The Great Shamsuddin Family
Comedy, Drama (Hindi)
Set over one day in Delhi, Bani, a writer, is racing against a career-defining 12-hour deadline. Mothers, aunts, cousins and former romantic interests descend on her apartment, each bringing their own emergencies and Bani has to navigate interfaith complexities, generational (more…)
Real Kashmir Football Club
Drama (Hindi)
Inspired by the true story of a Kashmiri Hindu Pandit and a Kashmiri Muslim responsible for the formation of the Real Kashmir Football Club, the first ever club from Jammu and Kashmir to compete in any top-flight football league in (more…)
Dhurandhar
Action, Thriller (Hindi)
After the hijacking of IC-814 in 1999 and the Parliament attack in 2001, India’s Intelligence Bureau Chief, Ajay Sanyal devised an indomitable mission to intrude and rupture the terrorist network in Pakistan, by infiltrating the underworld mafia of Karachi. A (more…)
Single Papa
Comedy, Drama (Hindi)
When Gaurav finds a baby in the back of his car, he must defy his eccentric family, the adoption agency and societal norms to become a single papa. (more…)
Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2
Comedy, Romance, Drama (Hindi)
Kapil plays a man who truly loves one woman and wants to build a life with her. But things spiral out of control when he mistakenly ends up marrying three other women, each from a different religion: Muslim, Christian, and (more…)
Avatar: Fire And Ash
Guild Reviews
विजुअली शानदार, मगर कहानी वही पुरानी
Fri, December 19 2025
‘टाइटैनिक’ और ‘टर्मिनेटर’ फेम हॉलीवुड के दिग्गज फिल्मकार जेम्स कैमरून ने साल 2009 में ‘अवतार’ के रूप में पर्दे पर ऐसी अनूठी, अनदेखी दुनिया रची, जिसे देखकर हर कोई दंग रह गया। पैंडोरा के उन नीले शरीर वाले अलग से दिखने वाले भावुक ‘नावियों’ (पैंडोरा वासी) ने दर्शकों का मन मोह लिया। फिल्म खूब चली। इसलिए, जेम्स कैमरून पैंडोरा वासियों की मॉडर्न इंसानों संग जंग की इस कहानी को आगे बढ़ाते हुए 2022 में ‘अवतार: द वे ऑफ वाटर’ लेकर आए। यहां कहानी जंगल से जल की ओर मुड़ चुकी थीं। वहीं, अब वह इसकी तीसरी कड़ी ‘अवतार: फायर एंड ऐश’ में वह आग, राख और शोलों का खेल दिखा रहे हैं। जेम्स कैमरून की यह फिल्म की विजुअली उतनी ही शानदार और भव्य है, मगर कहानी के मामले में इस बार वह मात खा जाते हैं। कहानी पुरानी देखी-देखी सी लगती है, जिसे कोई खास विस्तार नहीं मिलता।
Spellbinding visuals aside, the clan-war–riddled Avatar threequel is repetitive and exhausting
Thu, December 18 2025
Picking up from Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third installment in James Cameron’s epic saga, follows Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and their children as they battle not only the returning human colonisers but also a formidable new threat — Varang (Oona Chaplin), the ruthless leader of the fiery Mangkwan clan. Matters escalate when Varang forms an alliance with the humans, setting the stage for yet another war on Pandora.
Emily in Paris S05
Drama, Comedy (English)
New passions. New fashions. New Emily? A plucky American marketing whiz spreads her wings in life and love after landing her dream job in Paris.
Cast:
Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Ashley Park, Lucas Bravo, Camille Razat, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery
Lily Collins Is FINALLY Back, With Better Choices, Bolder Fashion
Thu, December 18 2025
The American fashionista Emily Cooper is back, and this time, she’s setting up base in Rome, Italy. Au revoir Paris? Not quite yet. The Netflix series Emily in Paris returns for a fifth season that once again puts our favourite bunch of Parisians through the ringer. There are hookups and breakups, goodbyes and hellos as the characters have some big life decisions to ponder. Created by Darren Star, the romantic comedy has settled in, only to reinvent itself yet again.
