Thursday, March 8, 2018

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Dil Junglee, Hate Story 4, Tomb Raider, Hurricane Heist and 3 Storeys) that was published in Newsband



New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Dil Junglee

Dil Juunglee is an Indian romantic comedy film written and directed by Aleya Sen. It stars Tapsee Pannu, Saqib Saleem, Abhilash Thapliyal, Nidhi Singh, Ayesha Kaduskar and Srishti Shrivastava.
Koroli Nair, the sole child of a London based business tycoon, settles in Delhi to fulfil her ‘pursuit of happiness’. Much to her dad’s disappointment, she has no interest in upgrading herself as an entrepreneur & wants to settle down with a man and be a mother to her future kids. She teaches English at the British Council in New Delhi which makes her feel content & satisfied in her own way. Sumit Uppal, a typical Lajpat Nagar ‘launda’, wants to make it big as an actor in Bollywood. He works as the star trainer at a local gym & has clearly worked on his aesthetics & physique. He is a highly ambitious chap with star-studded dreams of walking the red carpet, brushing shoulders with some of Bollywood’s finest. He joins Koroli’s English class at the Language School. Initially meeting one another as a teacher and student, their proximity escalates when they meet each other in a nightclub. Later, this creates the path for attraction & the radically opposite duo gets close to one another. The story revolves around the friendship and the love story of Sumit and Koroli, along with the big and small nuances of a relationship. The ups and downs of love and friendship are portrayed with the angle of fun, madness and craziness.
The film has Taapsee Pannu as Koroli Nair, Saqib Saleem as Sumit Uppal, Abhilash Thapliyal as Prashant, Nidhi Singh as Ayesha Pathak, Srishti Shrivastava as Shumi and Ayesha Kaduskar.
Soundtrack album is by Tanishk Bagchi, Sharib-Toshi, Guru Randhawa, Rajat Nagpal, Abhishek Arora.The film has songs like "Nachle Na", "Gazab Ka Hai Din", "Beat Juunglee", "Bandeya" and "Dil Jaane Na".

Hate Story 4

Hate Story 4 is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language erotic thriller film directed by Vishal Pandya and written by Sammeer Arora. It features Urvashi Rautela, Karan Wahi, Vivan Bhatena in the lead roles. It is fourth installment in the Hate Story (film series).
The girl who will stop at nothing to become a star model in the most coveted advertising agency in London, Tasha, is ambitious, beautiful and without a doubt voluptuous. Rajveer, the man known to stop at nothing to get the women he wants spots her talent and pitches her to get the project. Aryan, on the other hand, the man who is smitten by Tasha at first sight, will go beyond bonds and boundaries even beyond his own brother Rajveer, to possess who he lusts for in cold blood. Nasty tricks, crazy ways, bitter hearts, steamy twists and driven by passion, the plot comes to a crescendo amongs media glare. Beyond glamour, broken hearts and red roses lies a bare it all bitter truth that only Urvashi knows. It is a story of greed, passion and murder in the backdrop of political upheaveal and elections in London.
The film has Urvashi Rautela as Tasha, Karan Wahi as Rajveer Khurana, Vivan Bhatena as Aryan Khurana, Ihana Dhillon as Maaya, Gulshan Grover as Vikram Khurana, James Abbey as Police Officer and Rita Siddiqui.
The music for the film's soundtrack album is composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Mithoon, Tony Kakkar and Baman while lyrics are penned by Manoj Muntashir, Kumaar, Rashmi Virag, Shabbir Ahmed and Kumaar. The movie has songs like "Aashiq Banaya Aapne", "Boond Boond", "Tum Mere Ho", "Badnaamiyan", "Naam Hai Mera", "Mohabbat Nasha Hai" (Duet), "Mohabbat Nasha Hai"   and "Badnaamiyan" (Female).

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider is a 2018 American action-adventure film directed by Roar Uthaug and written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons, from a story by Evan Daugherty and Robertson-Dworet. It is primarily based on the 2013 video game of the same name with some elements of its sequel by Crystal Dynamics, and will be a reboot of the Tomb Raider film series. The film tells about the first expedition of Lara Croft, in which she embarks on a perilous journey to her father's last-known destination, hoping to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance. The film stars Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, with Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, and Kristin Scott Thomas appearing in supporting roles.
Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it to class. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father’s global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he’s truly gone. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can’t understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death. Going explicitly against his final wishes, she leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad’s last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Suddenly, the stakes couldn’t be higher for Lara, who—against the odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith and inherently stubborn spirit—must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. If she survives this perilous adventure, it could be the making of her, earning her the name tomb raider.
The film has Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, Emily Carey as 14-year old Lara, Dominic West as Lord Richard Croft, Lara's deceased archaeologist father. Walton Goggins as Mathias Vogel, a rival archaeologist of Richard Croft and a member of Trinity, a shadowy organisation. Daniel Wu as Lu Ren, the ship captain who helps Lara in searching for her father. Kristin Scott Thomas as Ana Miller, an associate at Richard Croft's company, Croft Holdings. Nick Frost as Max, Hannah John-Kamen as Sophie, Croft's flatmate and best friend. Antonio Aakeel as Nitin, a friend to Lara. And Derek Jacobi as Mr. Yaffe.

