Thursday, August 18, 2016

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Lucchey Laffange, UnIndian, Happy Bhag Jayega, Meeradha, Ben-Hur, Pete’s Dragon, War Dogs and Nine Lives) that was published in Navi Mumbai


New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Lucchey Laffange

Lucchey Laffange is a comedy film with star cast consisting of Arth Kapoor, Priyanka Panchal, Shivika Deevan, Apurva Nain and Pankaj Awasthi, Story/Writer: C. Sharma, Choreographers: Saroj Khan and Vicky, Costume Designer: Shreyy Gupta, Executive Producer: S. Archana, Music Director: STs. Music Boutique Prithvi Gandharva. The film is directed by C. Sharma with Lyricist being Liyaquet and Kumar Niket Pandey.
“Lucchey Lafange” is a cuss word derived from Punjabi-Urdu for rogues who wander around aimlessly. The title of the film describes the main boys who attempt to flatter and woo girls in a peculiarly kooky manner.
The producers of the film released the first song featuring the leading boys and girls. “Snacks Ki Tarah Kurkure Nakhre” are the pick-up lines used by the rogue guys to describe the crunchy and crispy behaviour – akin to snacks – of the girls. The song is penned by Liyaquet Kumar, Niket Pandey; composed by Prithvi Gandharva and choreographed by Saroj Khan and Vicky; The film demonstrates the “rowdy” characters of the lead in the song. The actors are seen having fun dressed in red and yellow coloured “tapori” costumes with funky glasses and handkerchief tied around neck whereas the attire of the actresses are bubbly and gaudy.

UnIndian

UnIndian is a 2015 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Anupam Sharma starring former Australian cricketer, Brett Lee in the lead along with Tannishtha Chatterjee. The film was shot in Sydney.
UnIndian movie is about the character Meera, a beautiful Australian women of Indian origin, living in Sydney. Divorced and a single mother, she follows her dreams, instead of that of her parents'. Falling in love with a Australian man Will, for Meera is not only scandalous, it's UNindian.

Happy Bhag Jayega

Happy Bhag Jayegi (English: Happy Will Run Away) is an Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Mudassar Aziz and produced by Anand L. Rai and Krishika Lulla. The film features Diana Penty, Abhay Deol, Jimmy Shergill,Ali Fazal and Momal Sheikh in the lead roles.
Mika Singh is as Himself (special appearance in song "Gabru Ready To Mingle Hai"). The movie is about Lahore based Bilal Ahmed (Abhay Deol) who aspires to join the Pakistan cricket team is forced to give up his dream since his father wants him to become a top notch politician. Bilal follows his father's wishes becoming a politician who is wedded to his childhood friend Zoya (Momal Sheikh). Bilal lives an uncomplicated life until one day when three gift baskets are delivered to his house in Amritsar. In the meanwhile, Happy / Harpreet Kaur (Diana Penty) who hails from Amritsar is supposed to marry Daman Singh Bagga (Jimmy Shergill), a goon cum corporator. But Happy, loves Guddu / Gurdeep Singh (Ali Fazal). Happy elopes from the wedding and jumps into a truck full of baskets. Incidentally the same truck reaches Bilal's house with the baskets and Happy. Now unfolds a comic tale of errors between the two sparring nations.
The film has Diana Penty as Harpreet "Happy" Kaur, Abhay Deol as Bilal Ahmed, Momal Sheikh as Zoya, Jimmy Shergill as Daman Singh Bagga and Ali Fazal as Guddu.

Meeradha

Meeradha is a Bollywood film written and produced by Surya Prakash Jethlia and directed by Aashish Sinha. It features Sandesh Gour, Suhani Jethlia, Venus Jain, K Venkat Ramesh, Anuj Pareek are in lead roles. Supporting artists are Pratyush Saxena, Himanshu Goswami, Archit Tak, Akshay.
The plot of the film revolves around the central characters Krishna, Radha and Meera. The story is based on Krishna's life. He is a modern chap who is careless and wastes a lot of time having fun in life. Meera and Radha are her childhood friends. The three re-unite in college and start loving each other, thus resulting in a love triangle.
The film has Sandesh Gour as Krishna, Suhani Jethlia as Radha and Venus Jain as Meera.

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur is a 2016 American epic historical action drama film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Keith Clarke and John Ridley. It is the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace following the 1907 silent film, the 1925 silent film, the Academy Award-winning 1959 film and the 2003 animated film of the same name. It has been termed a "re-adaptation," "reimagining," and "new interpretation" of the novel. The film stars Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell, Nazanin Boniadi, Haluk Bilginer and Rodrigo Santoro.
A nobleman, Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), is falsely accused of treason by his childhood friend and adoptive brother Messala (Toby Kebbell). He survives years of slavery under the Romans and attempts to get revenge by challenging Messala to a grand chariot race while being forever changed after a series of encounters with Jesus. In other words Ben-Hur is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.
Starring: Ayelet Zurer, Jack Huston, Johan Philip Asbæk, Marwan Kenzari, Morgan Freeman, Nazanin Boniadi, Rodrigo Santoro, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Toby Kebbell

Pete’s Dragon

Pete's Dragon is a 2016 American 3D live-action and computer-animated fantasy adventure family drama film directed by David Lowery who co-wrote with Tony Halbrooks and produced by James Whitaker. The film is a remake of the 1977 musical film of the same name written by Malcolm Marmorstein. The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence and Robert Redford.
For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford) has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard), who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales until she meets Pete (Oakes Fegley). Pete is a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete’s descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham’s stories. With the help of Natalie (Oona Laurence), an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack (Wes Bentley) owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

War Dogs

War Dogs (previously known as Arms and the Dudes) is a 2016 American biographical crime war comedy film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Phillips, Jason Smilovic and Stephen Chin, based on a Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson. Lawson then wrote a book titled Arms and the Dudes detailing the story. The film follows two arms dealers, Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, who get a government contract to supply weapons for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The film is heavily fictionalized and dramatized, and many of its events, such as the duo driving through Iraq, never took place.
Two friends in their early 20s (Jonah Hill and Miles Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military—a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.
The film has Jonah Hill as Efraim Diveroli, Miles Teller as David Packouz, Ana de Armas as Iz, J. B. Blanc as Bashkim, Bradley Cooper as Henry, Barry Livingston as Army Bureaucrat and Bryan Chesters as Fed Agent.

Nine Lives

Nine Lives is a 2016 English-language French comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Gwyn Lurie, Matt R. Allen, Caleb Wilson, Dan Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin. The film stars Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Robbie Amell, Cheryl Hines, Malina Weissman, and Christopher Walken. The film was released by EuropaCorp on August 5, 2016.

Tom Brand (Kevin Spacey) is a major business tycoon who has distanced himself from his daughter Rebecca (Malina Weissman) and his wife Lara (Jennifer Garner). In a rush to get a last-minute gift for his daughter's 11th birthday, he goes to a mysterious pet shop run by Felix Perkins (Christopher Walken) and buys a cat. On the way home however, Tom gets in an accident and finds himself trapped inside the cat's body. He is told by Felix he must reconcile with his family within one week, or be stuck as a cat forever.

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