Thursday, February 15, 2018

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Kuch Bheega Alfaaz, Aiyaary, Hostiles and The Shape of Water) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
Kuch Bheega Alfaaz

Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz is an Indian Hindi language romantic drama film directed by Onir. The film stars Geetanjali Thapa and marks the debut of Zain Khan Durrani. The movie is produced by Yoodlee Films, a venture of Saregama.
Every night at 10, Kolkata tunes into radio to listen to 'Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz' - an episodic series of unrequited love stories hosted by RJ Alfaz who, despite his tremendous following, prefers staying detached and anonymous. Among his many fans is the boisterous Archana, a girl working at a creative agency – which designs branded memes. She is leukodermic but lives life to the fullest. They meet; or rather talk, for the first time over a misplaced call, when Archana accidentally dials Alfaaz's number, while trying to connect with her latest blind date. Thus begins an interesting relationship between two unlikely characters, one overly compensating, but in denial of her present, and the other buried under a dark secret of his past.
The crews of the film are: Executive Producers - Gaurav Sharma and Sahil Sharma, Production Designer - Mridul Baidya, Sound Designer - Arun Nambiar, Production Sound recordist - Pradyumna Chaware, Costume Designer - Pooja Kaur Sethi and Line Producer – Rahul.
The Cast includes: Geetanjali Thapa as Archana Pradhan, Zain Khan Durrani as Alfaaz, Shray Rai Tiwari as Apu Khandelwal, Mona Ambegaonkar as Jayashree Pradhar, Chandreyee Ghosh as Priyanka, Saheb Bhattacharjee as Partho, Saurav Das as Tony Baby, Debopriyo as Naren, Sahil Agarwal as Kushal, Soumya Mukherjee as Param, Shankhu Karmakar as Lady Police, Udai Shankar as Chaiwala, Moumita as Receptionist, Shefali Chauhan as Chhavi and Barun Chanda as Mr. Sonkar.

Aiyaary

Aiyaary (English: Ultimate Trickery) is an 2018 Indian political thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. Produced by Shital Bhatia, Dhaval Gada & Motion Picture Capital and distributed by Reliance Entertainment, Plan C Studios, Friday Filmworks & Pen India Limited. The film features Sidharth Malhotra, Manoj Bajpayee, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Chopra, Adil Hussain, Kumud Mishra, Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher.
Two officers with patriotic hearts suddenly have a fallout. The mentor, Colonel Abhay Singh has complete faith in the country's system while protégé Major Jai Bakshi thinks differently due to a recent stint in surveillance. Based on the true story of a mentor and student duo, Aiyaary tells the tale of two strong-minded Army officers, who face clashes owing to their difference in opinion. While Manoj Bajpayee plays the mentor, Sidharth Malhotra plays his protege and Rakul Preet Singh is Sidharth's love interest in the movie, playing the role of an IT professional.
The film has Sidharth Malhotra as Major Jai Bakshi, Manoj Bajpayee as Colonel Abhay Singh, Rakul Preet Singh as Sonia Gupta, Pooja Chopra as Captain Maya Semwal, Adil Hussain as Mukesh Kapoor, Kumud Mishra as Retd. Lt. General Gurinder Singh, Naseeruddin Shah as Baburao Shastri, Anupam Kher as Tariq Ali, Kali Prasad Mukherjee as Bhima, Patrick Clarke as Roger, Vikram Gokhale as General Pratap Malik and Rajesh Tailang as Brigadier K. Srinivas.
Soundtrack album are by Rochak Kohli and Ankit Tiwari. All lyrics written by Manoj Muntashir. The film has songs like "Lae Dooba", "Yaad Hai" and "Shuru Kar".

Hostiles

Hostiles is a 2017 American Western film written and directed by Scott Cooper, based on a story by Donald E. Stewart. It stars Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Ben Foster, Stephen Lang, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, Adam Beach, Q'orianka Kilcher, and Timothée Chalamet. It follows a U.S. Cavalry officer who must escort a Cheyenne war chief and his family back to their home in Montana in 1892.
Set in 1892, Hostiles tells the story of a legendary Army Captain (Christian Bale) who, after stern resistance, reluctantly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) and his family back home to tribal lands. Making the harrowing and perilous journey from New Mexico to the grasslands of Montana, the former rivals encounter a young widow (Rosamund Pike) whose family was murdered on the plains. Together, they must join forces to overcome the punishing landscape, hostile Comanche, and vicious outliers they encounter along the way. Collapse
The film has Christian Bale as Captain Joseph J. Blocker. Rosamund Pike as Rosalie Quaid, a suicidal widow who undertakes the harrowing and perilous journey after the murder of her family on the plains by Comanche Indians. Wes Studi as Yellow Hawk, the father of Black Hawk and Moon Deer, an imprisoned and sickly war chief being taken home to die. Ben Foster as Sergeant Charles Wills, a criminal whom Blocker is escorting north. Stephen Lang as Colonel Abraham Biggs, Blocker's commanding officer. Rory Cochrane as 1st Sergeant Thomas Metz, a war-weary Non-commissioned Officer who is among Captain Blocker's oldest confidants. Jesse Plemons as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder, a fresh West Point graduate Blocker picks to help escort the war chief home. Timothée Chalamet as Private Philippe DeJardin, the youngest member of the unit tasked to escort the war chief home. Jonathan Majors as Corporal Henry Woodson, a Buffalo Soldier and member of the unit tasked to escort the war chief home. Adam Beach as Black Hawk, Yellow Hawk's son and Moon Deer's brother. Q'orianka Kilcher as Elk Woman, Black Hawk's wife. Paul Anderson as Corporal Tommy Thomas, a soldier escorting Wills to his hanging. Ryan Bingham as Sergeant Malloy, a non-commissioned officer accompanying Wills to his hanging. Peter Mullan as Lieutenant Colonel Ross McCowan, Minnie's husband. Robyn Malcolm as Minnie McGowan, Ross's wife. Scott Wilson as Cyrus Lounde, the land owner Bill Camp as Jeremiah Wilks John Benjamin Hickey as Captain Royce Tolan. Scott Shepherd as Wesley Quaid, Rosalie's slaughtered husband.

The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water is a 2017 American fantasy drama film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. The film stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. Set in Baltimore in 1962, the plot follows a mute custodian at a high-security government laboratory who befriends a captured humanoid-amphibian creature.
Set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment.

The film has Sally Hawkins as Elisa Esposito, Michael Shannon as Colonel Richard Strickland, Richard Jenkins as Giles, Doug Jones as Amphibian Man/The Asset, Michael Stuhlbarg as Dr. Robert Hoffstetler/Dimitri Antonovich Mosenkov, Octavia Spencer as Zelda Delilah Fuller, Nick Searcy as General Frank Hoyt, David Hewlett as Fleming, Lauren Lee Smith as Elaine Strickland and Morgan Kelly as the Pie Guy,

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