Dinesh Kamath’s movie column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Taken 3, Tevar and Big Eyes) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Taken 3

Taken 3 (also stylized as Tak3n) is a 2014 English-language French action thriller film directed by Olivier Megaton and written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It is the third and final installment in the Taken trilogy, and the sequel to the 2008 film Taken and the 2012 film Taken 2. The film stars Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen and Forest Whitaker.

In this film, Bryan Mills, an ex-government operative, is accused of the murder of his wife Lenore "Lenny" Mills. As he is tracked and pursued, Mills again brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.

A more clean idea of the film could be obtained by going through the stories of its previous two sequels.

In Taken (2008), a retired CIA operative named Bryan Mills goes out of his way to rescue his daughter and tracking down and killing her kidnappers after she is taken by human traffickers for sexual slavery while traveling in France.

In Taken 2 (2012), Murad, the mob boss of the gang of human traffickers and father of Marko, whom Bryan had killed by electrocution, plans to capture Bryan, who is vacationing with his family in Turkey, and avenge their loved ones.

In Taken 3 (2015), Bryan has been framed for the murder of his wife, Lenore. He then sets out to clear his name by going after the real killers, while also eluding capture from U.S. authorities that he formerly worked for.

The film has Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills, Forest Whitaker as Inspector Franck Dotzler, Maggie Grace as Kim Mills, Famke Janssen as Lenore "Lenny" Mills, Dougray Scott as Stuart St. John, Sam Spruell as Oleg Malankov, Leland Orser as Sam, Jon Gries as Casey, Jonny Weston as Kim's boyfriend and Dylan Bruno as Smith.

Tevar

Tevar (English: Attitude) is a Bollywood film directed by Amit Sharma and written by Gunasekhar. The film stars Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Manoj Bajpayee in lead roles. It is a remake of 2003 Telugu Blockbuster Okkadu starring Mahesh Babu.

The film has an interesting plot. Pintoo is a young Kabbadi player who goes to factionism hit Kurnool to take part in a life changing match, which decides his sports future. There, in a twist of fate, he saves Radhika from Gajendar Singh, a dangerous faction leader, who is in love with Radhika and wants to marry her against her wishes. Pintoo tries to comfort her because Gajendar Singh killed both brothers of Radhika. Pintoo brings Radhika to his house in Hyderabad and decides to send her abroad to save her from Gajendar Singh. This is complicated by the fact that Radhika falls in love with Pintoo and that Pintoo’s dad is the top Cop in charge of finding Radhika, as per the order of corrupt home minister of the state. The home minister is into helping Gajendar Singh. Pintoo conceals Radhika in Charminar, this forms an integral part of the story. Whether Pintoo is able to achieve his Kabbadi target and whether Radhika and Pintoo unite is the crux of the story.

Big Eyes

Big Eyes is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Tim Burton, and starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz. The film focuses on American artist Margaret Keane (Adams), whose work was fraudulently claimed in the 1950s and 1960s by her then-husband, Walter Keane (Waltz), and delves into the story of their heated divorce trial wherein Margaret accused Walter of stealing her paintings.

The film has an interesting plot. Artist Margaret Keane's work became phenomenally successful in the 1950s, but she received no recognition for it. Her husband, Walter Keane, claiming to be the artist, became a national celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of inexpensive prints of big-eyed kids. Using his marketing savvy, he sold the prints cheaply in hardware stores and gas stations across the United States. Margaret generated the paintings from their basement with Walter's contribution being his signature added to the bottom. The ruse ended their marriage, and when Margaret tried to make it known that she created the paintings, the couple end up in a court battle after she learned that Walter had taken the paintings without permission. The case culminated in a dramatic courtroom showdown.

The film has Amy Adams as Margaret Keane, Christoph Waltz as Walter Keane, Danny Huston as Dick Nolan, Jon Polito as Enrico Banducci, Krysten Ritter as DeAnn and Jason Schwartzman as Ruben.