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FCG Rating for the film Love Insurance Kompany: 48/100
Love Insurance Kompany

Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy (Tamil)

In a tech-chained world, a hero seeks love’s unshackled truth. Through their fight, humanity’s heart may beat free once more.

Cast: Pradeep Ranganathan, Krithi Shetty, S. J. Suryah, Yogi Babu, Gouri G Kishan, Anandaraj, Shah Ra, Seeman, Muhammad Rasool, Sunil
Director: Vignesh Shivan
Writer: Vignesh Shivan


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Janani K | India Today

A rom-com that entertains more than it convinces

Fri, April 10 2026

Director Vignesh Shivan's Love Insurance Kompany aka LIK, starring Pradeep Ranganathan, Krithi Shetty and SJ Suryah, is a fun rom-com set in the futuristic world. The film explores the consequences of surrendering control of your life to apps.

Imagine Chennai in 2040, transformed into a bustling metropolis resembling Times Square on its busiest day. Monorails traverse the skyline, government hospitals resemble hi-tech labs, and drones deliver goods across a hyperconnected city. This is the world Vignesh Shivan creates in Love Insurance Kompany, portraying a technologically advanced yet emotionally distant society dominated by apps, especially one called Love Insurance Kompany, led by the mysterious Suriyan.

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Kirubhakar Purushothaman | News 18 writing for The Federal

Vignesh Shivan’s rom-com is high on feeling, low on thought

Fri, April 10 2026

Vignesh Shivan's future-world rom-com is bright, funny, and utterly committed to love, but the definition it champions turns out to be its weakest link

What makes Vignesh Shivan an interesting filmmaker is his relentless pursuit of packaging what an irreverent Gen Z would call boomerish as an ultra-modern ‘sheesh’… something even an unaware Gen Beta would lap up as a perfectly in-vogue emotion. Poda Podi is about a modern dancer whose husband eventually convinces her that family rearing matters more than her dream of winning dance competitions. Naanum Rowdy Dhaan was a cool story of a pure-hearted gentleman, now called out for being a stalker. Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal is about a polyamorous hero whose love for both heroines is so pure he doesn’t consummate the relationship with either. With Love Insurance Kompany, Vignesh Shivan has taken this righteous hero into a future where love has been utterly commodified — and it is up to him to teach his lover, and the world, what true love is.

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FCG Rating for the film Vaazha II: 75/100
Vaazha II

Comedy, Drama, Action (Malayalam)

Four friends – Hashir, Alan, Ajin and Vinayak – are considered losers and troublemakers by parents, family and the school management. They face immense social pressure as they reach adulthood, embarking them on an emotional journey of self discovery and acceptance, where they finally learn to take up their responsibilities and find success

Cast: Hashir, Alan Bin Siraj, Ajin Joy, Vinayak, Alphonse Puthren, Sudheesh, Vijay Babu, Vinod Kedamangalam, Raveendran, Ameen
Director: Savin Sa
Writer: Vipin Das


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Anmol Jamwal | Tried & Refused Productions

Proud Of Our Little Kerala

Fri, April 10 2026

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S. R. Praveen | The Hindu

Improves upon the original, with a theme that resonates

Mon, April 6 2026

The film borrows part of its template from the successful first part, especially the story of youths losing their way and messing up their future, but it adds a lot more too

A little while into Vaazha 2: Biopic of a Billion Bros, one gets the feeling of being taken from one neatly engineered event to the next. Rather than one overarching narrative, the anticipation and excitement are all concentrated into shorter bursts, with each such sequence having an inherent rhythm, with a slow buildup and then a crescendo, when either all hell breaks loose or emotions overflow in a torrent, as it happens in the latter half.

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Vishal Menon | The Hollywood Reporter India

Adulting And All Its Moods In This Beautiful Bromance

Fri, April 3 2026

The film surrounds itself with so much of the ordinary that the images we see on screen begin to feel like they are ours.

