Sunday, November 26, 2006

Dhoom:2

Banner: Yash Raj Films
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Director: Sanjay Gadhavi
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Uday Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu and Rimi Sen in special appearance
Singers: Sunidhi Chauhan, KK, Alisha Chinoy, Sonu Nigam, Bipasha Basu, Sukhbir, Soham Chakrabarthy, Jolly Mukherjee, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Suzanne D'Mello, Vishal Dadlani and Dominique
Action: Allan Amin
Editor: Rameshwar S. Bhagat
Dialogue: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Music: Pritam Chakraborty
Art: Pramod Guruji, Vinod Guruji, K K Muralidharan and Rachna Rastogi
Cinematography: Nirav Shah and Vikas Shivraman
Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant and Shiamak Davar
Costume: Anaita Shroff Adajania
Cassettes and CD's on: Yash Raj Music
Released on: 24 November 2006

Ali's dream of becoming a police officer has come true. He is now ACP Jai Dixit's 'right hand man'. Together, they are trying to keep a tight leash on the crime in India. Little do they know what they are going to be up against.

Aryan- Mr. A, a hi-tech international thief comes in their way. After pulling off a series of impossible heists all over the world, his next target is Mumbai in India. The case is given to ACP Jai and Ali. Helping them put the pieces of the puzzle together is ACP Shonali Bose, Jai's college mate, now a police officer in her own right. For the last two years Shonali has been tracking these amazing thefts and is now an expert on this thief, who no one has seen.

Once in Mumbai, Mr. A finds his match in Sunehri, a petty yet clever thief. She makes him an offer he finds very hard to refuse. A partnership! Aryan accepts.

And so the game begins- a game of cat and mouse- a game of good v/s bad.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Casino Royale

Producer: Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli
Director: Martin Campbell
Screenplay: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis and Ian Fleming
Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelson, Catherine Murino, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Isaach De Bankolé, Jesper Christensen, Ivana Milicevic, Tobias Menzies, Claudio Santamaria, Sebastien Foucan, Malcolm Sinclair, Richard Sammel, Ludger Pistor, Joseph Millson, Daud Shah, Clemens Schick, Emmanuel Avena, Tom Chadbon, Ade, Urbano Barberini, Tsai Chin, Charlie Levi, Lazar Ristovski, Tom So, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Daniel Andreas, Carlos Leal, Jürgen Tarrach, John Gold, Jerry Inzerillo, Diane Hartford, Jessica Miller, Leo Stransky, Paul Bhattacharjee, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Simon Cox, Rebecca Gethings and Michael G. Wilson
Editor: Stuart Baird
Music: David Arnold
Art: Peter Francis, James Hambidge, Steven Lawrence and Dominic Masters
Cinematography: Phil Meheux
Costume: Lindy Hemming
Released on: 17 November 2006

Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status. Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Madagascar, where he is to spy on a terrorist, Mollaka. Not everything goes to plan and Bond decides to investigate, independently of MI6, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell.

Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Dimitrios and his girlfriend, Solange. He learns that Dimitrios is involved with Le Chiffre, banker to the world's terrorist organizations. Secret Service intelligence reveals that Le Chiffre is planning to raise money in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro at Le Casino Royale. MI6 assigns 007 to play against him, knowing that if Le Chiffre loses, it will destroy his organization.

'M' places Bond under the watchful eye of the beguiling Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together and even torture at the hands of Le Chiffre. In Montenegro, Bond allies himself with Mathis, MI6's local field agent, and Felix Leiter, who is representing the interests of the CIA. The marathon game proceeds with dirty tricks and violence, raising the stakes beyond blood money and reaching a terrifying climax...

Monday, November 20, 2006

Vivah

Banner: Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Producer: Kamal Kumar Barjatya, Rajkumar Barjatya and Ajit Kumar
Director/Screenplay/Story/Writer: Sooraj Barjatya
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Alok Nath, Seema Biswas, Sameer Soni, Manoj Joshi, Jatin Siyal, Dinesh Lamba, Shreya Sharma, Goolshan Mazd, Amrita Prakash, Lata Sabharwal, Ameya Pandya, Aditi Bhatia, Mrinal Deshraj, Anita Wahi, Baby Maariayah Khatri, Chirag Channa, Jaspreet Singh with Mohnish Behl and Yusuf Hussain in friendly appearance
Singers: Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghosal, Babul Supriyo, Suresh Wadkar, Kumar Sanu, Pamela Jain, Sudesh Bhosle, Ravindra Jain and Aparnaa Bhaagwat
Executive/Associate/Co-Producer: Sooraj Barjatya and Rajjat A. Barjatya
Action: Moses and Shyam Kaushal
Editor: V N Mayekar
Sound: Jitendra Chaudhary
Dialogue: Aash Karan Atal
Music and Lyrics: Ravindra Jain
Art: Sanjay Dhabade
Cinematography: Harish Joshi
Choreography: Jay Borade
Costume: Anna Singh and Shabina Khan
Cassettes and CD's on: Saregama-HMV
Released on: 10 November 2006

Prem may be an eligible bachelor but he is not yet ready for marriage. He agrees to meet Poonam just to please his dad and finds a woman he can really grow to love.

An awkward, formal exchange of words grows into a deep, meaningful conversation as Prem and Poonam soon discover that they are soul mates. Poonam, an orphan, has grown up in a small town, where her Chacha has brought her up to want for nothing. Chachi, however, is jealous of Amrita's beauty, simplicity and charm, as her own daughter Rajni is overshadowed.

Gentle, soft spoken Prem, the scion of one of Delhi's most prosperous business houses, has grown up living in the fast lane, but retains his respect for family traditions and values. The two hit it off and soon they are engaged. They are to be married in 6 months.

Prem and Poonam now enter the most magical and romantic time of their lives. 6 months fly by. Just when everything is set for the wedding a crisis puts their love through a trial by fire.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Apna Sapna Money Money

Banner: Mukta Arts Ltd.
Producer: Subhash Ghai
Director/Story/Writer: Sangeeth Sivan
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Ritesh Deshmukh, Riya Sen, Celina Jaitley, Koena Mitra, Chunky Pandey, Rajpal Yadav, Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Payal Rohatgi and Bobby Darling, Sunil Pal, Avtar Gill, Vrajesh Hirjee, Sanjay Mishra and Vijay Patkar
Music: Vishal-Shekhar and Pritam Chakraborty
Art: R. Verman
Cinematography: T. Ramji
Choreography: Remo
Cassettes and CD's on: Tips
Released on: 10 November 2006


Apna Sapna Money Money's story revolves around a mechanic, a conman, a club dancer, an upright cop, an obsessed father and his homely daughter, a tabela owner, a ruthless gangster, a deadly don and his moll and an unpredictable dog. A journey filled with rib-tickling moments throughout.

