Naveen Madhok, with a history that is just alluded to. Saqib Saleem as Karan Gill works for the NIA. What exactly is his business remains opaque and Saqib doesn’t get much flex. And then there are their masters, including Divya Dutta in a key and impactful role.
418
Horror, Thriller (Telugu)
Set in a medical college in a dread-stricken village, the film confronts the science behind superstitions, the superstitions in science, and an anomaly that neither can explain.
Cast:
Chaithra J Achar, Charan Lakkaraju, Preethi Pagadala, Ramesh Indira, Shashank Patil, Shree Vaishnav, Shrikanth Ganesh, Surya Raj, Kota Jayaram, Bank Basha
Director:
Kiran Nadagouda
Writer:
Kiran Nadagouda
Sat, October 24 2026
Director Kirtan Nadagouda's 418, backed by KGF and Salaar fame Prashanth Neel, is a horror thriller with a message about mental health. With a predictable storyline, the film relies heavily on jump scares and sound design to unsettle the audience.
Indian cinema has often diluted the horror genre by blending it with comedy, making genuinely frightening films a rarity. And even among those that attempt pure horror, finding one that delivers consistent scares is no easy task. 418, backed by KGF and Salaar filmmaker Prashanth Neel, made headlines after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) reportedly found it too scary. After several delays, the film has finally arrived in theatres. Does it live up to the hype? Let’s find out.
Chaar Yaar
Drama (Hindi)
A story of four middle-class boys, their dreams, setbacks and friendship being their armour. A fateful decision leads them to take a step that changes the course of their lives trapping them between gangsters and cops. What once held them together slowly tears their bond. With their armour shattered, their enemies close in and fate serves up a bill for their crimes.
Cast:
Prayrak Mehta, Saqib Ayub, Purav Jha, Naman Jain, Sai Tamhankar, Sikandar Kher, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Rajesh Tailang, Chunky Panday, Nassar
Sat, October 24 2026
Four cash-strapped friends turn to car theft as Inspector Sumati Bhalerao closes in. Their chase loses momentum amid an overextended screenplay and crowded subplots.
Four friends, empty pockets and a talent for turning every good day into a disaster. Chaar Yaar looks like a cool, young crime caper about hustling your way to the top. There are stolen cars, dangerous gangsters, messy friendships and a cop on their trail. The boys have the jugaad, the attitude and the ambition. They believe their story is an RGV-style drama, but what they don’t have is a screenplay that knows when to stop.
Sat, October 24 2026
Fri, October 23 2026
The busy 8-episode series revolves around four talkative friends and their template-riddled descent into the Mumbai underworld
Somewhere between passive-viewing content and algorithmic entertainment, there is a field. Shows like Chaar Yaar (“Four Friends”) will meet you there. It is not bad. It is not good. It is arguably something worse: middling and overlong. The 8-episode crime drama takes a stacked cast full of watchable performers and flattens them into a distracted underworld tale that keeps chasing its own tail. Watching the series is strange because most scenes look fine at an individual level: the acting, writing, staging, banter. But they don’t make sense as an aggregative experience, pulling us in multiple directions like a shopkeeper trying to exhaust his stock on a lazy customer.
Tu Hai Meri Kiran
Romance, Thriller (Hindi)
When love becomes an obsession, the line between devotion and danger begins to blur.
Cast:
Zaheer Iqbal, Sonakshi Sinha, Ankit Gupta, Sherlin Seth, Zarina Wahab, Purnendu Bhattacharya
Director:
Karan Rawal
Sat, October 24 2026
Kiran and Samar connect across a decade through a mysterious flip phone. Their unusual bond turns disturbing as Samar's affection becomes obsessive.
If Shah Rukh Khan’s Darr taught us anything, it’s that a man who refuses to take no for an answer is a BIG red flag. Tu Hai Meri Kiran takes that obsession, throws in a time-travelling phone and stretches it across a decade. Sounds interesting, right? It is, until the film gets so busy juggling time, love and obsession that it forgets to make sense. Starring Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal, the film connects two strangers from 2016 and 2026 through an old flip phone. Samar (Zaheer) and Kiran (Sonakshi) strike up an unusual connection, and you expect them to solve a mystery, change their destinies or perhaps prevent something terrible from happening. Instead, things take a detour when Samar decides that talking to Kiran isn’t enough. He wants her.. and he wants her at any cost.
