Monday, December 13, 2010

Dhobi Ghat

DHOBI GHAT (Mumbai diaries) is the story of four people from very different backgrounds, whose worlds intersect and leave them forever altered. As they find themselves drawn into compelling relationships, the city finds its way into the crevices of their lives, separating them even as it brings them closer...

Fragments of their experience - seen through a naive video diary, black and white photographic images and painting - form a portrait of Mumbai and its people bound together as they journey through longing, loneliness, loss and love.

Yeh Faasley

Arunima the daughter of one of the biggest builders in town has returned home after completing her studies. She is happy that she will now be living with her father Devinder Devilal Dua for good. Arunima lost her mother to a car accident when she was barely two..

Devinder Devilal Dua is a gregarious man who loves his daughter a lot and wants his daughter Arunima to live as freely as possible. Though he can sometimes be boastful and loud in social situations which is embarrassing for Arunima. But he is still a nice man as he helps people who are stuck in a situation as is the case with her best friends (Nisha's) marriage. Where Devinder Dua foots the entire bill.. For which, Manu, who is Nisha's brother and also an unsaid boyfriend to Arunima, is very thankful. Life is all well but Arunima just wishes that her mother was alive, as she misses her mother at times, but she is somewhere content that her mother and father had a happy love story as long as it lasted.

But one day to her surprise, Arunima finds a "will" written by her mother. why would a woman who died in a car accident and that too at an early age of twenty eight, leave a will for Arunima. The presence and the essence of the will raises a few questions in Arunima's mind. Upon enquiry with the father, it seems that the father is not very comfortable.

Arunima further chances upon a few things from the past.. and it is a revelation for her that her mothers personality was very different to what her father narrates. She further meets an old friend of her mother, Diggy and a few people from the past who tell stories that point in the direction that her mother was not a happy as long as she lasted.

With the image of the past being different to what her father has been telling her, Arunima is left in doubt about what really is the past and expecially when the father is not giving a conclusive answer. To top it.. Arunima starts to learn about too many shades of her father that she has never seen. That he was a very violent man and not only that. Due to his violence he has no friends from the past and the glory to which her father has reached maybe formed on the misfortune of many people that her father may have created.

Arunima is at a loss, as everything that she is learning about the past is in complete contradiction to what she knew and the man she loves the most, her father, has so many shades that she is not even aware of.

Arunima is torn between love for her father and the truth.. But she is even more guilty as the needle of suspicion keeps pointing towards her own father. The man she loves the most is that man Arunima suspects. The shadow of doubt becomes a very difficult place to live under.

So Arunima sets out on a journey to find the truth about her mothers and fathers past and more so how her mother died.

Will this search for truth make the bond between the father and daughter strong or
Will it tear up the relationship between her father and her.
Will the truth take her into the unknown.
Will the truth reveal if her father is the kind hearted, jovial person he appears to be
Or
Will it take her to reveal a sinister figure behind the façade.
Arunima sets out to cover the distance between the past and the present
YEH FAASLEY - you can only imagine the truth
Where the truth will be uncovered.

No One Killed Jessica

New Delhi, 1999. The guns at Kargil are still blazing when another one goes off, this time in the nation's capital. Jessica, a young attractive model, trying her hand at bartending, is shot dead at a celebrity party! Her crime - refusing to serve a drink after closing hours! The culprit Manish, son of a prominent politician, inebriated by a deadly cocktail of alcohol and a sense of entitlement, pulls the trigger in a fit of rage. With 300 of Delhi's swish set present at the party, many of whom are witnesses to the murder, Manish looks all set to go to the gallows. Except, that it doesn't quite turn out that way! Now, two women, Jessica's sister, Sabrina and the feisty TV reporter, Meera will have to drum up every resource at their disposal to outwit Manish at his own game, if the truth is to have any chance of prevailing over money and political clout.

Be Careful Movie Preview

Sameer (Sam) & Anand (Andy) are childhood friends. Right from their school days & even in college, they studied together. Both were ahead in studies as well as in sports. They were also the champions when it came to girl-chasing. Infect they use to bet amongst themselves as to who will bed the best girl, but it never lead to any fighting between them. For them the meaning of love was sex!

Then came two girls in their life- Anjali & Kiran. Sam & Andy both tried to flirt with them but the girls were smart. They told the guys that both are virgins & will offer their virginity to their husbands as a gift. Sam & Andy had to marry the girls under pressure.

