Saturday, August 30, 2008

Kidnap


Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Minissha Lamba, Imraan Khan, Vidya Malvade, Malaika Arora, Amrita Arora
Director: Sanjay Gadhavi

Synopsis: From Sanjay Gadhvi, the master-director of mega blockbusters like Dhoom and Dhoom: 2, Kidnap is a high-octane edge-of-the-seat drama about a power tussle between a young boy and the father of the girl he kidnaps.
Sonia (Minissha Lamba) lives with her mother, Mallika (Vidya Malvade) and grandmother because her parents divorced when she was ten. A week before her eighteenth birthday celebration, she gets kidnapped.
The abductor, Kabir (Imran Khan) is interested in speaking only to her father, Vikrant Raina (Sanjay Dutt), an affluent New York-based Indian businessman, with whom he has an old score to settle.
Vikrant returns to India to retrieve his daughter from Kabir's clutches but has to carry out a series of daunting tasks set out by Kabir as a condition to rescue her. At the end of each task is a clue that helps Vikrant in coming closer to Sonia.
Is his mission as easy as it seems? How far will a father go to save his daughter? What redemption is there for Kabir at the end?
Sanjay Dutt's first release of 2008, co-starring the latest teen sensation, Imran Khan, Kidnap makes for compelling viewing as the big festival release on Eid. It features music by Pritam.



Saas Bahu Aur Sensex



Cast: Tanushree Datta, Kiron Kher, Ankur Khanna, Farooque Shaikh, Masumeh Makhija, Lillete Dubey, Sharon Prabhakar, Mukta Barve, Seema Azmi, Shahnaz Anand, Anoushka Anand, Farid Currim, Chirjyot Singh, Kiran Yadnopavit, Farrokh Mehta, Kartik Ramachandran, Karishma Chandna, Vidyadhar Karmakar, Rustom Irani, Divyatta, Sumer Arora, Ayan Malik, Khoobad, Shreya Sharma
Director: Shona Urvashi
Producer: Jayshree Malhija
Lyrics: Raqueeb Alam, Blaaze, Shona Urvashi
Cinematography: Diego Rodriguez
Editing: Adesh Verma
Screenplay: Shona Urvashi
Story Writer: Shona Urvashi

Synopsis: A story of finding love and finding a place in the masala of the New Mumbai world, with stock market fluctuations, kitty parties, soap operas and the changing tides of new India.

Release Date: 12 September 2008

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  1. Abhi Abhi Jo Tu Aai Hai
  2. What S Up India - Title Song
  3. Mujh Mein Nigahein Daal De
  4. Mihtri Mithri
  5. Mujh Mein Nigahein Daal De - English
  6. What S Up India - Remix

A Wednesday

Cast: Naseruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav, Jimmy Shergill, Aamir Bashir, Deepal Shaw, Gaurav Kapoor
Director: Neeraj Pandey
Producer: Anjum Rizvi, Shital Bhatia
Editing: Shree Narayan Singh
Screenplay: Neeraj Pandey

Synopsis: "WEDNESDAY" tells the story of certain events that unfold between 2 and 6 pm on a particular Wednesday - events which do not exist in any record but which deeply effects the lives of those involved.
Prakash Rathod, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai (played by Mr Anupam Kher) gets a call demanding the release of four militants in lieu of information on bombs that the man has planted in various parts of the city. At first, Prakash suspects it to be a crank call but his doubts are dispelled once he actually finds a bomb planted in the police station right opposite his Police Headquarters.
Now Prakash Rathod is in a real dilemma. Should he release the militants? Militants who have been caught at the cost of lives of police officers in the first place? Militants who are responsible for unaccountable damage to civilian lives and property? Militants who will cause further damage in the coming years, if let go scott free? Or should he just think of all the innocent people who will die today if he decides not to let them go?
Prakash Rathod is not a man who would give up so easily. He gets a team of his best men together and taps all his resources - he was going to leave no stone unturned in his mission to track down the man. He even hires a 17 year old hacker to help his team trace the calls and hence the location of this man.
Meanwhile, he comes across Naina Roy, a wannabe-something news channel reporter (played by Ms Deepal Shaw) who also has been tipped off by an anonymous caller. Time passes without any concrete results on the identity of the caller. As a backup plan, he puts two of his best men, Arif and Jai (played by Jimmy Sheirgill and Amir Bashir respectively) to hand over the four militants. It is then that events take a bizarre turn.
Suddenly, everything becomes a huge question mark. Who is this man? What is his identity? What are his intentions and what is the motive behind them? The caller (played by Mr Naseeruddin Shah) then reveals his true identity and answers these questions, raising some more in the process...