Bha Bha Ba
Adventure, Drama (Malayalam)
Cast:
Dileep, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Dhyan Sreenivasan, Mohanlal, Sandy, Saranya Ponvannan, Sidharth Bharathan, Balu Varghese, Redin Kingsley, Shameer Khan
Director:
Dhananjay Shankar
Writer:
Fahim Safar, Noorin Shereef
No logic, no madness in Dileep's vile attempt at meta film
Thu, December 18 2025
Bha Bha Ba, short for Bhayam, Bhakthi, Bahumanam (fear, devotion, respect), is billed as Dileep’s “great comeback” that he has been waiting for. From the trailer to the film’s promotional materials, the film is regarded as the actor’s biggest return to comedy, a genre that originally defined his career. With Mohanlal playing a cameo, will Bha Bha Ba help Dileep deliver the “comeback” that he’s hoping for? Keep reading to know what we feel.
Fallout S02
Action & Adventure, Drama (English)
The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.
Cast:
Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Moisés Arias, Walton Goggins, Frances Turner
Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins Starrer Expands Lore, Universe In Gory Return To Wasteland
Wed, December 17 2025
Fallout first premiered alongside The Last of Us in 2024 and established itself as a worthy addition to the world of video game adaptations. Now, as it returns for its second season, the Amazon Prime Video game doesn’t waste time in setting up the universe anymore. It dives right into the next phase as the main characters are once again separated, off on personal quests to seek answers. The one exception is Lucy (Ella Purnell) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins), who reluctantly team up. Their dynamic is what drives this exciting new instalment that shifts into second gear, with vast, unexplored locations, new characters, and more.
The Great Shamsuddin Family
Comedy, Drama (Hindi)
Set over one day in Delhi, Bani, a writer, is racing against a career-defining 12-hour deadline. Mothers, aunts, cousins and former romantic interests descend on her apartment, each bringing their own emergencies and Bani has to navigate interfaith complexities, generational conflicts and family expectations as she faces a dilemma, which could change her life.
Cast:
Kritika Kamra, Juhi Babbar, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Sheeba Chaddha, Farida Jalal, Dolly Ahluwalia, Natasha Rastogi, Purab Kohli, Nishank Verma, Joyeeta Dutta
Director:
Anusha Rizvi
Writer:
Anusha Rizvi
A family we will never see in mainstream Hindi cinema
Mon, December 15 2025
Racing towards a 24-hour deadline to submit a presentation which will hopefully get her into a top US university, Bani Ahmad (Kritika Kamra) settles down to it, but she hasn’t taken into account her family, and friends: the door-bell rings with an unexpected visitor, and within a few minutes, the trickle into a flood, and it’s full-blown mayhem. Anusha Rizvi’s second directorial feature, 15 years after rural satire ‘Peepli Live’, circles back to the city, with one day in the life of a Delhi-based comfortably-off Muslim family. It’s the kind of family we almost never see in mainstream Hindi cinema, because usually a Muslim character is safely tacked on to the periphery, biding his or her time for when the script bothers to remember them, and even that kind of tokenism has been steadily erased over these past years.
A stereotype-free Muslim family dramedy
Sun, December 14 2025
In a highly polarised and radicalised social climate in 2025, I am often asked some truly bizarre questions. “You have Muslim friends? Are you left-wing?” Before I can even raise an eyebrow, I am usually met with unverified statistics: “I’m not against Muslims, bro. Eighty per cent of them are good; it’s the twenty per cent I have a problem with.” Sometimes I wonder how, at least in urban setups, we have normalised such conversations. When I watched Anusha Rizvi’s Jio Hotstar film The Great Shamsuddin Family, I was reminded of many eccentric families I know. And I wouldn’t even insert religion here, because this is simply a regular, loud, annoying, over-the-top, yet loving Indian family.
Simple, perceptive, warmly effective
Sat, December 13 2025
In the mahaul of hate-mongering and venom-spewing comes a breath of fresh air. ‘The Great Shamsuddin Family’, at once delightful and incisive, knocks more than one pigeonhole we all have begun to inhabit. Baring the religious divide yet batting for harmony, here is a film whose characters are as delectable as the leitmotif of the film. As the title suggests, we meet this ‘great Shamsuddin family’. The word ‘great’ is pun-intended, hides humour in its folds, but soon reveals their ‘great’ bonding and idiosyncrasies in the everyday acts.