Sat, October 24 2026
The trailer of Tu Hai Meri Kiran suggests a psychological thriller about obsession: a woman pushing back against a man who refuses to let go, but the film turns out to be far more than its trailer implies. In fact, the film’s biggest strength is how much it holds back before revealing what it really has in store for the audience. I went in expecting one kind of thriller, but what unfolded on screen was a genuine surprise. The makers deserve credit for not giving away too much in the trailer. It’s a lesson other filmmakers could take note of. Directed well, shot effectively and edited sharply, the film gets several essentials of a psychological thriller right. The sound design deserves special mention, adding to the tension and keeping you immersed in the unfolding drama. There is also a time-travel element to the story, but I wouldn’t want to reveal more and spoil the experience. It’s best to walk into the cinema knowing as little as possible.
Little Thomas
Drama, Comedy (Hindi)
Seven-year-old Thomas and his family navigate life's highs and lows in 1990s Goa, echoing the style of Malgudi Days and Ruskin Bond.
Cast:
Gulshan Devaiah, Rasika Dugal, Hridansh Parekh, Hridansh Gokani
Director:
Kaushal Oza
Writer:
Kaushal Oza
Sat, October 24 2026
Little Thomas follows a seven-year-old trying to reunite his feuding parents and gain a baby brother. Its charming performances and 1990s Goa setting cannot fully overcome an underdeveloped screenplay.
There is a scene in Little Thomas where Gulshan Devaiah’s character tries to place a figurine of a couple on top of a multi-tiered cake. The cake comes crashing down. He eventually realises that the figurine was too heavy. And there, in a nutshell, lies the problem with Kaushal Oza’s film. The story topples under the weight of its own cuteness, forgetting that an adorable child can only take you so far. You need a good story and a tight screenplay to keep the audience invested, too.
Fri, October 23 2026
Kaushal Oza’s whimsical film revolves around a seven-year-old Goan boy who wishes for a sibling when his parents go through a rough patch
When the first word that comes to your mind for a film is “sweet,” it can mean different things. Sweet could be a euphemism for small-film-with-a-big-heart syndrome, which implies: it means well but I’m reluctant to admit that it’s not made well. Sweet could be the sugarcoating of positive intent over weak craft. Sweet could be the kind of thing adults say to encourage eager kids and soften the blow of mediocrity. But we live in an age of such unbridled skepticism — where fault-finding precedes soul-searching — that we forget how the word can sometimes mean just that: sweet. Little Thomas is that film. It reclaims the harmless adjective from the clutches of condescension and agenda. English is a funny language, but we make it funnier.
Fri, October 23 2026
Gulshan Devaiah as the straight-arrow bakery owner, and Rasika Dugal as the supportive wife-and-mom, do their best, but their squabbles are just not interesting enough.
Little boy wants a baby brother, but his mom and dad are too busy navigating troubles of their own. What is to be done, if they don’t even want to kiss and make up? Sweet premise. Solid cast, including Gulshan Devaiah and Rasika Dugal as Desmond and Jessie, the couple who live with their seven-year-old Thomas, in the sylvan Goa of the 90s. It is a time when old-fashioned bakeries in picturesque Panjim townsquare Fontainhas are threatening to give way to soulless American shops. Desmond’s tasty paos and pois are no longer able to attract even loyal customers, and the same crowd is replacing Jessie’s tuneful piano lessons for Dubai-bought musical toys. Money is hard to come by, and the spouses are to be found sparring more and more.
Titans
Fantasy, Comedy, Thriller (Malayalam)
Small-time gangster Antony Yakuza teams up with young programmer Anwar to pull off a major heist, with mysterious driver Rejimon joining them. But Rejimon is not who he seems, and their simple crime soon turns into a strange, unpredictable journey where reality itself begins to blur.
