Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Mohalla Assi, Ghoomketu and Pihu) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Mohalla Assi

Mohalla Assi (transl. The neighbourhood of Assi Ghat) is an Indian Bollywood satirical comedy drama film starring Sunny Deol, and directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi. After so much delay, the film is finally getting released on 16 November 2018.

The film is loosely based on Dr. Kashi Nath Singh's popular Hindi novel Kashi Ka Assi, a satire on the commercialisation of the pilgrimage city, and fake gurus who lure the foreign tourists. Assi Ghat is a ghat in Varanasi (Banaras) on the banks of Ganges River, and the film is based in a famous and historical 'Mohalla' (locality) by the ghat, on the southern end of Banaras. Also starring Ravi Kishen and Sakshi Tanwar, the film is set in the post-independence period. Sunny Deol plays the lead role of Sanskrit teacher and an orthodox religious priest (Pundit) while Sakshi Tanwar plays his wife. The story of the film goes through the events in 1990 and 1989 including Ram Janmabhoomi movement and Mandal Commission implementation. The movie is about how a Sanskrit priest decides to take matters in his hand when the locals of holy town Banaras stars to lure foreign tourists with fake spiritual gurus.

Ghoomketu

Ghoomketu is a Bollywood comedy film, directed by Pushpendra Misra. The film features Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the protagonist. The actor will be seen in a comic role for the third time in his career after Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Freaky Ali. The film also features filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who will be seen in a full-fledged comedy role of a police officer. The film is being produced by Phantom Films and Sony Pictures releasing.

The story revolves around an aspiring writer (played by Siddiqui) who travels all the way from Lucknow to Mumbai to be a part of film. An aspiring writer from a small town in U.P. runs away to Mumbai. He gives himself 30 days to try and prove his worth. Thus the story revolves around an aspiring writer (played by Siddiqui) who travels all the way from Lucknow to Mumbai to be a part of films. His struggles of making a movie in Bollywood Industry, defines rest of the story. Will he be able to make his journey worth? Or he will come back home without tasting success? That’s what the movie dwells on.

The movie has Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Bandu, Ragini Khanna as Mona, Richa Chadha as Sweety, Anurag Kashyap as Inspector Kabir, Jimmy Shergill as Roy, Swanand Kirkire as Milly, Raghubir Yadav as Train driver, Amitabh Bachchan in a cameo, Ranveer Singh in a cameo, Sonakshi Sinha in a cameo and Arjun Kapoor in a cameo.

Pihu

Pihu is a 2018 Indian drama thriller film written and directed by Vinod Kapri and Jointly produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Shilpa Jindal. It stars Myra, a two year old girl in the title role who gets trapped inside her house with no escape.

The movie is a social thriller starring the two year baby girl. She is living in a home where the adults are going through a complicated phase. Being a toddler, she is occasionally trapped in the accidental situations.

The film has Myra Vishwakarma as Pihu and Prerna Sharma.