Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movie-releases in Navi Mumbai’ (Fukrey, Man of Steel, Ankur Arora Murder Case and Lakeer Ke Fakeer) that was published in Newsband

New movie-releases in Navi Mumbai

Fukrey

Fukrey is a Hindi comedy film directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba of Teen Thay Bhai fame starring Pulkit Samrat, Manjot Singh, Ali Fazal, Richa Chadda, Vishakha Singh and Priya Anand in the lead roles. The story and dialogues are written by Vipul Vig and the screenplay is written by Vipul Vig and Mrighdeep Singh Lamba. The film is produced under the Excel Entertainment's banner.

The film has Pulkit Samrat as Hunny, Manjot Singh as Lali, Ali Fazal as Zafar, Priya Anand as Priya, Richa Chadda as Bholi Punjaban, Vishakha Singh as Neetu, Varun Sharma as Choocha and Pankaj Tripathi as Pandit.

College provides you three of the most important years of your life - three years of studies (at times) and sheer indulgence, indulgence in all the little pleasures that a carefree life has to offer. But it isn’t always about ragging, parties, college fests, raves and churning out ways to whack some extra pocket money from your parents. It’s sometimes hard, ugly and complicated. More so, when you really need to get admission in the coolest college in town and you know you don’t deserve it. And to top that, you get yourself involved in the most bizarre situations that could crack you into pieces before you could crack it.

Fukrey is one such crazy story of four restless and hapless souls, running after their individual desires, brought together by one dream, which turns their not so simple life upside down. From breaking school walls, to cross dressing dancers at the Ram Lila; from a Jugaad Baaz college watchman to leaking examination papers; from a female pimp, who runs her drug cartel through Nigerian henchmen to visionary dreams.

Can the four Fukrey, the four nobodies, twist their fate and dreams into reality or will they forever be lost in the obscurity that they come from? Watch the movie to know that.

Man of Steel

Man of Steel is a 2013 American superhero film directed by Zack Snyder, produced by Christopher Nolan, and scripted by David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Superman, the film will be a reboot of the Superman film series, portraying the character's origin story. The film stars Henry Cavill in the title role, with Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, and Russell Crowe as Jor-El. Man of Steel will launch a shared fictional universe of DC Comics characters on film.

The movie has an interesting story. Clark Kent is a humanoid alien who after being transported to Earth from the dying planet of Krypton, was adopted as a child by Jonathan and Martha Kent. Raised with the values of his adoptive parents, he feels alienated because of his unique super powers and struggles to find his own place in life. When the world is attacked, he becomes the hero named Superman to protect Earth and its people. Thus the film is about the origin of Superman.

Ankur Arora Murder Case

Ankur Arora Murder Case is a Bollywood medical thriller film directed by Suhail Tatari and written by Vikram Bhatt. The film takes up an urgent and disturbing issue of death during surgery and is based on a real-life incident where a boy dies on the operation table due to medical negligence. The shooting of the film started after nearly one year of research and similarities to real life are in this case, not coincidental.

The film has an interesting plot. Romesh (Arjun Mathur) was a young medical intern who dared to dream. He was in awe of Dr. Asthana (Kay Kay Menon), the Chief of Surgery of the Shekhawat General Hospital. All he wanted was to be like him. He lived in with Riya, his co-intern and the love of his life.

However, when an eight year old boy, Ankur dies due to Dr. Asthana's medical negligence, Romesh realises that a good surgeon is not necessarily a good person.

Together with Ankur's mother Nandita, Romesh sets out on a turbulent journey to fight for what is right - a fight for justice against his mentor, the hospital and the love of his life.

The film has Tisca Chopra as Nandita Arora, Arjun Mathur as Dr. Romesh, Kay Kay Menon as Dr. Asthana, Vishakha Singh as Dr. Riya, Ashish Jain as Owner of the Hospital, Paoli Dam as Kajori Sen, Sachin Khurana and Manish Chaudhari as defense lawyer

Lakeer Ke Fakeer

Lakeer Ke Fakeer is a story where there was never a beginning, where destiny was challenged and the chase for fulfilling one’s dreams began. It is a story setup amidst the heart of Mumbai 400 003 that revolves around the life of three friends who set out dreaming big leaving behind their biggest reality of them, hailing from lower middle class family.

Lakeer Ke Fakeer is directed by Zubair Khan and produced by Zubair Khan and Feroz Abbas Khan. The film has Ajaz Khan, Maarisha, Vicky Ahuja and Javed Rizvi playing important roles.

The movie depicts Ajaz Khan's character’s tryst with the underworld. Ajaz Khan plays the lead role. The film is about three friends, who have been born and brought up in a Mumbai locality notorious for its underworld presence. The film shows how these three young guys suffer only because they hail from that particular area. They are denied passports and banks turn down their loan applications. Moreover, nobody gives them a job. Sadly, the stigma continues to hound the youth there even today though there are no kingpins in that area anymore.

In the movie, Ajaz plays Fakeer Mohammed Khan, a rebel who wants to make a place for himself and his friends, despite the obstacles. Director Zubair Khan, a previous resident of that area, has actually faced these hardships. It was only after Zubair moved out that he could create his own identity. This place consists of people who want to do something in life, but have nowhere to go. The film talks about these people.