Cast:
Jayasurya, Vinayakan, Adam Sabiq, Baby Jean, Bhagath Manuel, Sunny Wayne, Indrans, Manikandan Achari, Suresh Krishna, Nihal Nizam
Director:
Prince Joy
Writer:
James Sebastian
Sat, October 24 2026
Jayasurya and Vinayakan's fantasy entertainer, Titans, has its moments of humour and impressive technical craft, but an undercooked screenplay keeps it from realising its potential
Jayasurya playing a loser is fun. We have seen him ace that part in the Aadu franchise. Antony Yakuza in Titans is cut from almost the same cloth as Shaji Pappan, just more cutthroat. Antony is a small-time thug in Peter’s (Baby Jean) gang, boasting that he was once the right-hand man of Peter’s late father. But now Antony has become a liability to the gang, constantly sneered at and mocked, and rightly so. In his introduction scene, as two gangs are caught in a Mexican standoff, Antony is seen in the last row with a tiny pistol, which he ends up misfiring. The sneering continues.
Fri, October 23 2026
One of the film’s few positives is that some of the fantasy elements are seamlessly weaved into the story of a man aspiring to be a big-time gangster, that they almost seem believable
Quite a few unusual writing choices can be seen in Prince Joy’s Titans, especially with how it treats its protagonist Antony Yakuza (Jayasurya), a small-time outlaw. Although the hangover of Jayasurya’s Shaji Pappan character from Aadu is very much visible in Antony, he is perhaps one of the most unheroic lead characters in a movie of this kind. In every situation, he is expected to either fail or do the wrong thing and he keeps up with that expectation much of the time. The other interesting approach is in how writer James Sebastian portrays the done-to-death fight between good and evil, going behind the mechanics of how both sides operate, with Lucifer getting a glitzy corporate office and the other side in a location that is a stark contrast. Much of this might have looked great at a conceptual level, but it does not translate that well onto the screen.
Sumo Didi
Drama (Hindi)
Hetal, a talented wrestler, discovers sumo by chance, but her road to improvement is very steep. Unwilling to give up her dream, she goes to Japan and endures rigorous training. A unique Indian sumo girl movie!
Cast:
Shriyam Bhagnani, Chaitanya Sharma, Nitesh Pandey, Anubha Fatehpuria
Director:
Jayant Rohatgi
Writer:
Nikhil Sachan
Fri, October 23 2026
कर पाओगी…? हर उस लड़की से, जिसने कुछ नया, कुछ अनोखा, कुछ बड़ा करने का सोचा तो उसके परिवार का, समाज का, दुनिया का, हमारा, आपका पहला सवाल यही तो होता है-कर पाओगी…? हेतल दवे से भी यही पूछा गया था। हेतल दवे को तो जानते हैं न आप? नहीं…! अच्छा, सुमो कुश्ती तो आपको पता ही होगी। वही जापानी कुश्ती जिसमें बहुत मोटे-मोटे पहलवान आपस में भिड़ते हैं। भारत में तो यह लोकप्रिय ही नहीं है। लेकिन यह जान कर आप हैरान हो सकते हैं कि भारत की पहली और इकलौती महिला सुमो प्लेयर का नाम है हेतल दवे जिन्होंने बरसों पहले इस खेल में भारत का नाम चमकाया था। यह फिल्म ‘सुमो दीदी’ (Sumo Didi) उन्हीं हेतल दवे की कहानी दिखाती है। हेतल को उसके मोटापे के चलते बहुत कुछ सहना, सुनना पड़ता है। खुद उसके अपने परिवार के लोग भी उसे जताते-सुनाते रहते हैं। हेतल जूडो खेलती है। एक दिन जापान से आए एक नामी सुमो खिलाड़ी से मिलने के बाद वह भी सुमो प्लेयर बनने का ठान लेती है। पिता उसके साथ हैं लेकिन मां नहीं। आखिर मां कहती हैं-एक साल ले लो, कामयाब नहीं हुईं तो उसके बाद शादी। हेतल जुट जाती है, लड़ती है, भिड़ती है, पहले दूसरों से, फिर खुद से और आखिर…!
Fri, October 23 2026
The biopic of India’s first female sumo wrestler Hetal Dave features a solid lead performance that elevates a predictable template.
