Toh Ti Ani Fuji
Romance, Drama (Marathi)
In a world where love is filtered, scored and predicted, a couple in Pune, India, collides in a fierce, consuming romance. What begins in urgency and desire slowly fractures. Time intrudes. Ambition shifts. Affection turns conditional. What once felt infinite (more…)
Matka King
Drama, Crime (Hindi)
In this fictional tale set in 1960s Mumbai, an enterprising cotton trader who craves legitimacy and respect, starts a new gambling game dubbed ‘Matka’, that takes the city by storm and democratizes a terrain previously reserved for the rich and (more…)
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Samay Raina: Still Alive
(Hindi)
Samay relives the turbulent fallout of the India's Got Latent controversy, a period marked by backlash, legal scrutiny, and stepping away from the spotlight.
Cast:
Samay Raina
Director:
Karan Asnani
Sun, April 19 2026
Samay Raina reveals his opportunistic soul in the self-aggrandising comedy special Still Alive. We discuss his decision to portray himself as a victim, to conflate the suffering of his parents with his own, and the consequences of giving in to bullies while projecting himself as a martyr. We also compare his stance to that of his fellow comedian Kunal Kamra and discuss the differences between the YouTube version and the live performance.
Toh Ti Ani Fuji
Romance, Drama (Marathi)
In a world where love is filtered, scored and predicted, a couple in Pune, India, collides in a fierce, consuming romance. What begins in urgency and desire slowly fractures. Time intrudes. Ambition shifts. Affection turns conditional. What once felt infinite begins to bruise and break. Seven years later, beneath the shadow of Mount Fuji, they meet again. Japan is quieter. The air is thinner. They are no longer who they were. Carrying different lives, different scars, they stand face to face with a past that never truly left them. Can love survive its own history or does it merely haunt those who try to return to it? Toh, Ti Ani Fuji is an intimate, visually driven meditation on love, memory and the fragile, devastating hope of second chances.
Cast:
Lalit Prabhakar, Mrinmayee Godbole, Omprakash Shinde
Director:
Mohit Takalkar
Sat, April 18 2026
Directed by Mohit Takalkar and written by Irawati Karnik, Toh, Ti Aani Fuji explores a turbulent relationship set against the backdrop of Japan. Mount Fuji may be dormant, but the relationship between Toh (Lalit Prabhakar) and Ti (Mrinmayee Godbole) is anything but — constantly simmering, erupting, and impossible to ignore.
Sat, April 11 2026
जापान के फुजी पर्वत को नखरे वाला पर्वत माना जाता है। कभी यह मीलों दूर से भी दिख जाता है तो कभी पास से भी नज़र नहीं आता है। ज़्यादातर तो यह बादलों में ही छिपा रहता है और कभी अचानक से मन मोहने वाली अदाएं बिखेरने लगता है। हालांकि यह सवा तीन सौ साल पहले आखिरी बार फटा था लेकिन आज भी इसे एक जीवित ज्वालामुखी माना जाता है। इस फिल्म में फुजी का क्या किरदार है, यह आगे समझेंगे लेकिन पहले यह जान लीजिए कि सोनीलिव पर आई यह एक मराठी फिल्म है जिसका मूल नाम ‘तो ती आणि फुजी’ (Toh Ti Ani Fuji) (मैं वो और फुजी Main Woh Aur Fuji) है और यह मराठी के साथ-साथ हिन्दी में भी देखी जा सकती है।
Sat, April 11 2026
A couple in Pune loses their way in an intense but toxic romance that collapses under the weight of ego and ambition. Seven years after their breakup, they unexpectedly reunite in Japan. Against the backdrop of Mount Fuji, they must confront their painful past and the possible road ahead. The film predominantly revolves around the couple, and both the leads, Lalit Prabhakar and Mrinmayee Godbole, hold the fort with assurance. Lalit plays the more complex role with a better character graph; he’s efficient because you ultimately understand the man’s trauma and also despise him for his abusive behaviour towards his partner. Mrinmayee Godbole, as the woman bearing the brunt of mounting debts and an insensitive love interest, delivers an intense yet delicate portrayal that lingers long after the film ends. Omprakash Shinde is not left with much to do. The child artiste Kabir Jueelee Deven makes a mark with his happy-go-lucky presence.