If one runs after money, the other runs after love and the one who runs after love eventually runs after money. A hilarious journey of 11, a limitless quest for money, and a twisting and turning tale of love; the money swings around them and creates amusing and maddening circumstances. A dramatic turn evolves when all the characters start looking for a hidden diamonds that are worth lump-sum!

Greed, craze, obsession, fun takes over. And a madcap comedy of crime, love and complete zaniness continue...

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Deadline- Sirf 24 Ghante

Presenter: Rajeshwar Naresh Raja
Banner: Plus Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and Percept Picture Company
Producer: Ravi Agrawal
Director/Story/Writer: Tanveer Khan
Cast: Konkona Sen Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rajit Kapoor, Sandhya Mridul, Zakir Hussain and Jhanak Shukla
Music: Anshul and Sandy
Lyricist: Anshul Vijayvargiya
Art: Bijon Das Gupta
Action: Bhiku Verma
Screenplay: Dilip Shukla
Sound: Jitendra Chaudhary
Editor: Sanjay Sankla
Cinematography: Baba Azmi
Released on: 10 November 2006

Renowned heart specialist Dr. Viren Goenka, his wife Sanjana and their 7 year old daughter Anishka are a happy family in Mumbai. Their joys have just multiplied with Viren being honored with a prestigious award for his contribution to the medical world.

Viren is all set to visit New Delhi to receive this award in a grand function. He promises his daughter to take her for a fabulous family vacation once he returns. But fate had something else planned for Viren and his family.

Destiny strikes hard against them and Anishka is kidnapped under Sanjana's nose. She is startled with the presence of a creepy man named Krish in her house. Krish tells her that Anishka will be fine as long as Sanjana and Dr. Goenka follow his instructions.

While Krish keeps Sanjana in the house, his partner Roohi keeps Viren confined in his hotel room and their third associate Kabir holds Anishka at a remote location. The kidnappers keep strict half-hour checks with each other by cell phones, and if all goes as planned, the whole act would take only 24 hours. The kidnappers set the ransom to a whopping amount of Rs.3 Crore.

It doesn't take much for Viren and Sanjana to realize that abiding by the kidnappers' rules is the best thing that they could do to save their daughter's life. Viren mortgages everything possible, including his dream hospital project and his house and somehow manages to collect Rs.3 Crore in just 24 hours, an act next to impossible being trapped at one place.

But it seems that testing time had just begun for the already suffering family. Something highly unfortunate strikes and the kidnappers flee without any sign of their daughter and take away the ransom money as well. Both Sanjana and Viren are uncertain about what could have happened and fear for the life of their only beloved daughter Anishka.

Viren wants his daughter back at any cost and thus he tries to exploit all his resources. Entire police force is on move to search for any clues of the kidnappers or Anishka but they can't discover anything significant.

As clock ticks away, a series of incidents take place and the turmoil almost changes each life. What happens next is the harsh reality that crosses a thin line between life... and death....

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Umrao Jaan

Banner: J. P. Films
Producer/Director/Editor/Dialogue: J. P. Dutta
Story/Writer: O. P. Dutta
Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri, Puru Raaj Kumar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Ayesha Jhulka and Bikram Saluja
Singers: Alka Yagnik, Javed Akhtar, Sonu Nigam, Richa Sharma and Anmol Malik
Music: Anu Malik
Lyricist: Javed Akhtar
Art: Bijon Das Gupta
Cinematography: Ayananka Bose
Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant
Costume: Abu Jani, Sandeep Khosla and Anna Singh
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 03 November 2006

A courtesan and a poetess in her own right, Umrao Jaan was a name to be reckoned with in any description of life in Avadh. If Lucknow was the heart of Avadh, Umrao was the heart beat.

When she first came to Lucknow, she was Amiran, the 8 year old daughter of a lower middle class family. Her father was a Jamadar at the 'Bahu Begum ka Makhbara' in Faizabad. A pious and simple man, he gave evidence in a case against Dilawar Khan, a habitual offender. Dilawar was sentenced to jail for 10 years. After finishing his sentence Dilawar came out, only to kidnap little Amiran, cart her to Lucknow and sell her to a kotha owned by the astute Khanum Sahib.

A kotha in that age, especially that of Khanum was not only a cultural hub wn for excellence in performing arts but also a temple of learning- learning the art of living. As an inmate of the kotha, little Amiran benefited the most. Khanum gave her the name 'Umrao', Bua Hussaini brought her up in style, Maulvi Sahib imparted education, Khan Sahib initiated her into the world of music while the great Kathak Acharya made her feet move to rhythm. In the company of Bismillah, Khurshid and Gauhar Mirza, Umrao developed varied skills including poetry. The pen name “Ada” was ample proof of the proficiency in writing and presenting poetry that she went on to acquire.

Graduating in years, Umrao became a rage in Lucknow. A beauty that was stunning, a manner that was enticing and words that were soul stirring, made the name of Umrao Jaan mean sheer joy of watching and listening.

Stepping into youth, she had to seek the love of her life. His name was Nawab Sultan. With the whole of Avadh at her feet, Umrao craved for Sultan's company. Somewhere deep inside her being, she had a dream of a husband, a family and a home. She chased her dream from one end of the rainbow to the other.

Would she realize her dream ever? Would she come face to face with Amiran once again? They say the child in you never dies...Just as hope never dies...

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Jaan-e-mann

Banner: Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Producer: Sajid Nadiadwala and Prashant Shah
Director/ Editor/ Screenplay/ Dialogue/ Story/ Writer: Shirish Kunder
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Anupam Kher and Soni Razdan
Singers: Sonu Nigam, Sadhana Sargam, Sukhwinder Singh, Krishna, Suzan, Kunal Ganjawala, Adnan Sami, Sunidhi Chauhan, Udit Narayan, Rahul Vaidya, Amit Sana, Prajakta Shukre and Monali Thakur
Music: Anu Malik
Lyricist: Gulzar
Art: Sabu Cyril
Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee
Choreography: Farah Khan
Costume: Surily Goel
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 20 October 2006

Suhaan is a college stud, a charming womanizer. He is the perfect guy. Perfect guy to fall in lust with. Agastya is an intelligent guy. He is a nerd and a geek. He can't even communicate with girl properly, forget dating. Piya is a college beauty. She is the princess whom every guy wants to fall in love with. Both Suhaan and Agastya love Piya. College gets over and all three of them go to their respective paths. Ten years have passed. Suhaan has achieved his ambitions, lives in the perfect world, he has everything except Love.

Agastya is in his own world doing what he did the best. Work hard. He works hard so that others can earn money. He still hasn't found his love. Piya now lives alone with no luck in love for her too.

Then suddenly, one sunny afternoon all three meet...Accidentally...