Release Date: 5 September 2008




Tahaan

Cast: Purav Bhandare, Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Rahul Khanna, Sana Shaikh, Sarika , Victor Banerji, Ankush Dubey, Dheirya Sonecha
Director: Santosh Sivan
Producer: Mubina Rattonsey, Shripal Morakhia
Official WebSite: http://www.tahaanthefilm.com/

Synopsis: 'Tahaan' - is a fable-like journey of the eponymous eight-year-old boy, whose life revolves around the pursuit to find real purpose in his little world.
Tahaan (Purav Bhandara) lives with his grandfather (Victor Banerjee), his mother Haba (Sarika) and older sister Zoya (Sana Shaikh,) in the serene meadows of Kashmir. They all live in the hope that someday Tahaan's father, who's been missing for over three years, will return.
The death of his grandfather leads the local moneylender Lalaji and his manager Kuka (Rahul Khanna) to take away the assets of the family, including their pet donkey Birbal, against repayment of a pending loan. Now, life for Tahaan is his pastures. For Tahaan, bringing his favourite donkey Birbal back home becomes the sole purpose in life.
After various efforts at money-making, Tahaan approaches Lalaji with the prospect of regaining his lost asset but is devastated to learn that an old man Subhan Darr (Anupam Kher) has bought Birbal and taken him across the mountains... the same mountains from where Tahaan's father never returned.
But Tahaan sums up courage and chases after Subhan. The prophetic old man doesn't befriend Tahaan at first sight but slowly warms up to this energetic and determined soul whose love for Birbal is paramount. But at the end of the journey, Tahaan is further disheartened when Subhan gifts Birbal to his orphaned eight-year-old nephew, and even the long-time helper of Subhan called Zafar (Rahul Bose), cannot be of any assistance to poor Tahaan. On his way back home, Tahaan finally encounters a teenage lad ldrees, who convinces him that his efforts would never be sufficient to get Birbal back. Instead, he promises to get Birbal back for a favors. All Tahaan will have to do is carry a package across the mountains on his next journey. Seeing Tahaan's eagerness, ldrees hands him a grenade. He tells him that when the time is right he will be told what is to be done.
Tahaan sets off on his second journey with Subhan and Zafar, the grenade and package tucked away under Birbal's saddle. What is the price that Tahaan will have to pay for Birbal? And how far will he go to save his only meaning in life?
Tahaan is now at a crossroad where his ultimate decision would determine his fate... "Will he get Birbal back?"

Release Date: 5 September 2008




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  1. Jee Lo
  2. Mastan Mastan (Modern)
  3. Mastan Mastan (Folk)
  4. Chakhri (Modern)
  5. Tahaan's Victory Theme
  6. Tahaan - The Beginning
  7. Ha Faqeero
  8. Agony
  9. The Missing
  10. Hope
  11. Storytelling
  12. Shaft Of Life
  13. Kashmiri Pandit's
  14. Idrees's Rebel Theme
  15. Dilemma
  16. Tahaan's Theme

Hijack


Cast: Shiney Ahuja,K K Raina,Mona Ambegaonkar,Kaveri Jha
Director: kunal sivdasani
Producer: Dinesh Vijan,kunal sivdasani
Cinematography: Jehangir Chowdhury

Synopsis: Hijack is an action thriller. The film revolves around Vikram Madan (Shiney Ahuja) who is a ground maintenance officer at the Chandigarh airport. His social life is limited to one friend, Rajeev, who is the Security Chief of the same airport. As luck would have it, the flight in which Vikram's daughter was traveling to Amritsar from Delhi, is hijacked. A group of six terrorists takes control of the airplane to secure release of Maqsood (KK Raina) who had been captured by the Indian police. The flight is forced to land at Chandigarh airport. The terrorists demand the release of Maqsood and threaten to kill the hostages. The mastermind of this terrorist group is a man named Abdullah who remains a mystery till the end.
Now, Vikram is faced with the dilemma of being the only man who can sneak inside the aircraft to his daughter Priya. Once he sneaks into the aircraft with the help of the airhostess, Saira (Esha Deol), he starts plotting and killing the terrorists one by one. Some innocent passengers too become victims of the gunshots by ruthless terrorists in the process. Somehow, Vikram and Saira manage to save the day.

Release Date: 5 September 2008





Rock On


Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Nicolette Bird, Prachi Desai, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli,Luke Kenny, Shahana Goswami
Director: Abhishek Kapoor
Producer: Ritesh Sidhwani
Cinematography: Jason West

Synopsis: Rock On!! is the story of 4 friends who put together the greatest band this country has ever seen, but never make it. Years later, fate conspires to bring them together again and set them on a journey back to where they left off... a soul-searching pilgrimage into their past.

