Friday, September 16, 2016

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Pink, Raaz Reboot, The Shallows, The Light Between Oceans and Robinson Crusoe) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Pink

Pink is a 2016 Indian courtroom drama film directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, written by Ritesh Shah, and produced by Rashmi Sharma and Shoojit Sircar. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang, Piyush Mishra, and Dhritiman Chatterjee.
The movie has an interesting plot. Three girls - Minal Arora (Taapsee Pannu), Falak Ali (Kirti Kulhari) and Andrea (Andrea Tariang) are staying together as tenants in a posh South Delhi locality and are normal working professionals in their respective fields. One night, after a rock concert they accept a dinner invitation from Rajveer (Angad Bedi) and two others to a resort in Surajkund, Faridabad district, Haryana. Rajveer and his friends get drunk and try to molest Minal Arora (Taapsee Pannu) and her two roommates. Andrea is touched inappropriately by Dumpy (Raashul Tandon). Minal picks up a bottle and smashes it on Rajveer's eye, leaving him bleeding despite she said NO to him. Rajveer lodged a wrong FIR against the girls labelling them prostitutes, using his powerful connections. Minal is charged for 'Attempt to murder', where she could face imprisonment for more than 10 years, if convicted.
Deepak Sehgall (Amitabh Bachchan) is a lawyer suffering from bipolar disorder who experiences frequent mood swings. He represents the girls in the court. The film revolves around how Deepak fights the girls' case against these influential boys.
The movie has Amitabh Bachchan as Deepak Sehgal, Taapsee Pannu as Minal Arora, Kirti Kulhari as Falak Ali, Andrea Tariang as Andrea, Angad Bedi as Rajveer, Raashul Tandon as Dumpy, Tushar Pandey as Vishwa, Vijay Verma as Ankit, Dhritiman Chatterjee as Judge, Piyush Mishra, Mamta Shankar as Haryanvi cop, Vinod Nagpal, Sudhanva Deshpande and Dibang.
The film has songs like "Jeenay De Mujhe" sung by Faiza Mujahid, "Kaari Kaari" by Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch, "Tujhse Hi hai Roshni" by Anupam Roy and "Pink" by Jonita Gandhi, Epr Iyer.

Raaz Reboot

Raaz Reboot is a 2016 Indian written and directed by Vikram Bhatt. It features Emraan Hashmi and Kriti Kharbanda in the lead roles. The film is the fourth instalment in the horror film series, Raaz.
"Raaz: Reboot" is a romantic suspense thriller movie, which is the fourth instalment in the horror film series – "Raaz." "Raaz: Reboot" revolves around the story of a married couple living in Romania. Shaina (Kriti Kharbanda) and Rehaan (Gaurav Arora) begin to hide something from each other. What is it that they hide? How does Emraan Hashmi enter their lives? The answers to these questions form the crux of the story.
The film has Emraan Hashmi as Aditya, Kriti Kharbanda as Shaina and Gaurav Arora as Rehaan.
The film's music is composed by Jeet Gannguli along with the duo Sangeet Siddharth. The film has songs like "Lo Maan Liya", "Raaz Aankhein Teri", "O Meri Jaan", "Yaad Hai Na", "Hummein Tummein Jo Tha", "Yaad Hai Na (Unplugged)" and "The Sound of Raaz".

The Shallows

The Shallows is a 2016 American survival horror thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, written by Anthony Jaswinski and starring Blake Lively. In the film, a surfer gets stranded 200 yards from shore, and must use her wits and determination to survive a great white shark attack.
Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing alone on a secluded beach when she is attacked by a great white shark and stranded just a short distance from shore. Though she is only 200 yards from her survival, getting there proves the ultimate contest of wills.

The Light Between Oceans

The Light Between Oceans is a 2016 romantic period drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance and based on the 2012 novel of the same name by M. L. Stedman. An international co-production between DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media and Heyday Films, the film stars Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Bryan Brown and Jack Thompson. The film tells the story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife who rescue and adopt an infant girl adrift at sea. Years later, the couple discovers the child's true parentage and are faced with the moral dilemma of their actions.
On a remote Australian island in the years following World War I, lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) and his wife, Isabel (Alicia Vikander), discover a boat washed ashore carrying a dead man and a two-month old baby. Rescuing the infant, they make the decision to raise her as their own but the consequences of their choice prove to be devastating.
  
Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe (released in North America as The Wild Life) is a 2016 Belgian-French 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by Vincent Kesteloot and Ben Stassen and written by Lee Christopher, Domonic Paris and Graham Weldon. The film is loosely based on Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, but from the point of view of the island's animals.

On a tiny exotic island, Tuesday, an outgoing parrot lives with his quirky animal friends in paradise. However, Tuesday can't stop dreaming about discovering the world. After a violent storm, Tuesday and his friends wake up to find a strange creature on the beach: Robinson Crusoe. Tuesday immediately views Crusoe as his ticket off the island to explore new lands. Likewise, Crusoe soon realizes that the key to surviving on the island is through the help of Tuesday and the other animals. It isn't always easy at first, as the animals don't speak "human." Slowly but surely, they all start living together in harmony, until one day, when their comfortable life is overturned by two savage cats, who wish to take control of the island. A battle ensues between the cats and the group of friends but Crusoe and the animals soon discover the true power of friendship up against all odds (even savage cats). 

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