Matka King
Drama, Crime (Hindi)
In this fictional tale set in 1960s Mumbai, an enterprising cotton trader who craves legitimacy and respect, starts a new gambling game dubbed ‘Matka’, that takes the city by storm and democratizes a terrain previously reserved for the rich and elite.
Cast:
Vijay Varma, Sai Tamhankar, Kritika Kamra, Gulshan Grover, Siddharth Jadhav, Bhupendra Jadawat, Bharat Jadhav, Girish Kulkarni, Jamie Lever, Kishore Kadam
Director:
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule
Writer:
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule, Abhay Koranne
Sat, April 18 2026
Brij Bhatti, a debt-ridden cotton worker, launches the Matka gambling game in Mumbai’s textile mills. As the operation expands nationwide, he faces intense pressure from media, cops and politicians alike. Internal betrayals by his kith and kin, interference from rivals, gradually threaten his empire. Amidst a massive city-wide mill strike, he goes all out to defend his fading legacy.
Fri, April 17 2026
Can a house of cards be built on honesty and integrity? Can it hold the weight of ambition? Director Nagraj Manjule turns the irony into an eight-episode series that gives increasing returns. Inspired by the life of Ratan Khatri, the controversial figure who democratised the way Bombay gambled in the 1960s and 1970s by transforming a simple household earthen pot — used in homes for storing water — into a symbol of a massive underground gambling empire, the character-driven series captures how he positioned Matka not just as clever branding but a strategic innovation that made the game of numbers accessible, transparent, and scalable.
Fri, April 17 2026
Pochamma
Mystery (Telugu)
An old mansion has a history. Something terrible happens when people mess with a statue. This causes a shock. People get scared. They start finding out hidden secrets and lies. When they finally know the truth, will it make things better or make things worse forever?
Cast:
Ramesh Indira, Priya Shatamarshan, Snehal Kamath, Shruti Naidu, Achyuth Kumar, Arjun Ambati, Pooja Reddy Borra, Khushi Shetty, Vivek Simha
Director:
Ramesh Indira
Writer:
Ramesh Indira
Sat, April 18 2026
Frederick, an influential businessman, moves with his family to a mansion in the countryside. Despite multiple warnings from locals against demolishing an idol of the deity Pochamma on his premises, Frederick proceeds with it, only to invite ill luck upon his household. A series of eerie deaths and occurrences soon cripple the family’s happiness. Is this a supernatural curse, or a well-plotted conspiracy?
Thimmarajupalli Tv
Drama, Family (Telugu)
Hope you will rewind all your memories back, from Wi-Fi to Antenna days
Cast:
Sai Tej, Vedha Jalandharr, Pradeep Kottayam, Swathi Karimireddy, Amma Ramesh, Satyanarayana, Lathish
Director:
V Muniraju
Writer:
V Muniraju
Sat, April 18 2026
We live in an era of constant connectivity, where the smartphone feels like an extension of our arm. In moments of overload, we romanticise the idea of a digital detox, of returning to a time when television and video cassettes were a luxury. Those were the days. Or were they? There was a time when owning a television signalled status and power, and viewing, too, could become addictive. First-time director V. Muniraju’s Telugu film Thimmarajupalli TV revisits this moment, exploring television as an inflection point in a village in Andhra Pradesh, wrapped in a layer of nostalgia.
Papam Prathap
Comedy (Telugu)
A rural comedy drama about a soft spoken man whose life turned upside down after he married his childhood love.
Cast:
Thiruveer Reddy, Paayal Radhakrishna, Ajay Ghosh, Raasi
Director:
SP Durga Naresh
Writer:
SP Durga Naresh
Fri, April 17 2026
Actor Thiruveer’s latest Telugu outing, Papam Prathap, begins like a thematic sequel to his previous film, The Great Pre-Wedding Show. While the former focused on the drama prior to a wedding, this film opens with a marriage sequence, where protagonists Prathap (Thiruveer) and Bujjamma (Payal Radhakrishna), childhood sweethearts, tie the knot. At its core, the story is about the chaos that ensues when a personal problem between a couple balloons into a public spectacle. The drama begins on their wedding night, where something seems amiss with Bujjamma. When efforts to resolve the issue with her husband fail, she reaches out to the village elders for help. How far does Prathap go to address the elephant in the room and salvage his marriage?
