New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Raazi
Raazi (English: Agree) is an Indian
period thriller film directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced by Vineet Jain,
Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banner of Dharma
Productions. It features Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal in lead roles. The film
is an adaptation of Harinder Sikka’s novel Calling Sehmat which is said to be
inspired from real events. It is about an Indian spy married to a Pakistani
military officer (Vicky Kaushal) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 on the
order of her father (Rajit Kapur).
Raazi is based on a true story of a
young girl, who was sent to Pakistan in 1971, to source out any information she
could, as war was becoming imminent between India and Pakistan. It is the
journey of an ordinary Indian girl, in extraordinary circumstances. The movie
hurtles you back to the 1970s where India is on the brink of war with its
neighbour Pakistan. Goodwill between the two countries is fast eroding, but
Sehmat and Iqbal’s (Vicky Kaushal) matrimonial union is smooth, as their
parents — Brigadier Syed (Shishir Sharma) and Hidayat Khan (Rajit Kapoor) — are
thick friends who are convinced that their offsprings made a good match. It’s a
cross-cultural arranged marriage laced with deception as its foundation. While
Syed’s intentions are noble, Khan believes his daughter made a perfect fit as a
covert operative and is willing to martyr her for India’s greater good. It is
an extraordinarily grave situation, but Sehmat — played compellingly by the
powerhouse talent Bhatt — plays along with wide-eyed patriotism. Her
preparation to become an unassuming Indian spy is swiftly shown in the first
half. Her relationship with her mentor Khalid (Jaideep Ahlawat) as she clumsily
learns the ropes of being an amateur undercover agent is engaging. Her slow
transformation from a college student to an assured spy is believable due to
Bhatt’s cracking form. The thriller picks up pace and turns ominous and
explosive once Sehmat enters the Pakistani household as an angelic-but-plucky
bride. Based on selected portions of Harinder Sikka’s novel Calling Sehmat,
Bhatt is shown as a woman who is this waif-like bride with steely resolve. She
is artfully manipulating all those around her. There are scenes in which she
struggles to draw the line between personal and professional calls. The film
never indulges in jingoism or chest-thumping patriotism. There are no
provocative speeches or vilification of Pakistan unnecessarily, but just a
bunch of complex individuals trying to grapple with an unusual situation around
them. This film is also an intriguing snapshot of the futility and politics of
war and a reminder of how unsuspecting humans are the worst-hit casualty in
such battles. The second half of Raazi has soon-to-hit doom and gloom. There is
dizzying, spiralling twists at the end.
The movie has Alia Bhatt as Sehmat,
Vicky Kaushal as Iqbal Syed, Rajit Kapur as Hidayat, Shishir Sharma as
Brigadier Syed, Jaideep Ahlawat as Khalid Mir, Ashwath Bhatt as Mehboob Syed, Amruta
Khanvilkar as Munira and Soni Razdan as Teji.
The music and background score of
the film is composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy while the lyrics are penned by
Gulzar. The songs featured in the film are sung by Arijit Singh, Harshdeep
Kaur, Vibha Saraf, Shankar Mahadevan and Sunidhi Chauhan. The song "Ae Watan"
also contains the lyrics of Allama Iqbal's dua "Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua".
The film has songs like "Ae Watan" sung by Arijit Singh, "Dilbaro"
by Harshdeep Kaur, Vibha Saraf, Shankar Mahadevan, "Raazi" by Arijit
Singh and "Ae Watan (Female)" by Sunidhi Chauhan.
Hope Aur Hum
Hope Aur Hum is directed and
written by Sudip Bandyopadhyay. The film is produced by Samira Bandopadhyay.
Set in present day, suburban city,
'Hope Aur Hum' is a simple, human story of a family. Nagesh (Naseerudin Shah)
clings on to his youth with a space-consuming out-of-order photocopy machine.
Once a state-of-the-art fine German engineering product, the machine now
frequently visits the state of being 'out of order'. Nagesh claims to earn a
living from it, but to anyone sane, it is obvious that he is just hoarding,
calling it a memory. Everyone laughs at him, his family pesters him to get rid
of it, but he wouldn't budge. Incidentally, the machine also raises space and
room issues for his granddaughter Tanu. Nagesh's younger son Nitin (Naveen
Kasturia) lives a comparatively lavish life in the city of gold aka Dubai and
has a penchant for showing up uninformed. He finds a love interest under
surprising consequences in a twist that is absolutely hilarious and leaves him
sincerely baffled.
