Thursday, July 20, 2017

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Munna Michael, The Black Prince, Lipstick Under My Burkha and Dunkirk) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Munna Michael

Munna Michael is an upcoming Indian action dance film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Viki Rajani and Eros International. The film features Tiger Shroff in a lead role alongside Nidhhi Agerwal and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It marks the third collaboration between Shroff and director Khan after Heropanti and Baaghi.
The story is about a young man from the streets, called Munna (Tiger Shroff), who from a young age was a big fan of Michael Jackson. Mahinder Fauji (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) is a gangster who aspires to dance. The film is a tribute to Michael Jackson’s hugely popular dance moves. Tiger introduces himself as Munna, a huge fan of the late popstar and one who is hugely popular in the slums of Mumbai. Nawazuddin plays a “ruthless gangster from Delhi” who claims to be a “running national champion”. Nawazuddin wants Tiger to train him in dance and he takes up the challenging task. Tiger flaunts his impressive dance moves and flexible body with several sequences. With Nawaz’s brilliant acting chops, the trailer suggests Munna Michael may just be a fun adventure.
The film has Tiger Shroff as Munna Michael, Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Mahinder Fauji and Nidhhi Agerwal as Dolly.
The music for the film is composed by Meet Bros, Tanishk Bagchi, Pranaay, Vishal Mishra, Javed-Mohsin and Gourov-Roshin while the background score is given by Sandip Shirodkar. The lyrics have been written by Kumaar, Danish Sabri, Pranaay, Tanishk-Vayu and Sabbir Khan. The movie has songs like "Main Hoon",
"Ding Dang", "Pyar Ho", "Swag"  , "Beparwah", "Shake Karaan", "Feel The Rhythm", "Beat It Bijuriya", "Pyar Ho (Redux)" and "Swag Rebirth".

The Black Prince

The film ‘The Black Prince’ is directed and written by Kavi Raz and stars: Jason Flemyng, Amanda Root and Shabana Azmi.
'The Black Prince' is a story of Queen Victoria and the Last King of Punjab, Maharajah Duleep Singh. His character as it evolves, torn between two cultures and facing constant dilemmas as a result. His relationship with Queen Victoria will be the most impactful relationship in the film, the Queen representing the English culture he was drawn into. The Black Prince begins a lifelong struggle to regain his Kingdom. It takes him on an extraordinary journey across the world.
The film has Jason Flemyng as Dr. Login, Amanda Root as Queen Victoria, Shabana Azmi as Rani Jindan, Kavi Raz as Beggar, Satinder Sartaaj as Maharaja Duleep Singh, Ameet Chana as Aziz-Ud-Din, David Essex           as Colonel Hurbon, Joe Egan as Irish Rebel, Leanne Joyce         as Ada Wetherill, Sha'ori Morris as Pauper, Keith Duffy as Casey, Jack Gover as Gentleman, Alexa Morden as Young Victoria, Madhurima Tuli     as Young Maharani Jinda and Raji James.

Lipstick Under My Burkha

Lipstick Under My Burkha is a Bollywood film written and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava and produced by Prakash Jha. The film stars Konkona Sen Sharma, Ratna Pathak, Aahana Kumra and Plabita Borthakur in lead roles along with Sushant Singh, Vikrant Massey, Shashank Arora, Vaibhav Tatwawaadi and Jagat Singh Solanki in supportive roles. The story is lady oriented, their fantasy above life. There are contagious [sic] sexual scenes, abusive words, audio pornography and a bit sensitive touch about one particular section of society.
Rihanna seeks the freedom to be who she wants. A two-timing beautician (Leela) seeks to escape the claustrophobia of her small town. A housewife (Shireen) with three children seeks the alternative life of a saleswoman. A 55-year-old widow, Usha finds sexual reawakening through a phone romance with a young swimming coach.
The film has Shashank Arora, Plabita Borthakur as Rihana, Sonal Jha, Aahana Kumra as Leela, Vikrant Massey, Mayur More as Michael Jackson, Ratna Pathak as Usha, Konkona Sen Sharma as Shireen, Jagat Singh Solanki, Sushant Singh, Akash Sisodia, Vaibbhav Tatwawdi and Santosh Kumar.

Dunkirk

Dunkirk is a 2017 English-language war film written, co-produced and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film stars Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy. Set during the Second World War, it concerns the Dunkirk evacuation. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is an international co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States, France and the Netherlands. Nolan wrote the script, told from three perspectives – the land, sea and air – to contain little dialogue and create suspense solely through details.
Allied soldiers from Britain, Belgium, Canada and France are surrounded by the German Army on the beaches of Dunkirk and evacuated in Operation Dynamo between 26 May and 4 June 1940, during the early stages of the Second World War. Summary: Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in. To be exact, in May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely evacuated.

The film has Fionn Whitehead as Tommy, a British Army private, Tom Glynn-Carney as Peter, Mr Dawson's son, Jack Lowden as Collins, a Royal Air Force pilot, Harry Styles as Alex, a British Army private, Aneurin Barnard as Gibson, a low-ranking soldier, James D'Arcy as Colonel Winnant, Barry Keoghan as George, Kenneth Branagh as Commander Bolton, the highest ranking officer on Dunkirk, Cillian Murphy as Shivering Soldier, Mark Rylance as Mr Dawson, a mariner and Peter’s father, Tom Hardy as Farrier, a Royal Air Force pilot and Michael Caine appears in a spoken cameo role as radio communication to the Royal Air Force.

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