Dinesh Kamath’s columns ‘New movie-releases in Navi Mumbai’ (After Earth, Now You See Me, Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 and Zapatlela 2) that was published in Newsband

New movie-releases in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

After Earth

After Earth is a 2013 American science fiction action film directed by M. Night Shyamalan that he co-wrote with Gary Whitta based on an original story idea by Will Smith. It stars real-life father and son Will and Jaden Smith as Cypher and Kitai Raige, with Will Smith also acting as producer, and is distributed by Columbia Pictures and available on IMAX. It is the first movie from Sony Pictures to be both shot and presented in 4K resolution.

After Earth stars Will Smith and Jaden Smith. The father and son sci-fi story hides an environmental theme. Biologists' reports of human impacts on decimated animal population inspired the film's setting.

The movie depicts a world empty of other people in our over-connected, over-sharing, Internet age; there is mo more marketing calls on the cellphone, traffic jams or radio call. The adventure-flick vision of the future without other people looks scaring. Hidden deep in the "muscular" science-fiction film are the lessons of environmental scientists on the impact of people on our planet. The film is trying to contemplate a suitably adventurous world where Smith and his son Jaden play space rangers who crash-land on Earth and find that the heavy hand of humanity has been abruptly removed from the planet for a thousand years. So what would it mean to have a world without us? That is what the film After Earth talks about.

Thus After Earth is a science-fiction adventure after all, a father-and-son story that Smith originally pitched to Shyamalan.

The film has Jaden Smith as Kitai Raige, Will Smith as Cypher Raige, Isabelle Fuhrman as Rayna, Sophie Okonedo as Faia Raige, Zoë Isabella Kravitz as Senshi Raige, David Denman as McQuarrie, Kristofer Hivju as Security chief, Gabriel Caste as Ranger, Lincoln Lewis as Bo and Chris Geere as Navigator

Now You See Me

Now You See Me is a 2013 American caper film directed by Louis Leterrier.

In the beginning, we are introduced to four professional magicians, one after another. Each of them receives an invitation to go to a dingy apartment downtown, where a hologram, appearing in the middle of a room, offers plans for a series of heists. We don’t know who invited the magicians, or why, but, a year later, they are performing as the Four Horsemen, before a big crowd in Las Vegas. The act draws on their individual skills, which are closely matched to the actors’ usual onscreen temperaments. Jesse Eisenberg is an arrogant sleight-of-hand hustler who lets you know that he’s going to fool you and then pulls it off anyway, because you can’t figure out how to watch him. Woody Harrelson plays his opposite, a slow-talking, insinuating “mentalist” who sizes people up and reads their secrets from unconscious clues. Isla Fisher, full of bouncing life, is a Houdini-type escape artist, and Dave Franco, who looks like Tom Cruise’s kid brother but is actually James Franco’s, darts around as a pickpocket moving faster than thought. Individually, they’re fun to watch.

The film has Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas, Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes, Woody Harrelson as Merritt Osbourne, Mélanie Laurent as Alma Vargas, Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves, Dave Franco as Jack Wilder, Michael Caine as Arthur Tressler, Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley, Common as Evans, Michael J. Kelly as Agent Fuller, J. LaRose as Willy Mears, Conan O'Brien as himself and Elias Koteas (uncredited)

Now You See Me has received mixed reviews from critics, who have praised the film's star-studded cast and engaging storyline.

Yamla Pagla Deewana 2

Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (also known by the abbreviated form YPD2), is a Bollywood action comedy film directed by Sangeeth Sivan, and the sequel to the 2011 hit film, Yamla Pagla Deewana. The film features Sunny Deol, Dharmendra and Bobby Deol from the previous film along with Neha Sharma and Kristina Akheeva (debuting in this film) as the female leads. The super-hit trio of Dharam (Dharmendra), Paramveer (Sunny Deol) and Gajodhar (Bobby Deol) reunite, this time in the United Kingdom! Paramveer opens up the "Yamla Pagla Deewana" club and re-encounters a visit with Dharam and Gajodhar, after their last presence in Canada. Now, the trio are back with double the masti, double the fun, double the action, with the presence of a fool (Johnny Lever), and double the romance, with the Suman (Neha Sharma), and Paramveer's love Reet (Kristina Akheeva).