Mr. X
Action, Thriller (Tamil)
Cast:
Arya, Gautham Ram Karthik, Manju Warrier, R. Sarathkumar, Anagha, Athulya Ravi, Raiza Wilson, Jayaprakash, Kaali Venkat, Tara Amala Joseph
Director:
Manu Anand
Fri, April 17 2026
Catastrophic. When more than one character uses this word in a spy thriller, you know that it means just one thing: Global destruction. In Manu Anand’s latest, Mr X, we hear it a few times, and every single time, the weight of the destruction-in-wait is clear. The potential attack has the capacity to obliterate an entire State, and since this is a Tamil film, it is the state of Tamil Nadu, which is in danger, and we have our homegrown R&AW agents who do the thankless job of saving the nation. But despite the massive threat of a nuclear attack, personal equations of the agents jeopardising the mission, and a couple of flashbacks too many, Mr X manages to entertain as long as we, just like the makers, don’t take the film too seriously.
Pallichattambi
Action, Drama (Malayalam)
Small-town schemer Chattambi survives by staying ahead of his neighbors through risky plans. When his plans backfire, he has to depend on extricating himself from the mess he created.
Cast:
Tovino Thomas, Kayadu Lohar, Vijayaraghavan, Sudheer Karamana, T G Ravi, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Johny Antony, Nishanth Sagar, Eldho Mathew, Prasanth Alexander
Director:
Dijo Jose Antony
Writer:
Suresh Babu
Fri, April 17 2026
Subtlety has never been one of filmmaker Dijo Jose Antony’s core strengths, but even by his standards, the choices he makes in his fourth film, Pallichattambi, are quite odd. Like, the idea to introduce a much-feared antagonist by having him kill his pet dog with a fork, just because it was barking a little too much. The act was also to send a message to two men who walked in with unfavourable information during his dinnertime. The film’s treatment of history also follows a similar pattern, of landing a sharp fork at pages of history. Set amid the tumultuous period of the Vimochana Samaram (Liberation Struggle), led by revanchist forces against the land and educational reforms brought in by Kerala’s first Communist government in the late 1950s, the film’s protagonist is Pothan (Tovino Thomas), a strongman chosen by the Church to lead the ‘Christopher Sena’ to resist the Communists.
Thu, April 16 2026
A film’s mood is established in its initial few minutes. Pallichattambi opens with massive hype surrounding a feudal lord who oppresses people, without revealing his face. The narrative follows how the Church stood against the communist government in the 1950s, highlighting the history of the Liberation Struggle. Set in 1958 in the village of Kaaniyar, the story follows the Church as it seeks a strong protector against the rising influence of Communist workers. They find Krishnan Pillai, also known as Pallichattambi (the church rowdy), as their unlikely messiah. Pillai arrives in Kaaniyar as Pothan Christopher with the sole aim of halting the spread of communism.
Oru Durooha Saahacharyathil
Comedy, Thriller (Malayalam)
A government health worker in remote Wayanad cares for his bedridden brother while struggling with personal troubles. His quiet life shatters when an armed fugitive demands shelter as law enforcement closes in.
Cast:
Kunchacko Boban, Dileesh Pothan, Sajin Gopu, Chidambaram, Jaffer Idukki, Saranya R Nair, Sudheesh, Rajesh Madhavan, Divya Vishwanath, Pooja Mohanraj
Director:
Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval
Writer:
Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval
Fri, April 17 2026
Oru Durooha Saahacharyathil (under mysterious circumstances) is an eccentric film even by the mad standards of Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval, arguably Malayalam cinema’s most idiosyncratic director. You may or may not love all his films, but Poduval, even when he’s not fully in form, has an unlimited subscription to his unique brain and the powers that result from looking at the world differently. His latest film has everything from a Maoist in love to the concept of a man who dreams up real-life events, even before they take place. It also has room for a bedridden fanboy of Kamal Haasan and a self-referential joke, which includes a review of Oru Durooha Saahacharyathil as you are watching Oru Durooha Saahacharyathil.
