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Ajay Brahmatmaj

CineMahaul (YouTube)

Ajay Brahmatmaj is a veteran film critic and author who reviews films in Hindi. He has previously been the film editor of Dainik Jagran and has also written for different newspapers and web portals. He now runs a YouTube channel called CineMahaul.

He has a keen interest in the history of Hindi cinema and has written books like Irrfan… Aur Kuchh Panne Kore Rah Gaye, Irrfan: Echoes of Presence, Cinema Bas Cinema, Cinema Ki Soch, Cinema Samkaleen Cinema etc. He edits and publishes a monthly emagzine, CineMahaul, frequently participates in webinars, seminars, and discussions on Hindi cinema.

All reviews by Ajay Brahmatmaj

Haq

Drama (Hindi)

Fri, November 7 2025

Director:Suparn Verma
Cast:Yami Gautam, Emraan Hashmi, Danish Husain, Sheeba Chaddha, Vartika Singh, Aseem Hattangady
Writer:Reshu Nath

Thamma

Comedy, Horror (Hindi)

Wed, October 22 2025

Director:Aditya Sarpotdar
Cast:Ayushmann Khurrana, Rashmika Mandanna, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Paresh Rawal, Sathyaraj, Faisal Malik, Geeta Agrawal Sharma, Rachit Singh, Varun Dhawan, Vinay Pathak
Writer:Niren Bhatt, Suresh Mathew, Arun Fulara

Homebound

Drama (Hindi)

Fri, September 26 2025

Director:Neeraj Ghaywan
Cast:Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor

Bad Girl

Romance, Drama (Tamil)

Fri, September 26 2025

Director:Varsha Bharath
Cast:Anjali Sivaraman, Shanti Priya, Hridhu Haroon, Teejay, Sashank Bommireddipalli, Saranya Ravichandran
Writer:Varsha Bharath

Nishaanchi

Crime, Drama (Hindi)

Sat, September 20 2025

Director:Anurag Kashyap
Cast:Aaishvary Thackeray, Vedika Pinto, Monika Panwar, Kumud Mishra, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Vineet Kumar Singh, Girish Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, Gaurav Singh, Saharsh Kumar Shukla
Writer:Anurag Kashyap, Prasoon Mishra, Ranjan Chandel

Jolly LLB 3

Drama, Comedy (Hindi)

Sat, September 20 2025

Director:Subhash Kapoor
Cast:Arshad Warsi, Akshay Kumar, Saurabh Shukla, Gajraj Rao, Seema Biswas, Amrita Rao, Huma Qureshi, Ram Kapoor, Shrikant Verma, Sushil Pandey
Writer:Subhash Kapoor

The Bengal Files

Drama, History, Thriller (Hindi)

Sat, September 6 2025

Director:Vivek Agnihotri
Cast:Darshan Kumaar, Anupam Kher, Saswata Chatterjee, Pallavi Joshi, Saurav Das, Mithun Chakraborty, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Eklavya Sood, Simrat Kaur, Namashi Chakraborty
Writer:Vivek Agnihotri, Saurabh M. Pandey

Param Sundari

Romance, Drama, Comedy (Hindi)

Sat, August 30 2025

Director:Tushar Jalota
Cast:Sidharth Malhotra, Janhvi Kapoor, Manjot Singh, Sanjay Kapoor, Inayat Verma, Renji Panicker, Siddhartha Shankar, Anand Manmadhan
Writer:Gaurav Mishra, Aarsh Vora, Tushar Jalota

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