Don

Producer: Ritesh Sidhwani
Director: Farhan Akhtar
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Isha Koppikar, Om Puri, Chunky Pandey, Pawan Malhotra, Boman Irani, Sushma Reddy and Diwakar Pundir
Singers: Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, Udit Narayan, Shahrukh Khan, Alisha Chinoy, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Sonu Nigam, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonca and Midival Punditz
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Midival Punditz and Dj Randolf
Screenplay/Lyricist: Javed Akhtar
Choreography: Farah Khan, Prabhu Deva, Saroj Khan, Ganesh Hegde and Rajeev Soorti
Sound: Andrew Belletty
Dialogue: Farhan Akhtar and Salim Khan
Story/Writer: Salim-Javed
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 20 October 2006

A huge Indian contingent embarks on a dangerous cat-and-mouse trail of capturing Don-the ruthless drug mafia in Malaysia. When Don gets seriously injured in a police encounter, the word that he is dead begins to do the rounds. The reality, of course, is that Don is held captive in a secret location, while his bumpkin of a look-alike, Vijay, is polished and sent to take down Don's gang.

In a bizarre twist of fate, when the man shielding the humble and streetwise Vijay, is killed, the latter comes to terms with the horrifying realization that both the police and the gang are out to nab him for different reasons.

In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, he is aided by the glamorously staggering Roma and handsomely striking, Jasjit, who owes Vijay a favor for care-taking his son during his imprisonment. But will Vijay be successful in his mission?

Friday, October 13, 2006

Mera Dil Leke Dekho

Presenter: Shatrughan Sinha
Banner: Shotgun Movies
Producer: Punam Sinha
Director: Rohit Kaushik
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Koel Puri, Archana Puran Singh, Carran Kapoor, Jaspal Bhatti, Puneet Tejwani, Gargi Nandi, Premjit Singh, Neil Bhoopalam, Pooja Mishra and Esha Deol in special appearance
Singers: Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Kunal Ganjawala, Sapna Mukherjee, Sadhana Sargam, Richa Sharma, Rahul Saxena, Javed Ali, Shakti Singh, Lalit Pandit, Babul Supriyo and Mahalakshmi Iyer
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Lyricist: Sameer
Background Music: Amar Mohile
Cinematography: Rajesh Joshi
Choreography: Longines Fernandes and Mehul Gadani
Editor: Steven Bernard
Screenplay: Rohit Kaushik
Dialogue: Rohit Kaushik
Costume: Anna Singh, Anita Dongre and Sonakshi Sinha
Story/Writer: Nandita Puri and Rohit Kaushik
Cassettes and CD's on: Sony Music
Released on: 06 October 2006

Mera Dil Leke Dekkho is a comedy of errors, where almost every character accuses the other of being gay. Wife thinks her husband is a bisexual. She also thinks her son is gay, having an affair with his best friend.

Archie and Rahul meet in London and its love at first sight for her. However, Rahul's intentions are clear: He wants to have a good time with her. Archie flies to Mumbai, hoping to get married to him.

Rahul hides Archie in his room, away from the prying eyes of his parents, who are constantly arguing and fighting with each other. Rahul's three friends Joy, Vinay and Rocky create a series of misunderstandings that only adds to the chaos.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Jaana

Banner: Tess Mirza Films
Producer: Tess Mirza
Director/Writer/Story: Shahrukh-Farhan
Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Zeenat Aman, Rajeev Varma, Razzak Khan, Rehan Khan and Anjana Sukhani
Singers: Shaan, Shreya Ghosal, Naureen, Padmini and Kailash Kher
Music: Abbas Jelani, Anand-Milind, Pramod Tripathi, Guru Sharma and Rajendra Shiv
Lyricist: Shahrukh Sultan, V. K. Rawal and Moied
Action: Yusuf Khan
Cassettes and CD's on: Saregama-HMV
Released on: 06 October 2006

Rehan lives with his mother and sister at a hill station. He desires to make it big in life and the opportunity comes in the form of Anjana, who arrives at the hill station with her father.

Anjana, the only daughter of a wealthy businessman, desires to go sight-seeing. Behind the bubbly lies a nervous and sad girl since Anjana is inflicted with a dreaded disease. Rehan woos her and also pretends to fall in love with her. Gradually, Rehan realizes that he actually loves Anjana. But fate has something else in store for the lovers. Anjana recuperates, while Rehan falls ill.

Iqraar By Chance

Banner: J-71 Studio
Presenter: Jitendra Shukla
Producer: Reeta J. Shukla
Director: K Ravi Shankar
Cast: Sakshi Shivananda, Arbaaz Khan, Rahul Dev, Kurush Deboo, Kunal Vijaykar, Aslam Khan, Deepa Bakshi, Manoj Pahwa, Tiku Talsania, Upasna Singh, Narendra Bedi, Shilpa Aanand, Praveen Patil, Jagraj Ghooman and Amarjeet Shukla
Singers: Sunidhi Chauhan, Vijay Prakash, Shreya Ghosal, Kunal Ganjawala, Sonu Kakkar, Shabaab Sabri, Udit Narayan and Sonu Nigam
Music: Sandesh Shandilya and DJ Chetas
Lyricist: Sandesh Shandilya, Mehboob and Shabbir Ahmed
Cinematography: Neelabh Kaul
Choreography: Shabina Khan
Art: Jayant Deshmukh
Editor: Sanjay Verma
Story/Screenplay: Rajeev Agarwal
Dialogue: Neeraj Pathak
Costume: Ashley Rebello
Cassettes and CD's on: Saregama-HMV
Released on: 06 October 2006

Raj is a DJ by profession, but he is a compulsive liar. Rashmi is the spoilt daughter of a rich industrialist, who doesn't value money. She even challenges her father that she'd easily get a job worth £5,000 per month.

Raj's boss Talwar and his wife want Raj to marry their daughter. But the daughter loves Raj's best friend Sanju. Raj decides to help Sanju by lying to Talwar that he's already married.

Now Talwar wants to meet Raj's bride. Raj is in a fix. Meanwhile, Rashmi has joined an FM channel and has promised her boss that her very first assignment will be a reality show. She hatches a simple plan: Pretend to fall in love with a guy and dump him later.

Raj needs a wife, while Rashmi needs a lover and the two cross paths.

Monday, October 09, 2006

Gafla

Producer/Director/Story/Writer: Sameer Hanchate
Cast: Vinod Sharawat, Shruti Ulfat, Vikram Gokhale, Brijendra Kala, Aditya Lakhia and Shakti Singh and Purva Parag
Music: Kartik Shah
Cinematography: Anshul Chobey
Released on: 06 October 2006

Gafla is a story about ordinary people or rather an ordinary young man, Subodh, in ordinary circumstances. Subodh starts out like any middle class guy, with limited opportunities to survive and go ahead. Perhaps, he has a little bit more drive than the others, more energy and bigger dreams.

Subodh's intentions are good and understandable in terms of ordinary ambitions. Subodh wants to make money, to be successful and enters the stock market. His brilliance makes him successful, but he is at the mercy of big players.