Sholay
Action (Hindi)
After his family is murdered by the notorious bandit Gabbar Singh, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture him and seek revenge.
Cast:
Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bachchan, Leela Mishra, Mac Mohan, Viju Khote, A.K. Hangal
Director:
Ramesh Sippy
Writer:
Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar
(Writing for The Daily Eye)
THE IMMORTAL MAJESTY OF SHOLAY
Mon, December 15 2025
What further encomium can one lavish upon a cult classic that has not merely entertained but profoundly enthralled three successive generations of devoted cinephiles? Little, indeed—save for the recognition that an evergreen classic endures not solely by virtue of the nostalgia that sustains it, but because certain monumental works of art, having already inscribed their place in history, stand as enduring exemplars of sublime creative achievement, etched forever into the world’s collective memory.
Saali Mohabbat
Drama (Hindi)
A small-town housewife, Smita, is devastated to find her husband and cousin dead. What happens when the local cop, Ratan, suspects her to be the one behind their murder?
Cast:
Radhika Apte, Divyendu Sharma, Anurag Kashyap, Anshumaan Pushkar, Sauraseni Maitra, Kusha Kapila, Sharat Saxena, Amrita Kumari, Aalekh Kapoor, Yash Sinha
Director:
Tisca Chopra
Writer:
Tisca Chopra, Sanjay Chopra, Namrata Shenoy
Radhika Apte Stars in the Revenge of a Docile Homemaker
Sat, December 13 2025
A small-town woman, Kavita (Radhika Apte), feels out of place at a South Delhi party. It’s a rainy day; she looks at a tree outside the window. Her husband’s friends are snooty and patronising. He has a roving eye. She catches him making out with one of the guests. She then gathers the high-society gang around her and starts to narrate a story in an earthy accent that makes them smirk. But the smirks don’t last long. Her “fiction” revolves around a housewife named Smita (Apte), a previous version of herself that they don’t know about. It goes thus. When Smita’s provocative cousin Shalini (Sauraseni Maitra) visits, her loan-riddled husband Pankaj (Anshumaan Pushkar) falls for the younger woman and the two start a torrid affair in the house behind Smita’s back. That’s not all, Shalini two-times Pankaj with a crooked cop named Ratan (Divyenndu); she’s stringing along two horndogs because why not. Needless to say, a heartbroken Smita is not pleased. And when a seemingly docile homemaker trapped in a setting full of predators and cheaters is not pleased, darkness is always around the corner.
Radhika Apte, Divyenndu can’t save a predictable murder-mystery
Sat, December 13 2025
Love, lust and betrayal were the key elements of Chutney, the short film Tisca Chopra had produced back in 2016. Watching Saali Mohabbat reminded me strongly of that short– watch it if you haven’t– written and directed by Jyoti Kapur Das, which had begged to be a full-length feature narrative in the way it peeled back the dark layers that hide behind a seemingly normal household in Ghaziabad. The arrival of a perky young thing creating ripples in a marriage is not a new idea, but Chutney refreshed it with an interesting slate of actors: Tisca herself in the lead as the toothy plain-faced woman with a sharp brain, accompanied by Adil Hussain and Rasika Dugal.
Single Papa
Comedy, Drama (Hindi)
When Gaurav finds a baby in the back of his car, he must defy his eccentric family, the adoption agency and societal norms to become a single papa.
Cast:
Kunal Khemu, Neha Dhupia, Manoj Pahwa, Prajakta Koli, Ayesha Raza Mishra
Director:
Shashank Khaitan
Kunal Kemmu's Comedy is a Flimsy Revision of the Man-Child Template
Sat, December 13 2025
Given Hindi cinema’s long-standing relationship with hypermasculinity, it’s almost refreshing to come across a life comedy named Single Papa. Even the premise is a neat change — a single-parenthood story revolving around the kind of North Indian man-child character who would usually be the tortured hero of a romantic Bollywood film. The icing on this gluten-free cake is that Kunal Kemmu plays this man. For anyone who has followed Hindi film in the last few decades, it’s hard not to have a soft spot for former child star Kemmu — an underutilised, immensely likable and flexible performer who’s made a career out of not fitting into the conventional-star mold. I, for one, am always happy to see him on (or off) the screen. The vibes are just right, and there’s an authenticity about him that’s easy to enjoy.