The film has Dharmendra as Dharam Singh (Oberoi), Sunny Deol as Paramveer Singh, Bobby Deol as Gajodhar Singh (Q), Neha Sharma as Suman, Kristina Akheeva as Reet, Anupam Kher as Joginder Armstrong, Annu Kapoor as Sir Yograj Khanna, Johnny Lever, Gulshan Grover, Sucheta Khanna, Aidan Cook as Einstein, Firoz Khan as Sikh Inspector UK and Anirudh Agarwal

The soundtrack of Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 has been composed by brothers Sharib Sabri and Toshi Sabri. All the lyrics are written by lyricist Kumaar. The film has songs like Yamla Pagla Deewana sung by Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Rahul Seth, Sanchita Bhattyacharya, Changli Hai Changli Hai by Mika Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, Suit Tera Laal Rang Da by Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Main Taan Aidaan Hi Nachna by Diljit Dosanjh, Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Karan Deol, Sachin Gupta, Jatt Yamla Pagla Ho Gaya by Mika Singh, Suzanne D'Mello, Sadi Daru Da Pani (YPD Version) by Toshi Sabri, Sanchita Bhattyacharya, Rahul Seth, Jatt Yamla Pagla Ho Gaya (Version) by Sharib Sabri, Suzanne D'Mello and YPD2 - Mash Up by Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Mika Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal.

Zapatlela 2

Zapatlela 2 is the Marathi film industry’s first ever sequel and also the first ever Marathi 3D film. The smash hit sequel spells the return of the dreaded ‘Tatya Vinchu’.

With Zapatlela 2, Viacom18 Motion Pictures has announced its foray into regional cinema. Directed by legendary filmmaker Mahesh Kothare, the movie stars his son Adinath Kothare along with Sonalee Kulkarni, Sai Tamhankar, to name a few.

The soundtrack on the album has music composer-singer Avadhoot Gupte's trademark folksy, high on energy music style. The album starts with Kaalajaat Mukkam Kela, a lavani song sung by Vaishali Samant. Vaishali wins you over with her natkhat style in this one.

Another dance number is Gajamukha Karato Jaijaikar, which also features Swapnil Bandodkar and Avadhoot Gupte. This catchy track is an ode to Lord Ganesha. In keeping with the up-tempo feel of the album, Madanike is a fun love song sung by Avadhoot and Jaanvee Prabhu-Arora.

The theme song Zapatlela 2 has a haunting feel to it. But what stands out in the soundtrack is Gajamukha Karato Jaijaikar.

The story of the ‘Zapatlela’ revolves around the phantom of the bad man ‘Tatyaa Vinchu’ who enters in a doll of puppet master ‘Lakshya’ after the Police encounter and then Lakshya’s life becomes a mess. The story of Zapatlela 2 is interesting and twisty too. Aditya Kothare is seen in a lead male role and two Marathi hotties Sai Tamhankar and Natrang fame Sonali Kulkarni are seen in female leads. Makrand Anaspure plays a villain in the movie. The music is given by leading Marathi music director Avadhut Gupte whie the lyricist is Guru Thakoor.

The film is based on a unique concept coupled with speedily pacing story-screenplay and thrillingly inspiring suspense in addition to the fun-and-frolic of Lakshya, the hero and above all the tactics of Tatyaa Vinchu, the menacing villain. The question is what if the villain Tatya-Vinchu, who was formidable even against the devious strength of black magic of ancient mantras and who was brutally killed by the bullets fired by the brave police inspector played by Mahesh Kothare, returns back? Precisely this is the central theme of the upcoming Marathi film, which is indeed the first sequel in the history of the Marathi films, titled as Zapatlela 2.