
Kshitij Rawat
Independent Film, TV Critic, and Writer
Kshitij never consciously aspired to be a movie critic. He arrived there by instinct, and stayed by conviction. He has been reviewing and writing on films and television since 2017. He has developed a voice shaped as much by curiosity as by critique. Growing up in different parts of the country, he has been exposed to a variety of cultures, something that informs his work. He pays attention to how the story travels and connects. He is attentive to how stories translate and resonate. His writing has appeared in The Indian Express, WION, and Lifestyle Asia. Currently, he is working as an independent film and TV critic and writer.
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| Director: | Mani Ratnam |
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| Cast: | Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan, Ashok Selvan, Abhirami, Nassar, Joju George, Ali Fazal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy |
| Writer: | Mani Ratnam, Kamal Haasan |
Thug Life
Action, Crime, Drama (Tamil)
Do Sakthivel and Amaran survive the final battle?
Fri, June 6 2025
Thug Life is a sprawling gangster saga where revenge and betrayal crash into each other across decades. Kamal Haasan leads the film with aplomb and his usual commitment to his each and every role, but just when you think you’ve got it figured out, the film flips the table. The ending hits hard, but not how you’d expect.
You know Mani Ratnam’s Thug Life movie is about to go off the rails (in the best way) when it opens with Kamal Haasan solemnly standing in a field, musing about death and how he has been shadowed by Yamraj (the Hindu god of death and justice) for ages. From there, we are hurled through revenge arcs and philosophical showdowns. And that’s just the first hour. Let’s explore the Thug Life movie story and ending of the Kamal Haasan movie, which is explained here. The film, after that prologue, begins with a monochrome Old Delhi in the 1990s. We learn that Kamal Haasan (perhaps digitally de-aged, perhaps not) plays the role of Sakthivel, a crime lord who rules a section of Old Delhi with his brother. Their chief rival is Sadanand (Mahesh Manjrekar). The scene begins with a parley between Sadanand and the brothers at the latter’s place. But the parley is a ruse, for as soon as Sadanand leaves, armed police (presumably on his payroll) enter the premises and there is a shootout.

| Director: | Prince Dhiman |
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| Cast: | Sooraj Pancholi, Suniel Shetty, Vivek Oberoi, Akanksha Sharma, Aruna Irani, Hitu Kanodia |
Kesari Veer
Action, Drama, History (Hindi)
Who wins the battle for the Somnath temple?
Fri, May 23 2025
Kesari Veer: Legend of Somnath isn’t shy about what it wants to be. It’s a full-throated, slow-motion-laden ode to sacrifice set against the backdrop of 14th-century Gujarat. The film reconstructs the tale of Hamirji Gohil — likely a historical figure about whom not much is known beyond legends and folktales. But once the dust settles (and the background score finally fades), what does the ending actually mean? This is your Kesari Veer movie story and ending explained, and also learn about the cast of the movie, trailer, and more. The Kesari Veer movie is something of a historical epic account with an eye on a cultural assertion. It is stylised to a pitch of crescendo. It occasionally can stray beyond historical consensus — that, I would say, has never really been unusual in Bollywood. I mean, Chhaava was pretty recent and had its hero chucking a shield at the enemy like Captain America. At the heart of the Kesari Veer story is a man standing in the path of an invading army and an important Lord Shiva temple (Somnath).

| Director: | Christopher McQuarrie |
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| Cast: | Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer |
| Writer: | Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen |
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Action, Adventure, Thriller (English)
Did Ethan Hunt survive?
Sun, May 18 2025
So. That ending. If your jaw is still somewhere on the floor after watching Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, you are not alone. There’s no denying it: the final act of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and especially its ending has left us with more questions than answers, even though it is supposed to be the full stop in this venerable spy-thriller franchise. Let’s dive into Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning plot, ending, which is explained here, the cast of this Tom Cruise-led film, and more. The movie finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his crew of IMF (Impossible Missions Force) agents discussing how to deal with the Entity, an all-powerful and all-encompassing artificial intelligence that has gone rogue and sentient. Now, it threatens the destruction of humanity by taking over the global cyberspace.

| Director: | Raj Kumar Gupta |
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| Cast: | Ajay Devgn, Ritesh Deshmukh, Vaani Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Rajat Kapoor, Sushil Dahiya, Tamannaah Bhatia, Amit Sial, Supriya Pathak |
| Writer: | Raj Kumar Gupta, Karan Vyas, Ritesh Shah, Jaideep Yadav |
Raid 2
Drama, Crime (Hindi)
How does Amay Patnaik bring down Dada Bhai?
Thu, May 1 2025
Raj Kumar Gupta’s Raid 2 is a sequel of its own 2018 crime thriller Raid and continues the story of Amay Patnaik, an IRS (Indian Revenue Service) officer who still operates with a rigid sense of duty in a system that rarely rewards it. The movie ends with more surprises and twists than one would expect from a movie about tax raids and corruption. Let’s dive into the plot of Raid 2, its ending, and learn all about its cast, release date, and more. Ajay Devgn returns to play the role of Patnaik. This time, he comes face to face with a politician called Dada Manohar Bhai (Riteish Deshmukh), who is something of a darling of his constituency, Bhoj. Initially just a humble shoemaker, he rose in power thanks to popular support as first a state minister and then a cabinet minister. Patnaik, when he is transferred to Bhoj, suspects something is not right despite a feeling of general goodwill towards Dada and happiness suffusing the town. And indeed — spoiler alert — Patnaik is proven right. But even with ample evidence, can he really touch somebody as powerful as Dada Bhai? Not only does he have the state machinery at his disposal, but he is also a darling of the masses, and as we see in the movie multiple times, they would not hesitate to form mobs to sabotage any law enforcement action against him.

