Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Broken Horses, Home, Ek Paheli Leela, Dharam Sankat Mein and It Follows) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Broken Horses

Broken Horses is a 2015 American mystery thriller film directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and starring María Valverde, Thomas Jane, Anton Yelchin, Vincent D'Onofrio and Sean Patrick Flanery.

The movie has an interesting plot. The relationship between two brothers, a main resources-level violinist and a hired mercenary, is set against the drug war in the turbulent American-Mexican border. It is about how wrong choices can destroy lives and everything one loves.

After leaving town following the death of his father, young music prodigy, Jacob Heckum (Anton Yelchin), returns to his desolate hometown only to discover that Buddy (Chris Marquette), the child-like brother he left behind now works for a drug gang. The gang’s ruthless leader (Vincent D’Onofrio) has twisted his simple mind and manipulated him into a killer, a surrogate son who blindly does as he is told. Jacob is drowned in guilt for having abandoned his brother and realizes the only way to save him from his new fraternity is to join them.

Home

Home is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated buddy comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is based on Adam Rex's 2007 children's book The True Meaning of Smekday and stars Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, and Steve Martin. Tim Johnson is the director of the film, Chris Jenkins and Suzanne Buirgy are its producers, and the adaptation is by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember. The story takes place on planet Earth, where an alien race called the Boov invades, a teenage girl named Tip manages to avoid capture and goes on the run.

When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated. But when one resourceful girl, Tip (Rihanna), manages to avoid capture, she finds herself the accidental accomplice of a banished Boov named Oh (Jim Parsons). The two fugitives realize there’s a lot more at stake than intergalactic relations as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime.

Ek Paheli Leela

Ek Paheli Leela is a 2015 Bollywood Musical thriller film, written & directed by Bobby Khan and produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar. It stars Sunny Leone in the titular lead role with Jay Bhanushali, Rajneesh Duggal, Jas Arora, Mohit Ahlawat and Rahul Dev in pivotal roles. Choreography is done by Saroj Khan and Ahmed Khan. Music for the film is composed by Amaal Mallik.

Ek Paheli Leela is a reincarnation story about the love between Leela and her lover, which is left incomplete as one of them is murdered. The story comes to an end after 300 long years, when Leela has become Meera and her lover’s character is also reborn.

The film has Sunny Leone as Leela/Meera, Jay Bhanushali as Karan, Rajneesh Duggal as Shravan, Mohit Ahlawat as Prince Ranveer, Rahul Dev as Bhairav, Jas Arora as Prince Bikram, Shivani Tanksale as Radhika and VJ Andy as Andy

The Soundtracks are by Dr. Zeus, Meet Bros Anjjan and Amaal Mallik. The soundtrack comprises 9 songs. Ensemble singers like Tulsi Kumar, Arijit Singh, Kanika Kapoor, Monali Thakur, Meet Bros Anjjan, Mohit Chauhan, Krishna Beura, Alam Khan, Aishwarya Majmudar, Neha Kakkar and a Pakistani singer Uzair Jaswal have lent their voices for the film. The song "Dholi Taro" of Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was again reprised on which Leone will be seen dancing in the film. Thus the film has songs like "Desi Look", "Tere Bin Nahi Laage (Male Version) (Recreation of Original Version)", "Saiyyan Superstar", "Khuda Bhi", "Glamorous Akhiyaan", "Main Hoon Deewana Tera (Recreation of Sonu Nigam's 1999 song)", "Dhol Baaje (Recreation of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam's song)", "Tere Bin Nahi Laage (Female Version)" and "Ek Do Teen Chaar"

Dharam Sankat Mein

Dharam Sankat Mein is a 2015 Indian comedy film directed by Fuwad Khan. The film is produced by Sajjad Chunawala and Shariq Patel under the banners Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Trigno Media. The film stars Paresh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah, and Annu Kapoor.

The movie has an interesting plot. The film revolves around a Hindu man (Paresh Rawal) who goes through an identity crisis when he discovers he was adopted as a son in a Hindu family but was born in a Muslim family. The journey starts with finding his real father.

Paresh Rawal is a full bred brahmin Hindu who has all his life blamed Muslims for terrorism and other evils in the society. Suddenly after opening his dead mother’s locker he gets to know that he was adopted. On doing some research he finds out that his biological parents were Muslim. With some help from Annu Kapoor, he finds out that his biological father is still alive and ailing at a Muslim old age home. Paresh goes there to meet him but is asked by the Imam to learn Muslim norms and come back if he wants to meet his father. Thus starts the funny tale about how Paresh copes up with his Muslim self.

Also there is a side track where Paresh’s son wants to get married to a girl whose father is a staunch follower of a Hindu guru Neelanand (Naseeruddin Shah). So because of his son, Paresh starts brushing up his Hindu religious side as well.

It is this predicament in Paresh’s life that forms the basis of the whole story. What happens to him next is where the funny satire lies!

The film has Paresh Rawal as Dharam Pal / Dilsukh Kohli / Daulat Khan / Dominic Paul Matthews, Naseeruddin Shah as Neel Anand Baba / Baba Nirmal Narula, Annu Kapoor as Nawab Mehmood Shah / Father Fredrick, Gippy Grewal as Special Appearance, Auritra Ghosh as Shraddha and Sharat Sonu as Long Hair Guy.

It Follows

It Follows is a 2014 American supernatural horror film written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, and starring Maika Monroe. The plot follows a girl pursued by a supernatural entity after having sex.

The movie has an interesting plot. For 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe), fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay and her teenage friends must find a way to escape the horrors that seem to be only a few steps behind