There aren’t many filmmakers out there with as honest an understanding of the growing-up years as Vipin Das does. We see him begin most of his scripts by introducing us to his lead characters as children, often taking us into an aspect of their childhood that might not feel like much. This could be something as innocent as us joining Jaya on her walk to school through cashew plantations in Jaya Jaya Jaya Hain (2022). Vaazha: The Biopic Of A Billion Boys too begins in school with the formation of what appears to be an unlikely friendship. Its leads may come from different places and backgrounds, but these boys have a way of finding their gang during the strangest of events.

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FCG Rating for the film The Drama: 59/100
The Drama

Romance, Comedy (English)

A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Alana Haim, Mamoudou Athie, Hailey Benton Gates, Sydney Lemmon, Hannah Gross, Anna Baryshnikov, Jordyn Curet, Michael Abbott Jr.
Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Writer: Kristoffer Borgli


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Tatsam Mukherjee | The Wire

Takes Shots at Cancel Culture, but Feels More Like a Provocation Than Payoff

Wed, April 8 2026

It could be argued that Krisstofer Borgli’s film has too much fun with the premise, turning it into a psychological comedy of sorts.

One of my favourite scenes in Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road (2008) – starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet – is when April (Winslet) greets Frank (DiCaprio) for breakfast, after a colossal fight the night before, during which things were said that neither can ever take back. As she (much to his surprise) performs her part of a ‘supportive’ wife, while he riffs on his role as the polite, clueless breadwinner of the family, the quiet breakfast – a symbol of suburban bliss – begins to feel suffocating and emotionally claustrophobic. Both Winslet and DiCaprio act the hell out of this scene, playing the wounded, flawed couple trying to deflect from the unpleasantness of their once-loving marriage, hoping things would get back to normal with time.

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Sachin Chatte | The Navhind Times Goa

More trauma, Less Drama

Sat, April 4 2026

The Drama, written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, certainly lives up to its title—but not in a way that works to its advantage. There is no shortage of drama here, but what value does it hold when you feel absolutely nothing for the people at the center of it?

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Shomini Sen | Wion

Zendaya-Robert Pattinson shine in a complex dramedy

Sat, April 4 2026

Modern-day romance is complex. Gone are the days when boy-meets-girl and they fall in love form the ideal rom-com in Hollywood. An entire generation may have grown up on light frothy rom-coms that Hollywood used to churn out in a dozen back in the day. But that very generation has now grown up and is navigating complexities in life. And thus, Kristoffer Borgli’s latest dramedy, The Drama, may resonate with many of its viewers. Featuring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in the lead, Borgli’s film explores love in the time of violence, accessibility and wokeness.

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FCG Rating for the film Maamla Legal Hai S02: 62/100
Maamla Legal Hai S02

Comedy, Drama (Hindi)

Chaos collides with the letter of the law at District Court Patparganj, where quirky employees work to uphold justice — but not without a few objections.

Cast: Ravi Kishan, Nidhi Bisht, Anant Joshi


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FCG Rating for the film Leader: 47/100
Leader

Action, Drama (Tamil)

An ordinary man becomes trapped between warring criminal factions and law enforcement, forcing him to use his wits to survive while shielding his loved ones from the deadly crossfire that threatens to consume them all.

Cast: Arul Saravanan, Shaam, Andrea Jeremiah, Santhosh Prathap, Payal Rajput, Lal, Amritha Aiyer, VTV Ganesh, Baby Iyal, Kumar Natarajan
Director: R. S. Durai Senthilkumar


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Avinash Ramachandran | The New Indian Express

A campy actioner that repackages its starry-eyed hero

Fri, April 3 2026

Despite the random and unnecessary detours, Leader gets its basics right, and never gives you time to put on your logic-tinted glasses

Vanity. A few years back, business magnate Saravanan decided to be the face of his multi-million-dollar empire. He was plastered across TV ads, in newspapers, and on YouTube. The next ideal step was to take up the political route or don the greasepaint. Saravanan decided to become an actor. And then… he rechristened himself as Legend Saravanan, and made his acting debut with… wait for it… Legend. It was heavily trolled for its content, his performance, and everything else in between. Four years later, Legend Saravanan has come back to collect his dues with Leader, under the aegis of director RS Durai Senthilkumar. He embarks on a path to redemption courtesy a clever director, a compelling script, a convincing ensemble, carefree masala-cinema sensibilities, and, of course, good ol’ money.