Faced with a choice of either following a secondary career, dominated by big players or becoming a big player himself, he opts for the latter. But, as an outsider, he shouldn't have become the biggest player of all. He didn't know where to stop. He didn't pause to strengthen the base of political and institutional support before rising further. He is inexperienced. So, when things go wrong, Subodh is crucified for doing the same fraud that everybody was doing.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Bhoot Unkle

Banner: Ikon Pictures and Wam Motion Pictures
Producer: Aneesh Arjun Dev and Krishan Choudhary
Director: Sumeet Sehgal
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Akhilendra Mishra, Dev, Rasika, Sheela, Anurag, Brij Bhushan and Rajesh
Singers: Baba Sehgal, Kidz and Tarannum
Music: Baba Sehgal
Lyricist: Pratibha and Baba Sehgal
Cinematography: C. Vignesh Rao
Choreography: Chinni Prakash
Art: Ajit Dandekar
Action: Hanif Khan
Editor: Sudhir Achary
Screenplay: Rajiv Agarwal and Veeru Shahane
Dialogue: Mukesh Ramani
Story/Writer: Aneesh Arjun Dev
Cassettes and CD's on: Ultra Music
Released on: 06 October 2006

For 12-year old orphan Shyam, life had been nothing but a series of tragedies and hardships, until he unexpectedly stumbled upon a haunted place which was abandoned by the inhabitants of the town he lived in.

The mystery which he accidentally solved gave way to his access to a magical power that changed his entire life and also that of his other little friends.

After getting into the frightening and mysterious secrets of the past, Shyam was burdened with the almost impossible to bear responsibility of saving the whole town from the danger looming over it by the clutches of aggressively spreading evil plans of the villain.

Then started the fight of good and the bad...in the world of magic, adventure and fun... in the world of 'Bhoot Unkle'...

Friday, October 06, 2006

Zindaggi Rocks

Banner: BAG Films
Producer: Anuradha Prasad
Direction/Screenplay/Story/Writer: Tanuja Chandra
Cast: Sushmita Sen, Shiny Ahuja, Moushmi Chatterjee, Kim Sharma, Seema Biswas, Ravi Gosai and Baby Julian
Singers: Javed Ali, Tulsi Kumar, Sunidhi Chauhan, Zubeen Garg, Krishna and Anushka Manchandani
Music: Anu Malik
Lyricist: Sayeed Qadri and Muddassar Aziz
Cinematography: Amirr Sayed
Choreography: Bosco-Caesar, Farah Khan and Raju Khan
Art: Leela Chanda
Costume: Falguni Peacock-Shane Peacock and Neeta Lulla
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 06 October 2006

Zindaggi Rocks highlights the love story between Dr. Suraj Rihan, the shy, cynical workaholic and Kria, a magnificent woman, and a singer.

It is a modern story which has its foundation in that oldest of all things– the human heart. The urban drama revolves around the lives of two individuals, very different from each other and their equally different families that come together when these two fall in love. Film tells a funny yet sad, and deeply emotional and shocking tale of love and sacrifice. A unique love story, a riveting account of passion and a touching treatise of human generosity!

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Krishna

Banner: Shethia Audio Video
Presenter: Jayantilal Gada
Producer: Shashikant Chheda
Director: Aman Khan
Singers: Alisha Chinai, Sunidhi Chauhan, Rajendra Shiv, Kumar Sanu, Sukhwinder Singh, Sonu Nigam, Earl, Carol, Barbie, Kailash Kher, Ranjit and Anupam
Music: Bapi-Tutul, Anupam Amod and Rajendra Shiv
Animation: Media Solutionz
Editor: Fazal Husien
Sound: Hitendra Ghosh
Writer/Dialogue: Asad Ajmeri
Released on: 29 September 2006

'Krishna', a richly animated, musical feature film tells the story of Lord Krishna's birth, his childhood spent in Vrindavan and his slaying of Kansa, the evil ruler of Mathura. Film features various adventures of his childhood, including his clashes with demons like Pootna, Trinavarat and many more along with Lord Krishna's naughty aspects like stealing butter, and other adventures. Another enchanting aspect of Lord Krishna's life of playing the flute and bewitching the gopis, who become eternally devoted to him and indulge in Ras Leela, is beautifully depicted in this entertaining feature. Lord Krishna, as a very young man returns to Mathura and finally overthrows his evil uncle Kansa, thus bringing to an end this fascinating story of his birth and childhood days.

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Woh Lamhe..

Banner: Vishesh Films
Director: Mohit Suri
Producer: Mukesh Bhatt
Cast: Shaad Randhawa, Kangna Ranaut, Shiny Ahuja and Masumi Makhija
Singers: KK, James, Glenn John, Shreya Ghosal, Kunal Ganjawala and Jawad Ahmad
Music: Pritam Chakraborty and Roop Kumar Rathod
Lyrics: Nilesh Mishra and Sayeed Qadri
Story/Writer: Mahesh Bhatt
Screenplay: Pearl Sahi
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 29 September 2006

In the glitzy entertainment capital of Mumbai as dusk descends, famous actress Sana Azim slashes her wrists in a hotel room, in an attempt to kill herself. When this news reaches film maker Aditya Garewal, he is devastated. Aditya has been searching for Sana all over the world. Sana who was intensely involved with Aditya, had mysteriously disappeared from his life without any explanation, 3 years ago, only to surface now in what could be the last moments of her life.

As Aditya waits outside the ICU in a death watch situation, praying to be reunited with her, he is hurled back into the perfumed days and champagne nights of his memory, wherein Sana Azim played the role of both, lover and mentor to a struggling Aditya.

Everything was perfect, except for an enemy which lurked in the shadow, waiting to destroy their love. An enemy which neither of them saw till it was too late…

When Aditya realizes that the only way he can save Sana from total devastation is to take her away from Bollywood and the vested interests that threaten to destroy her completely, he runs away with Sana putting his career on the line. Those moment lived in the sanctuary of their love are like an oasis in the desert.

Until one day, suddenly, she disappears, leaving him with unanswered question. Why did she leave at the very acme of their love, when there seemed to be hope...

Jai Santoshi Maa

Banner: Percept Picture Company
Director: Ahmed Siddiqui
Cast: Nushrat Bharucha, Rakesh Bapat, Lalit Tiwari, Sanjay Swaraj, Shashi Sharma, Raj Khan, Parakh Madan,
Shameem Ali, Anisha Hinduja, Virendra Singh, Abhijeet Lehiri, Garima Kapoor, Nishikant Dixit, Purva Parag, Fahim Khan, Farida Dadi and Kanwar Jagdish
Singers: Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik
Music: Anu Malik
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire
Choreography: Jojo
Action: Parvez Khan
Art: Sukant Panigrahy
Editor: Ajoy Varma
Sound: Nadir Suratwala
Story/Writer/Dialogue/Screenplay: Sulekha Bajpai and Sushmaa
Cassettes and CD's on: Sony Music
Released on: 29 September 2006

Jai Santoshi Maa is the story of Mahima, an ardent devotee of Santoshi Maa and Anuraag, a musician by heart. It’s a saga of all the hardships they face, with no complaints or regrets, and how they overcome these hardships with Santoshi Maa’a blessings.