Post to their marriage the girls revealed that they knew about the guys' college activates & now Sam & Andy should lead their lives as dutiful husbands.

The wives have become a problem for both of them.

The wives plan their whole Bangkok trip for one month, right from the hotel booking to the menu for their breakfast, dinner and lunch. The credit/debit cards are kept with the wives and husbands are given only the pocket money.

After facing all such troubles, they finally reach Bangkok and feel some freedom. On reaching the hotel they come to know the management is handled by Mr. Pandit who has made strict rules & regulations for the hotel staff and visitors. In other words, no matter what else happens in Bangkok, hotel will not allow anything illegal or immoral.

Sam & Andy felt this is no better than back home with wives around and feel helpless.

There they meet a beautiful sexy girl named Kavita, who calls herself Poem. Both of them get attracted to her & bet again as to who will get her in bed first.

Both of them somehow succeed in befriending Poem but tell lies about Poem to each other. But somehow their wives also land up in Bangkok & what transpires next makes the film a sequence of comic events. What will Sam & Andy do now? Will their wives catch them red-handed and will they be thrown out of their father's businesses?

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Diwangi Ne Had Kar Di Movie Preview

Diwangi... is a stirring saga is one of a boy called Raj, who lives in your neighborhood. Raj is the son of a retired colonel. Raj, who studies in College, is a fun loving guy and loves his family dearly. He is a star player on his college's soccer team. Mehek is a childhood friend of Raj and the daughter of the Commissioner of Police. She loves Raj, but has never expressed her feelings to him. Priya also studies in the same college as Raj. She is a spoiled brat, who tends to play pranks with her few selected friends. She often humiliates other students and insults them in front of everyone.

Raj comes in her path, she tries to lure him, but all her efforts go in vain. Her friends bet with Priya to subdue Raj. Irritated with Priya, Raj slaps her in front of the whole college.

Everyone is shocked! But one slap changes her entire life and makes her fall in love with Raj. Priya's father K. N. Singh, a white collar underworld don, has only one dream and that is to become the 'Big Daddy' of the underworld. This now becomes difficult because his daughter Priya is in love with Raj, who is the younger brother of an honest public prosecutor, Rajeev Ranjan. So K. N. Singh loses his temper and plots to remove the hurdles that have come in the way of his fulfilling his dream. He orders the killing of Raj, his family and also of his brother B. N. Singh. He also orders the killing of his own daughter Priya. Unfortunately for K.N. Singh, Raj doesn't die and the entire blame of all the killings comes on Raj. Raj is now running to save himself from K. N. Singh's men and the Police. Mehek also gets shot while saving Raj's life from K. N. Singh's men. What happens next? Do the Police arrest Raj? Does Raj prove his innocence? What happens to Mehek? Is she alive or dead? Does Raj take his revenge on K. N. Singh?

Seeing this film will make you say......

A courage strains after the corpse.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

332 Hindi Movie Preview

What happens when a mislead youth does a stupid crime just to prove his point? What are the repercussions on the general public and people connected to him? How does our Government tackle this issue and what does it do to prevent its reoccurrence?

332 is not an answer to the above issues but at least it puts ones mind into thinking...and that is what happens in the film too.

332 is about the North Indian v/s Mumbaikars issue which happened in Mumbai. Several guys were beaten on Kalyan railway station and it led to various incidents all over Mumbai. Rickshaws and taxis were broken down and all Mumbaikars wanting the UPites to be driven out of Mumbai. This forms just a backdrop of our story.

332 is set in various parts of our country. Mumbai, Bihar, Benaras. Mumbai, a city which is a cultural mix of every nationality. The story begins when a young guy Rahul Raj hijacks a Bus No.332 plied between Andheri & Kurla. From that point, we are taken into seeing the lives of several characters, and the problems each encounters during that day. A young writer Mahesh who, though an UPite, born and brought up in Mumbai doesn't consider himself an outsider in Mumbai. He considers himself a true Indian and doesn't want himself to be associated with this war of communities.

An auto rickshaw driver Ismail who belongs to neither of the community is very poor but poses to be a happy man who believes in living the way life leads to. His philosophy is to keep oneself always ready for anything.

