Thursday, February 7, 2019

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (End Counter, Cold Pursuit, Alita Battle Angel, SP Chauhan: A Struggling Man and Amavas) that was published in Newsband


New movies released in Navi Mumbai
By Dinesh Kamath
End Counter

End Counter is a movie directed by Alok Shrivastav featuring Prashant Narayanan and Mrinmai Kolwalkar.
Renu Sahay, a novelist is leading a happy life with Sameer Deshmukh, an encounter specialist until she discovers that he is lured into corrupt activities by his friend Datta Salvi. Will Renu be able to get Sameer out of the illegal mess he has gotten himself into. Is there someone else who has been actually framing Sameer and Datta?

Cold Pursuit

Cold Pursuit is an American black comedy action film directed by Hans Petter Moland from a screenplay by Frank Baldwin. It stars Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum, William Forsythe, and Tom Bateman. It is a remake of the 2014 Norwegian vigilante film In Order of Disappearance, also directed by Moland.
Nels Coxman's quiet life as a snowplow driver in a glitzy Rocky Mountains resort town where he was just awarded Citizen of the Year is disrupted when his son dies from a heroin overdose. Coxman is about to kill himself when he learns that his son was murdered by a drug cartel. He turns vigilante, killing several members of the cartel. The boss, named Viking, suspects that these deaths are the work of an American Indian drug cartel controlled by White Bull, with whom he has earlier avoided conflict. This sparks a bloody gang war. Viking eventually learns that Coxman killed his men, and tries in vain to call off the gang war. Meanwhile, Coxman kidnaps Viking's son in an attempt to draw out the drug lord. Both gangs arrive at Coxman's property. During the ensuing shootout, most of the gangsters are killed. Viking is shot in the chest, and dies later when found by police. As Coxman leaves the property in his snowplow, White Bull jumps into the cab. The two men drive away in silence.
The film has Liam Neeson as Nelson "Nels" Coxman, Laura Dern as Grace Coxman, Nels' wife, Emmy Rossum as Kimberly "Kim" Dash, a local detective, Tom Bateman as Viking, a local drug lord, William Forsythe as Brock "Wingman" Coxman, Nels' brother, Julia Jones as Aya, Viking's ex-wife, Domenick Lombardozzi as Mustang, Raoul Trujillo as Thorpe, Benjamin Hollingsworth as Dexter, John Doman as Gip, Kim's partner, Aleks Paunovic as Detective Osgard, Christopher Logan as Shiv, Nathaniel Arcand as Smoke, Ben Cotton as Windex, Tom Jackson as White Bull, another local drug lord and Mitchell Saddleback as Avalanche.

Alita Battle Angel

Alita: Battle Angel is a 2019 American cyberpunk action film based on Yukito Kishiro's manga Gunnm, also known as Battle Angel Alita. Produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau, the film is directed by Robert Rodriguez from a screenplay by Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis. The film stars Rosa Salazar in the title role, with supporting roles portrayed by Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley and Keean Johnson.
Alita: Battle Angel follows the story of the titular Alita (Salazar) a disembodied "core" who awakens with no memory in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by a technological fall. Dr. Ido (Waltz) finds her and gives her a new body. They later discover that Alita is more than what she seems and has an extraordinary past. As she navigates her new life, she battles other machines who are empowered with skills.
The film has Rosa Salazar as Alita, the titular cyborg heroine. Salazar portrays the role by way of motion capture. Christoph Waltz as Dr. Dyson Ido, a scientist who is Alita's caretaker. Jennifer Connelly as Dr. Chiren, ex-girlfriend of Ido, who escaped with him from the false utopia of Zalem/Tiphares, but became disenchanted with real freedom. Mahershala Ali as Vector, a man who rigs Motorball combat matches. Ed Skrein as Zapan, a cyborg tasked with tracking down and killing Alita. Jackie Earle Haley as Grewishka, a huge cyborg based on Grewcica from the Battle Angel OVA. Keean Johnson as Hugo, Alita's love interest who also teaches her to play a gladiator-style game called Motorball. Michelle Rodriguez as Gelda, a cyborg warrior from Mars who trained Alita. Eiza González as Nyssiana, a cyborg tasked with tracking down and killing Alita. Lana Condor as Koyomi, an orphaned teen and freelance photographer. Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Tanji, a friend of Hugo's. Idara Victor as Nurse Gerhad, Ido’s aide. Marko Zaror as Ajakutty, a Motorball player. Elle LaMont as Screwhead, a cyborg tasked with tracking down and killing Alita. Leonard Wu as Kinuba. Casper Van Dien as Amok and Edward Norton as Nova, a scientist on Zalem/Tiphares.

SP Chauhan: A Struggling Man

SP Chauhan: A Struggling Man is the film directed by Manoj K. Jha. The film is produced by Mayank Raghav and music is by Vibhas Arora
The film is based on the life of Shri S.P. Chauhan (Thakur Satpal Chauhan), a famous social worker from Karnal, Haryana. It highlights his journey from poverty to prosperity in adverse situations, and the struggles he faced while working as a social worker for issues like women empowerment and alcohol-free society
The film has Yuvika Chaudhry as Seema, Vijay Kumar Dogra as Political leader, Deepak Mor as Aman, Yashpal Sharma as Jai Singh and Jimmy Sheirgill as S.P. Chauhan.

Amavas

Amavas is an Indian Bollywood horror action thriller film directed by Bhushan Patel. Starring Nargis Fakhri and Sachiin Joshi. The film is directed by Bhushan Patel who has also directed Ragini MMS 2, Alone and 1920: Evil Returns. The film is presented by Viiking Media Entertainment.
Far away from the bustle of the city, a young couple is looking forward to their stay in a once-abandoned palatial mansion. But their lives are about to turn into a nightmare, as dark forces lie in wait beneath the shadows of the haunted bungalow.
The film has Sachiin Joshi, Nargis Fakhri, Vivan Bhatena, Mona Singh, Ali Asgar and Navneet Kaur Dhillon.

Music is composed by Sanjeev-Darshan, Ankit Tiwari, Abhijit Vaghani, Asad Khan and lyrics penned by Sandeep Nath, Manoj Muntashir, Ankit Tiwari, Anurag Bhomia, Kunaal Verma and Ikka. The film has songs like "Jab Se Mera Dil", "Finito", "Dhadkan", "Bheegi Bheegi" and "Zikr".

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