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Vishal Menon | The Hollywood Reporter India

Cringe Benefits Of A Self-Serious Spy Thriller

Fri, April 3 2026

Despite its enjoyable silliness, the film starring Legend Saravanan is so stern that it doesn’t even try to get us on its side.

Of all the years of film-viewing, I never imagined I’d require visual descriptions (VD) to understand what an actor is trying to convey. RS Senthilkumar’s Leader, starring ‘Legend’ Saravanan, is best watched when the bottom half of your screen presents you with descriptions that tell you things as obvious as “he notices car”, “opens the door”, “closes the door”, “looks emotionally” and many more. One can argue that these were added for the benefit of those with hearing impairments to underscore imagery, but when the lead actor is Legend Saravanan, these descriptions become a crutch to help you understand the hidden meanings behind his expressions.

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Neelira

Drama (Tamil)

A wedding eve in 1988 Sri Lanka turns into a hostage standoff when Indian Army soldiers occupy a family's home overnight.

Cast: Naveen Chandra, Sananth, Kapila Venu, Roopa Koduvayur, Vidhu, Sidhu kumaresan, Vincent Nakul
Director: Someetharan
Writer: Someetharan


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Prathyush Parasuraman | The Hollywood Reporter India

A Frustrating Chamber Piece Set In The Sri Lankan Civil War

Fri, April 3 2026

It is not that a film on the Sri Lankan war must depict all its excesses, but when 'Neelira' forcibly side-steps it, the film’s intentional blind spots turn its vision into a fish-eye

Neelira takes place over one night. There is a note at the end of the film, text on screen, that transcribes the long, arduous journey, from Sri Lanka to Europe, that now lies ahead for one of the characters—Vasuki. That text, pregnant with odyssey, suddenly made the film come alive for a brief second. Then, the film ends. Set in 1988, in Northern Srilanka, Neelira, the first Tamil feature directed by a Sri Lankan Tamilian, begins with the preparation for Vasuki’s wedding—including the logistics of getting permission from the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) and the Sri Lankan army, though we don’t see a scene with the latter. Have they ceded control to the IPFK in this narrative?

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Janani K | India Today

Someetharan's anti-war film is a portrait of war's human cost

Fri, April 3 2026

Director Someetharan's Neelira, starring Naveen Chandra, Roopa Koduvayur and Sananth Reddy, is a chamber drama set in the thick of the Sri Lankan civil war. The film is a straight-forward documentation of the effects of war on the lives of commoners.

There is a scene in director Someetharan’s Neelira where a group of children is playing outdoors in the midst of the Sri Lankan civil war in 1988. One of them blurts," What’s a game without guns?," as they indulge in a shooting game. It takes only one scene to put everything into context. These are children who should be playing hopscotch or hide-and-seek. Instead, they are thinking about shooting each other.

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Biker

Adventure, Drama (Telugu)

Adrenaline-fueled motocross racers navigate dangerous competitions and face intense challenges on their bikes.

Cast: Sharwanand, Dr. Rajasekhar, Malavika Nair, Shashank, Atul Kulkarni, Brahmaji
Director: Abhilash Reddy
Writer: Abhilash Reddy, MVS Bharadwaj, Shravan Madala


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Sangeetha Devi Dundoo | The Hindu

This sports drama is predictable, but still has plenty going for it

Fri, April 3 2026

Motocross gives a new turn to the familiar beats in director Abhilash Reddy’s emotionally-steeped sports drama, and Sharwanand reclaims his spot under the sun

There are times when a filmmaker chooses to not reinvent the wheel or the story, to be precise. But a new setting lets it breathe. The broad contours of the storyline, sub plots and character arcs in director Abhilash Reddy’s Telugu sports drama, Biker are familiar. Motocross, a sport that has rarely or perhaps never been explored in Indian cinema, gives it a new sheen. The cutting-edge audio-visual landscape and worthwhile performances make it fairly engaging.