Mahima’s father is a music teacher and her mother a devotees of Maa. She is married to Anuraag, a young man whose passion is music. Since this marriage is against the will of Anuraag’s family, its only hardships that come their way. Fed up with humiliation, Anuraag decides to try his luck elsewhere, where no one knows him. But Mahima decides to stay back and serve her in-laws. But what does she get in return? Misery, pain and distress from each and every member of the family.

With no shoulder to lean on, Mahima starts worshipping Santoshi Maa. She starts her ‘solah-shukrawar vrats’ and follows them religiously. She withstands everything that comes her way with a smile on her face and faith in her heart. Finally Maa is pleased. The Goddess not only makes all her wishes come true, but also blesses her husband with all the success he ever wished for.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Rocky

Presenter: Shyam Bajaj
Banner: Siddhi Vinayak Creations
Producer: Narendra Bajaj
Director: Suresh Krissna
Cast: Zayed Khan, Minissha Lamba, Isha Sharwani, Smita Jaykar, Rajat Bedi and Ashwin Kaushal
Singers: Himesh Reshammiya, Amrita Kak, Akruti Kakkar, Tulsi Kumar, Vinit and Sunidhi Chauhan
Music: Himesh Reshammiya
Lyrics: Sameer
Background Music: Sanjoy Chowdhary
Executive/Associate/Co-Producer: Varun Bajaj and Chirag Bajaj
Cinematography: K Raj Kumar
Choreography: Remo
Action: Allan Amin
Art: Chokas Bharadwaj
Editor: Sanjeev Dutta
Sound: Hitendra Ghosh and Navin Shah
Dialogue: Hridaylani and Janak
Costume: Vikram Phadnis
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 22 September 2006

This is the story of a young man, Rocky, who hates anything and everything that is wrong. He can't accept the indifference towards injustice and the rebel in him revolts. This attitude of his, creates irreconcilable differences between him and his father and their relationship is fraught with friction. Though his father loves his son, he emphatically disagrees with Rocky’s philosophy of life and advises him not to invite trouble unnecessarily by interfering in matters that doesn’t concern him, as this could put his life in grave danger. But the defiant Rocky mocks his father and calls him a coward. He feels, this, irresponsible attitude of people is destroying the social fabric of the country. His helpless mother has to pacify them, when the conflict escalates. The family manages to still laugh it off until one day Rocky gets into ‘shark infested waters’. And the battle for survival starts.

Rocky’s world is shattered. He is blamed for everything and now he will be accepted only on one condition– if he is prepared to surrender to their way of thinking, living and of outlook of life. This changes Rocky’s world forever, strange country, stranger people, strange love. But the truth is that you can't run from reality forever. The problems are the same, the people are the same, their attitude is the same, everywhere. It is only after some shocking incidents one realizes that Rocky is one among millions who cares for others, who stakes his life for others in this heartless world of self-centered people. But is it too late for Rocky to change things...

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Khosla Ka Ghosla!

Banner: Tandav Films and UTV Motion Pictures
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala and Savita Raj H
Director: Dibakar Banerjee
Cast: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabbas, Tara Sharma, Ranvir Shorey, Vinay Pathak, Naveen Nischol and Kiran Juneja
Singers: Kailash Kher, Kunal Ganjawala, Sowmya Roah, Adnan Sami, Qadar Niazi Qawwal, Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Tara Sharma, Vinod Nagpal and Ranvir Shorey
Music: Bapi, Tutul and Dhruv
Screenplay/Dialogue/Story/Writer/Lyrics: Jaideep Sahni
Cassettes and CD's on: Music Today
Released on: 22 September 2006

Khosla Ka Ghosla is a real slice-of-life comedy set in North India. Story revolves around a hilariously cranky control freak, Kamal Kishore Khosla who thinks he has life worked out for himself and everybody else! Khosla is obsessed about procuring a plot of land in Delhi, which is his sole occupation and preoccupation! This is a plot of land for which he has been saving up for years. A plot on which he wants to build his house and live with his children and future grandchildren in bliss!

But after he acquires the land, he realizes that the plot has been acquired by a charmingly wicked land-shark who won’t give it back till Khosla has coughed up a fat sum of money! The already strained family almost breaks up at this new bolt from the blue! Khosla tries various hair-brained, ineffectual ploys to extricate his plot but in vain.

Just when he is about to resign to his fate, his life takes a turn when he finds out that the most unexpected people have hatched a crazy and thrilling plan to bail him out of crisis! Are these people for real? Will they give his life a new meaning? And most importantly, will Khosla get back his ghosla?

'Dor'

Banner: Sahara One, Percept Picture Company and SIC Productions
Direction/Story/Screenplay/Writer: Nagesh Kukunoor
Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag, Girish Karnad, Prateeksha Lonkar, Rushad Rana, Uttara Bavkar, Veena Sajnani, Nagesh Kukunoor, Vipin Bhati, Abhay Bhargava, Vishal Malhotra, Anirudh Jatkar, Shivani Joshi, Pavan Singh, Banwarilal Taneja, Iklaq Khan, Vibhu Kashyup, Dhruv Jagasia, Gururaj Manepalli, Chirjot Singh Kohli, Kush Chaddha and Navneet K Chander
Singers: Shafqat Amanat Ali, Salim Merchant, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghosal, Karsan Sargathia, Rakesh Chaurasiya, Pratichee and Trilok Gurtu
Music: Salim-Sulaiman
Lyrics: Mir Ali Husain
Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee
Action: Mahendra Varma
Sound: Vipin Bhati
Editor: Sanjeev Dutta
Art: Muneesh Sappal
Costume: Komal Shahani and M.P. Karthik
Cassettes and CD's on: Universal
Released on: 22 September 2006

Dor is a story about love, loss, friendship, hope and ultimately, redemption. It is a tale of two women from two different worlds. In ways that neither Zeenat nor Meera can perceive, their worlds are about to collide. A life-changing piece of news reaches both women at the same instance, and sets into motion a series of events that will change their lives forever. Zeenat is compelled to make the long journey from the hills of Himachal Pradesh to Rajasthan's deserts, in search of Meera. Along the way she encounters Behroopiya, whose uncanny instincts and good humor help to make the difficult journey easier. As different as they are, Zeenat and Meera form an uncommon bond of friendship and respect when they meet. But can it endure the uneasy truth that Zeenat hides?

