Thursday, March 12, 2015

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Chappie, Focus, NH10, Paisa Ho Paisa and Lucknowi Ishq) that was published in Newsband


New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Chappie

Chappie (stylized as CHAPPiE) is an American science fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp. The screenplay, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, is based on Blomkamp's 2004 short film Tetra Vaal. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Sigourney Weaver, Hugh Jackman, and Watkin Tudor Jones and Yolandi Visser of the South African hip-hop group Die Antwoord.
In the near future, crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanized police force. But now, the people are fighting back. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. As powerful, destructive forces start to see Chappie as a danger to mankind and order, they will stop at nothing to maintain the status quo and ensure that Chappie is the last of his kind.

Focus

Focus is a 2015 American romantic dark comedy film written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, and Rodrigo Santoro.
Nicky (Will Smith) is a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess (Margot Robbie). As he’s teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later, the former flame—now an accomplished femme fatale—shows up in Buenos Aires in the middle of the high stakes racecar circuit. In the midst of Nicky’s latest, very dangerous scheme, she throws his plans for a loop…and the consummate con man off his game.

NH10

NH10 is an Indian thriller film directed by Navdeep Singh. It stars Anushka Sharma and Neil Bhoopalam in lead roles, and marks the production debut of Sharma. The film is co-produced by Phantom Films. It tells the story of a young couple whose road trip goes awry after an encounter with a group of violent criminals. The film is completely inspired by the 2008's Eden Lake.
The film's title refers to the 403 km long National Highway 10 that starts from Delhi, passes through Haryana via Bahadurgarh, Rohtak, Hisar, Fatehabad, Sirsa and ends at the Pakistan border in Punjab.  The movie has an interesting plot. Meera (Anushka Sharma) and Arjun (Neil Bhoopalam) are professionals living in Gurgaon. When Meera walks out of a party late one night, she is attacked by a group of unknown men. Although she escapes by the skin of her teeth, the encounter leaves her traumatized. Arjun, partly blaming himself for not being there that night, tries to make up for it by treating her to a luxurious desert holiday. As they stop on a Highway dhaba for dinner, they witness a young girl being picked up by a bunch of hoodlums. Arjun chooses to step in, unmindful of the danger ahead.
The film has Anushka Sharma as Meera, Neil Bhoopalam as Arjun and Darshan Kumaar as Satbir.
The soundtrack is composed by Sanjeev-Darshan, Bann Chakraborty, Abhirup Chand, Ayush Shrestha, Savera Mehta and Samira Koppikar. The film has songs like "Chhil Gaye Naina", "Le Chal Mujhe (Male Version)", "Main Jo", "Khoney De", "Maati Ka Palang", "Le Chal Mujhe (Female Version)", "Kya Karein", "Le Chal Mujhe (Reprise Version)" and "Khoney De" (Instrumental Version).

Paisa Ho Paisa

Paisa Ho Paisa is a drama film produced by Vishwanathan, directed by Muktha Sunder, and with star cast consisting of Dhruv Bhandari, Madalasa Sharma and Kanishka Soni. Music Director is K. S Manoj and GD Prasad.
The movie has an interesting story. Ashwin an engineering college student meets a beautiful girl Bhoomika in the campus. After a few playful encounters, they fall in love. Ashwin hails from a lower middle class family and all the time he thinks of making big money in a very short time. When Bhoomika stumbles upon something big, she consults Ashwin and his friends and together they strike it rich in a very big way using an invisible chemical (A chemical when it is sprayed on anything or anyone the object or the person becomes invisible). However they are forced to be on the run after being chased by the cops. Now starts the wild goose chase with ruthless & buffoonery gangsters, comic cops, bungling CBI officer and the hero and his friends playing all kinds of pranks. The chase and the laugh riot continues all the way from Pondicherry to Sani Singhnapur crossing 4 state borders with innumerable comic situations.

Lucknowi Ishq

Luckhnowi Ishq is an Indian romantic film directed by Aanand Raut. It stars Adhyayan Suman and Karishma Kotak in lead roles. The film is produced by KC Films. It tells the love story of a young medical student from Delhi and a beautiful girl from Lucknow. The film promises glimpses of the rich culture and surroundings of Lucknow.
The film has an interesting plot. Prem (Adhyayan Suman) a medical student from Delhi happens to visit Lucknow for his friends wedding and falls in love with Sunaina (Karishma Kotak) from Lucknow. It is love at first sight and Prem wants to marry Sunaina, he even fights her brother Krishna who shares a close bond with his sister Sunaina. Prem swears to marry Sunaina in the next 10 days and does marry her. However, on the first night of the marriage he leaves Sunaina and comes back to Delhi. Prem is depressed and is not able to concentrate on work when Prof. KK (Sharad Saxena) scolds him and later consoles him and asks him to focus on his studies since he is a very bright student and the prof. wants him to top the MBBS exams. At Sunaina’s home every one is very upset and Sunaina decides that she would find Prem and bring him to justice and stop the entire families suffering. She swears that she would only come back once she finds Prem. It’s this Luckhnowi feel to the movie and love story between Prem and Sunaina and Prof. KK Playing Love guru which gives the movie a pleasant feel.
The film has Adhyayan Suman as Prem and Karishma Kotak as Sunaina

The soundtrack is composed by Raaj Aashoo, Sunidhi Chauhan, Mohd. Irfan, Seepi Jha, Labh Janjua, Amit Mishra, Palak Muchhal, Prtibha Baghel. Lyrics are by Neeraj Gupta, Shakeel Azmi, Sudhakar Sharma, Kumaar. The film has songs like "Tu Aaina Hai Mera", "Yaq Ba Yaq", "Pyari Banno", "Bomb Kudi", and "Bomb Kudi... Featuring Labh Janjua".

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