Simultaneously, Anurag (Kabir
Sajid), Nagesh's grandson, a jovial and active kid who loves to play cricket is
forced by destiny to visit his grandmother's house that is far from the city.
There, he encounters an interesting series of events that he is rather
secretive about. As things go topsy-turvy for him, his experience turns
traumatic and his general behavior shifts dimensions. He loses interest in
everything, including his favorite game, cricket. While this change in Anurag
doesn't go unnoticed by the family, the secret doesn't see the light either. As
the three different generations with three different journeys struggle to find
peace within, our story progresses to reveal how each member of the family
responds to change and how hope brightens up their 'hum'.
The film has Beena Banerjee as Nani,
Aamir Bashir as Neeraj Srivastava, Neha Chauhan as Neha Chauhan, Sajid Kabir as
Anurag Srivastava, Naveen Kasturia as Nitin Srivastava, Sonali Kulkarni as Aditi
Srivastava, Pawan Mahendru, Naseeruddin Shah as
Nagesh Srivastava, Tina Sood as Tina Sood and Virti Vaghani as Tanu Srivastava. Rupert Fernandes is
the music composer.
The Past
The Past is directed by Gagan Puri
and written by Sandeep Rale. The film is produced by Nitesh Kumar.
The movie chronicles the life of
Simran, a young and upcoming novelist, who, one day, receives a call from
Yuvraj, an owner of a publishing house. He asks Simran to write a book on a
plot idea he has, for which, she, along with her younger sister, Alia, goes to
their Lonavala bungalow. The arrival of the sisters triggers the onset of some
deep, dark secrets of the past. The story starts with a character name Simran,
who is a novelist by profession, One day he gets a call from Yuvraaj who is a
sole owner of a publishing house (Nexus publication). He asked Simran to write
a novel on his own story line. Simran accepts that offer and goes to Lonavala
bungalow to write a novel with her sister Alia... The moment they both start
living in that Bungalow they start feeling some paranormal activity, As the
days pass in the bungalow paranormal activities increases, and Simran gets
possessed, seeing her sister in trauma Alia calls her sister's best friend
Disha. When Disha reaches the bungalow Simran is completely possessed with the
spirit.. To save Simran from the spirit Disha calls a psychic, name Jane who
comes to the bungalow to save Simran from that evil spirit. But she finds it
difficult to handle the Spirit, Later in the second half she finds some hidden
truth of the bungalow and made her forced to call her senior Mr Rajesh to save
the girl from that spirit, which opens the hidden track in the story.
The film has Sonia Albizuri as Miss
Jane, Samiksha Bhatt as Ghost /
Sanjana, Yuvraaj Parashar, Deepti Pujari, Rajesh
Sharma, Vedita Pratap Singh and Jaya Virlley. Music is by Mannan Munjal.
Monster Hunt 2
Monster Hunt 2 is a 2018
Chinese-Hong Kong adventure film directed by Raman Hui, starring Tony Leung,
Bai Baihe, Jing Boran, Li Yuchun and Tony Yang. A sequel to 2015's Monster
Hunt, the film was released in China and Hong Kong on February 16, 2018.
Wuba is on his own journey through
monster realm. The darker forces of the evil monster king are in search for
Wuba. Peace is not restored in the monster world. Wuba meets Tu and BenBen, a
human-monster team, and they rescue Wuba multiple times. Meanwhile, Huo and
Song are in search of Wuba and reach Monster Hunter Bureau. They get their
weapons upgraded and find new friends. In the end, all of them fight, rescuing
Wuba from the evil monsters. Finally, Wuba is reunited with its family.
The film has Tony Leung as Tu Sigu,
Bai Baihe as Huo Xiaolan, Jing Boran as Song Tianyin, Li Yuchun as Zhu Jinzhen,
Tony Yang as Yunqing, Huang Lei as Physician, Sandra Ng as Ying, Eric Tsang as
Zhugao, Wu Mochou as Xiaobaozi, Song Xiaobao, Da Peng, Liu Yan and X-Nine.
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