Thu, April 16 2026
A precise sense of rhythm courses through the best of Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval’s works. Like a raconteur in full flow, he packs the narrative with intriguing events and funny throwaway lines that hardly cause the attention to waver. Even when some of the jokes don’t land, we remain engrossed and go with the flow. Yet, when his rhythm falters, as it does in the last act of Oru Durooha Saahacharyathil, we sense it too. Then it is just a matter of waiting for the inevitable train wreck. One of the reasons perhaps for the film going off track is its shape-shifting narrative, with the sudden turn in character in the last act not fitting well with what had transpired. It almost feels like a copout rather than something that would evolve organically from the story.
Dacoit
Action, Romance, Thriller (Telugu)
A man is convicted for a crime he didn't commit owing to a betrayal by his better half. He hunts her down seeking vengeance, as their stories intertwine with a series of robberies.
Cast:
Adivi Sesh, Mrunal Thakur, Anurag Kashyap, Prakash Raj, Sunil Varma, Zayn Marie Khan, Kamakshi Bhaskarla, Atul Kulkarni, Vaibhav Tatwawadi
Director:
Shaneil Deo
Thu, April 16 2026
This Telugu-Hindi thriller, meant to be a fast-paced romance between two good-looking people from opposite sides of the tracks, proves a few things: plots trying to be new shouldn’t feel familiar, it’s never a good idea to waste Prakash Raj, and that Anurag Kashyap needs to act a lot more, as he literally saves this film from sinking. It’s good to have Adivi Sesh back in action, building on his kinetic Kshanam-Goodachari persona. But his conflicted convict Hari, out for revenge against the love of his life (Mrunal Thakur), whom he holds responsible for his ruin, is overwrought. More underwhelming is Thakur as Saraswati, the upper-class, upper-caste woman whose idea of showing her lover a good time is to teach him how to drive on a straight road.
Fri, April 10 2026
In cinema, or in the worlds that inspire it, some concepts are inherently dated. One such relic is dacoity. What do you picture when you hear of a film titled Dacoit? I go straight to the Chambal Valley, or maybe think of a Veerappan type, clad in camouflage, sporting a handlebar moustache, clutching hunting guns with a bullet rack slung diagonally across the torso. Given the dubious ways of Telugu cinema, I would at least expect one of those routine one-man battles against the system to protect mothers and sisters. Shaneil Deo’s film, however, delivers none of that. Instead, Dacoit tries to be everything else, none of which resembles a dacoit.
Fri, April 10 2026
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Drama, Comedy (English)
The daughter of a former Hooter's waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo is a recent college dropout and aspiring writer. Faced with a new baby, mounting pile of bills, and dwindling number of ways to pay them, Margo must find a way forward.
Cast:
Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Offerman, Nicole Kidman, Greg Kinnear, Thaddea Graham, Michael Angarano, Rico Nasty
Wed, April 15 2026
It takes a village to raise a child and the latest Apple TV series, Margot’s Got Money Troubles, enforces that notion. Created by David E. Kelley, it stars Elle Fanning in the lead as the title character, Margo Millet. Margo’s life does a 180 degrees once she becomes pregnant, but she remains committed to being the best mother that she can be to her child. The eight-part series takes some unexpected turns, particularly after Margo decides to create an OnlyFans account to earn money. But it’s the performances from the stellar cast that keeps the series grounded, as they all come together to help Margo raise her baby.
Euphoria S03
Drama (English)
A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
Cast:
Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, Eric Dane, Martha Kelly, Chloe Cherry, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Wed, April 15 2026
The Euphoria that fans loved from 2019 to 2022 is no more. The HBO series is back after four years for a third season with a five-year time jump to show the characters out of high school. But this new version of Euphoria has gone through a rehaul and the premiere episode has turned into a bizarre Western with Zendaya’s Rue leading the charge. While the writing and direction are largely uneven, the actors save the muddled attempt at Euphoria 2.0, which is still worth tuning in to, for nostalgia’s sake.