Mahavatar Narsimha Movie Review – A New Era for Indian Animation
Mahavatar Narsimha (2025) brings the epic tale of Hiranyakashipu to life with stunning animation, intense action, and a bold retelling of this timeless mythological drama.

A small village becomes chaotic and excited when Zain brings home his friend, Malaysia's most popular influencer and artist, Shafinaz, to experience her first time celebrating Ramadan in the countryside after years abroad, sparking funny and cheerful moments in their village. Zain, who has feelings for Shafinaz, tries to propose to her on Raya night.
Mahavatar Narsimha (2025) brings the epic tale of Hiranyakashipu to life with stunning animation, intense action, and a bold retelling of this timeless mythological drama.
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.
The relationship between Will and Sean is the best part of the movie. It’s always a delight to see Robin Williams on screen
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone has a complicated relationship with race. It has a diverse cast, but not without its problems. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s two book series, the show features characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy, which is very straight and white, and the Six of Crows duology, which is much more diverse. When bringing together a cast and writing about these characters, the team behind the show expanded upon some of the representation missing from the first trilogy, then seemed to take away representation from the duology. Shadow and Bone seems to play a bit of a push and pull game when it comes to portraying diversity onscreen.
This horror movie combines elements of horror and babysitting with Black representation.