Release Date: 29 August 2008




Thursday, August 21, 2008

Chamku



Cast: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Irfan Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Rajpal Yadav
Director: Kabeer Kaushik
Cinematography: Gopal Shah
Story Writer: Kabeer Kaushik

Synopsis: Inspired from real life incidents, the film depicts the journey of a male Naxalite from the southern interiors of Bihar, tutored under a covert governmental program & trained to kill. Chandramohan Singh urf CHAMKU. This is his story set in real time. A brutal past Kill - or - be - killed fights. Political assassinations, explosive intrigues and a chance to encounter that culminate in an epic vendetta. Kahani kabhie Khatam nahi hoti (A journey that ends where it all began)

Release Date: 29 August 2008








Monday, August 18, 2008

Mumbai Meri Jaan

Cast: R. Madhavan, Soha Ali Khan, Vijay Maurya, Paresh Rawal, Kay Kay Menon, Irfan Khan
Director: Nishikant Kamat
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala
Cinematography: Sanjay Jadhav

Synopsis: On July 11, 2006 the local train service, known as Mumbai's lifeline, was struck by a series of bomb blasts. Bombay Meri Jaan explores the impact of this devastating incident on the lives of the people of Mumbai. From a brilliant broadcast journalist to a patriotic corporate man; from a retiring policeman at the twilight of his life to a rookie cop at the dawn of his career; from an angry and xenophobic unemployed young man to a coffee-vendor struggling to survive and belong: Mumbai Meri Jaan follows the lives of people from all strata of Mumbai's bustling society as they tackle the aftermath of a fatal incident that brings out the best and sometimes the worst in them.
Nikhil Agarwal (R. Madhavan) works at an international software firm and is a conscious citizen. He believes in saving fossil fuels and the environment, and thus prefers to commute by the local train in the First Class compartment. On the evening of 11th July, 2006 he boards the train at the usual hour of 6:00 p.m. for his hour long journey. 24 minutes later, the First Class compartment is shattered by the first violent bomb explosion...
Suresh (Kaykay Menon), a Hindu fanatic, returning home after an unsavoury experience with a money lender, boards a train at 6:10 p.m. in the second class compartment. At 6:25 p.m. the First Class Compartment is blown apart by the second powerful blast.
Constable Tukaram Patil (Paresh Rawal), a seasoned cop due for retirement in a week, has never fired a single round in his career and uses humour to battle his personal failures. He is paired with Sunil Kadam (Vijay Maurya) on a patrol routine. Kadam has just begun his career with the police department and has a constant feeling of being an insignificant part of the system. The blasts lead to the cancellation of Kadam's honeymoon programme and puts added stress on the two. However, the corruption of the system and the mere façade of a stringent vigil are brought to the fore through several of their experiences which lead to Kadam's rising anger and frustration.
Thomas (Irrfan), a roadside coffee vendor, who roams the streets of Mumbai astride his bicycle at night, is happy with the meager $30 he struggles to earn every week but is hurt by the exclusionary bourgeois attitude of the city. Although the bomb blasts leave him personally unaffected, he realizes that the incident has brought distress to others who are higher up in the class structure. Armed with this knowledge his simple mind finds a way to strike back at the society which refuses to let him belong.
Rupali Joshi (Soha Ali Khan), a reporter working for one of the leading news channels in Mumbai is a strong proponent of freedom of expression and the importance of the fourth estate. The 7/11 explosions bring home a shocking subjective quandary and test her passion for objectivity.
The film moves away from all the generalized political and academic debates surrounding terrorism as a concept and follows a more nuclear approach by depicting the violence of individual trauma generated in the lives of five common individuals. As the proverbial stone thrown upon an anthill, the film depicts the aftermath of the incident, traversing individual journeys of five worker ants, amongst the millions that belong to the colony, towards normalcy.

Release Date: 22 Aug'08

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Sunday, August 17, 2008

C Kkompany



Cast: Tusshar Kapoor,Anupam Kher,Rajpal Yadav,Raima Sen,Mithun Chakraborty
Director: Sachin Yardi
Producer: Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor

Synopsis: Akshay Kumar is a crime reporter, Mr. Joshi is a retired accountant trying to deal with his ungrateful son and Lambodar are friends. These three share their respective plight with one another and find solace in each others company. On one occasion, they play a harmless prank to tackle their problems. One thing leads to another, and before they realize, the incident becomes news. But things don't stop there. They put their new founded fame to good use, and this in turn triggers off a series of incidents, which propel them to such heights that the three become the talk of the nation. Things get beyond their control, and the three are left with no choice but to be mute spectators to their newly acquired fame, especially since no one knows their identity.

