Thursday, August 2, 2018

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Fanney Khan, Karwaan, Mulk and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) that was published in Newsband



New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Fanney Khan

Fanney Khan is an Indian musical comedy film written and directed by debutant Atul Manjrekar. It was jointly produced by the banners T-Series Films, Rakesh Omprakash Mehta Pictures and Anil Kapoor Films & Communication Network. A remake of the 2002 Belgian film Everybody's Famous! It follows the father of a young, aspiring girl who wants to be a singer. He kidnaps a famous soloist to make way for his daughter to become a star. The film features Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Rajkummar Rao in lead roles.
Fanney Khan (Anil Kapoor), a vocalist in an orchestra, dreams of becoming a singer but circumstances prevent him from being one. After marriage and heading a middle class family, he fuels his dream through his overweight teenage daughter Lata Sharma (Pihu Sand), named after singer Lata Mangeshkar. Lata constantly fails in making an impact on muscial shows, and is booed upon due to her weight. Out of desperation to make his daughter a singer after he is fired from his job, Fanney kidnaps well known soloist Baby Singh (Aishwarya Rai) with the help of Adhir (Rajkummar Rao). He demands that Lata be heard on a music show lest he kills Baby.
The movie has Anil Kapoor as Fanney Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Baby Singh, Rajkummar Rao as Adhir, Divya Dutta as Kavita Sharma, Karan Singh Chhabra as Karan Kakkad, Pihu Sand as Lata Sharma, Anaitha Nair as Rhea, Girish Kulkarni and Swati Semwal.
The music of the film has been composed by Amit Trivedi while the lyrics have been written by Irshad Kamil and Hasrat Jaipuri. Tanishk Bagchi worked as a guest composer (noted). The film has songs "Mohabbat" (Music by Tanishk Bagchi)    sung by Sunidhi Chauhan, "Halka Halka"       by Sunidhi Chauhan, Divya Kumar, "Achche Din" by Amit Trivedi, "Tere Jaisa Tu Hai" by Monali Thakur, "Fu Bai Fu" by Monali Thakur and "Badan Pe Sitare" (Lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri) by Sonu Nigam.

Karwaan

Karwaan (transl. Caravan;) is a 2018 Indian Bollywood slice of life comedy drama film, directed by Akarsh Khurana and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Priti Rathi Gupta. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan, who is making his debut in the Hindi film industry with this film, along with Irrfan Khan and Mithila Palkar.
The film is a light-hearted comedy, in which Dulquer Salmaan plays a guy who lives in Bengaluru. It is a road trip with a difference. These aren't three friends out on an adventure, but rather three misfits on a journey that goes a bit too off-track. Avinash (Dulquer Salman) is a repressed young man who hates his IT job, loathes his boss and would rather become a photographer, but for his father (Akarsh Khurana). His father passes away in a road accident and his body reaches another family by mistake. Avinash's friend Shaukat (Irrfan Khan) offers his van and company to travel from Bangalore and exchange the body in Kochi. Enroute, Tanya (Mithila Palkar), the grand-daughter of the now-deceased person with whom the other body was exchanged, joins them. It is a trip that neither of them wishes to be part of but end up enduring it.
The film has Irrfan Khan as Shaukat, Dulquer Salmaan as Avinash, Mithila Palkar as Tanya, Kriti Kharbanda (Cameo Appearance), Amala Akkineni and Priti Rathi Gupta.
The soundtrack of Karwaan consists of songs composed by Prateek Kuhad, Anurag Saikia, SlowCheetah, Shwetang Shankar and Imaad Shah with lyrics been written by Prateek Kuhad, Akarsh Khurana, SlowCheetah and Imaad Shah. The film has songs like "Chota Sa Fasana", "Saansein", "Heartquake", "Dhaai Kilo Bakwaas", "Kadam", "Bhar De Hamaara Glass" and "Heartquake" (Aftershocks).

