Friday, August 11, 2017

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Atomic Blonde and Emoji movie) that was published in Newsband


New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Toilet – Ek Prem Katha

Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (English: Toilet - A Love Story) is a Hindi-language film directed by Shree Narayan Singh. Co-produced by Akshay Kumar and Neeraj Pandey, the film stars Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar in the lead roles, with Anupam Kher and Sana Khan in supporting roles.
The film is written by Siddharth Singh and Garima Wahal, the writers of the 2013 Hindi film Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, and shares some similarities with a true event in which 19-year old Priyanka Bharti fled her husband's home in 2012, when there was no toilet.
The film is a satirical comedy in support of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, a governmental campaign to improve the sanitation conditions, with an emphasis on the eradication of open defecation, especially in rural areas. A woman leaves her husband on the first day of their marriage after discovering that he doesn't have a toilet. He desperately sets out on a mission to win back his love by standing up to the age-old traditions and values of India. Thus Toilet - Ek Prem Katha traces the love story between 'jugadbaaz' Keshav (Akshay Kumar) and progressive girl Jaya (Bhumi Pednekar), set in two villages near Mathura. TEPK is a satirical take on a battle against the age old tradition of open defecation in the country. From the panchayat to the sanitation department, from the role of the government to the superstitions of the villagers, from scams to the ethos, from first love to a matured romance, TEPK is Keshav's journey where a common man stands up for a cause and eventually changes the mind-sets.
The film has Akshay Kumar as Keshav, Bhumi Pednekar as Jaya, Anupam Kher and Sana Khan playing the main roles.  
The soundtrack was composed by the composers Vickey Prasad, Manas-Shikhar and Sachet-Parampara. Lyrics have been penned by Siddharth Singh and Garima Wahal. The film has songs like "Hans Mat Pagli", "Bakheda", "Gori Tu Latth Maar", "Subah Ki Train" and "Toilet Ka Jugaad".

Atomic Blonde

Atomic Blonde is a 2017 American action spy thriller film directed by David Leitch, in his first solo directorial credit, and written by Kurt Johnstad. It is based on Antony Johnston and Sam Hart's 2012 graphic novel The Coldest City, published by Oni Press, which revolves around a spy who has to find a list of double agents who are being smuggled into the West, on the eve of the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The film stars Charlize Theron and James McAvoy, with John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia Boutella and Toby Jones in supporting roles.
Sensual and savage, Lorraine Broughton is the most elite spy in MI6, an agent who's willing to use all of her lethal skills to stay alive during an impossible mission. With the Berlin Wall about to fall, she travels into the heart of the city to retrieve a priceless dossier and take down a ruthless espionage ring. Once there, she teams up with an embedded station chief to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies. Thus the crown jewel of Her Majesty’s Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.
The film has Charlize Theron as Lorraine Broughton, a top-level MI6 field agent. James McAvoy as David Percival, an eccentric Berlin station chief who becomes an ally of Broughton. John Goodman as Emmett Kurzfeld, a CIA agent working with MI6. Til Schweiger as The Watchmaker, a mysterious ally of MI6 who creates and crafts clocks and watches. Eddie Marsan as Spyglass, a Stasi defector who stole the List. Sofia Boutella as Delphine Lasalle, an undercover French agent who becomes Lorraine's lover. Toby Jones as Eric Gray, Broughton's MI6 superior. Bill Skarsgård as Merkel, Broughton's MI6 mission assistant. Sam Hargrave as James Gasciogne, a deceased MI6 agent who was close to Lorraine.
James Faulkner as Chief C, head of MI6. Roland Møller as Aleksander Bremovych, a ruthless Russian-German billionaire arms dealer who leads an espionage ring.

The Emoji Movie

The Emoji Movie is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated comedy film directed by Tony Leondis and written by Leondis, Eric Siegel and Mike White, based on the emoji symbols. It stars the voices of T. J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Rob Riggle, Jennifer Coolidge, Christina Aguilera, Sofía Vergara, Sean Hayes and Patrick Stewart. The film centers on Gene, a multi-expressional emoji who lives in a teenager's phone, and who sets out on a journey to become a normal meh emoji like his parents.
The Emoji Movie unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favorite emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phone's user. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression - except for Gene, an exuberant emoji who was born without a filter and is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become "normal" like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak. Together, they embark on an epic "app-venture" through the apps on the phone, each its own wild and fun world, to find the Code that will fix Gene. But when a greater danger threatens the phone, the fate of all emojis depends on these three unlikely friends who must save their world before it's deleted forever. Thus the movie is an amazing new animated adventure that celebrates the power of love to transform and the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of adversity. (Disney)

The film has T. J. Miller as Gene, an outsider "meh" emoji who can show multiple expressions. James Corden as Hi-5, a hand emoji. Anna Faris as Jailbreak, a codebreaker emoji. Maya Rudolph as Smiler, a smiley emoji and leader of the text center. Steven Wright as Mel Meh, Gene's emoji father. Jennifer Coolidge as Mary Meh, Gene's emoji mother. Sir Patrick Stewart as Poop, a poop emoji. Christina Aguilera as Akiko Glitter, a "super cool" dancer that lives inside the Just Dance app. Sofía Vergara as Flamenca, a flamenco dancer emoji. Sean Hayes as Steven, a devil emoji. Rachael Ray as Spam, a spam message. Jeff Ross as an Internet troll. Jake T. Austin as Alex, a human teenager who owns the phone where Gene and his emoji friends live. Tati Gabrielle as Addie McCallister, Alex's crush. Rob Riggle as an ice cream emoji (uncredited). 

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