One of these women will hold the power of life and death in her hands. One will be helpless at the hands of fate. One of these women has everything to fight for. One of them has nothing to lose...

'Kachchi Sadak'

Banner: Jia Entertainment Network Pvt. Ltd. and Hinglaaj Mooviez India
Director: Sanjay D Singh
Cast: Rahul Singh, Parmita Katkar, Amrish Puri, Madhoo, Mukesh Tiwari, Rahul Dev, Aman Verma, Govind Namdeo, Sharat Saxena, Tinu Anand, Anant Jog, Palak Jain and Mithun Chakraborty in special appearance
Singers: KK, Shreya Ghosal, Adnan Sami, Udit Narayan and Vinod Rathod
Music: Uttam Singh
Lyrics: Prabha Thakur
Cinematography: Karim Khatri
Action: Moses and Shyam Kaushal
Sound: Vinod Potdar
Story/Writer: Rahul Singh
Editor: Vilas Ranade and Deepak Wirkud
Cassettes and CD's on: Saregama-HMV
Released on: 15 September 2006

Story of Kachchi Sadak follows a boy named Randhir, whose widow mother re-marries to provide him with a father, but when the marriage fails due to the stepfather’s sadistic nature, the boy distances himself from home, growing into a man on the streets. Unable to undo his mother’s fate, he tries consolidating a career and giving her a better life, but his reckless reputation makes him a strong arm in the politically manipulated liquor trade, earning quick money and quicker enemies. His only relief, are his confidantes and his girlfriend Julie. With them by his side, he finally achieves success and is on the threshold of the peaceful life he always longed for. Just then, his help is sought by an honest social-worker-turned-politician to counter the opposition’s brute force in the coming elections. He is contesting opposite a liquor trader. He accepts the job as his last use of fists, thinking it to be a good deed for a cause, but destiny has yet other plans.

A severe tragedy brings him into Jodhpur Central Jail, where he must face all his rivals, plus a cynical jailor who believes that prisoners are un-recyclable garbage. Randhir has points to prove, people to handle, responsibilities to fulfill, life to save and the dawn of an ideal life is only a step away from him. Will he make it through the Kachchi Sadak

Monday, September 18, 2006

'Pyaar Ke Side/Effects'

Banner: Pritish Nandy Communications
Producer: Pritish Nandy and Rangita Pritish Nandy
Direction/Story/Writer: Saket Chaudhary
Cast: Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat, Suchitra Pillai, Sophie Chaudhary, Ranvir Shorey, Sapna Bhavnani, Taraana Raja, Aamir Bashir and Jas Arora
Singers: Labh Jajua, Rakesh Pandit, Sophie, Earl, Alisha Chinoy, Zubin, Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan, Suzanne De'Mello and Mika Singh
Music: Pritam Chakraborty
Lyrics: Maya Puri
Cinematography: Manoj Soni
Choreography: Remo
Dialogue: Victor Acharya
Art: Omang Kumar
Costume: Ashley Rebello and Falguni Thakore
Editor: Hemal Kothari
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 15 September 2006

Sid has the ideal life. He loves being a DJ, playing the music he loves: he has a girlfriend Trisha who supports and understands him and finally India is about to defeat Australia in a mother of a match and right in the middle of this shinning moment. Trisha proposes marriage! Sid panics marriage is different. It’s wrong, it’s terrifying, it’s for somebody else, not him! But Trisha wants everything love, marriage, a loving husband, the brats, a beautiful home with picket fences-everything. And the only way that Sid can keep Trisha in his life is by committing to her. Thus begins his search-through women’s magazines, his sister’s advice, his mother’s nagging and his roommate’s constant red alert against marriage! And as a confused Sid marches over to Trisha office to make sense of the masses in his head he ends up instead, asking her to marry him, only to stop her from crying!

Now begins his nightmare as Sid wades through an engagement, the search for a perfect engagement ring, furniture hunts and conversations about children! And then of course to top it all, he meets the family– Trisha’s father-retired General Mallick or ‘papa’ as Trisha would have him called the old monster– who hates the very sight of him and constantly tries to disconnect him from Trisha. Throw in a broken engagement, Trisha’s ex-fiancé, her best friend and Sid’s constant’s worry-Dracula, a hot, hot Baby Girl Volume 3– Tanya, Sid’s crazy family consisting of his very pregnant and very hyper sister– Shalini and her Husband Kapil and the always insane Nanoo...

'Bas Ek Pal'

Banner: Paramhans Creations and Movies and N More Pvt. Ltd.
Producer: Manohar Kanungo and Shailesh R Singh
Director: Onir
Cast: Sanjay Suri, Jimmy Shergill, Urmila Matondkar, Juhi Chawla, Rehaan Engineer, Yashpal Sharma, Chetan Pandit and Purab Kohli in Special Appearance
Singers: Sunidhi Chauhan, KK, Atif, Zubeen Garg and Dominique
Music: Pritam Chakraborty, Mithoon, Vivek Philip and Eric Pillai
Lyrics: Amitabh Varma and Sayeed Qadri
Cinematography: Sachin Kumar
Choreography: Remo
Executive/Associate/Co-Producer: Shakeel Atroli
Screenplay: Onir and Irene Dhar Malik
Dialogue: Ashwini Malik
Art: Shyam De, Aparna Raina and Rahuul Thossar
Sound: Arun Nambiar
Action: Shyam Kaushal
Editor: Irene Dhar Malik
Cassettes and CD's on: Tips
Released on: 15 September 2006

Bas Ek Pal is the story of 5 people bound inextricable by an incident that changes their lives forever. Set in the metropolis of Mumbai, the film explores the complexities of modern urban relationships. Each character has a secret. And each uncovered secret alters the dynamics of every relationship.

During one night of partying, Anamika, meets Nikhil at Anticlock pub. The chemistry between them is instant and obvious from the moment they meet. However she disappears into the night without even telling him her name. Nikhil starts to visit the pub regularly hoping to meet her again. Many nights of waiting later, on a night when Nikhil has gone to Anticlock with Rahul and Steve, Anamika appears with her friends. An altercation takes place, leading to a scuffle. And in the scuffle a shot is fired. Time stands still as Nikhil realizes that he is holding a gun in his hand, the gun from which the shot has just been fired…This moment would change all their lives. Irrevocable!

