Thursday, February 20, 2014

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movie releases in Navi Mumbai’ (Darr @ the Mall, Battle of the Damned, Gang of Ghosts, Monuments Men, Highway, Pompeii and Dee Saturday Night) that was published in Newsband


New movie releases in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Darr @ the Mall

Darr @ the Mall is a horror film directed by Ragini MMS fame director Pavan Kirpalani. The film features Jimmy Shergill and Nushrat Bharucha in the lead roles. The film revolves around Jimmy Shergill who plays the role of a security guard of the mall. The film is presented and produced by Multi Screen Media (MSM) and Contiloe Entertainment.
The movie has an interesting story. Asia's largest mall is ready for inauguration, although there's a myth surrounding the mall. Over the period of its construction people have started labeling it as Haunted Mall. The legend has it that the mall is haunted with the presence of a 'chudail'. Some say it’s a typical white saree white hair ghost, others say it's a woman with overturned feet. The fact is no one has seen her personally. Yet the fear is unquestionable.
On the opening eve the owner of the mall, Mr. Manchanda calls a press conference and to dispel the fears announces that he would spend a night at the Mall with the board of directors. The news is flashed around town. Manchanda and his cronies step into the Mall to spend a night and this to Manchanda is a big business strategy. Manchanda and group are not the only ones to be inside the Mall this night. Manchanda’s daughter Ahana and her junky friends make their way inside, as does 24 year old Vishnu, the chief of security at the Mall who has a past that haunts him.
Facts come clear only by the end when circumstances throw Vishnu, Manchanda and Ahana together. Their stories connect and lead to a mysterious past. The Mall is a spine chilling tale of one night and an encounter with the past.
The music has been composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, the lyrics are penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya, background score has been given by Ranjit Barot and the lead vocal singers are Shreya Ghoshal, Neeti Mohan, Aditi Singh Sharma and Sharmistha Chatterjee. The film has songs like Chaahatein sung by Sharmishta Chatterjee, Darr Theme by Ranjit Barot, Pinacolada Remix by Aditi Singh Sharma and Neeti Mohan, Pinacolada by Aditi Singh Sharma and Neeti Mohan and Tera Reham by Shreya Ghoshal.

Battle of the Damned

Battle of the Damned is a 2013 American action, sci-fi film directed by Christopher Hatton, and starring Dolph Lundgren. Following a deadly viral outbreak, private soldier Max Gatling (Lundgren) leads a handful of survivors and a team of robots in a fight against an army of the dead.
This time Lundgren is up against virus-infected human zombies, 'Eaters' as we call them. Max is sent into an infected, abandoned city to find the daughter of a rich industrialist. He gets more than he bargained for. He then enlists some kick-ass, run-away robots to help him in the battle.
In various South-East Asian countries, different corporations are able to work on projects that their home countries would frown upon. At some point in the near future one such project is accidentally released during its production; a lethal pathogen that basically turns people into zombies. This region of the Earth is cut off from the rest of the world.
Aside from the occasional military unit dropping in for a mission from time to time there is no contact with any possible survivors. Max Gatling, played by Dolph Lundgren, is one soldier dropped into “Hell” with his unit on a random mission. After his team leaves, Max must fight his way through the infected hordes and save the kid of the head of the corporation responsible for the virus. In other words, he’s the only man for the job and he has to save the President’s daughter and also the robots.

Gang of Ghosts

Gang of Ghosts is a Hindi paranormal comedy film, produced by Venus Records & Tapes Pvt Ltd and The Satish Kaushik Entertainment, directed by well known Actor/Director Satish Kaushik. It is a remake of Bengali film Bhooter Bhabishyat.
The film has an interesting plot. The story is about a haunted house which is being pulled down and being replaced with a swanky shopping mall. Apparently, the ghosts who belong to different era consider this as their home so what happens later on shapes the rest of the story.
The grand old mansions and mills of South Mumbai are being razed to the ground to make way for swanky condominiums, malls and Multiplexes. Some of these dilapidated disputed buildings were haunted by Ghosts who had taken shelter there over centuries. They were evicted and are homeless today. There is no rehabilitation package on offer. Politicians, media, intellectuals, civic society - no one gives a dam to them. After all, Ghosts can't vote.
Royal Mansion is one such heritage property which is rented out for film shoots to facilitate its maintenance. A heroine faints during a shooting allegedly sighting Ghost in a mirror. A filmmaker on a reconnaissance trip to the building gets to hear of a spooky story revolving around the house. But is it just a tall tale or is there a twist in the 'tail'?
The film has song and dance, drama, romance, action and even an item number. It has all the filmi masala as well as some food for thought.
The actors of the film are Sharman Joshi as writer, Mahi Gill as Manoranjana Kumari, Anupam Kher as Gendamal, Parambrata Chatterjee as director, Meera Chopra as a rich girl, J. Brandon Hill as Mr Ramsey, Rajesh Khattar as builder, Saurabh Shukla as Bengali, Rajpal Yadav as cook, Yashpal Sharma as Brigadier, Vijay Verma as musician, Chunky Pandey, Jackie Shroff as Don, Asrani as Atmaram and Paoli Dam and Aniruddh Dave in guest appearance.

