Walking into Coolie, I expected a Lokesh Kanagaraj action-thriller with the density and grit of his earlier work. What I got instead was a film that sails on the unshakable charisma of Rajinikanth but often drifts when it comes to story discipline. It’s a crowd-pleaser in many ways, but not

Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.2/5) Vijay Deverakonda returns to the big screen with Kingdom, a slick, high-stakes Telugu-language spy thriller directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri. Marketed as the launchpad of a two-part franchise, the film promises adrenaline-fueled espionage, grand visuals, and a personal redemption arc—but delivers only selectively on that promise. Deverakonda plays a