Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Spectre, Secret In Their Eyes and X – Past is Present) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Spectre

Spectre (2015) is the twenty-fourth James Bond film produced by Eon Productions. It features Daniel Craig in his fourth performance as James Bond, and Christoph Waltz as Ernst Stavro Blofeld, with the film marking the character's re-introduction into the series. It is directed by Sam Mendes as his second James Bond film following Skyfall, and is written by John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth. It is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures. With a budget around $245 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made.

The story features James Bond's first encounter with the global criminal organisation Spectre, marking the group's first appearance in an Eon Productions film since 1971's Diamonds Are Forever. Several recurring James Bond characters, including M, Q and Eve Moneypenny return, with the new additions of Léa Seydoux as Dr. Madeleine Swann, Dave Bautista as Mr. Hinx, Andrew Scott as Max Denbigh and Monica Bellucci as Lucia Sciarra.

A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

Filmed in downtown Mexico City during the riotous Day of the Dead festivities, the stupendous pre-credits sequence opens with an extended tracking shot. After a spectacular demolition and helicopter fight leaves a trail of carnage, James Bond (Daniel Craig) is grounded by his jittery bosses. But he defies their orders as he races to Rome, the Austrian Alps and the Moroccan desert in search of Franz Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz), the shadowy mastermind behind an all-powerful criminal cartel called Spectre, reviving an iconic piece of 007 folklore dating back to the Sean Connery era.

Meanwhile, back in London, M (Ralph Fiennes), Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) are fighting for survival against an ambitious government mandarin called C (Andrew Scott) with plans to shut down the 00 agent program and replace it with his own sinister high-tech surveillance network.

Secret In Their Eyes

Secret in Their Eyes is an American thriller film written and directed by Billy Ray, based on the 2005 novel originally titled La pregunta de sus ojos (The Question in Their Eyes) by Argentinian author Eduardo Sacheri. The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris, and Michael Kelly. Sacheri's novel was previously adapted into the 2009 Argentine film The Secret in Their Eyes directed by Juan José Campanella, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.

A team of FBI investigators, Ray (Ejiofor) and Jess (Roberts), and their District Attorney supervisor Claire (Kidman), are torn apart when they discover that Jess's teenage daughter has been brutally and inexplicably murdered. Thirteen years later, Ray returns to Los Angeles after uncovering a new lead that he feels can permanently resolve the case.

The film has Chiwetel Ejiofor as Ray, Nicole Kidman as Claire, Julia Roberts as Jess, Dean Norris as Bumpy, Michael Kelly as Siefert, Lyndon Smith as Kit, Joe Cole as Marzin / Beckwith, Donald Patrick Harvey as Fierro, Mark Famiglietti as Duty Sergeant Jacobs, Ross Partridge as Ellis and Slim Khezri as LA Dodgers Fan.

X – Past is Present

X - Past is Present is a 2015 Indian collaborative feature film directed by a team of eleven filmmakers including Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Nalan Kumarasamy, Hemant Gaba, Pratim D. Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma. It will feature actor-director Rajat Kapoor and Anshuman Jha in the lead. X is not an anthology, but one whole story with the eleven directors making sections of it. The film has been produced by Manish Mundra.

X- Past is Present is a bold bollywood Hindi movie, exploring Man-woman relationships like never before. It is a story of one man who live every single moment of his life and living with his 11 girlfriends. The lead character of the movie X- Past is Present is described as a film maker, a lover, husband and a mess with name ‘K’.

The film is a producer’s journey through his past experiences with his 10 ex-Girlfriends as he burns through one dreamlike, remarkable night at a film celebration after he meets a mysterious young lady who intriguingly appears to have something to do with each lady in his life. Rajat Kapoor was signed as the lead actor, with the eleven segments revolving around his character K, while twelve actresses would play the female leads in each segment, with one segment featuring two female characters. The movie shows the flamboyant K and the glimpses of his relationships with his wife, his lover, his infaturation and one mystery girl from his past.

The film has Rajat Kapoor as K, Anshuman Jha as K, Aditi Chengappa, Bidita Bag, Gabriella Schmidt, Huma Qureshi, Neha Mahajan, Parno Mittra, Piaa Bajpai, Pooja Ruparel, Radhika Apte, Richa Shukla, Rii Sen, Swara Bhaskar and Usha Uthup.