New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Return of Xander Case
xXx: Return
of Xander Cage (alternatively known as xXx: Reactivated in some countries) is a
2017 American action film directed by D. J. Caruso and written by F. Scott
Frazier. It stars Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Samuel L. Jackson,
Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Ruby Rose, Rory McCann, Kris Wu and Ariadna Gutiérrez.
It is the third film in the xXx franchise and a sequel to both xXx (2002) and
xXx: State of the Union (2005). Unlike the previous films, which were
distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film will be released by Paramount
Pictures in 2D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D.
Extreme
athlete turned government operative Xander Cage (Vin Diesel), thought to be
long dead, comes out of self-imposed exile to race villain Xiang (Donnie Yen)
to recover a powerful weapon known as "Pandora's Box". Recruiting a
group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself caught up in a deadly
conspiracy of corruption among world governments. In other words, Xand0er Cage
(Vin Diesel) is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to
action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.
The film has
Vin Diesel as Xander Cage / xXx, Donnie Yen as Xiang, Deepika Padukone as
Serena Unger, Kris Wu as Harvard "Nicks" Zhou, Ruby Rose as Adele
Wolff, Tony Jaa as Talon, Nina Dobrev as Becky Clearidge, Samuel L. Jackson as
NSA Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons, Toni Collette as Jane Marke, Nicky Jam as
Lazarus, Rory McCann as Tennyson "The Torch", Al Sapienza as CIA
Director, Michael Bisping as Hawk, Ariadna Gutiérrez as Gina Roff, Hermione
Corfield as Ainsley and Tony Gonzalez and Neymar will appear as themselves
Live By Night
Live by
Night is a 2016 American crime drama film written, directed, co-produced by and
starring Ben Affleck, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Dennis
Lehane. The film also stars Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson, Chris Messina,
Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana and Chris Cooper and follows an Ybor City bootlegger
who becomes a notorious gangster.
In the
roaring '20s, Prohibition hasn’t stopped the flow of booze in an underground
network of gangster-run speakeasies. The opportunity to gain power and money is
there for any man with enough ambition and nerve and Joe Coughlin, the son of
the Boston Police Superintendent, long ago turned his back on his strict
upbringing for the spoils of being an outlaw. But even among criminals there
are rules and Joe breaks a big one: crossing a powerful mob boss by stealing
his money and his moll. The fiery affair ends in tragedy, setting Joe on a path
of revenge, ambition, romance and betrayal that propels him out of Boston and
up the ladder of Tampa’s steamy rum-running underworld.
The film has
Ben Affleck as Joe Coughlin, Elle Fanning as Loretta Figgis, Brendan Gleeson as
Thomas Coughlin, Chris Messina as Dion Bartolo, Sienna Miller as Emma Gould, Zoe
Saldana as Graciella Corrales, Chris Cooper as Irving Figgis, Robert Glenister
as Albert White, Titus Welliver as Tim Hickey, Remo Girone as Maso Pescatore, Max
Casella as Digger Pescatore, Miguel as Esteban Suarez, Gianfranco Terrin as
Carmine Parone, Anthony Michael Hall as Gary Smith, Chris Sullivan as Brendan
Loomis, Derek Mears as Donnie Gishler, J.D. Evermore as Virgil Beauregard and Clark
Gregg as Calvin Bondurant.
OK Jaanu
OK Jaanu
(English: OK Darling) is a 2017 Indian romantic drama film directed by Shaad
Ali, story and screenplay by Mani Ratnam. Produced by Mani Ratnam and Karan
Johar under their banners Madras Talkies and Dharma Productions respectively.
It is an official remake of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film O Kadhal Kanmani starring
Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menen. The film stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha
Kapoor in the lead roles, portraying a young couple in a live-in relationship
in Mumbai with Naseeruddin Shah and Leela Samson play supporting roles as an
older couple in the film, portraying the younger couple's landlords. A. R.