A couple Devesh and Pallavi, who are in love and, today Devesh is going to ask for her hand from her father, are an eye witness to the entire hijack of the bus, because they were traveling in the same bus.

Sanju, Santosh, Govind studying in Benaras Hindu Vishwavidalaya are thickest of the friends, in spite of Sanju being a Maharashtrian and rest hailing from Bihar. But what happens when they see the news of the bus hijacked by Rahul Raj?

In Bihar a 50 year old man of wisdom Thakur baba is scared as his son has gone to Mumbai but while this whole incident is taking place his son is not to be contacted. He fears the worst.

When the cops shoot Rahul Raj down and its effect on the above characters makes us think that is this war of communities really worth?

Devesh and Pallavi's love story starts to develop a crack and they split up. Ismail's rickshaw, his only source of livelihood, is being broken down in front of his eyes. This makes his life hell as he is unable to pay for his son's education and repay the loan taken for his autorickshaw. Thakur baba finally gets to speak to his son, who is unknown to this whole hijack issue. Thakur baba is relieved as his son is alive but also sad that if its not his son then somebody else's son is shot.

Govind starts seeing Sanju as an outsider amongst them and he even threatens to kill him. The situation arises where he is crippled and in the age his father was supposed to retire, Sanju gets retired. What about his future?

Mahesh's thinking totally changes and he starts to live in fear and thinks himself to be an outsider in Mumbai, a minority community. Many of the characters switch their ideologies and it may surprise us the way they change.

Exactly a month after this incident a big incident happened in Mumbai which took the entire world by surprise. . . Terrorist attack on Taj hotel i.e. the infamous terrorist attack of 26/11. Though the terrorist were either shot or one of them captured, entire Mumbai were mourning of hundreds of lives lost. This started a movement against terrorism and the entire Mumbai and mumbaikars arranged a candle march to Taj.

During this candle march all our major characters take part and in this they understand that it's not about their birthplace or difference of language but its for our country. . . India. How they all get together as a single unit under our Tricolor really sets us into thinking that when our National Language is one then why we fight just because our Mother tongue is different.

It peeps into the lives of rich and poor, dangerous and foolish, corruption and morality and ends up showcasing, that in the end Mumbai has heart which despite facing several pains, still manages to beat.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Action Replayy Movie Preview

Characters:

Akshay Kumar: Kishen
In 1965 he was geeky, toothy simpleton, bullied by all. Then he would work long hours in his father's Surya Prakash Bhijanalaya. In 2010 he's the proud owner of the popular Bollywood Cafe, totally hen pecked by his wife Mala. Now he puts in long hours shopping for the cheapest vegetables!

Aishwarya Rai: Mala
Full of aggro, she was tomboy who dressed loud, shouted loud and laughed loud. All her friends were guys. Today she is a bored Shopaholic. If her car stereo conks off, she won't buy a new stereo, she'll buy a new car! 'Kharchvati", would have been a much more fitting name for her!

Neha Dhupia: Mona
Mala's best friend. Not as aggressive as Mala, she nevertheless follows her, wherever she goes.

Aditya Roy Kapoor: Bunty
The helpless and hapless offspring of Kishen and Mala. His pathological fear for marriage stems from witnessing his parent's bitter relationship. Desperate to save his parent's marriage and his own life, he takes the drastic step of traveling back in time, to play Cupid to his not yet married parents. Because he knows that unless he mends their marriage, he can never get married himself.

Sudeepa Singh: Tanya
Bunty's girlfriend. She loves Bunty and knows that Bunty loves her too, but she's mystified because every time she proposes marriage, he runs...

Rannvijay Singh: Kundan
The ring leader of Mala's gang, he takes perverse pleasure in torturing bechara Kishen. He's assumed that Mala will be his one day, and when he senses a rival in Kishen, he lets all hell loose.

Synopsis

Bunty loves his girlfriend Tanya but runs a mile whenever she mentions marriage. His phobia with matrimony stems from his parents Kishen and Mala's acrimonious marriage. But now Bunty is in a fix. Tanya's grandfather, Professor Anthony Gonsalves, as given him an ultimatum - get married to Tanya or stop seeing her. Bunty knows that unless he does something fast, his dreams of living happily ever after with Tanya will bite the dust.

