Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movie-releases in Navi Mumbai’ (Ghanchakkar, The Heat, Hummingbird and Majhi Shala) that was published in Newsband

New movie-releases in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Ghanchakkar

Ghanchakkar (English: Crazzy) is a Bollywood comedy thriller film directed by Rajkumar Gupta and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur from UTV Motion Pictures. The film features Emraan Hashmi opposite Vidya Balan in the lead.

The movie has an interesting story. When Sanju (Emraan Hashmi), a suave, master safe cracker wants to retire from a career in crime, he decides to team up with two dangerous criminals to commit one last heist. A bank robbery that will ensure that he never has to worry about money again. The robbery is successful and everything goes according to plan. Sanju is given the task of hiding the money till things cool down and the booty can be split. Three months later, the associates return to collect their share of the loot, but Sanju refuses to even recognize them! They realize he got into an accident and is suffering from strong amnesia and decide to stay with Sanju and his wife Neetu (Vidya Balan) until Sanju remembers where he hid the money. What dangerous game is Sanju playing? Ghanchakkar is a crazy, quirky rollercoaster suspense ride that aims to surprise, shock and entertain the audience at every turn.

The film has Emraan Hashmi as Sanjay Athray, Vidya Balan as Neetu Athray, Rajesh Sharma as Pandit and Namit Das as Idris.

The soundtrack of Ghanchakkar is composed by Amit Trivedi. The lyrics are written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The film has songs like Lazy Lad sung by Richa Sharma, Amit Trivedi, Allah Meherbaan by Divya Kumar, Amit Trivedi, Ghanchakkar Babu by Amit Trivedi, Jholu Ram by Altaf Raja, Amit Trivedi and Ghanchakkar Babu (Remix) by      Amit Trivedi.

The Heat

The Heat is a 2013 crime action comedy film directed by Paul Feig, and starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy.

The film has an interesting plot. FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) and Detective Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy) must take down a Russian mobster. While the two women couldn't possibly be any more different, from the way they live their lives to the way in which they go about doing their jobs, they are forced to team up when they go face-to-face with a powerful drug lord.

The film has Sandra Bullock as FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn, Melissa McCarthy as Detective Shannon Mullins, Dan Bakkedahl as DEA Agent Craig, Michael Rapaport as Jason Mullins, Marlon Wayans as Levy, Tony Hale, Brandon Richardson, Taran Killam as Adam, Nathan Corddry as Michael Mullins, Kaitlin Olson, Demián Bichir as Hale, Bill Burr as Boris Vulsvich, Michael McDonald as Julian, Lance Norris, Jamie Denbo, Jessica Chaffin as Gina, Steve Bannos as Wayne, Raw Leiba as Julian's Henchman and Joey McIntyre.

Hummingbird

Hummingbird (released as Redemption in the US and Crazy Joe in France) is a British thriller film directed by Steven Knight and starring Jason Statham.

The film has an interesting plot. Returning from a traumatic tour of duty in Afghanistan, Joseph 'Joey' Jones (Jason Statham), an ex-Royal Marine, returns to Great Britain to face another kind of war — life on the London streets as a homeless and damaged veteran. In an attempt to refresh himself, after being brutally beaten by a gang of men on a cold street corner, Joey breaks into an apartment and assumes another man's identity and seeks the aid of Sister Cristina (Agata Buzek), a young nun who works at an inner-city parish. But Joey's military training makes him a valuable asset, and he soon finds himself caught in the dark complex of London's criminal underworld. Struggling to keep hold of his sanity, Joey offers his profits to those who need it most. But when he learns his missing girlfriend was brutally murdered by a ruthless kingpin, he risks everything for revenge, hurtling down a deadly path that promises to destroy him completely, or be his final and only hope at redeeming himself...

Hummingbird was almost entirely filmed throughout the hours of night. Filming sites included popular streets for homeless people and apparently sometimes even involved them. Statham stated that before filming started there was a lot of research into the mental health issues of the main protagonist. Some ex-servicemen were asked about their own experiences they had.

Majhi Shala

Majhi Shala is a Marathi film produced by Passionwoald Entertainments, directed by Shantanu Anant Tambe, with screenplay and story written by: Shantanu Anant Tambe. The Star Cast consists of Arun Nalavade, Alka kubal-Athalye, Jayant Sawarkar, Ashok Pawde, Deepjyoti, Baban Joshi, Sanchit Yadav, Purnima Vaval and Mast. Akash Waghmode.

The film is based on the intense lifelong struggle of a villager who has dedicated and sacrificed everything to a primary school in his remote village. The story spans long years of struggle from past to present times, where nothing has changed much in the cultural perspectives of small farmers. They have witnessed prospective commercial changes with the availability of modern consumer products, yet a decent primary education is still a distant dream. The question is why our Government cannot deliver what many can do? Why our society is repulsive to progressive ideology yet succumbing to short term temptations without a hitch? Why can’t we think of inclusive development? Why the social infrastructure eludes support to the efforts of a dedicated social worker?