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FCG Rating for the film Maa Ka Sum: 43/100
Maa Ka Sum

Comedy (Hindi)

Agastya, a math prodigy, believes every problem has a formula - even love. When he sets out to find the perfect match for his mother, his algorithm-fueled adventure spirals into a hilarious tangle of bad dates, big feelings, and one unexpected discovery: sometimes love can't be calculated, only felt.

Cast: Mihir Ahuja, Angira Dhar, Ranveer Brar, Mona Singh, Manish Anand
Director: Nicholas Kharkongor
Writer: Sumrit Shahi, Nicholas Kharkongor, Vinay Choudary, Heena D’Souza


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Shubhra Gupta | The Indian Express

Mona Singh shines in a warm but uneven family drama

Fri, April 3 2026

The eight-part show is certainly better than many others that are being cranked out from streaming factories, but it is also true that it turns out to be a mixed bag, with the sparkly bits interspersed with those which are flat.

Maths nerd Agastya aka Gast (Mihir Ahuja) has his heart set upon seeing his single mom Vinita aka Vinnie (Mona Singh) ‘settled’, so he’s in search of that perfect algorithm that will lead to a perfect match. In all the adding and subtracting, he forgets that humans are still the sum of their gloriously imperfect parts. No artificial intelligence can crack ‘em. At least not yet, fingers tightly crossed.

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Sukanya Verma | rediff.com

Mummy-1, Maths-0

Fri, April 3 2026

When it's not spouting excessive maths jargon -- algorithm alone is uttered a zillion times -- too many characters with too little context crowd the scenes and turn Maa Ka Sum into a slog

We’ve seen Shah Rukh Khan’s pre-teen daughter gatecrash a wedding to get her dad remarried in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Akshaye Khanna endeavour to reunite his widowed father to his childhood sweetheart in Mere Baap Pehle Aap and Ayushmann Khurana embrace the idea of his mom’s need for companionship in Doctor G. Maa Ka Sum draws out on similar single-parent child psychology in the story of a teen mathematics genius using his skills to create a perfect match for his lonesome mom. Except there’s a dark side to his purpose. He doesn’t just wish to see his mother happy with somebody but also make that choice for her.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala | Mint writing for Scroll.in

Doesn’t add up

Fri, April 3 2026

Maa Ka Sum sets out to explore love through logic. Directed by Nicholas Kharkongor and written by Ravinder Randhawa and Sumrit Shahi, the Prime Video series is about a 19-year-old mathematics prodigy trying to “solve” relationships and matchmaking through equations and algorithms. Agastya (Mihir Ahuja) is on a mission to find the perfect partner for his single mother Vinita (Mona Singh). Their relationship is framed as unusually close, almost idealised, but quickly reveals a troubling co-dependence. Boundaries are virtually non-existent, with Agastya assuming the role of decision-maker in his mother’s romantic life, prioritising data and outcomes over her autonomy and feelings.

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Super Duperr

(Marathi)

When a deceitful agent sells the same house twice, a modern couple and a village family must somehow share a roof and their very different worlds.

Cast: Lalit Prabhakar, Vidula Chougule, Namrata Awate Sambherao, Kushal Badrike, Jagruti Datir
Director: Sameer Asha Patil
Writer: Sameer Asha Patil


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Keyur Seta | Bollywood Hungama writing for The Common Man Speaks

Decent entertainer on the conflict between traditionalism and modernism

Fri, April 3 2026

Super Duperr is a Marathi movie based on a conflict between two families that are poles apart. Rohit (Lalit Prabhakar) and Isha (Vidula Chougule) are a live-in couple from Mumbai. They are deeply in love but aren’t thinking about marriage. Rohit and Isha are struggling to make a mark in the field of singing and acting respectively. Once when they host a wild party at their rented apartment with their friends, they are forced to vacate the society as it doesn’t go down well with its members.