Rahman composed the film's score and soundtrack. Gulzar is the dialogue writer
of this film. Gulzar has also provided the lyrics for the songs in the film.
Adi is a
young game designer from Lucknow who dreams of emigrating to the US and living
the American dream. At a chance encounter during his friend's wedding, he meets
Tara. She is a recent architecture school graduate working in an architecture
firm. She dreams of going to Paris to pursue higher education. The cheerful
banter soon gives way to a conversation where both Adi and Tara realize that
they strongly feel that marriage isn't for them and move in together until the
time they go their separate ways when career comes calling. With only 10 days
left and parting imminent, Adi & Tara are forced to confront some matters
of the heart.
The film has
Aditya Roy Kapur as Adi / Aditya, Shraddha Kapoor as Tara, Leela Samson, Naseeruddin
Shah and Karan Nath.
The film
score and soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman while lyrics have been penned
by Gulzar. The film has songs like "OK Jaanu", "The Humma
Song", "Enna Sona", "Jee Lein", "Kaara
Fankaara", "Saajan Aayo Re", "Maula Wa Sallim" and "Sunn
Bhavara".
Harramkhor
'Haraamkhor'
is a 2017 Indian Hindi film directed by Shlok Sharma. The film stars Nawazuddin
Siddiqui and Shweta Tripathi. Jasleen Royal is the music composer of the film.
The film was shot in just 16 days. In April 2015, a FIR was registered against
director Shlok Sharma on a complaint by Balbharati, Maharashtra’s textbook
bureau, objecting to striking similarities between its logo and promotion
scenes from Haraamkhor. Haraamkhor was premiered in 15th annual New York Indian
Film Festival (NYIFF) and Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA).
Nawazuddin Siddiqui received the Best Actor award for the film at the New York
Indian Film Festival.
In a small
town in Gujarati, a school teacher becomes very interested in one of his female
students. In the opening scene of Shlok Sharma’s Haraamkhor, a young girl in a
typical small town school uniform is crouching on a rock staring towards a
dusty open plain down below. This shot repeats later in the film. Is she
seeking out something or looking for someone? In the very next scene, some boys
are up to mischief and one of them ends up with two fractured arms. For most
part of the film, Kamal runs around continuing to be a nuisance, egged on by
his over-smart best friend Mintu. Much of Sharma’s film is from the point of
view of these pre-pubescent boys who get away with all kinds of bad behaviour.
Kamal adores Sandhya (Shweta Tripathi) from afar and Mintu encourages him with
silly ideas such as if they see each other naked they are certain to marry each
other etc. But Sandhya, new in this village, is besotted with her teacher Shyam
(Nawazuddin Siddiqui). While the characters' motives often remain hazy, there
is no doubt about Shyam’s motivations — he’s a sleazy, immoral small man who
enjoys the adoration of his students and exploits his (limited) position of
power. For instance, Shyam has married a woman who was formally a student.
There is little subtlety or discretion in the way Shyam and Sandhya conduct
their affair — sharing careless whispers in the school grounds, travelling into
the nearby town on a sensitive mission and meeting at her home whenever her
policeman father is away on official work. Deserted by her mother and raised by
her father, Sandhya has complex abandonment issues. Her policeman father is a
drunk who is unable to emotionally connect with his teenage daughter and is
struggling to share a secret with her. There seems to be no real threat to this
illicit affair, except discovery by Shyam’s wife as the taboo relationship
intensifies. One of the most powerful scenes in Haraamkhor is when Sandhya and
Shyam meet at a dusty, windy, unpopulated spot. The intensity of the wind shows
the passion between the 15-year-old and her seducer.
The film has
Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Shyam, Teacher, Shweta Tripathi as Sandhya, School
student, Trimala Adhikari as Sunita, Mohd Samad as Mintu, Sandhya’s classmate, Irfan
Khan as Kamal, Sandhya’s classmate, Harish Khanna as Raghuvir.
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