Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Saala Khadoos, Mastizaade, Asterix: The Mansions of The Gods and The Boy) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai

Saala Khadoos

Irudhi Suttru (English: Final Round), titled Saala Khadoos (English: The Snob) in Hindi, is an upcoming Indian Tamil-Hindi sports drama film written and directed by Sudha Kongara. Simultaneously shot in Tamil and Hindi, the film features R. Madhavan in the leading role as a boxing coach, with newcomer Ritika Singh as an aspiring boxer. Both versions are produced by S. Sashikanth for Y NOT Studios and UTV Motion Pictures, while C. V. Kumar's Thirukumaran Entertainment co-produces the Tamil version and Madhavan's Tricolour Films with Rajkumar Hirani present the Hindi version respectively. Featuring music composed by Santhosh Narayanan, the film has cinematography by Sivakumar Vijayan and editing by Sathish Suriya.

The film has an interesting story. Adi Tomar had a dream to win the boxing gold for India. Instead, he languished in a nightmare for a decade after his gloves were spiked during a match by his own coach, blinding him in the arena and handing the match to his undeserving opponent. Shattered by his loss, Adi turned to a life of cynical self-destruction. Loyal friends somehow bring him back to boxing as the coach of the low-rated Indian women's boxing team. Adi continues to dream - this time for a fiery young woman. Adi spots in her a champion. So begins a partnership between a man who loves his sport and a girl who loves her freedom. It is the beginning of a beautiful friendship and a journey towards an impossible dream. In fact, Adi Tomar is wronged by his own coach which leaves him as a disgruntled ex-boxer drowning himself in self pity and destruction. That’s when he sees a champion in a young woman as a boxer who loves her freedom. He decides to train her and along the way unearths a lot about himself and life.

The film has R. Madhavan as Prabhu Selvaraj (Tamil) / Adi Tomar (Hindi), Ritika Singh as Madhi, Mumtaz Sorcar as Lux, Nassar, Radha Ravi, Zakir Hussain, Kaali Venkat, Baljinder Kaur and Sanjana Mohan.

The music for Saala Khadoos is composed by Santhosh Narayanan while Swanand Kirkire has written the lyrics for the film. The film has     songs like "Saala Khadoos" sung by Vishal Dadlani, "Dil Ye Ladaku" by Monali Thakur,

"Jagaa Khunnas" by Vishal Dadlani and Vijaynarain, "Dhuaan Hai Dhuaan Zindagi" by Kalyani Nair and "Jhalli Patakha" by Sunidhi Chauhan.

Mastizaade

Mastizaade is a Bollywood sex comedy film, directed by Milap Zaveri and produced by Pritish Nandy and Rangita Nandy. The film stars Sunny Leone in a dual role alongside Tushar Kapoor and Vir Das in lead roles with Shaad Randhawa, Suresh Menon, and Vivek Vaswani in supporting roles while Ritesh Deshmukh will appear in a cameo.

The film has Sunny Leone as Lily Lele/Laila Lele, Tusshar Kapoor as Sunny Kele, Vir Das as Aditya Chothia, Suresh Menon, Shaad Randhawa as Deshpremee Singh, Asrani, Sushmita Mukherjee, Vivek Vaswani, Gizele Thakral as Titli Boobna, Vandita Shrivastava, Kurush Deboo, Souvik Ghosh, Ritesh Deshmukh (cameo) and Milap Zaveri (cameo).

The music for Mastizaade is composed by Meet Bros Anjjan, Amaal Mallik, and Anand Raj Anand. Sanjoy Chowdhury composed the background score for the film. The lyrics were written by Kumaar, Anand Raj Anand and Manoj Muntashir. The music rights have been acquired by T-Series. The movie has songs like "Rom Rom Romantic", "Hor Nach", "Dekhega Raja Trailer", "Mastizaade" and "Kamina Hai Dil".

The film has an interesting story. The film stars Sunny Leone in a dual role alongside Tushar Kapoor and Vir Das in lead roles with Shaad Randhawa, Suresh Menon and Vivek Vaswani in supporting roles while Ritesh Deshmukh appears in a cameo. This film is a sex comedy. Two goofy guys fall in love with two identical women who look alike but have very different personalities. The film has sexual innuendos, doltish jokes and too much of nakedness. It has dialogues like 'Sikka hila toh phir' and 'Tum bhi mera doodh pii sakte ho' which is not for those under 18. Thus the film has Sanjay Menon essaying the character of a gay (like always) with lead characters playing the roles of two sex addicts 'Sunnny Kele' and 'Aditya Chotia' and two sex bombs 'Lily Lele' and 'Laila Lele'.

Asterix: The Mansions of The Gods

Asterix: The Land of the Gods (French: Astérix - Le Domaine des Dieux), also titled Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the Gods, is a 2014 French-Belgian 3D computer animated adventure family comedy film directed and written by Alexandre Astier. It is based on the comic book Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods, which was the seventeenth book in the comic book series Asterix by Goscinny and Uderzo. The film features the voices of Roger Carel, Guillaume Briat, Lionnel Astier, Serge Papagalli and Florence Foresti. The film sticks to the book's plot very closely however expands it. It was the first Asterix film animated in 3D.

The film has an interesting plot where In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built next to the village to start a new Roman colony.

The Boy

The Boy (previously known as The Inhabitant) is a 2016 American horror film directed by William Brent Bell and written by Stacey Menear. The film stars Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans.

The film has an interesting story. A young American named Greta (Lauren Cohan) takes a job as a nanny for an 8-year-old boy in a remote English village. To her surprise, Greta learns that the child of her new employers is a life-size doll. They care for the doll as if it was human, which helps the couple to cope with the death of their own son 20 years earlier. When Greta violates a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring her worst fears to life, leading her to believe that the doll is alive.