Monuments Men

The Monuments Men is a 2014 American-German war film directed by George Clooney, written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov, and starring Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett. Based on the non-fiction book, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, by Robert M. Edsel, the film follows an allied group, the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, tasked with finding and saving pieces of art and other culturally important items before their destruction by Hitler during World War II.
The premise is promising: a ragtag team of misfits from Europe and America, united by a shared love of art, sent into the field of battle to stop the Nazis plundering and/or destroying the fruits of human culture – paintings, books, sculptures, icons etc. The message is clear – fight people and they fight back; destroy their culture and they cease to exist

Highway

Highway is a 2014 Bollywood drama film directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It stars Randeep Hooda and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles. The film has Randeep Hooda as Mahabir Bhati and Alia Bhatt as Veera Tripathi.
The film has an interesting story. A city girl (played by Alia Bhatt) – young, full of life – is on the highway at night with her fiancé. They are about to get married in four days. Suddenly, her life is swung away from the brocade and jewellery of marriage to the harsh brutality of abduction. Her life will never be the same again.
 The same night, the gang is in panic. The girl is a big industrialist’s daughter. His links in the corridors of power make ransom out of the question. They are doomed. But the leader of this group is adamant. For him sending her back is not an option. He will do whatever it takes to see this through. But as the days pass by, the scenery changes, the light changes, the sun sets and rises and the air changes, she feels that she has changed as well.
Gradually, a strange bond begins to develop between the victim and the oppressor. It is in this captivity that she, for the first time, feels free. She does not want to go back but she also doesn't want to reach where he is taking her. She wishes this journey to never end. Maybe the Highway will not really change her. Maybe this feeling is just a passing phase. Maybe not. In the end, Alia is fabulous!

Pompeii

Pompeii (referred to by marketing as Pompeii in 3D) is an American disaster-adventure film produced and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The film stars Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica Lucas, with Jared Harris, and Kiefer Sutherland.
The film has an interesting plot. Set in the Roman city of Pompeii in the year AD 79, Milo (Kit Harington) is a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to the corrupt Roman Senator Corvis (Kiefer Sutherland). As Mount Vesuvius erupts, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
The film has Kit Harington as Milo, a slave who became a gladiator, Emily Browning as Cassia, Kiefer Sutherland as Senator Corvis, Jared Harris as Lucretius, Jessica Lucas as Ariadne, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Bridgageous, Carrie-Anne Moss as Cassia's mother, Paz Vega as Flavia and Joe Pingue as Graecus.

Dee Saturday Night

Dee Saturday Night is a 2014 Indian Hindi film directed by Jay Prakash. It stars Prashant Narayanan, Arif Zakaria, Aman Verma, Amit Dimri, Mahi Khanduri, Gaurav Dixit, Mushtaq Khan, Vishwajeet Pradhan and Nazneen Patel. Dee Saturday Night is about rave parties.
The film has an interesting plot. Dee Saturday Night is about the dark side of life in Mumbai full of parties, drugs and sex. Controversial cop Vasant Dhoble is back in the limelight, only this time the Mumbai ACP has not raided some restaurant or pub armed with cameras, but inspired 'Dee Saturday Night', a Bollywood flick centred on his character! It is clear that the theme of the film connects to Dhoble's character.

The film has songs like Ishq Ki Aag, Jhatak Ke Nacho, Saturday Night, Dagabaz Hai Yeh Waqt and Nasha Sar Pe Chadke Bole.

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