Mulk

Mulk (transl. Country) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Anubhav Sinha. Shot in Benaras and Lucknow, Mulk is the story of a Muslim family trying to reclaim its lost honour.
Based on a real-life story, Mulk revolves around the struggles of a Muslim joint family from a small town in India, who fight to reclaim their honour after a member of their family takes to terrorism. Mulk focusses on some hard-hitting and burning issues, and brings to fore the other faces of terrorism, which often gets brushed under the carpet.
The film has Rishi Kapoor as Murad Ali Mohammed, Prateik Babbar as Shahid Mohammed, Rajat Kapoor as Danish Javed, Taapsee Pannu as Aarti Malhotra/Mohammed, Ashutosh Rana as Santosh Anand, Manoj Pahwa as Bilaal Mohammed, Neena Gupta as Tabassum, Prachee Shah Pandya, Vartika Singh, Ashrut Jain, Indraneil Sengupta and Abdul Quadir Amin.
The background score of the film is composed by Mangesh Dhakde and songs are composed by Prasad Sashte and Anurag Saikia. The lyrics are written by Shakeel Azmi. The film has songs like "Thenge Se", "Khudara" and "Piya Samaye".        

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is a 2018 jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed and written by Ol Parker, from a story by Parker, Catherine Johnson, and Richard Curtis. It is a follow-up to the 2008 film Mamma Mia!, which in turn is based on the musical of the same name using the music of ABBA. The film stars Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Andy García, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Cher, and Meryl Streep. Both a prequel and a sequel, the plot is set after the events of the first film, and also features flashbacks to 1979, telling the story of Donna Sheridan's arrival on the island of Kalokairi and her first meetings with her daughter Sophie's three possible fathers.
In 1979 young Donna, Tanya and Rosie graduate from Oxford University -- leaving Donna free to embark on a series of adventures throughout Europe. On her journeys, she makes the acquaintances of Harry, Bill and Sam -- the latter whom she falls in love with, but he's also the man who breaks her heart. In the present day, Donna's pregnant daughter, Sophie, dreams of renovating a taverna while reuniting with her mother's old friends and boyfriends on the Greek island of Kalokairi.
The film has Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Sheridan, Donna’s 25-year-old daughter. Meryl Streep as Donna Sheridan-Carmichael, Sophie’s late mother, and wife to Sam. Lily James as Young Donna, founder of Donna and the Dynamos. Dominic Cooper as Sky, Sophie’s partner. Christine Baranski as Tanya Chesham-Leigh, one of Donna’s friends and former bandmates in Donna and the Dynamos; a rich three-time divorcee. Jessica Keenan Wynn as Young Tanya. Julie Walters as Rosie Mulligan, one of Donna’s friends and former bandmates in Donna and the Dynamos; an unmarried fun-loving author. Alexa Davies as Young Rosie. Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael, an Irish-American architect, and widower of Donna. Jeremy Irvine as Young Sam. Colin Firth as Harry Bright, a British banker. Hugh Skinner as Young Harry. Stellan Skarsgård as Bill Anderson, a Swedish sailor and travel writer, and as Kurt Anderson, Bill's obese brother. Josh Dylan as Young Bill. Andy García as Fernando Cienfuegos, the manager of the Hotel Bella Donna, and an old lover of Ruby’s. Cher as Ruby Sheridan, Donna’s mother, and Sophie’s grandmother. Omid Djalili as a Greek customs officer. Celia Imrie as Vice-Chancellor. Maria Vacratsis as Sofia, a local who owns the bar and shack which eventually becomes Donna's home and Bill's great aunt. Panos Mouzourakis as Lazaros, Sofia's son whose band plays at the bar. Gerard Monaco as Alexio. Anna Antoniades as Apollonia. Cameo appearances: Björn Ulvaeus as an Oxford professor, Benny Andersson as "Waterloo" piano player and Jonathan Goldsmith as Rafael Cienfuegos, Fernando Cienfuegos' brother.

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