Movies By Genre - Filmy Town

Vadh 2 – movie review

A couple of years ago, Vadh, a crime thriller starring Sanjay Mishra and Neera Gupta had released. But it's sequel, Vadh 2 is in no way is it connected to the earlier franchise. Probably to take advantage of its predecessor's success, Vadh 2 is made using the same title. Sanjay Mishra has done a great job playing the role of Shambhunath Mishra. He is a prisoner in the jail, and in the adjacent prison, Neena Gupta is imprisoned for committing two murders. This is not a story between the two. The story is has a louder and a bigger perspective. We have Prakash Singh, a good police warden, but Komal Mishra is the authoritarian jailer and another character, Shilpa Shukla, who plays Rajni the jail warden. Keshav (Akshay Dogra) a notorious character who is politically connected, disappears from the jail premises. How does he disappear? Why does he disappear? And will the jail authoriti ....
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Mayasabha – movie review

Rahi Anil Barve presents a contemporary representation of the magical palace in Mahabharata to convey the spiritual meaning through material form that focuses on a cinema hall in atmospheric ruins. Delving deeper is the core characteristic of greed in humans. Mayasabha is an abstract thriller - not meant for the masses. The hall of Illusion - Mayasabha is a single-location immersive film that explores the corrosive nature of greed. Though it carves out its own idiosyncratic, theatrical identity. Mayasabha's most important character is a dilapidated Mumbai cinema hall that reeks "moral rot and decay" through meticulously layered smoke, red hues, and ghostly shadows.

Readers expecting a traditional thriller would get 'lost in the fog'

Meant for those devoted moviegoers, especially the ones who are knowledgeable about the cinema. What stand ....
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Mardaani 3 – movie review

The third instalment in the Mardaani film series, Mardaani 3 is about police officer Shivani Shivaji Roy (Rani Mukerji) as she investigates the case of 93 young girls who have gone missing under mysterious circumstances' in just three months. Janki Bodiwala and Mallika Prasad are at their best. A definite watch For Rani Mukerji fans. It is for her commanding screen presence makes Mardaani 3 worth experiencing. Though the storytelling feels familiar, the film continues to spotlight urgent issues like trafficking and systemic crime. She is magnetic, embodying Shivani with grit and gravitas. It is merely her presence that elevates even the most predictable scenes. Shivani Shivaji Roy returns to confront a sinister child trafficking network that stretches across borders and infiltrates powerful institutions. As she delves deeper, Shivani uncovers a web of corruption and complicity that ....
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Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials – web series review

A refreshing new mini series 'Seven Dials' penned by Agatha Christie is currently streaming on Netflix with three gripping episodes of approximately 52 minutes each. Agatha Christie's Seven Dials - web series review... What can one say about Agatha Christie and her mysteries, this vociferous authoress wrote 66 detective novels, 14 short stories collection besides plays, three generation of Indians grew up marvelling them. Who can forget the immaculate investigation work done by her more famous detectives, Hercule Poirot the Belgian detective and Miss Marple the aging spinster. Since the late 19th and early 20th century there have been great writers of detective fiction novels like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famous for his character Sherlock Holmes, Raymond Chandler for his Philip Marlowe and others however Christie was the only woman and just too good at her craft and a prolific writ ....
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Border 2 – movie review

Based on the 1971 India–Pakistan war, covering Operation Chengiz Khan, the Battle of Poonch, the Battle of Basantar, and the defence of INS Khukri, Border 2 is the sequel to J.P. Dutta’s 1997 blockbuster Border. Directed by Anurag Singh, the film captures the grit and sacrifice of frontline soldiers while showcasing the combined strength of the Indian Army, Air Force and the Indian Navy. Its scale sets it apart, offering audiences a sweeping view of multi-front operations. With several war films released recently, Border 2 stands out for its well-crafted battle sequences, overseen by producer J.P. Dutta. Unlike its predecessor, it avoids excessive melodrama and comedy, opting for a more restrained presentation. However, compared to films like Dhurandhar and URI, some action scenes feel slightly tacky. Sunny Deol reprises his role as the central protagonist, joined by Varun D ....
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Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web – review

