One Battle After Another
Action, Crime, Thriller (English)
When their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own. (more…)
They Call Him OG
Action, Thriller (Telugu)
After vanishing from Mumbai's underworld for a decade, mob boss Ojas Gambheera resurfaces—feared, unstoppable, and with a single goal: to reclaim his empire and exact vengeance on the current tyrant, Omi Bhau. As loyalties fracture and alliances shift, OG reignites (more…)
Guild Reviews
I Poppy
Documentary (Hindi)
The divergent paths of poppy farmer Vardibai and her activist son Mangilal intertwine in this powerful documentary about a Dalit family’s resistance against systemic oppression.
Director:
Vivek Chaudhary
Writer:
Vivek Chaudhary
Fri, October 3 2025
I, Poppy follows an old poppy farmer and her troubles with a ‘wayward’ adult son. Like several others in her Rajasthani village, Vardibai Meghwal owns a patch of land and a poppy-farming license. She is a grassroots supplier of opium, the precious Black Gold that contains morphine used in both medicinal and illegal drugs. The trade is far from profitable, but she perseveres; she cannot afford to worry about moral implications. Her grandsons help her toil in the field. But Vardibai considers her son, Mangilal, a liability for not entering the family business, slacking on his teaching job and barely contributing to household expenses. The situation is dire. Mangilal is an addict who, according to his mother, needs to be cured and controlled and rehabilitated. He is amused by her taunts; he’s never at home, always distracted by hallucinations of an alternate reality.
13th
Drama (Hindi)
13th tells the story of Ritesh, a successful venture capitalist who reunites with his maverick IIT-JEE mentor, Mohit Tyagi Sir, to help scale his visionary educational institute. The series unfolds against the backdrop of India's most gruelling academic competition and a startup culture fixated on valuations. At its heart, 13th is a deeply nostalgic, human story of a master and his pupil-bound by ambition, respect, and the lessons that shape a lifetime.
Cast:
Gagan Dev Riar, Paresh Pahuja, Girija Oak, Pradnya Motghare, Abhishek Ranjan, Jai Kishan
Director:
Nishil Sheth
Writer:
Sameer Mishra
Thu, October 2 2025
गुरु गोविंद दोऊ खड़े काके लागू पाय, बलिहारि गुरु आपनो गोविंद दियो बताय… एक बच्चे के जीवन में गुरु का क्या स्थान होता है, यह संत कबीर दास ने इस दोहे में बखूबी बता दिया था। वाकई एक सच्चा गुरु अपने शिष्य के जीवन की दिशा बदल सकता है। एक ऐसी ही गुरु-शिष्य की जोड़ी की कहानी पर बनी है, ‘13वीं: सम लेसन्स आर नॉट टॉट इन क्लासरूम्स’वेब सीरीज। जैसा कि शीर्षक से ही साफ है कि सारे सबक क्लासरूम में नहीं सिखाए जाते, यह सीरीज इंसान को डर, असुरक्षा, ईष्या, घमंड जैसी उन कमियों से निपटना सिखाती है जो किसी किताब से नहीं सीखा जा सकता।
Thu, October 2 2025
Inspired by the real-life journey of educator Mohit Tyagi and his platform Competishun, 13th is a five-episode drama about a venture capitalist who quits his job to help his former mentor build an ed-tech startup. It is composed of two timelines around a decade apart: the struggle of cocky IIT-JEE aspirant Ritesh (Paresh Pahuja) under the tutelage of crowd-favourite MT Sir (Gagandev Riar) is intercut with the struggle of corporate star Ritesh teaming up with a vintage MT Sir to turn this vision into a unicorn. The protege and teacher trade roles across phases; Ritesh chooses to ‘invest’ in Mohit the way he once invested in him. The ominous-sounding title refers to the term used for students who take a drop year after their 12th to prepare for the JEE entrance exam — like Ritesh does in Kota in 2005, but also like he figuratively does after getting disillusioned with startup culture years later.
Balti
Action, Drama, Romance (Malayalam)
A star kabaddi player's life takes a dangerous turn when he's pulled into the criminal underworld.
Cast:
Shane Nigam, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Preethi Asrani, Shiva Hariharan, Alphonse Puthren, Selvaraghavan, Poornima Indrajith, Jeckson Johnson, Asha Madathil Sreekanth, Akshay Radhakrishnan
Director:
Unni Sivalingam
Writer:
Unni Sivalingam
Thu, October 2 2025
Set in the one of the border towns of Palakkad, bang in the middle of both Kerala and Tamil Nadu, is a surprising film that borrows its sensibilities from both Malayalam and Tamil cinema. The writing, about four young kabaddi players and how they’re slowly absorbed into the world of crime and corruption, feels planted and subtle, like a solid Malayalam slowburn. But the colours of these scenes are dynamic, the sounds loud, and its treatment a lot like that of the rooted Tamil cinema of the 2000s.