सिंगल पापा के रूप में चमके कुणाल खेमू
Sat, December 13 2025
मां की ममता पर तो हमने बहुत कहानियां देखी हैं, मगर बाप की ‘बापता’ यानी बच्चे की परवरिश में पिता की अहमियत पर किस्से कम ही हैं। समाज के इसी स्टीरियोटाइप को तोड़ने की अच्छी कोशिश करती है वेब सीरीज सिंगल पापा। यह सीरीज एक सिंगल मर्द के बच्चा गोद लेने के संघर्षों, अकेले उसकी परवरिश की चुनौतियों की कभी गुदगुदाती, तो भावुक करती दास्तान है।
Kunal Kemmu doesn’t slip up in the show that tries to do too much
Sat, December 13 2025
What happens when a freshly-divorced dude decides that he wants to become a single papa? Gaurav Gahlot (Kunal Kemmu) and wife (Isha Talwar) have an amicable parting: he desperately wants a baby, she doesn’t. So when a baby appears out of the blue, our GG does the only thing his heart has desired for a long time: give the tyke his name, and bring him home. Except, he does it the other way round, and all hell breaks loose in GG’s conservative Punjabi household when the delighted scion appears with his tiny bundle, heading down the road towards formula and diapers and colic and sleepless nights.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Thriller, Mystery, Comedy, Drama (English)
When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.
Cast:
Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack
Director:
Rian Johnson
Writer:
Rian Johnson
Plays out better as a commentary on what moves and changes humanity, rather than a whodunnit.
Sat, December 13 2025
Daniel Craig film is rip-roaringly good time
Sat, December 13 2025
Benoit Blanc is back, and this time it’s with a proper bang, after last outing’s disappointing thud. Fancy yachts and self-obsessed billionaires made for a very dull sleuthing turn indeed. For this third go round, Johnson goes full gothic, combining it with a closed door murder, and the result is wonderful: I was glued to the screen all the way through. You wouldn’t really call Jud (Josh O’ Connor) a failed priest, but he’s done something in the past which he shouldn’t have , and now he has to atone for his sins by going off to a small parish in upstate New York run by the commanding monsignor Jefferson (Josh Brolin) who keeps his small flock tightly leashed, helped by the devout Martha (Glenn Close) who, like the others, seems to be in his thrall.
Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2
Comedy, Romance, Drama (Hindi)
Kapil plays a man who truly loves one woman and wants to build a life with her. But things spiral out of control when he mistakenly ends up marrying three other women, each from a different religion: Muslim, Christian, and Hindu.