'Shiva'

Banner: Adlabs Films Ltd. and Factory
Producer and Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Cast: Mohit Alawat, Nisha Kothari, Suchitra Pillai, Shereveer Vakil, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Sajid, Zakir Hussain, Raju Mavani, Nagesh Bhonsle, Pankaj Jha, Ninad Kamat, Ranvir Shorey, Dinesh Lamba, Upyendra Limaye, Sanjeev Wilson, Ganesh Mayekar, Vinod Jayawant and Ram-Laxman
Music: Illaiyaraja
Lyrics: Dev Kohli and Nitin Raikwar
Cinematography: Amal Neerad
Choreography: Harshall and Vitthal
Art: Aparna Sud
Sound: Kunal Mehta and Parikshit Lalwani
Costume: Harmeet Sethi, Neha Bhatnagar, Raghuveer Shetty and Rohit Chaturvedi
Story/Writer: Farhad-Sajid
Action: Ram-Laxman
Editor: Amit Parmar and Nipun Gupta
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 15 September 2006

Shiva portrays the law enforcement system through the eyes of a young policeman. The earlier version of this film, also called as Shiva, dealt with campus violence and the way how a determined single man could change the environment. In the new version the battle field changes to Police station. Now 'Shiva' is a young officer who has just joined the Mumbai police. The story has been retold in the present context. The young man is an idealist who wants to do good through his duty. He sees his job as an opportunity to serve the people. Film portrays the conflict of protagonist's ideals with the harsh ground realities. It shows the battle between good and evil. Shiva reflects the righteous anger that exists inside each one of us. It shows a man who is not only disturbed by the harsh realities but also is determined to change the course of the happenings. He is not the one who could tolerate the injustice silently. He is the rebel who hits back.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

'Dil Diya Hai'

Banner: Practical Production and Shiv Films
Producer: Bala Patel
Director: Aditya Datt
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Ashmit Patel, Geeta Basra, Kittu Gidwani and Mithun Chakraborty
Singers: Himesh Reshammiya, Himani Kapoor, Tulsi Kumar, Alisha Chinoy, Jayesh Gandhi and Vinit
Music: Himesh Reshammiya
Lyrics: Sameer
Choreography: Remo and Shabina Khan
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 8 September 2006

Saahil runs a travel agency with a friend Patel in UK. which undertakes traveling and sight seeing in and around UK. But, he is on the verge of shutting it down because of non payment of loans taken while starting this agency. He sometimes cons his customers and clients to make some extra money. Reason is this, that his mother, who is the only family he has in this foreign land since he was 12 years old, is suffering from multiple renal disorders and is on the verge of dying in hospital.

As life goes on in the midst of trying to arrange for sums to save his mother’s life, enters Neha, who is on a holiday tour with her family. They book Saahil’s travel agency to guide them in U.K. for sight seeing. Neha is full of life, simple, charming and very caring. Saahil takes them on trips around London and both Neha and Saahil have a knack of finding themselves in unusual situations. Saahil tries to con their family too on an occasion, but being caught red-handed by Neha sparks off a friendship between them.

When Neha and her family are about to leave to tour Scotland, she misses the train. She is all alone left with Saahil in London. But characteristic of hers– she asks Saahil to take her to Scotland by road. Saahil refuses, but has to give in to it and takes her in the car. During this journey Neha develops proximity for Saahil and senses that she is in love with him.

On reaching Scotland, Saahil comes to know that his mother’s condition has become critical and there are few chances that she may survive now. He is left like a sole loner all alone in this cold country. He tries to do everything right from gambling for quick money with the last chunk of money left to selling himself literally. He is unable to see any way out of this situation, except one option…and indecent option…

He was once asked by a stranger to sell girls to him and will be paid heavily for it, but he strongly resented it, but life now brings him to a situation where it is the only option. In a spate of madness, Saahil makes a deal of handing over Neha to the stranger for money required to save his mother. The stranger works for Kunaal Malik.

Kunaal Malik owns “Erotica” the biggest whore house and sex centre in UK. Kunaal is the big brains behind all kinds of illegal business right from drugs, mafia, contract killing etc. He is a cold hearted, ruthless man who has no mercy for anybody. When Neha retaliates to Kunaal’s objective of making her a part of this business, he cannot but help to be influenced by her innocence as no one has ever said no to him till date. He begins to live life and discover love that Neha evokes in him. Meanwhile, Saahil returns to London with money and saves his mother, but he also realizes that he is not able to erase Neha from his memory and is in love with her. He also realizes the magnitude of his sin and what he has done to her.

Saahil decides to take on the wrath of UK’s mafia and bring back Neha into his life because now he has the power of love with him, but there is a problem, Kunaal Malik will not let go.

'Naksha'

Presenter: Tolu Bajaj
Banner: Om Films Pvt. Ltd.
Producer: Sachin Bajaj and Akshay Bajaj
Director: Sachin Bajaj
Cast: Sunny Deol, Vivek Oberoi, Sameera Reddy, Mridula Chandrashekhar, Sudershan Sharda, Suhasini Mulay, Navni Parihar, Lilliput and Jackie Shroff
Singers: Suzanne D'Mello, Kailash Kher, Indi, Abhishek Nailwal, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghosal, Alisha Chinoy, Pritam Chakraborty, KK, Labh Jajua and Rana Mazumder
Music: Pritam Chakraborty
Lyrics: Sameer
Cinematography: Vijay Arora
Screenplay: Milap Zaveri andTushar Hiranandani
Choreography: Bosco-Caesar and Geeta Kapoor
Art: Nitish Roy
Executive/Associate/Co-Producer: Trilok Malhotra
Action: Allan Amin
Editor: Sanjay Sankla
Cassettes and CD's on: Saregama-HMV
Released on: 8 September 2006

For centuries men have been in quest of the secrets of our past. Hidden treasures, fables, myths, all have driven generations to dedicate their life in such pursuits. Greed of glory and power or the thirst of knowledge, whatever the reason may be, lives have been lost but some secrets have remained secrets!

Naksha starts with the search of one such man, an archeologist named Professor Kapil Acharya who prefers to die with the ancient map, rather than let it fall into the hands of evil! Years later, his son Vicky, aided by a copy of the same map that he comes across by chance, leaves on a journey to discover what it was that his father dedicated his life in searching.

The re-emergence of this quest attracts the evil forces again, as Vicky is abducted by the villain’s henchmen. Help comes in the guise of Vicky’s elder step-brother Vir, who is sent there by Vicky’s mother to get her son back! Vicky is grateful to be rescued but not too happy about his brother’s mission to take him back!

Now starts a hilarious tug of war between the two brothers! Along this journey through the dense forests, high mountains and deep ravines, they encounter one more ally in the shape of Ria. Pursued by the villain and his forces of darkness, this trio sets off on the journey to unravel the mystery behind the map and here unfolds an adventure that is entertaining, mystical, enthralling and pulsating!

