Thursday, March 17, 2011

PROMISING 'SMALL' FILMS OF 2011-Part 2


TEEN THAY BHAI
Genre                  Comedy/Drama
Release Date       15th April,2011
Director               Mrigdeep Singh Lamba
Cast                    Om Puri,Shreyas Talpade,Deepak Dobariyal,Ragini Khanna,Yograj Singh
Plot                     Three brothers  are trying to cope up with each other after their father left a 'will' stating that they had to live to together for few days for three years in order to inherit his money
Watch out for      my favorite Deepak Dobariyal(he was great in 'Omkara' and 'Tanu Weds Manu')and Om Puri will be treat to watch 
Prediction            3.5/5 (you can look for a break from 'slapstick' comedies with this situational and natural comedy)

KAHAANI
Genre                  Thriller
Release Date       17th June,2011
Director              Sujoy Ghosh
Cast                    Vidya Balan
Plot                     It is a story of a woman who is searching her husband who has gone missing.Film is shot in Kolkata.
Watch out for      Vidya Balan who is having a tremendous run ('Paa','Ishqiya' and 'NOKJ') in terms of performance as well as box office
Prediction            4/5 (crucial film for Sujoy as he gave two flops in 'Aladin' and 'Home Delivery' after fabulous debut with 'Jhankar Beats')

SHOR IN THE CITY
Genre                  Thriller
Release Date       28th April,2011
Director               Raj Nidimoru,Krishna DK
Cast                    Sendhil Ramamurthy,Tushaar Kapoor,Alok Chaturvedi,Pitabash Tripathi,Nikhil Dwivedi,Preet Desai
Plot                     When noise is deafening around you,can you really hear yourself?That is underlying thought that run through this gritty,edgy,serio-comic and grounded film from the makers of LSD.It revolves around three interconnected stories set in the midst of noise and grim of Ganpati Festival in Mumbai.
Watch out for      Indian theme with an international short film kind of treatment
Prediction            4/5 (after a long time an Indian film has done so well in international film festival circuit)

BHINDI BAAZAAR INC.
Genre                  Thriller/Drama
Release Date       15th April,2011
Director               Ankush Bhatt
Cast                    Kay Kay Menon,Prashant Narayan,Piyush Mishra,Shilpa Shukla,Pawan Mehrotra,Deepti Naval,Catrina Lopez,Gautam Sharma,Shweta Verma
Plot                     The film revolves around gangs of Mumbai who have embraced pickpocketing as an art and means of earning the livelihood.They used their intelligence and spontaneity to surrvive in this dangerous profession and then how a 'pawn' in tis game finally reaches to the other end of chessboard
Watch out for      Stellar performances from Kay Kay,Pawan,Piyush and Prashant
Prediction            4.5/5 (interesting to watch all stalwarts of 'small cinema' in one frame)

CHALO DILLI
Genre                  Comic Drama
Release Date       28th April,2011
Director               Shashant Shah
Cast                    Vinay Pathak,Lara Dutta,Akshay Kumar (Guest appearance)
Plot                     This is a slice of life fun film which will make you laugh as well as bring lump to your throat at the same time.It shows a journey of two contrasting human being and showcases the real India and its colorful and funny people with their eccentries
Watch out for      interesting casting,few experienced actors from theatre will also be seen
Prediction            4/5 (it will be a combination of lively plot and interesting casting)

and few other interesting 'small' budget flicks.....
RAAGINI MMS     (on the lines of 'Paranormal Activity',produced by Ekta Kapoor starring newcomers)
SHAAGIRD             (directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia starring Nana Patekar and Mohit Ahlawat)
MUMBAI CUTTING (medley of different stories,directed by 10 leading directors,huge star cast)





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