Cast:
Kapil Sharma, Manjot Singh, Jamie Lever, Tridha Choudhury, Parul Gulati, Sushant Singh, Ayesha Khan, Hira Warina, Akhilendra Mishra, Asrani
Director:
Anukalp Goswami
Writer:
Anukalp Goswami
बचकानी है पर हंसाती है कपिल की कॉमेडी
Sat, December 13 2025
कपिल शर्मा कॉमेडी की दुनिया के धुरंधर हैं। बचकानी हरकतों और बातों से भी ऑडियंस को हंसा ले जाने की कला वह जानते हैं और यही काम वह अपनी फिल्म ‘किस किसको प्यार करूं 2’ में भी कर रहे हैं। यह फिल्म उनकी 2015 में आई डेब्यू फिल्म ‘किस किसको प्यार करूं’ का सीक्वल है, जिसमें वह तीन बीवियों के फेर में फंस जाते हैं। लेकिन कैसे? इस बात में लॉजिक ढूंढने की गलती, गलती से भी ना कीजिएगा।
इस सर्कस में है टाइमपास कॉमेडी
Sat, December 13 2025
10 साल से ऊपर हो गए जब कॉमेडी के लिए चर्चित कपिल शर्मा बतौर हीरो अपनी पहली फिल्म ‘किस किस को प्यार करूं’ लेकर आए थे। उस फिल्म में उन्होंने एक ऐसे युवक की भूमिका निभाई थी जिसे मजबूरी में तीन शादियां करनी पड़ती हैं और अब वह अपनी पसंद की लड़की से चौथा ब्याह रचाने जा रहा है। उस फिल्म में रोमांस की हल्की खुशबू के साथ कॉमेडी का तड़का था और दर्शकों ने उस फिल्म पर अपनी पसंदगी का ठप्पा भी लगाया था। यह फिल्म ‘किस किस को प्यार करूं 2’ उसी कड़ी की अगली फिल्म है। लेकिन यह उसका सीक्वेल नहीं है बल्कि लगभग उसी कहानी पर फिर से बनाई गई फिल्म है-कुछ अलग तड़के के साथ
A Lovable Chuckle
Fri, December 12 2025
Ready with a repartee and quick-witted as the host of a comedy show, Kapil Sharma’s image pulls it off. When Mohan/Mehmood/Michael (Kapil Sharma) marries Meera (Tridha Choudhury), Ruhi (Ayesha Khan) and Jenny (Parul Gulati) though his heart ticks only for Saniya (Hira Warina), he must think on his feet to glib talk his way out of situations. Writer-director Anukalp Goswami ensures that the fun never stops.
Real Kashmir Football Club
Drama (Hindi)
Inspired by the true story of a Kashmiri Hindu Pandit and a Kashmiri Muslim responsible for the formation of the Real Kashmir Football Club, the first ever club from Jammu and Kashmir to compete in any top-flight football league in India.
Cast:
Manav Kaul, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Manav Kaul series scores on heart
Sat, December 13 2025
An early scene sets the tone for this eight-episode SonyLIV series, when an unlikely bunch of footballers became a beacon of hope for the strife-torn Kashmir valley in 2016. Sohail (Ayyub), who has left his compromised journalistic job to help create a local football team, fetches up in a very Delhi sarkari outpost, and within a remarkably short while, convinces a babu to sign off on permissions required to set up a club. Anyone who has had any dealings with the sports ministry, or any other ministry for that matter, will know that these things take months, sometimes even years, of gentle persuasion and other means, to get anything done.
उम्मीद और हौसले की दास्तान
Wed, December 10 2025
पर्दे पर कश्मीर के अक्सर दो ही पहलू देखने को मिलते हैं। एक धरती के जन्नत की खूबसूरती तो दूसरा आतंकवाद, मगर वेब सीरीज रियल कश्मीर फुटबॉल क्लब इससे इतर वादी के युवाओं की अपनी नई पहचान और सम्मान तलाशने की एक प्रेरक दास्तान है। कश्मीर के पहले प्रफेशनल फुटबॉल क्लब बनने की असल कहानी पर आधारित यह सीरीज कश्मीर का एक उम्मीद भरा नया चेहरा दिखाती है। कहानी कश्मीर में 2014 में आए बाढ़ के दो साल बाद 2016 में शुरू होती है, जब वादी के युवा रोजगार के लिए भटक रहे थे और लोकल नेता उनका इस्तेमाल प्रदर्शन और पत्थरबाजी के लिए कर रहे थे। इसी दौरान पेशे से पत्रकार सोहेल मीर (मोहम्मद जीशान अय्यूब) कश्मीर का अपना फुटबॉल क्लब शुरू करने का ख्वाब देखता है। इसमें उसका साथ देता है कश्मीरी पंडित बिजनेसमैन शिरीष केमू (मानव कौल)। बचपन में पलायन और अपने भाई को खोने का दर्द झेलने वाला शिरीष कश्मीर के युवाओं के लिए बेहतर रास्ते खोलना चाहता है। अब इन दोनों की जुझारू जोड़ी किस तरह एक कबाड़खाने से कश्मीर के पहले फुटबॉल क्लब की नींव रखती है? कैसे कुछ दिशाहीन, कुछ बेरोजगार तो कुछ अपने सपनों को दिल में कैद कर जीने को मजबूर युवाओं के साथ अपनी टीम खड़ी करती है और राष्ट्रीय लीग के मुकाबले तक पहुंचती है, यह सब सीरीज देखकर पता चलेगा।
The Sport of Good Storytelling
Wed, December 10 2025
