Thursday, March 23, 2017

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Anaarkali of Aarah, Phillauri, Life and Chips) that was published in Navi Mumbai

New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Anaarkali of Aarah

Anarkali of Arah is the film produced by Priya and Sandiip Kapur and written and directed by Avinash Das.
Anarkali of Arrah is the story of an erotic singer played by Swara Bhaskar who hails from Arrah in Bihar and is popular for her songs that make you read between the lines. She is the star performer of her troupe and is confident of her success. She sings sings double meaning songs. One day, Anaarkali Of Aarah’s life takes an ugly turn when Anaarkali has a confrontation with a very powerful man who molested her. Instead of bowing down, she chooses to fight back. How she fights the misogynist beliefs of the society, forms the crux of the film.

Phillauri

Phillauri is a 2017 Indian Hindi romantic comedy film, directed by Anshai Lal and produced by Anushka Sharma and Karnesh Sharma under the banner of Fox Star Studios and Clean Slate Films. Director Navdeep Singh and writer Sudip Sharma are associated with the film as Creative Producers. The film will have Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh and Suraj Sharma in the lead roles.
A young man (Suraj Sharma) meets a friendly spirit (Anushka Sharma) after he reluctantly marries a tree to ward off any threats to his love life. By doing so he unknowingly unleashes the spirit of Shashi/Phillauri(a friendly ghost). Things becomes more complicated, once the ghost starts to follow him. The film is a unique story set in Phillaur Punjab. It has combination of both romance and comedy. The Residents of Phillaur town (in Jalandhar district of Punjab) are often termed as Phillauris will all the fun and fiesta. ‘Phillauri’ has got shades of drama, craziness and really interesting characters. It is romantic, fun and at the same time very intriguing. The story is set in Phillaur district of Punjab. Anushka Sharma turns into a Ghost in this new comedy production. Thus Phillauri is a Bollywood romantic comedy film.
The film has Anushka Sharma as Shashi, Diljit Dosanjh as Phillauri, Suraj Sharma as Kanan and Mehreen Pirzada as Anu.
The music of the film is composed by Shashwat Sachdev with Jasleen Royal as a guest composer while the lyrics have been penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan, Aditya Sharma, Neeraj Rajawat and Shellee. Sameer Uddin has composed the background score. The film has songs like "Dum Dum", "Whats Up", "Sahiba", "Naughty Billo", "Bajaake Tumba", "Din Shagna Da", "Dum Dum (Punjabi Version)" and "Dum Dum (Reprise) Diljit Dosanjh Version".

Life

Life is a 2017 American science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Espinosa, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds. The film follows a six-member crew of the International Space Station that uncovers what initially seems to be the first evidence of life on Mars.
 A crew aboard the International Space Station performs a successful capture of a space probe returning from Mars with a sample inside. The crew is tasked with studying the sample, which may be the first proof of extraterrestrial life. However, the study eventually backfires as the organism displays incredible strength and gains intelligence, becoming extremely hostile and killing them all one by one. Trapped aboard the ISS with the rapidly-growing organism, the crew must find out how to kill it before it manages to escape and destroy Earth.
The film has Jake Gyllenhaal as Dr. David Jordan, Rebecca Ferguson as Dr. Miranda North, Ryan Reynolds as Rory "Roy" Adams, Hiroyuki Sanada as Sho Kendo, one of the members of the International Space Station crew, Ariyon Bakare as Hugh Derry, member of the crew of the International Space Station, Olga Dihovichnaya as Katerina Golovkin, member of the crew of the International Space Station, Alexander Nguyen as 1st Fisherman and Hiu Woong-Sin as 2nd Fisherman.

Chips

CHiPs is an American action comedy buddy cop film written and directed by Dax Shepard, based on the 1977-1983 television series of the same name created by Rick Rosner. The film stars Shepard as Officer Jon Baker and Michael Peña as Frank "Ponch" Poncherello. Other cast includes Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Brody, Rosa Salazar, Vida Guerra, and Kristen Bell.
Two middle-aged California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers who are tasked with highway patrol soon find themselves in a situation like none other when a sadistic ex-cop and his theft hitmen are wreaking havoc throughout their city. Jon Baker (Dax Shepard) and Frank “Ponch” Poncherello (Michael Peña) have just joined the California Highway Patrol (CHP) in Los Angeles but for very different reasons. Baker is a beaten up pro motorbiker trying to put his life and marriage back together. Poncherello is a cocky undercover Federal agent investigating a multi-million dollar heist that may be an inside job—inside the CHP. The inexperienced rookie and hardened pro are teamed together, but clash more than click, so kickstarting a partnership is easier said than done. But with Baker’s bike skills combined with Ponch’s street savvy it might just work…if they don’t drive each other crazy along the way.

The film has Dax Shepard as Officer Jon Baker, Michael Peña as Officer Frank "Ponch" Poncherello, Vincent D'Onofrio as Ray Kurtz, a bloodthirsty former LAPD dirty cop turned heist group leader, Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Peterson, Ponch’s Boss, Wilmer Valderrama, Adam Brody as Clay Allen, an officer, Rosa Salazar as Ava Perez, Vida Guerra as Ann, Kristen Bell as Karen Baker, Jon's wife, Jessica McNamee as Lindsey Taylor, a tough young California Highway Patrol officer, Jane Kaczmarek as Jane Lindel, the police captain, Justin Chatwin as Raymond Reed Kurtz Jr., Ryan Hansen as Brian Grieves, Maya Rudolph as Sgt. Gail Hernandez, Ben Falcone as Bicycle Cop, Richard T. Jones as Parish, Adam Rodriguez as Shamus, David Koechner as Pat, Ed Begley Jr. as Wasp Driver and Mae Whitman as Beebee.

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