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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

War 2

Action, Adventure, Thriller (Hindi)

Fri, August 15 2025

Director:Ayan Mukerji
Cast:N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Hrithik Roshan, Kiara Advani, Ashutosh Rana, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Alia Bhatt, K.C. Shankar, Varun Badola

Son of Sardar 2

Comedy, Drama (Hindi)

Fri, August 1 2025

Director:Vijay Kumar Arora
Cast:Ajay Devgn, Mrunal Thakur, Ravi Kishan, Neeru Bajwa, Vindu Dara Singh, Mukul Dev, Sanjay Mishra, Deepak Dobriyal, Chunky Pandey, Kubbra Sait
Writer:Jagdeep Singh Sidhu, Mohit Jain

Dhadak 2

Romance, Drama (Hindi)

Fri, August 1 2025

Director:Shazia Iqbal
Cast:Siddhant Chaturvedi, Triptii Dimri, Saad Bilgrami, Saurabh Sachdeva, Vipin Sharma, Zakir Hussain, Anubha Fatehpuria, Priyank Tiwari, Deeksha Joshi, Dishank Arora

Tanvi the Great

Drama (Hindi)

Sat, July 19 2025

Director:Anupam Kher
Cast:Shubhangi Dutta, Pallavi Joshi, Iain Glen, Jackie Shroff, Boman Irani, Arvind Swamy, Karan Tacker, Nasaar
Writer:Anupam Kher, Ankur Suman, Abhishek Dixit

Maalik

Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama (Hindi)

Fri, July 11 2025

Director:Pulkit
Cast:Rajkummar Rao, Manushi Chhillar, Saurabh Shukla, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Anshumaan Pushkar, Rajendra Gupta, Swanand Kirkire, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Sachdeva
Writer:Pulkit, Jyotsana Nath

Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan

Drama, Romance (Hindi)

नए आरंभ की घिसी-पिटी समाप्ति

Fri, July 11 2025

Director:Santosh Singh
Cast:Vikrant Massey, Shanaya Kapoor, Zain Khan Durrani, Saanand Verma
Writer:Mansi Bagla

Kaalidhar Laapata

Comedy, Drama (Hindi)

Mon, July 7 2025

Director:Madhumita
Cast:Abhishek Bachchan, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Daivik Baghela, Vishwanath Chatterjee, Priyank Tiwari
Writer:Madhumita, Amitosh Nagpal

Metro... in Dino

Drama, Romance, Comedy (Hindi)

Fri, July 4 2025

Director:Anurag Basu
Cast:Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Saswata Chatterjee, Veerendra Saxena

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