Release Date 22nd Aug'08

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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam



Cast: Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat,
Director: Sanjay Chel

Synopsis: Don't go by the title. Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam is a mad, contemporary comedy involving a drama troupe - Kalakar Natak Company. They produce socially relevant, thought-provoking plays, which no one understands and hardly anyone sees. But the actors of this natak company believe they will change the society one day and everyone will say, 'Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam'. The theatre group gets involved with an undercover agent who is working on saving the country from a bomb blast. One by one they come forward to help and are eventually instrumental in making a deadly game plan to save the world.

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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Phoonk



Cast: Sudeep, Amruth Khanvilkar, Ahsaas Channa
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Producer: Azam Khan, Praveen Nischol
Synopsis: I have always been an atheist ever since I can remember. Neither did I believe in God nor in the so-called dark forces. But every once in a while I have experienced certain things or heard a first-hand account of some other people's experiences which in the least can be said to be hair-raising and inexplicable.
Being an atheist I would like to believe that there is a rational and scientific explanation to each and every one of these occurrences. But till I know and understand the same I am forced to presume that they are supernatural happenings.
"Phoonk" is the story of a confirmed atheist whose belief systems are shaken up when his loved ones are subjected to unspeakable horrors by forces whose very existence his rational mind refuses to accept. It is also the story of a fanatical devotee who is forced to turn her back on God in the face of traumatic experiences.
"Phoonk" is also a very scary film, but the fear element is not just on the surface level like for instance in a film like "Bhoot". Here it seeps into you and plagues your entire belief system thereby making you highly vulnerable and will also put you into an emotional state wherein you would start fearing the most inane objects which you would normally take for granted in the daily course of life.
Finally I would like to say, not as a tall claim from a directorial position but just as an observer of the sheer content of "Phoonk".

"Don't say I didn't warn you?"

Ram Gopal Varma

Release Date: 22 Aug'08

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Good Luck



Cast: Aryeman, Sayali Bhagat, Ranvir Shorey, Lucky Ali, Archana Puran Singh, Sharat Saxena, Mushtaq Khan
Director: Aditya Datt
Producer: Jagdish Sharma
Lyrics: Sameer
Cinematography: A. K. N. Sebastian
Art Direction: Nitish Roy
Screenplay: Rajan Agarwal, Aditya Datt,Raman Bharadwaj

Synopsis: Vicky (Aryeman) is an aspiring singer, Saba {Sayali Bhagat) is a PR head in an ad agency. Success evades him at every step and success awaits her at every step. because she had the good luck charm sealed in her kiss. and one day at a party Saba kisses Vicky by mistake and says good bye to her good luck and his life changes for good. Tarun Chopra {Lucky Ali} a music baron signs ou Vicky and Vicky's dream comes true. And Saba is almost on the streets for she looses her job. Enters a tarot card reader {Archana Puran Singh} who tells Saba that she can get her good luck charm back if she kisses Vicky again. The catch was that Vicky was wearing a mask when she kissed him at the party. The search begins they meet and fall in love but she doesn't know that Vicky is the boy who has the good luck charm. And the day she realises the truth she selfishly takes the kiss back leaving Vicky and his band to struggle for success again. They meet they part and the usual happens. Love over-powers her selfishness and Saba wants to give the kiss back to Vicky and make his concert a grand success.
But whats a love story without hurdles? There are other contenders for the kiss. A police officer {Sharad Saxena} A jiglo {Ranveer Shorey} Saba's ruthless boss {Nazeen Patel} and the Tarot card reader herself.
A hilirious chase begins as the good luck kiss shifts between Saba and Vicky and everyone trying to kiss them and land up kissing each other who gets the good luck charm finally in this chaotically funny kissing? Our lips are sealed.


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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Mukhbir


Cast: Sameer Dattani, Sunil Shetty, Om Puri, Rahul Dev, Jackie Shroff, Raima Sen

Director: Mani Shankar
Lyrics: P.K. Mishra
Cinematography: Ajay Vincent
Story Writer: Mani Shankar


Synopsis: In the secret world of shadows where good and evil are deeply enmeshed,the dark world where fear stalks through streets, where the thin veil of sanity can get ripped off in an instant revealing the hidden face of stark terror-on that razors edge live the chosen ones, wearing masks that can never be taken off.

This is a film about a young man and the many masks he wears enacting a desperate drama where forgetting the lines means instant death. This is the story of the many lives he has to live the many deaths he has to die.

It's gripping action film about a rare few who choose to become hunted shadows so that others may live in peace and enjoy the sunshine. It's a film that takes you on the edge of emotion and then hurls you far beyond.

A story by Mani Shankar, where espionage meets the underworld the world that is all around us, yet beyond our grasp. Ever present, yet never seen. True and credible in every detail ascinating, compelling, unforgettable.

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