Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Jazbaa, Rudhramadevi, Pan, The Walk and Sicario) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Jazbaa

Jazbaa (translation: Passion) is an Indian action-drama film directed by Sanjay Gupta. It stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead role, with Irrfan Khan and Shabana Azmi in supporting roles.

The film has Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Anuradha Verma, Irrfan Khan as Inspector Yohan, Shabana Azmi, Chandan Roy Sanyal as Miyaaz Shaikh, Jackie Shroff, Atul Kulkarni, Siddhanth Kapoor, Priya Banerjee as Sia and Sara Arjun as Sanaya.

The music is composed by Amjad-Nadeem, Arko Pravo Mukherjee and Badshah. The film has songs like "Bandeyaa", "Kahaaniya", "Aaj Raat Ka Scene", "Bandeyaa (Reprise)" and "Jaane Tere Shehar"

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is the main protagonist. She essays the role of a lawyer. Irrfan Khan plays the role of a suspended cop while Shabana Azmi will plays the role of a mother who is also a professor. Chandan Roy Sanyal plays the main antagonist in the film. Siddhanth Kapoor is essaying the role of a troubled individual undergoing psychiatric treatment. Jazbaa movie is a suspense thriller. It is a remake of the 2007 South Korean film Seven Days. The film is about a lawyer whose daughter is kept hostage while she is asked to fight a case for a man who has been charged of rape and murder five times and win it within seven days. Gossip: The movie also features an important actor whose role is modelled on gangster Abu Salem after he was extradited to India.

Rudhramadevi

Rudhramadevi is a Telugu, Tamil historical film, based on the life of Rudrama Devi one of the prominent rulers of the Kakatiya dynasty in the Deccan Plateau, and one of the few ruling queens in Indian history. The film is being written and directed by Gunasekhar in 3D. The film is simultaneously being made in Telugu and Tamil. It is being dubbed in Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. The movie features an ensemble cast of Anushka Shetty, Allu Arjun, Rana Daggubati, Vikramjeet Virk, Prakash Raj, Krishnam Raju, Nithya Menen, Baba Sehgal and Catherine Tresa, among others. Anushka Shetty plays the role of Rudrama Devi. The film's soundtrack and background score are composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Anushka is seen as Rudrama devi, the 13th century revered queen of the Kakatiya dynasty. Anushka has beautifully justified her role in showcasing the emotional turmoil that Rudhramadevi went through as a woman in the film. The emotional turmoil Rudhramadevi went through was so intense but she still ruled with compassion, cared for her people and kingdom more than her own life. Thus, set against the backdrop of the Kakatiya dynasty, the film narrates the rise of the ferocious warrior queen Rudhramadevi.

Pan

Pan is a 2015 British-American fantasy adventure film directed by Joe Wright and written by Jason Fuchs, and a prequel to Scottish author J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan story, first staged in 1904. It stars Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, and Levi Miller as the title character. It is an invented origin story depicting the origins of Peter Pan and Captain Hook.

Peter (Levi Miller) is a mischievous 12-year-old boy with an irrepressible rebellious streak, but in the bleak London orphanage where he has lived his whole life those qualities do not exactly fly. Then one incredible night, Peter is whisked away from the orphanage and spirited off to a fantastical world of pirates, warriors and fairies called Neverland. There, he finds amazing adventures and fights life-or-death battles while trying to uncover the secret of his mother, who left him at the orphanage so long ago, and his rightful place in this magical land. Teamed with the warrior Tiger Lily (Rooney Mara) and a new friend named James Hook (Garrett Hedlund), Peter must defeat the ruthless pirate Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman) to save Neverland and discover his true destiny—to become the hero who will forever be known as Peter Pan.

The Walk

The Walk is a 2015 American 3D biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Christopher Browne and Zemeckis. It is based on the story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, and Steve Valentine.

Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan.

Sicario

Sicario is a 2015 American crime thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Taylor Sheridan. The film stars Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin.

In Mexico, Sicario means hitman. In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) is enlisted by an elite government task force official (Josh Brolin) to aid in the escalating war against drugs. Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past (Benicio Del Toro), the team sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate to question everything that she believes in order to survive.