As Bunty's surprise party for his parent's 35th wedding anniversary deteriorates into yet another explosive fight between Kishen and Mala; he decides to turn back the clock and rewrite Kishen and Mala's destiny and alter their disastrous arranged marriage into a romantic affair of the hearts.

And how does he do that? By stealing the professor's time machine to travel back in time! To a time when Kishen and Mala were not married...To a time when Kishen's father Rai Bahadur and Mala's mother, Boli Devi were sworn enemies...To a time when his father Kishen was certified nerd, bullied merciless by his father...To a time when his tomboyish mother couldn't stand the sight of his father and took great pleasure in ragging him silly...

Bunty has his work cut out for him. He has to transform his father from a wimp into an eligible bachelor and his mother from a tomboy into the epitome of feminine grace. Then he has to attempt an impossible task - make them fall in love with each other.

And finally - he has to make his grandparents agree to their love marriage! Because until and unless he does this, his own love story with Tanya will never have a happy ending...

Maalik Ek Movie Preview

Maalik Ek is based on biography of Sai Baba of Shirdi. It is based on the preaching and philosophy of the great fakir and saint Shri Sai Baba. The film enlightens one of those spiritual experiences of Baba, known only to the blessed few. In order to enable the masses to experience this heart touching "Sai Baba's grace", Maalik Ek team has decided to dub the film in various regional and international languages. Maalik Ek takes to the era, during which the great fakir Shri Sai Baba was refused entry into various communities and villages surrounding Shirdi

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Break Ke Baad Movie Preview

Abhay Gulati and Aaliya Khan have known each other since they were four years old. Their friendship turned into love at the tender age of 15, when Abhay realises Aaliya is the girl for him.


Aaliya's life is defined by her burning desire to become an actress and she is unmindful of what or who comes in her way. Abhay who is still unsure about what he wants to do finds himself competing with Aaliya's incessant plans and projects to fulfill her dreams. While their relationship blooms because of their personality differences, the baggage because of these differences also grows silently.

Things come to a head when Aaliya decides to go to Australia to study and Abhay has to deal with the prospect of a long term relationship, secretly fearing that he will lose Aaliya forever. He takes a leap of faith and they decide to take this time off from each other to figure out what they want to do.

The choices Abhay and Aaliya make from here on tests their relationship.

Aaliya risks everything and everyone she loves only to realize that there is no joy in achieving one's dreams if one has no one to share it with. Abhay risks losing every shred of his ego, dignity and self-respect only to realize that there is no bigger high than seeing your dream come to life, brick by brick. They make mistakes, deal with disappointments, even lose each other - and become stronger individually.

Break Ke Baad is not just a coming of age film, but a film about couples growing up - together. In a fickle world where relationships break up on the smallest of differences, Abhay and Aaliya manage to save theirs despite geographical ones.

Tera Kya Hoga Johny Movie Preview

Tera Kya Hoga Johnny is a thrilling drama written and directed by Sudhir Mishra where emotions like greed, lust, love, betrayal, hope acquire a new meaning as Mumbai struggles to become Shanghai.

It's the story of Parvez (Neil Nitin Mukesh) who wants to be a part of the India Shinning dream. His life is torn between his desperation to run away with love of his life Divya (Shahana Goswami) who is married to a corrupt encounter cop Chiple (Kay Kay Menon) and his commitment to his family. Parvez needs to get rich and real quick. The problem is that he has no clue how!!

When Parvez decides to steal Chiple's unaccounted money stashed in a flat, it sets into motion a thrilling ride of emotions that engulfs not just his life but also of a coffee delivery boy Johnny (Sikander Agarwal).

No other filmmaker in India has explored the psyches of people caught in extreme circumstances with dominating consistency of Sudhir Mishra. His films have brought to screen characters and relationships that echo the changing social realities of our time.

And Tera Kya Hoga Johnny is no exception. The film is also the story of Preeti (Soha Ali Khan) & Vishal (Karan Nath). She a small time model struggling the good fight and he the typical cocaine snorting big dreaming loser on the invariable inexorable spiral into crime. And intervening the lives of these characters are Chutta (Vijay Maurya), a drug dealer who wants to corporatize the trade, his eunuch sugar momma Begum (Saurabh Shukla) and a mysterious billionaire who gets drawn in the lives of these characters.

They all are playing a game called life. They all are waiting to ride that one wave.