Thursday, March 31, 2016

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Ki & Ka, Kung Fu Panda 3 and Allegiant) that was published in Newsband


New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Ki & Ka

Ki & Ka (English: Hers and His) is an Indian romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and produced by R. Balki. The film follows a young, married couple contradicting the gender roles placed upon women and men in Indian society. It stars Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor.
The movie has an interesting plot. A young couple's marriage challenges the gender roles placed upon men and women in Indian society. The film starring Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor talks about the notions of Indian society regarding a working wife and house-husband. 'Ki and Ka' tries to break that set mould of the society. This romantic-drama will see Kareena as an ambitious marketing manager of a firm while Arjun will be seen as a supporting house-husband who wants to stay away from ambitions and be more like his mother. Ki and Ka speaks of a story where Kareena Kapoor wears the ‘pants’ in the relationship while her lover Arjun Kapoor is content handling the house. Househusbands are a rare breed in India. In this movie you will see a man whose only ambition in life is to take care of his house while his wife brings in the money home. Such role reversals are barely seen in the very patriarchal India. Thus the movie narrates the love story spun between Kareena and Arjun skilfully woven through role reversals. From displaying Arjun chopping vegetables to him shying away from sex citing exhaustion even as Kareena demands it (of course Arjun finally gives in), Ki and Ka beautifully packs all things needed for an entertaining watch.
The film has Kareena Kapoor as Kia, Arjun Kapoor as Kabir, Swaroop Sampat, Rajit Kapur, Amitabh Bachchan (cameo) and Jaya Bachchan (cameo).
The soundtrack album features songs composed by Meet Bros Anjjan and Mithoon for the T-Series label besides having an original song composed by Balki's regular collaborator Ilaiyaraaja, who has also composed the background score of the movie. Lyrics have been penned by Kumaar, Amitabh Bhattacharya and Sayeed Quadri.
The film has songs like "High Heels", "Ji Huzoori", "Most Wanted Munda", "Foolishq", "Pump It (The Workout Song)" and "Kabir Most Wanted Munda".

Kung Fu Panda 3

Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 3D American-Chinese computer-animated action comedy martial arts film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and Oriental DreamWorks, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni. The film was written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, produced by Melissa Cobb, and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro. It is a sequel to the 2011 film Kung Fu Panda 2 and the third instalment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. The film features the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, J. K. Simmons, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, and James Hong. Jean-Claude Van Damme and Randall Duk Kim reprise their roles as Master Croc and Oogway from the previous two films.
The movie has an interesting story. When Po's long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible-learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas.

Allegiant

The Divergent Series: Allegiant (also known simply as Allegiant) is a 2016 American science fiction adventure film directed by Robert Schwentke with a screenplay by Stephen Chbosky, Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, and Noah Oppenheim. It is the first of two cinematic parts based on the novel Allegiant, the final book in the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth, and the third installment in The Divergent Series, produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian, and Douglas Wick, and distributed by Lionsgate. The film stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Zoë Kravitz, Maggie Q, Ray Stevenson, Daniel Dae Kim, Bill Skarsgård, Octavia Spencer and Naomi Watts. It is the sequel to Insurgent and will be followed by the concluding entry, Ascendant (Allegiant and Ascendant were originally to be titled Allegiant – Part 1 and Allegiant – Part 2).

The movie has an interesting story. After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris (Shailene Woodley) must escape with Four (Theo James) and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known in order to find a peaceful solution for their embroiled city. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shocking new truths. Tris and Four must quickly decide who they can trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago which threatens all of humanity. In order to survive, Tris will be forced to make impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love. 

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