Shikhar

Producer: Saanjoy Bhattcharjii & John Mathew Matthan

Direction, Story, Screenplay: John Mathew Matthan

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Shahid Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Amrita Rao, Javed Sheikh

Guest Appearance: John Abraham

Music: Viju Shah, Mani Shankar and P. Sameer

Lyrics: Sudhakar Sharma, Chandrashekhar Rajit

Released on: 30 December 2005

Gaurav Gupta aka GG is the man who started with nothing and now believes that only money can fuel his ambitions. While Guruji, to the manor born, believes that wealth means nothing if not used for society. Caught in tussle between the two is Jaidev Vardhan, who while respecting his father's philosophy, falls hook, line and sinker for GG's gilt-edged dreams. While Guruji hopes that Jai will return to his roots, GG uses the glamorous Natasha to bewitch Jai and unscrupulous politician Amrit Patil, to exploit the tribal into selling their lands. Madhavi watches the man she loves being carried away in to a world of wine, women and wealth.

Dosti

Producer & Director: Suneel Darshan
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor, Lara Dutta, Juhi Chawla, Mona Chopra and Kiran Kumar
Music: Nadeem-Shravan
Story: Suneel Darshan
Cinematography: W. B. Rao
Dialogue: Rumi Jaffery & K. K. Singh
Singers: Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Kunal Ganjawala, Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik, Vasundhara Das, Sukhwinder Singh and Kailash Kher
Lyrics: Sameer
Released on: 23 December 2005

Karan and Raj has nothing in common. Karan is wealthy and a mansion is his habitat while Raj has empty pockets and sky is his roof. Yet they found a common ground. One that led to glorious road of friendship! They laughed, lied, loved and fought the odds together all in the name of friendship. Their blind faith in each other attracted world envy. But it was this world that never let them forget that it is not a relationship of equals. And how long could an unequal relationship sustain? Both defied conventions proving that true friendship was above all such trivialities. But like a bolt out of blue came a raging storm that threatened to sink the ship that housed sentiments of 2 friends. Will it mean the end of their friendship? Dosti is for all who have a true friend. Or truly want one.

King Kong

Presentation: Universal Pictures, Wingnut Films

Producers: Peter Jackson, Frances Walsh, Jan Blenkin & Caro Cunningham

Director: Peter Jackson

Star Cast: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Andy Serkis, Colin Hanks, Jamie Bell, Thomas Kretschmann, Kyle Chandler, Evan Parke, John Sumner & Lobo Chan

Written By: Frances Walsh, Peter Jackson & Phillipa Boyens

Running Time: 187 minutes

Distributor: Universal Pictures
Release Date: December 14, 2005



Set in the 1930s, this is the story of a group of explorers and documentary filmmakers who travel to the mysterious Skull Island (near Sumatra) to investigate legends of a giant gorilla named Kong. Once there, they discover that King Kong is a real creature, living in massive forest where creatures from prehistoric times have been protected and hidden for millions of years. As the explorers search for great ape, their quest puts them up against both Kong and his dinosaur enemies. Ultimately, it is the attention of a beautiful woman that soothes Kong long enough for him to be subdued by the explorers and shipped back to New York, where his bleak future involves being put on display in front of humans... but how long can even the mightiest shackles of man hold back an ape 25 feet tall?

Ek Ajnabee

Banner: G S Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Producer: Bunty Walia, Jassi Walia
Director: Apoorva Lakhia

Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Perizaad Zorabian, Kelly Dorjee, Vikram Chatwal, Akhilendra Mishra, Raj Zutshi, Baby Rucha Vaidya, Denzil Smith

Special Appearance: Abhishek Bachchan, Lara Dutta, Sanjay Dutt

Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Background Music: Amar Mohile
Cinematography: Gururaj R J
Choreography: Bosco Caesar
Action: Abbas Ali Moghul
Editor: Steven Bernard
Screenplay: Manoj Tyagi, Apoorva Lakhia
Sound: Sona Chowdhary
Dialogue: Manoj Tyagi
Costume: Pooja Sarin, Theia Bomanbehram, Gabbana Fashions Pvt Ltd

PRO: Chimes Image Collaborators
Publicity Designs: HR Enterprises
Publicity Stills: Anjay Thakur

Release Date: December 9, 2005


This is a compelling story of Suryaveer Singh, a misfit in society who finally finds redemption in smile of a little girl. His life and luck changes when he has to protect the child, Anamika. In a strange city, he stands alone devoid company. Anamika is kidnapped. Suryaveer is felled by the kidnappers bullets and critically injured. Anamika's wealthy father Ravi realizes that no money is enough to save his daughter. Her helpless mother Nikasha hopes that her prayers will somehow be answered. Only Suryaveer knows something that they don't ... That he alone possesses the expertise to bring the little girl back. With tenacity and wisdom, he pieces together random clues and penetrates to the very heart of the conspiracy. Alone in a foreign land, he can trust no one. He needs all his commando instincts to track them and stay alive. As the story unfolds, he is shattered at what he discovers. Neither men or guns can stop him. Bloodied but unbowed, his resolve remains unchanged.