Sat, September 27 2025
‘Balti’ opens with a gory murder and the four friends, who meticulously plan and commit the crime. Minutes after the crime, they quickly change their outfits and take part in a temple ritual. With pulsating music from the find of this decade, Sai Abhyankkar, the film grabs your attention from the first frame. But, does it hold your attention throughout? Let’s find out!
Sat, September 27 2025
Balti comes accompanied with the tag of a ‘sports action film’, with Kabaddi being the sport in the spotlight. For a while in the beginning, debutant filmmaker Unni Sivalingam appears to be keen on living up to this tag, serving us some intensely fought and tastefully shot Kabaddi matches. But by the halfway point, Kabaddi gets firmly pushed to the background, only for a glimpse of it to be shown in the epilogue.
They Call Him OG
Action, Thriller (Telugu)
After vanishing from Mumbai's underworld for a decade, mob boss Ojas Gambheera resurfaces—feared, unstoppable, and with a single goal: to reclaim his empire and exact vengeance on the current tyrant, Omi Bhau. As loyalties fracture and alliances shift, OG reignites a brutal criminal war, confronting both external threats and haunting buried betrayals.
Cast:
Pawan Kalyan, Emraan Hashmi, Priyanka Arul Mohan, Prakash Raj, Sriya Reddy, Arjun Das, Ajay Ghosh, Rajendran, Jeeva, Harish Uthaman
Director:
Sujeeth
Writer:
Sujeeth
Tue, September 30 2025
Another southern superstar vehicle that alternates between soaring high and sputtering cumbersomely, They Call Him OG does not go completely off the rails thanks to the kinetic power that lead actor Pawan Kalyan lends the film. The Telugu superstar goes full tilt at powering an erratic screenplay that delivers an abundance of superficial style. The film has plenty of arrows in its quiver but all of them hit their intended targets. But if you are a Pawan Kalyan fan, that lacuna is unlikely to take anything away from the sheen that the star possesses.
Sat, September 27 2025
All the superstars of Indian cinema share one thing in common: a remarkable screen presence. All it takes is for them to come on screen and blow us away with just one glance. Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan, fondly known as Power Star by his fans, is one such actor whose antics are enough to set the screen ablaze. For his fans, director Sujeeth’s ‘They Call Him OG’ is a film that promises to satisfy all their cravings.
Fri, September 26 2025
Bad Girl
Romance, Drama (Tamil)
From her journey through high school and college, then out into the wider world, Ramya’s dream of finding the perfect guy is obstructed by societal mores, strict parents, unrequited love and the untrammeled chaos of her own mind.
Cast:
Anjali Sivaraman, Shanti Priya, Hridhu Haroon, Teejay, Sashank Bommireddipalli, Saranya Ravichandran
Director:
Varsha Bharath
Writer:
Varsha Bharath
Tue, September 30 2025
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एक लड़की है स्कूल में जिसके लिए ब्वॉय फ्रैंड बनाना पहली प्राथमिकता है। उसकी मां उसी स्कूल में टीचर है लेकिन वह लड़की रूल्स तोड़ना अपना हक समझती है। पढ़ाई की बजाय उसका ध्यान लड़कों में रहता है। मां-बाप समझाते हैं तो वह उन्हें धमकियां देती है। स्कूल के बाद कॉलेज, कॉलेज के बाद नौकरी करते हुए भी वह बदलती नहीं है। नियमों और परंपराओं से बगावत उसकी फितरत है। लोगों की नज़रों में ऐसी लड़कियां खराब होती हैं। वह भी ‘बैड गर्ल’ है। लेकिन अपनी नज़र में वह सही है, बिल्कुल सही।
Samsaram Adhu Minsaram
(Tamil)
Ammaiyappan Mudaliar fulfils every need of his four children. However, when the eldest son fights with him and leaves the house, Uma, the daughter-in-law, tries to solve their issues.
Cast:
Visu, Lakshmi, Raghuvaran, Vagai Chandrasekar, Kamala Kamesh, Ilavarasi, Manorama, Madhuri, Delhi Ganesh, Kishmu
Director:
Visu
Writer:
Visu
Sun, September 28 2025
Alice in Borderland S03
Mystery, Drama, Action & Adventure (Japanese)
With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.
Cast:
Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya
Sat, September 27 2025
Before Squid Game, there was the Japanese series Alice in Borderland about players in life-or-death games. Returning five years after the Shibuya meteorite incident, Alice in Borderland’s third season puts its protagonists Arisu (Kento Yamazaki) and Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya) back in dire danger. As the games resume in Borderland, the games become more elaborate with higher stakes. The events of Season 3 veer away from Haro Aso’s manga while sticking to its essence. The second half picks up to return to the show that entralled fans over five years and should leave them wanting more.
Karam
Thriller, Action (Malayalam)
Former Indian military officer Dev Mahendran and his family find themselves in a perilous situation in a foreign country, Lenarco, during an international conference.