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Bait

Comedy (English)

Shah Latif is a struggling actor on the cusp of landing the role of a lifetime, only to find himself thrust into a full blown existential crisis and trippy conspiracy thriller all at the same time.

Cast: Riz Ahmed


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Sukanya Verma | rediff.com

Brown Bond For The Win!

Fri, April 3 2026

Riz Ahmed's new series Bait delivers a bitingly humorous, and topical commentary on a British-Pakistani actor's audacious journey auditioning for James Bond, challenging traditional casting norms and exploring complex themes of identity and representation.

A brown Bond may not be on the British bingo card… Until Riz Ahmed challenges the status quo as a struggling British-Pakistani actor auditioning for 007, following Daniel Craig’s departure in Bait’s six episodes of marvelously meta, humorous and unabashedly topical commentary. There are no shortage of actors vying for the role of the ‘white neo-colonial MI6 agent’, including Idris Elba and Regé-Jean Page.

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Tatsam Mukherjee | The Wire

Riz Ahmed Makes the Prospect of a ‘Desi James Bond’ About Belonging and Immigrant Trauma

Wed, April 1 2026

The British series is part satire, part wish-fulfilment and part introspection.

In a way, it’s brilliant that actor Riz Ahmed delves into one of Hollywood’s (and Britain’s) most pressing cultural voids – Who will be the next James Bond? – and inserts himself into it. In Bait, a six-episode miniseries, Ahmed plays an emerging Pakistani-British actor having an existential moment when he’s announced as a contender to be the next 007. In a series that is part wish-fulfilment, part introspection, part satire and part surreal coming-of-age tale, Ahmed meditates on his place in Hollywood, in modern British society and if his immigrant trauma will even lends itself to playing the poised, suave, and, till now, white, neo-colonial MI6 agent.

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XO Kitty S03

Comedy, Drama (English)

Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love. But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she'll soon realize that relationships are a lot more complicated when it's your own heart on the line.

Cast: Anna Cathcart, Choi Min-yeong, Gia Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Anthony Keyvan, Regan Aliyah, Peter Thurnwald, Philippe Lee, Sule Thelwell, Shin Hojo


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Sonal Pandya | Times Now

Anna Cathcart, Sang Heon Lee's Complicated Romance Continues In Drama-Filled Senior Year

Fri, April 3 2026

The breezy coming-of-age teenage drama delves into the group's bonds of friendship and love in their final year at KISS

The Netflix spinoff series XO, Kitty follows Kitty Song Covey’s adventures as she goes abroad to Seoul, South Korea for love and family. Kitty has come far since she first landed clueless in The City of Palaces. But since then, she has found her place at the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS). However, the friendship group is growing up and thinking about their future in the third season. With new showrunner Valentina Garza injecting new energy into the season, the show takes some much-needed steps ahead. Now in Season 3, XO, Kitty is still relying on the power of the To All The Boys franchise to pull in viewers.

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Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

Drama, Mystery (English)

A bride has a feeling that something horrifying will happen at her wedding — and the closer to the altar she gets, the worse it becomes.

Cast: Camila Morrone, Adam DiMarco, Gus Birney, Jeff Wilbusch, Karla Crome, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ted Levine, Sawyer Fraser


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Priyanka Roy | The Telegraph

A worthy addition to the relationship horror genre

Thu, April 2 2026

This thriller delves into themes of marriage and trust while delivering gruesome twists and supernatural scares.

For all those (and by that I mean almost everyone) who, at some point, has felt that marriage is a death sentence, the experience is quite literal in the ominously named Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen. Events that fall in the very, very bad category — and that is putting it mildly — do take place in this fresh-off-the-block Netflix series, all of which has to do with its protagonist’s decision to marry her “soulmate”.

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