Thursday, October 26, 2017

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Jia Aur Jia, Rukh and Geostorm) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Jia Aur Jia

Jia Aur Jia is a Bollywood road film directed by Howard Rosemeyer. It stars Richa Chaddha and Kalki Koechlin in lead roles.
Two women with starkly different personalities, sharing the same name - Jia, embark on a life-changing journey. As the two travel together, they discover that no matter how short life is, it still can be one big deal. This is the first film where women are taking a road trip. The truth is that women do take trips together, they also travel for their bachelorettes now. Girls just want to have fun, they want to take trips together. And it’s different when it’s just women. The teaser of Richa Chadha and Kalki Koechlin’s road movie Jia Aur Jia is as refreshing as it’s funny. Shot in Sweden, it revolves around two women with completely different personalities tagging along for n a road trip. It is a women-centric drama with both Richa and Kalki playing bold roles. Kalki plays a quirky, fun girl, while Richa’s character is strict, monitoring Kalki. Jia Aur Jia is just the refreshing girl buddy film after the long list of Bollywood bromances. There is also a mystery guy, played by Frank M Ahearn, who is seen romancing Kalki’s character.
The film has Richa Chaddha, Kalki Koechlin, Arslan Goni and Frank M Ahearn.

Rukh

Rukh (English:Stance) is an Indian drama film directed by debutant Atanu Mukherjee. The film stars Manoj Bajpayee, Smita Tambe, Kumud Mishra and Adarsh Gourav in the lead.
After the sudden death of his father Diwakar Mathur (Manoj Bajpayee), young Dhruv comes back from boarding school to be with his mother Nandini (Smita Tambe). As days go by, he begins to suspect that his father's death is probably not an accident but a murder. Away from home in a boarding school, 18-year-old Dhruv is ignorant about the ongoing crisis in his family. His life takes an unexpected turn as he gets the news of his father’s death in a car accident. As he copes with the tragedy, hidden truths begin to unravel. Even as his mother Nandini struggles to shield him, Dhruv starts looking for answers. Was his father's death an accident or a premeditated murder? The search leads to a series of unexpected revelations, as he discovers the shades of his father’s personality he had never seen before. There is a murder and there are suspects, at least in the mind of the victim’s son, Dhruv (Adarsh Gourav). His father Diwakar (Manoj Bajpayee), a textile businessman, has been killed in a road accident, which might be staged. Digging deep into an incident, which has affected you emotionally, requires a different type of courage. It’s like going through the pain all over again and, at the end of it, you may not be the same person anymore. The movie shows the mostly angry teenager Dhruv going through a transitional phase. He is bewildered, amazed and even shocked while his dead father’s friends peel off layers from Diwakar’s personality. He isn’t wide eyed but he doesn’t seem ready to take in more information either. He is probably standing in front of the wheel of fortune hoping for something better than what he is probably going to get. His father had secrets. This in itself is a disturbing thought, but it’s still early to pass judgements. It’s all about the perspective. The mother knows something and the son might not be able to process so much so early. Though the city and its brutal elements have made him serious for his age, the mother can’t see it. Like everyone else, the boy also has a past which doesn’t have many pleasant memories. Unpacking your mind isn’t as simple as unpacking the cartons in which you have kept your childhood toys. The dimly lit metropolitan houses, the lonely streets, under-construction buildings and isolated beaches fill you with melancholy. A man has died but it seems like just another accident in a mega city. Such things happen. But we move on, leaving behind a teenager waiting for closure.
The movie has Manoj Bajpayee, Adarsh Gourav, Smita Tambe and Kumud Mishra.
The music of the film is composed by Amit Trivedi while the lyrics have been penned by Sidhant Mago. The film has songs like "Hai Baaki" and "Khidki".

Geostorm

Geostorm is a 2017 American science fiction disaster film co-written, produced, and directed by Dean Devlin as his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, Richard Schiff, Robert Sheehan, Daniel Wu, Eugenio Derbez, Ed Harris, and Andy García. The plot follows a satellite designer who tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by malfunctioning climate-controlling satellites.
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone along with it.

The film has Gerard Butler as Jake Lawson, a satellite designer, former ICSS commander and Hannah's father, Jim Sturgess as Max Lawson, Jake’s younger brother and Hannah's uncle, Abbie Cornish as U.S. Secret Service Agent Sarah Wilson, Max's fiancée, Ed Harris as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom, Andy García as U.S. President Andrew Palma, Richard Schiff as Virginia Senator Thomas Cross, Alexandra Maria Lara as Ute Fassbinder, the commander of the space station, Robert Sheehan as Duncan Taylor, a British crew member of the ICSS, Daniel Wu as Cheng Long, the Hong Kong-based supervisor for the Dutch Boy Program, Eugenio Derbez as Al Hernandez, a Mexican crew member of the ICSS, Zazie Beetz as Dana, a cybersecurity expert and good friends with Max, Adepero Oduye as Eni Adisa, a Nigerian crew member of the ICSS, Amr Waked as Ray Dussette, a French crew member of the ICSS, Talitha Bateman as Hannah Lawson, Jake’s daughter and Max's niece, Billy Slaughter as Karl Dright, Tom Choi as Chinese Representative Lee, Katheryn Winnick had been cast as Olivia Lawson, Jake’s ex-wife and the mother of Hannah, but during reshoots, her role was recast with Julia Denton.

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