No matter how safe and formulaic many biopics choose to be, sometimes it’s the subject alone that does the heavy-lifting. This is quite literal in Sumo Didi, a Hindi film inspired by the life of Hetal Dave, India’s first female professional sumo wrestler. The underdog checklist already exists: an unmarried girl mocked for her weight; a middle-class background; a notoriously patriarchal society; a supportive father; an apathetic federation; a passion as rare and mismatched as a bobsleigh racing team from Jamaica in Cool Runnings; and a sport that weaponises the body-shaming stigmas that infect most cultures. When life itself offers a winning theme — with all social and narrative bases covered — then all ‘fiction’ has to do is show up. The trick is to trust reality, not accessorise it.
Hope
Science Fiction, Mystery, Action (Korean)
In the remote South Korean village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok and officer Sung-ae are called to investigate a mysterious creature wreaking havoc on the community. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.
Cast:
Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, Lee Sang-hee, Um Mun-suk, Im Hyun-sik
Director:
Na Hong-jin
Writer:
Na Hong-jin
Fri, October 23 2026
Starring Hoyeon and Hwang Jung-Min, Na’s latest creature flick arrives a decade after The Wailing, a mix of preposterous delights
A decade after South Korean auteur Na Hong-jin took the world by storm with horror hit The Wailing, he returns with a demented monster movie. Hope premiered in Cannes Competition earlier this year, an audacious, eyebrow-raising outlier choice. Expectations are naturally immense. At its best, Hope is a thrilling demonstration of dynamite action filmmaking. But it’s also scraggly, unwieldy and prone to flat characterisation. Your experience will vary dramatically on certain expectations. As a big-scale apocalyptic outing, Hope is ambitious, frustrating, misjudged and yet genuinely surprising. That it can flit between so many things is in itself a total departure from the dead-eyed generic drudgery that hogs popular Hollywood blockbusters.
Nobody Wants This S03
Comedy, Drama (English)
An agnostic sex podcaster and a newly single rabbi fall in love, but can their relationship survive their wildly different lives and meddling families?
Cast:
Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons
Fri, October 23 2026
Created by Erin Foster, the romance series moves Joanne (Kristen Bell) and Noah (Adam Brody)'s relationship to the next stage, leading to lovely moments of togetherness.
It’s time to say mazel tov! Kristen Bell’s Joanne and Adam Brody’s Noah are now living together, and the former decides to take the next big steps in her conversion to Judaism. The Netflix rom-com had a shaky second season where the couple questioned their relationship status, but now, their bond is stronger than ever. Based on creator Erin Foster’s real-life experiences, Nobody Wants This Season 3 also explores the connection between Joanne and Noah’s siblings, Sasha (Timothy Simons) and Morgan (Justine Lupe). From family interferences to sibling tiffs, the new instalment has plenty of fun and chaotic sequences.
Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar
Romance, Comedy, Drama (Hindi)
Three friends attend their school reunion and enter into different relationships, discovering the trials, tribulations, allure, and absurdities of love.
Cast:
Alisha Chopra, Sparsh Walia, Sakshi Vaidya, Kunal Vaid, Sargun Kaur Luthra, Tushar Chhibber
Director:
Anuj Saini
Writer:
Luv Ranjan, Anuj Saini, Jehan Handa
Fri, October 23 2026
The dated romcom revolves around three North Indian flatmates who set out to woo their high-school crushes at a glossy reunion
It’s tempting to blindly like any Hindi film that dares to not be a violent actioner, a superstar-driven mass entertainer, a propaganda historical, a political thriller, a biopic or a mythological drama. Romcoms are suddenly as rare and desirable as spines; love stories — even the bad ones — are novel again. But romcoms like Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar remind you why they went extinct. The newcomers-who-are-not-ready-but-star-in-a-designer-North-Indian-comedy template is a throwback to the early 2010s, when Luv Ranjan’s Pyaar Ka Punchnama set the ball rolling and triggered a wave of genre fatigue. Ranjan co-writes and produces here, which partly explains why the movie behaves like an ex who refuses to move on.