Cast:
Noble Babu Thomas, Reshma Sebastian, Audrey Miriam, Manoj K Jayan, Kalabhavan Shajon, Baburaj, Vishnu G. Varrier, Johny Antony, Shweta Menon, John Kaippallil
Director:
Vineeth Sreenivasan
Writer:
Noble Babu Thomas
Sat, September 27 2025
There were instances during Karam where you are led to believe you’ve entered into the wrong screen at the multiplex. This begins right from the first shot when when we’re asked to guess if a particular chase is taking place in India or elsewhere. Of course we see Noble Babu Thomas (Dev) in the frame and we’re told that he’s just missed a shot at the most notorious militant in the world, but the imagery is so devoid of specificity that it could be any Mallu action hero running away from bad guys in any continent in any part of the world and it wouldn’t make a difference. A scene later, it’s when Dev gets court-marshalled that we learn that these two are Indian soldiers, out to take on a threat against India. The generic Europeanness of the location is something we need to interpret as the story taking place in some idyllic North Indian hill station, along the lines of Shimla.
Sat, September 27 2025
To create a humorous situation around the ubiquitous ‘Dolo 650’, like the one in Vineeth Sreenivasan’s Karam, requires a certain amount of ingenuity. But, humour depends on the setting as well as the timing, and this particular attempt at comedy may have worked in a different setting. In Karam, it just happens to be placed in the middle of a person’s attempt to breach and bust a dreaded human trafficking ring, causing the humour to fall flat.
One Battle After Another
Action, Crime, Thriller (English)
When their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own.
Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Alana Haim, Wood Harris, Tony Goldwyn, Shayna McHayle
Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer:
Paul Thomas Anderson
Sat, September 27 2025
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another serves as a reminder that it is the same director behind There Will Be Blood (2007), although this film ventures further into uncharted territory. It encompasses political themes, satire, action, and family drama. Above all, this film showcases the filmmaker’s mastery of his craft – from the musical score to the cinematography, there is an abundance of elements to appreciate in this work.
Fri, September 26 2025
Janaawar: The Beast Within
(Hindi)
As SI Hemant Kumar explores a missing person's case in the jungle town of Chhattisgarh, he is determined to solve it. Trouble follows when that leads to a string of bodies and a likely serial killer.
Cast:
Bhuvan Arora, Bhagwan Tiwari, Atul Kale, Vaibhav Yashvir, Deeksha Sonalkar
Director:
Shachindra Vats
Writer:
Sonali Gupta, Shreyes Anil Lowlekar
Fri, September 26 2025
Police officer Hemant’s week off is cancelled due to two urgent cases: the disappearance of MLA Jagtap’s brother, Sarju, and a gold theft. A mutilated corpse is found, forcing a desperate search for the missing head. Suspects are arrested, beaten, and confess, but the mystery deepens. The trail shockingly leads to Hemant’s ally, whose confession reveals more layers to the crime.
Sixer S02
Drama (Hindi)
A ragtag group of cricketers and cricket enthusiasts come together overcoming personal odds and help each other to give a clear shot at winning the local tennis ball cricket tournament.
Cast:
Shivankit Singh Parihar, Badri Chavan, Rahul Tewari, Karishma Singh, Brij Bhushan Shukla, Vaibhav Shukla, Puneet Batra, Prashant Singh, Suraj Rikame, Anandeshwar Dwivedi
Director:
Divyanshu Malhotra
Writer:
Shivankit Singh Parihar, Harish Peddinti
Fri, September 26 2025
After a crushing setback in a crucial match, Nikku’s team finds its reputation on the line. As a key player departs, the team descends into disarray, struggling to find its footing. They must overcome these internal conflicts and face a formidable rival in a final showdown. This decisive match will determine not only the tournament’s winner but also their future, both on and off the field.
Opus
Horror, Mystery, Thriller (English)
A young writer is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star's cult of sycophants and intoxicated journalists, she finds herself in the middle of his twisted plan.
Cast:
Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Melissa Chambers, Tony Hale, Stephanie Suganami, Mark Sivertsen, Amber Midthunder, Tatanka Means
Director:
Mark Anthony Green
Writer:
Mark Anthony Green
Thu, September 25 2025
If you have to cast someone as a 60-plus rock star who was once known as the “Wizard of Wiggle,” had 38 No. 1 hits in the ‘90s and used to date Cindy Crawford among many others — and now runs a (ahem!) cult — there is really only one name that comes to mind: John Malkovich. Besides being one of Hollywood’s most mystifying stars, Malkovich,71, has directed a play in Latvian, designed his own fashion lines, and even starred in a movie called Being John Malkovich that explores entering his mind. He has participated in shooting a film designed to be viewed in the year 2115, a project that highlights his unusual approach to filmmaking. His involvement in Being John Malkovich, he has claimed, was a deliberate choice, as he wanted to be involved in the “weirdest Hollywood movie ever made”. He has also famously said that “he believes he is the least eccentric person he knows.”