Hurricane Heist

The Hurricane Heist is an American heist action film directed by Rob Cohen and written by Cohen, Carlos Davis, Anthony Fingleton, Jeff Dixon and Scott Windhauser. The film stars Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace, Ryan Kwanten, and Ralph Ineson, and follows a band of robbers who plan to use a Category 5 hurricane to cover their tracks of a bank robbery.
A team of tech hackers embark on a $600 million robbery from a coastal U.S. mint facility at the same time a disastrous Category 5 hurricane is set to strike. The remaining people left in the deserted beach town are a meteorologist, a Treasury agent and the meteorologist’s ex-Marine brother. Together they not only must survive the hurricane, but also stop the mastermind thieves from accomplishing the heist of the century.
The film has Toby Kebbell as Will, the meteorologist, Leonardo Dickens and Luke Judy as Young Will, Maggie Grace as Casey, the Treasury agent, Ryan Kwanten as Breeze, Will's ex-Marine brother, Patrick McAuley and Andre Robinson as Young Breeze, Ralph Ineson as Perkins, a corrupt Treasury employee, Melissa Bolona as Sasha, a computer hacker, Ben Cross as Sheriff Dixon, Jamie Andrew Cutler as Clement Rice, Xander’s brother, Christian Contreras as Moreno, Jimmy Walker as Xander Rice, Clement’s brother and Ed Birch as Frears, another computer hacker.

3 Storeys

3 Storeys is an Hindi thriller drama directed by Arjun Mukerjee starring Richa Chadha, Pulkit Samrat, Sharman Joshi, Sunny Nijar, Ankit Rathi, Aisha Ahmed and produced by Priya Sreedharan, Ritesh Sidhwani, and Farhan Akhtar.
The film has Richa Chadha, Sharman Joshi, Pulkit Samrat, Sunny Singh Nijjar, Renuka Shahane, Aisha Ahmed and Ankit Rathi.
Written by Dubai-based writer Althea Kaushal, this is a tale of residents living in a derelict multi-storeyed apartment block in the bustling metropolis of Mumbai, whose lives inter-cut towards the climax. Every resident, who seems to lead a collectively placid — almost boring — existence, have backstories. Their biggest worry is being cash-strapped or whether they would find a suitable paying job, but their backstories are murky and surprisingly complex. The film begins with a bang as we get introduced to the eccentric Anglo-Indian widow, Flory Mendonca, played ably by Renuka Shahane. She will remind you of that eccentric aunt in your family who’s endearing as well as embarrassing. She’s cuckoo enough to demand an exorbitant amount for her tiny flat, but finds a prospective buyer in a particularly buffed-up Pulkit Samrat. He’s desperate for a home near the railway station in Mumbai and she’s happy to relinquish her hold over her flat. He’s a misfit among the lower middle-class folks with his crisp blue shirt and polished leather shoes, but we still play along. There’s intrigue thrown in for good measure and the way their bond plays out is interesting to watch. The twist is particularly scintillating. But the same cannot be said about the other two stories, which are predictable. None of the stories are related and their commonality is that they are all neighbours who live in the same building block. However, they are bound not just by their residential address — their lives inter-mingle in unexpected ways. The second one is a tale of a woman living in an unhappy, violent marriage. Her story of unrequited love, wonderfully acted by Sharman Joshi and Masumeh Makhija, is frustrating because of their star-crossed destinies. This pair comes across as archaic as they clutch on to lofty ideals surrounding parental approval and jobs. The third story is of two young lovers who elope There is a twist at the end of their journey. Richa Chadha adds a dash of colour to the proceedings with her brazen way of life. She’s an unconventional widow who has a fertile imagination.
The music of the film has been composed by Clinton Cerejo and Amjad Nadeem while lyrics are penned by Puneet Krishna, Alaukik Rahi, Amjad Nadeem, Shellee and Pushaan Mukherjee. The film has songs like "Bas Tu Hai", "Raasleela" (Music by: Amjad Nadeem), "Azaadiyaan" and "Zaroori Bewakoofi".

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