| Director: | Tharun Moorthy |
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| Cast: | Mohanlal, Shobana, Prakash Varma, Maniyanpilla Raju, Farhaan Faasil, Binu Pappu, Arsha Baiju, Irshad, Thomas Mathew, Krishna Prabha |
| Writer: | Tharun Moorthy, KR Sunil |
Thudarum
Drama (Malayalam)
Why did George kill Pavi?
Tue, April 29 2025
Thudarum is a new Malayalam action thriller that starts off innocently enough, almost as a family dramedy, but soon becomes much, much darker. The film is a wild ride and throws surprises every now and then. Let’s explore in detail the plot of Thudarum, its ending, which is explained here, its cast, and more. The film features Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in the main role of Shanmugham, who is better known as Benz. The reason? It’s his car, and no, it’s not a Mercedes. In fact, it is a vintage Mark-I Ambassador that he loves more than anyone. Well, not really, as he also has a wife and two children, but you get the point. Until close to halfway mark, Thudarum remains the family movie that the director promised. After that… well, let’s leave for that later. This Malayalam thriller movie also features Shobhna as Shanmugham’s wife Lalitha. The plot kicks off when the said car is seized by the cops. It was at a mechanic’s workshop after being crashed by the friend of Shanmugham and Lalitha’s son, Pavi (Thomas Mathew). The mechanic was charged with possession of marijuana.

| Director: | Tejas Vijay Deoskar |
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| Cast: | Emraan Hashmi, Mukesh Tiwari, Sai Tamhankar, Zoya Hussain, Lalit Prabhakar, Hanun Bawra, Punit Tiwari, Satya Prakash, Aeklavya Tomer, Abhay Singh |
| Writer: | Sanchit Gupta, Priyadarshee Srivastava |
Ground Zero
Action, Thriller, War (Hindi)
How does Dubey find Ghazi Baba’s hideout?
Sun, April 27 2025
Ground Zero is an action thriller about Indian Armed Forces’ hunt to eliminate the dreaded terrorist Ghazi Baba. Ghazi was responsible for not only ending dozens of innocent lives, but he also masterminded the outrageous terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001 that left multiple security personnel dead. Let’s dive into the ending of Ground Zero, which is explained here, its plot, cast, release date, and more. The movie stars Emraan Hashmi as a Border Security Force (BSF) officer Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey. A real person, Dubey was the man who led an anti-terror operation against Ghazi. The said operation ended with Ghazi and his associates’ deaths but also casualties on the BSF side.

| Director: | Karan Singh Tyagi |
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| Cast: | Akshay Kumar, R. Madhavan, Ananya Panday, Mark Bennington, Sammy Jonas Heaney, Rohan Verma, Alexx O'Nell, Regina Cassandra, Simon Paisley Day, Amit Sial |
| Writer: | Amritpal Singh Bindra, Karan Singh Tyagi |
Kesari: Chapter 2
Drama, History (Hindi)
Is General Dyer punished in the end?
Sat, April 19 2025
Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh is a new historical film that details the — you guessed it — the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. But it goes beyond and also explores its aftermath and the legal battle one Indian lawyer fought against Brigadier-general Reginald Dyer and the British colonial government. In fact, for the most part, the massacre itself is the backdrop. The real story is the arguments between lawyers representing the grieving one one side and the Crown on the other. Let’s dive into the ending of Kesari Chapter 2, its plot, its cast, release date, and more.

| Director: | Vishal Furia |
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| Cast: | Nushrratt Bharuccha, Soha Ali Khan, Pallavi Patil, Saurabh Goyal, Shyam Gopal, Kuldeep Sareen, Hardika Sharma |
| Writer: | Ajit Jagtap, Vishal Furia, Divya Prakash Dubey |
Chhorii 2
Horror, Drama (Hindi)
What happens to Sakshi in the final scene?
Sat, April 12 2025
When Chhorii 2 begins, it doesn’t just pick up where the original story left off. It drags us deeper into a mythology soaked in fear, grief, and generational trauma. Seven years have passed since Sakshi escaped that cursed village. She’s now a mother and someone who’s tried very hard to build a life from the wreckage of what she survived. But as fate would have it, she gets dragged back, literally in one sense, to the village. Here is all you need to know about Chhorii 2, its plot, ending analysis, release date, cast, reviews, where to watch, and more. Sakshi is now raising her daughter, Ishani, a quiet child with a mysterious condition — her skin burns in sunlight. It’s not fully explained, but it seems to be photosensitivity. It reminds one of the Nicole Kidman-starrer psychological horror movie The Others (2002). Except instead of a Victorian mansion, this one is set against the backdrop of rural superstitions and unresolved trauma.
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