Deewane Huye Paagal

Director & Writer: Vikram Bhatt
Producer: Firoz Nadiadwala
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Shahid Kapoor, Om Puri, Rimi Sen, Paresh Rawal, Johny Lever, Vijay Raaz, Suresh Menon, Asrani, Rakesh Bedi, Lena
Cinematography: Pravin Bhatt
Choreography: Ganesh Acharya
Action: Abbas Ali Moghul
Art: R Verman
Screenplay: Kiran Kotrial
Dialogue: Neeraj Vora, Abbas Hirapurwala
Music: Anu Malik
Lyics: Sameer
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Release: November 25, 2005


It's basically a romantic comedy with sprinkles of glamorous action, and for those who can embrace humor in all its perversity! Vikram Bhatt has again teamed up with the macho duo of Akshay Kumar-Suniel Shetty who have given numerous hits in past including Hera Pheri. Movie has been lavishly shot in US and Dubai and also has a dog and parrot playing important roles along with popular starcast.

Deewane Huye Paagal begins as a sweet romance between a cute boy-next-door Karan (Shahid Kapoor) and the ravishing Tanya (Rimii Sen). The latter is the cynosure of two evil eyes because she is in the know of certain secret information. When Karan's friend coaxes him to track Tanya after she migrates to Dubai, he enlists the aid of a deceptively handsome investigator, Rocky (Akshay Kumar) to chase her down. But Rocky ends up falling in love with her at first sight. Meanwhile, Tanya's physically disabled friend, Sanju (Suniel Shetty) also has a soft corner for her and tries thwarting Rocky's attempts at getting close to Tanya.

Plot thickens when yet another unexpected party falls in love with Tanya, thus setting up a hilarious love pentagon with a gaggle of con men and a lovelorn flame-wannabe following her around like panting puppies. The funny climax, shot against the picturesque sand dunes of Dubai, is a mix of madness and mayhem!

Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina

Director & Writer: Suparn Verma
Producer: Pritish Nandy Communications Limited
Cast: Fardeen Khan, Koena Mitra, Feroz Khan, Kay Kay Menon, Gulshan Grover, Rohit Roy, Mukul Dev, Sharad Kapoor, Makarand Deshpande and Amin Hajee
Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Dev Kohli, Amitabh Verma, Mayur Puri, Subrat Sinha, Shabbir Ahmed
Release: 18 November'05


Pritish Nandy Communications's Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina marks the directorial debut of writer Suparn Verma who has penned the scripts to movies like Qayamat, Zameen and Karam. He also had written the earlier Feroz-Fardeen combo flick- Janasheen.
Pritam of Dhoom fame who currently is also reigning high on the musical success of Chocolate has composed the music of this film and the theme piece in background sounds exciting. What's interesting is that while Koena Mitra shifts from item numbers to a full-fledged role in the film, the movie still is stuffed with item numbers by Rakhi Sawant, Mumait Khan and Zubein Khan. Feroz Khan appears last in intense kohl-lined eyes.

Kaal

Director: Soham Shah
Producer: Shah Rukh Khan & Karan Johar
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, John Abraham, Lara Dutta, Esha Deol
Music: Salim-Suleiman and Anand Raj Anand
Lyrics: Shabbir Ahmed, Kailash Kher and Anand Raj Anand
Release: 29 April'05

Casting:
Film is set on the background of Jim Corbett National Park in Uttaranchal. A wildlife researcher Krish Thapar (John Abraham) and his photographer wife Riya (Esha Deol) venture into the Jim Corbett National Park to work on a project. Also a group of tourists (including Vivek Oberoi and Lara Dutta) land in the national park for some adventure. But on one creepy afternoon strange things begin to happen in the park and members of the group start disappearing. It seems that there is some supernatural force behind the events that is partly beast and partly ghost.

It’s then that a head of a village close to the park Kali Pratap Singh (Ajay Devgan) comes to the scene. The two couples decide to support each other in the wild and also to stick together with the local village head who has more knowledge of the surroundings and the situation. Together they have to fight the unseen force. Shah Rukh Khan will appear in just a song.

Kaal marks the transition of Dharma Productions from their regular feel-good factor films to attempting a full-fledged thriller. Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment is the co-producing banner. Songs of film won't be a part of the movie and will be just used in the promotional videos of the film.

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