When it comes to reviewing shows, binge-watching is the default mode of the job. It’s mostly a mad rush to finish all the preview episodes and start writing. There’s no time to be immersed in a universe long enough; the next title is always waiting. So you’re more wired to look for inventive themes and catchy in-points. It’s not often critics get to see a show as it should be seen — steadily, on a drip, one episode at a time, spread over a few days. I had this rare luxury with Real Kashmir Football Club and its eight episodes. Ideal as it sounds, this can go wrong, too; the choice to walk through a show brings with it the risk of losing rhythm and interest. But I found myself ‘waiting’ to watch Real Kashmir Football Club and voluntarily returning to it: during meals, after breaks, before sleeping, between films. Not out of suspense to know what happens next, but out of curiosity to know more. That’s the sign of a rooted and fundamentally sound series. Like a good host, it invites you in without gimmicks and touristy offers, lets you experience it on your own terms, transcends terms like “addictive,” and allows you to establish more of a lived-in relationship. It’s not a perfect bond, but it can be a satisfying one. And it’s kind of fitting for a story set in Kashmir, the one place that cannot be reduced to snap judgments and plain scrutiny.
Dhurandhar
Action, Thriller (Hindi)
After the hijacking of IC-814 in 1999 and the Parliament attack in 2001, India’s Intelligence Bureau Chief, Ajay Sanyal devised an indomitable mission to intrude and rupture the terrorist network in Pakistan, by infiltrating the underworld mafia of Karachi. A 20-year-old boy from Punjab, held captive for a revenge crime, is identified by Sanyal to execute his elaborate plan.
Cast:
Ranveer Singh, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, Naveen Kaushik, Manav Gohil, Danish Pandor
Director:
Aditya Dhar
Craft, conviction, and troubling certainty
Sat, December 13 2025
The soul of Dhurandhar is rooted in quiet deception. Wait, I’m talking about Hamza Ali Mazari’s (Ranveer Singh) mission. He’s a spy operating across borders in this 214-minute film, and given this running time and the number of characters, motivations and political threads it handles, this film could very easily have collapsed into something rambling and frustrating. But it doesn’t, largely thanks to a smart structural decision: chapter segregation. The eight chapters keep the narrative in control, allowing the film to introduce competent characters like SP Aslam and Rehman Dakait as formidable, thinking opponents rather than fragile villains. The nuanced performances help too. Akshaye Khanna is potent, yes, but also so human in confusion and rage.
No Love Lost or Found In Ranveer Singh's Spy Thriller
Wed, December 10 2025
Since deception is the language of a spy thriller, let’s pretend that movies exist entirely in isolation — like an introvert on a Saturday night. Let’s pretend that Dhurandhar, Aditya Dhar’s directorial return after Uri (2019), has absolutely nothing to do with the world around us. (One could argue that it doesn’t, but that’s a mob attack for another day). Let’s also pretend that film criticism is about seeing a movie for what it is, regardless of its moral character or ideology. It’s only fair, given that we all admire great serial killers for being awesome at what they do, legendary dictators for being no-nonsense leaders, wars for being the epitome of courage and technology, and plane crashes for doing tragedy so well.
Ranveer Singh’s subdued yet scorching screen presence fuels this power-packed Karachi mafia thriller
Mon, December 8 2025
A fictional narrative inspired by true incidents, Aditya Dhar’s action drama follows Hamza (Ranveer Singh), a mysterious Indian agent who embeds himself deep within Karachi’s mafia network (Lyari gangwar) to dismantle terror operations from the inside. Structured across multiple chapters, the world-building is deliberate and immersive, pulling you into a gritty, violent universe that unfolds over nearly 3.5 hours. Yet, the runtime rarely feels overbearing thanks to Dhar’s stylish, tight storytelling.