Taskaree The Smugglers Web. Web series review

The latest eponymous OTT crime thriller series on Netflix which well describes itself, is about smuggling of gold, drugs, luxury items and expensive watches however primarily via air and more about gold or peela as it is called in the series. Gold has always allured our people. Taskaree: The Smuggler's Web review... The penchant for gold jewellery is well known, Indians have the largest domestic appetite for gold, the amount of house-held gold would embarrass even Fort Knox. Thus any import duty or taxation invites smuggling in this yellow metal. Historically too gold had been the most smuggled item apart from electronics till the 1990s however there was a lull in the interim period when the duty was reduced 2% but lately with the rates and duty going north it has come back in fashion. Taskaree: The Smuggler's Web is now streaming on NETFLIX (No. of episodes 7) It reveals how wi ....
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Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos – movie review

Leave your brains at home to Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos that sets out to reinvent the detective genre with a quirky, desi twist. It is a slapstick spy‑comedy, a parody on crime genre that leans heavily on absurd humor and frequently uttered Hindi words wrongly pronounced by a British-Indian which do not amuse you at all. Happy Patel (Vir Das), the adopted son of two British secret agents, dreams of following in his fathers’ footsteps by joining the elite MI7 agency. When his aspirations fall short, he discovers his Indian roots and is dispatched to Goa on a mission: to rescue a white woman forced into developing a fairness cream formula by the local don, Mama (Mona Singh). Bound by an inter‑generational feud with Happy, Mama seizes the chance to settle old scores. By the way - this jasoos turns out to be a master chef instead of being a dangerous spy. Just wongering whether t ....
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The RajaSaab – movie review

After a long inordinate wait filled with delays, controversies, and sky-high expectations, The Raja Saab has finally hit the screens. Starring Prabhas in the lead role, the film is marketed as a horror-comedy with fantasy elements, but instead turns out to be a slow, exhausting experience that lacks horror, comedy, emotional depth, and engaging narration. The RajaSaab movie review... Raja (Prabhas), lives with his grandmother Gangamma (Zareena Wahab) and his uncle’s daughter Anitha (Riddhi Kumar). Anitha loves Raja, while Gangamma suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and remembers only her husband Kanakaraju (Sanjay Dutt), who she believes is still alive. Raja learns that his grandfather may be in Hyderabad, near Charminar, and travels there. During this phase, he encounters a nun (Niddhi Agerwal) and instantly falls in love with her. It is now time for Bhairavi (Malavika Mohanan) ....
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IKKIS – movie review

Ikkis is based on the real-life heroism of Arun Khetarpal, the Param Vir Chakra recipient who laid down his life just after turning 21. Directed by Sriram Raghavan and produced by Dinesh Vijan and Binny Padda, Ikkis is a biographical war drama film based on the life of Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal and revolving around the Battle of Basantar during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The film stars Agastya Nanda as Arun Khetarpal, Dharmendra (in his posthumous film debut) and Jaideep Ahlawat Arun Khetarpal's father M L Khetarpal (Dharmendra) goes to revisit those places after his son is dead. A brilliant film, but my only worry is that this kind of a film may not find audience as people are now saturated with war movies. Rather over-saturated. The story has war, action, emotions and is in a linear narrative about the war which happened at that time (the Indo-Pak war of 1971). ....
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Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri – movie review

Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri arrives with glossy packaging, a charming lead pair and postcard-perfect visuals of Croatia. Directed by Sameer Vidwans, the film promises romance and family drama but delivers a mixed bag—delightful in its first half and then a frustratingly illogical in its second. Ray (Kartik Aaryan) a wedding planner and Rumi's (Ananya Panday) chance meeting at an airport leads to camaraderie during a trip to Croatia, setting the stage for flirtation amid the postcard-perfect backdrop of Croatia. The narrative shifts from breezy rom-com to tackling taboo family values and generational expectations, aiming to balance entertainment with a social message. Kartik Aaryan is lovable as Ray, a wedding planner whose boyish charm and comic timing instantly win over the audience. He carries the breezy tone of the film with ease. Ananya Panday is ravishing, bringing f ....
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