WEEKLY MOVIE GUIDE (what to watch and what to miss in Cinema)

SHOR IN THE CITY

Genre                  Thriller/Drama

Release Date       29th April

Director               Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK

Cast                    Tushaar Kapoor,Sendhil Ramamurthy,Preeti Desai,Pitabash Tripathi,Nikhil Dwivedi,Radhika Apte

Pluses                  Terrific direction,engaging treatment and script,amazing performances from almost everyone

Minuses               Slow paced 

Verdict                4/5 (watch it to believe that bollywood can throw pleasant surprises at times)

I AM

Genre                  Social Drama

Release Date       29nth April

Director               Onir

Cast                    Sanjay Suri,Juhi Chawla,Anurag Basu,Anurag Kashyap,Nandita Das,Purab Kohli,Manisha Koirala,Rahul Bose

Pluses                  Diverse subplots,relevant issues,impactful direction,good performances from Sanjay Suri,Manisha and Juhi

Minuses               Monotonous treatment,slow narrative

Verdict                3.5/5 (watch it if you have 'typical' art film fetish and love socially relevant cinema)

CHALO DILLI

Genre                  Comedy/Drama

Release Date       29th April

Director               Shashant Shah

Cast                    Vinay Pathak,Lara Dutta,Akshay Kumar(Cameo),Yana Gupta(Item Number)

Pluses                  Direction keeps you interested,Vinay Pathak delivers yet another natural performance 

Minuses               music adds nothing to storyline,predictable plot,uneven performance by Lara

Verdict                2/5 (watch it if you are still stuck in 80's emotions of bollywood or Vinay Pathak fan)

NAUGHTY @ 40

Genre                  Comedy/Romance

Release Date       29th April

Director               Jagmohan Mundhra

Cast                    Govinda,Yuvika Choudhary,Shakti Kapoor,Anupam Kher

Pluses                  Zilch

Minuses               Everything 

Verdict                0/5 (watch it to believe how makers our desperate to remake hollywood flicks even if it happens to be 'C' grade '40 Year Old Virgin')

THOR

Genre                  Action/Adventure

Release Date       29th April (India)

Director               Kenneth Branagh

Duration              114 minutes

Cast                    Chris Hemsworth,Natalie Portman,Anthony Hopkins,Tom Hiddleston

Pluses                  Scintillating special effects,great climax

Minuses               too much typical superhero 'masala',various unnecessary tracks(sibling rivalry) 

Verdict                3/5 (watch it to experience how 3D can make an average film into a great one)

SOURCE CODE

Genre                  Thriller/Sci-Fi

Release Date       29th April

Director               Duncan Jones

Duration              93 minutes

Cast                    Jake Gyllenhaal,Michelle Monaghan,Vera Farmigha

Pluses                  Amazing storyline,out of the world suspense,Gyllenhaal is terrific,Duncan is a director to look out for

Minuses               few may find it complicated

Verdict                4/5 (watch it as 'they' don't make like 'this' anymore)

LIMITLESS

Genre                  Thriller

Release Date       29th April

Director               Neil Burger

Duration              105 minutes

Cast                    Bradley Cooper,Anna Friel,Robert De Niro,Abbie Cornish

Pluses                 Cooper does exceedingly well,different plot,tight script,De Niro is cool as always

Minuses              Could had been 10 minutes shorter,background score sucks

Verdict                3/5 (watch it for terrific story idea)

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)