Friday, April 21, 2017

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Maatr, Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi, Noor, Smurf: The Lost Village, Zookeeper’s Wife and Unforgettable) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Maatr

Maatr (English: Mother) is an Indian thriller film written by Michael Pellico and directed by Ashtar Sayed. Michael Pellico is the executive producer under the banner CDB Musical. It features Raveena Tandon in the lead role alongside Madhur Mittal, Divya Jagdale, Shailender Goyal, Anurag Arora, Saheem Khan and Rushad Rana. Casting by Rajesh Gautam. The music is created by a Pakistani Sufi rock band Fuzön.
Starring Raveena Tandon, this film primarily revolves around the menacing issue of gang rape set rightly in the heart of Delhi, an Indian state that is most notorious for abuse against women. Vidya (Raveena Tandon), a school teacher resides in Delhi with her husband and a young daughter Tia (Alisha Khan). Her marriage is on the rocks but still tries to pacify it for her daughter. Vidya’s life changes upside down when a bunch of local ruffians attack Tia and her, while they were driving back from the latter’s annual function in school. Apurva Malik (Madhur Mittal), a rich spoilt lad and CM’s son, along with his goon gang, rape Vidya and Tia. Soon after, they kill Tia and leave her body on the city highway. Jayant Shroff (Anurag Arora), a tough cop makes an entry to solve the mystery but he steps back under political pressure. Vidya recovers and decides to seek revenge from Apurva and his gang. Ritu (Divya Jagdale), Vidya’s best friend helps her in this game of justice denied. How Vidya emerges a winner is what ‘Maatr’ all about!
The movie has Raveena Tandon as Vidya Chauhan, Divya Jagdale as Ritu, Madhur Mittal as Apurva Malik, Shailender Goyal as Govardhan Malik, Anurag Arora as Inspector Jayant Shroff, Alisha Khan as Tia and Rushad Rana as Ravi.
The movie has a song "Zindagi Ae Zindagi" sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi

Based on a true story, Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi is a movie based on true life events of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia staring Hema Malini and Vinod Khanna. The movie is based on the book Rajpath se Lokpath par, written by Smt Mridula Sinha - Governor of Goa. The film also has Sachin Khedekar playing an important role. The movie is directed by Gul Bahar Singh. Musicians are Hirju Roy and Chandan Roy Chowdhury. The film has been produced by the Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Smriti Nyas trust and Zee Classic.
Vijaya Raje Scindia, one of the most well-known members of the Gwalior royal family and the Bharatiya Janata Party politician, is the subject of Gul Bahar Singh’s Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi. The biopic features Hema Malini in the lead role, and maps Scindia’s political career and her estrangement from her son Madhavrao Scindia (Rajesh Shringarpure) after the death of her husband Jivajirao Scindia (Vinod Khanna). Vijaya Raje Scindia entered politics as a member of the Congress party, but later switched to the Swatantra Party and then moved on to the BJP, where she served as vice-president till 1998. She died in 2001. The basic plot is the relationship between a mother and her son. The story is centred on the personal relationships between members of the royal family.


Noor

Noor is an Indian drama film directed by Sunhil Sippy that features Sonakshi Sinha in the lead titular role. The film is based on Pakistani author Saba Imtiaz's novel Karachi, You're Killing Me! and follows a Pakistani journalist -writer Noor's misadventures and love life as she navigates her way through Mumbai.
Noor is a journalist who juggles her work, love and personal life on a day-to-day basis. One day, Noor's life takes a dramatic turn when she comes across an eye-opening investigative news story. In and as Noor, Sonakshi Sinha takes a voyage from a being a bindaas bubbly girl to the one who is troubled by the humongous work pressure and the one for whom a balance between love life and professional life is nothing but a myth. She is in her twenties and is hopeless at finding a nice guy due to her body weight. But she does find a best friend in Kanan Gill who is taking his first step in Bollywood with the film.
The film has Sonakshi Sinha as Noor Roy Chaudhary, Kanan Gill as Saad Sehgal, Shibani Dandekar as Zara Patel, Purab Kohli as Ayan Banerjee and Sunny Leone as Herself (Cameo).
The music for the film is composed by Amaal Mallik. There are seven songs in this soundtrack and it is Mallik's second outing as a solo composer. Lyrics are penned by Manoj Muntashir and Kumaar. Title song in this Movie is "Uff Yeh Noor", written by Manoj Muntashir.

Smurf – The Lost Village in 3D

Smurfs: The Lost Village is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks. It is based on The Smurfs comic book series created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo and is a reboot film, unrelated to Sony's previous live-action/animated films. Written by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon, it was directed by Kelly Asbury.
The film stars the voices of Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi, Michelle Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper, Ariel Winter, Meghan Trainor, Jake Johnson, Mandy Patinkin, and Julia Roberts. In the story, a mysterious map prompts Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy, and Hefty to find a lost village before Gargamel does.
In this fully animated, all-new take on the Smurfs, a mysterious map sets Smurfette and her best friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on an exciting and thrilling race through the Forbidden Forest filled with magical creatures to find a mysterious lost village before the evil wizard Gargamel does. Embarking on a rollercoaster journey full of action and danger, the Smurfs are on a course that leads to the discovery of the biggest secret in Smurf history!

Zookeeper’s Wife

The Zookeeper's Wife is a 2017 war drama film directed by Niki Caro and written by Angela Workman, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Diane Ackerman, recounting the rescue of Jews from the Nazi invasion. The film stars Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Michael McElhatton and Daniel Brühl.
In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska (Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh), have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are stunned – and forced to report to the Reich’s newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck (Daniel Brühl). To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance – and put into action plans to save lives out of what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and even her children at great risk. Collapse
The film has Jessica Chastain as Antonina Żabińska, Johan Heldenbergh as Jan Żabiński, Daniel Brühl as Lutz Heck, Michael McElhatton as Jerzyk, Iddo Goldberg as Maurycy Fraenkel, Shira Haas as Urszula, Efrat Dor as Magda Gross, Val Maloku as Ryszard Żabiński, Tim Radford as Young Ryszard Żabiński, Goran Kostić as Mr. Kinszerbaum and Arnošt Goldflam as Janusz Korczak.

Unforgettable

Unforgettable is an American erotic thriller film directed by Denise Di Novi and written by Christina Hodson and David Leslie Johnson. The film stars Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson, Geoff Stults, Isabella Rice, and Cheryl Ladd. The film is the directorial debut by Di Novi, who is also producer of the film.
Tessa Connover (Katherine Heigl) is barely coping with the end of her marriage when her ex-husband, David (Geoff Stults), becomes happily engaged to Julia Banks (Rosario Dawson)—not only bringing Julia into the home they once shared but also into the life of their daughter, Lilly (Isabella Rice). Trying to settle into her new role as a wife and a stepmother, Julia believes she has finally met the man of her dreams, the man who can help her put her own troubled past behind her. But Tessa’s jealousy soon takes a pathological turn until she will stop at nothing to turn Julia’s dream into her ultimate nightmare.

The film has Katherine Heigl as Tessa Connover, a newly divorced mother of Lily and ex-wife of David, Rosario Dawson as Julia Banks, new wife of David and stepmother of Lily, Geoff Stults as David Connover, Tessa's ex-husband and father of Lily, Isabella Rice as Lily Connover, Tessa and David's daughter, who is living with her father, Cheryl Ladd as Tessa's mother, Simon Kassianides as Michael Vargas, Whitney Cummings as Ali and Robert Wisdom as Detective Pope.

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