Saturday, September 02, 2006

'Lage Raho Munna Bhai'

Banner: Vinod Chopra Production
Producer: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Director/Editor: Raju Hirani
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Boman Irani, Vidya Balan, Jimmy Shergill, Dia Mirza, Saurabh Shukla, Parikshit Sahani and Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Singers: Vinod Rathod, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, N.C. Karunya, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghosal, Pranab Biswas and Shaan
Music: Shantanu Moitra
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire, Farhad, Sajid and Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Cinematography: C.K. Muraleedharan
Dialogue/Screenplay: Raju Hirani and Abhijit Joshi
Choreography: Bosco-Caesar and Raju Khan
Art: Nitin Desai
Costume: Subarna Rai Chaudhuri and Violet Monis
Story/Writer: Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Raju Hirani
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 1 September 2006

Munna bhai, local Mumbai goon, and his reliable buddy Circuit are back! Munna is in love with the voice of popular Radio Jockey Jhanvi. Her effervesce greeting of “Good Morning Mumbai” on her daily radio show makes Munna's heart skip a beat each time he listens to her. Life is beautiful for Munna- his 'dadagiri' business is flourishing and he listens to the radio for hours every day as he dreams of marrying Jhanvi. There is just one 'minor' problem. Jhanvi thinks Munna is a 'Professor of History'. And in all her innocence, Jhanvi even invites Munna to give a history lecture to her family. Poor Munna! What should he do? As Munna tries to sort out this 'minor' entanglement in his otherwise perfect life, Circuit comes up with a bright solution. And then, the most unusual thing occurs in Munna's life. What happens when the 'Present' meets the 'Past'? What happens when out very own 'Professor of History' encounters a 'Figure from History'? Come, join Munna and Circuit on an unexpected historical tour.

'Jaane Hoga Kya'

Banner: P.K. Arts Creations
Producer: Alok Shrivastava
Director/Screenplay: Ankush and Glenn
Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Bipasha Basu, Preeti Jhangiani, Rahul Dev, Paresh Rawal, Tinu Anand, Zarina Wahab, Sanjay Narvekar, Yogesh Thakar and Maria Goretti
Singers: Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal, Abhijeet, Shreya Ghosal, Shaan, Shaswati, Sukhwinder Singh and Mahalakshmi Iyer
Music: Nikhil-Vinay and Sajid-Wajid
Lyrics: Sameer and Jalees Rashid
Background Music: Raju Singh
Action: Allan Amin
Editor: Steven Bernard
Dialogue: Girish Dhamija
Choreography: Ganesh Acharya, Remo, Saroj Khan and Shabina Khan
Art: Nitin Desai
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 1 September 2006

Siddharth Sardesai, a young scientist from Indian Medical Research center wants to create another human being, not in a mother's womb but in a science lab. If he is successful it could be a boon for humanity else it could be a doom for mankind. Siddharth has been experimenting with cloning for the past 2 years and has been unsuccessful. He even lost his colleague and friend in the process. But today he is confident of succeeding. He needs permission from the Indian Medical Research Centre and his Guru Dr. Krishnan There are few people who don't approve of his experiment. Amongst them is Inspector Rathod. So Siddharth is shattered when Dr. Krishnan informs him that the permission to go ahead is not granted. Siddharth is shattered and his love, Aditi comforts him. She also suggests him that she would speak to her father Mr. Chopra who is a big industrialist and could finance him for his project to help him go ahead with his dream of creating a human clone.

After much thought and hesitation Siddharth agrees to take Aditi's help. He builds his own lab in an old burnt mill and starts with his experiment. He first clones a mouse. In the meanwhile Inspector Rathod gets suspicious about the sudden disappearance of Siddharth and starts to trace him. He meets people who are close to Siddharth but no one knows where Siddharth is.

Time is running out as Inspector Rathod closes on to Siddharth's heels and ultimately Siddharth has to take a plunge and he begins to clone himself. He succeeds but his clone goes missing and all hell breaks loose when suddenly Siddharth is put behind bars for assaulting a girl at a Night Club. Siddharth realizes that it is his clone who is doing all this. But he is helpless, as no one believes him that he has cloned himself, not even Dr. Krishnan. Clone has other ideas. He wants to take over Siddharth's life and starts playing games. He flirts with Dr. Krishnan's daughter Suchitra and even impregnates her. For Siddharth's project report, the clone kills Dr. Krishnan and the blame comes on Siddharth.

Inspector Rathod gets furious and promises Siddharth that he will not let him go out alive from jail. Siddharth is in a major dilemma to prove his innocence of the crime that his clone has committed. But was Siddharth justified to go ahead and press the button to create the first human clone? Siddharth has to fight his own battle all-alone with his own creation, and the law is not on his side.

Saturday, August 26, 2006

'Aap Ki Khatir'

Producer: Ganesh Jain and Ratan Jain
Director: Dharmesh Darshan
Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Priyanka Chopra, Amisha Patel, Dino Morea, Sunil Shetty, Bhumicka Singh, Anupam Kher, Lilette Dubey and Tiku Talsania
Singers: Himesh Reshammiya, Alisha Chinoy, KK, Sunidhi Chauhan, Kailash Kher, Jaspinder Narula, Kunal Ganjawala, Shaan, Himani Kapoor and Akshaye Khanna
Music: Himesh Reshammiya
Background Music: Raju Singh
Lyrics: Sameer
Cinematography: W.B. Rao
Dialogue/Screenplay: Sunil Munshi
Choreography: Bosco-Caesar and Raju Khan
Art: Jeena Shetty
Editor: Raj Sinha
Cassettes and CD's on: Venus Records & Tapes
Released on: 25 August 2006


Anu spiritedly boards an airplane to destination love. The guise is to attend her step-sister Shirani's wedding to suave Kunal. But the truth is that Anu wants to hook her elusive dream man Danny forever.

To aid her in this mission, her finest ammunition assumes the form of the cocky and wise, cool and dandy Aman. She has her guarded reasons for taking him along and he has his open reasons for agreeing to do so. Together, the two have a game-plan.

They reach their destination soon enough ,but her mission is far from being accomplished. For things are more complicated more ambiguous than they seem.

Amidst the pomp and splendor of Shirani's wedding, dark secrets, questionable happenings and entwined relationships reveal themselves, leading to a web which must be entangled as soon as possible. For it involves the lives of Anu, Aman, Shirani, Danny and Kunal in more ways than one. Little do they know that at the end of it, their perceptions will be altered forever. Their definition of love will change forever.

Friday, August 18, 2006

'Katputtli'

Banner: Sahara One Motion Pictures and Bro & Sis Productions
Producer: Mink and Punnu Brar
Director: Sanjay Khanna
Cast: Mink, Milind Soman, Yukta Mukhee, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Seema Biswas, Sudhanshu Pandey, Mukul Dev and Vikas Kalantri
Story/Writer/Screenplay: Punnu Brar
PRO: Parag Desai
Released on: 18 August 2006


It came sudden, without prior warning. One fine day Lisa Oberoi is walking on Mumbai roads and forgets who she is…? Not recognizing her surroundings or any one. All she has is a dress full of blood and a whole lot of cash in her trench coat.

Lisa seems to be a Woman who had everything she could dream of, a loving Husband, a successful marriage, a beautiful House, and apparently she was the owner of one of the biggest and finest Hospital in city. Lisa’s Husband, the well reputed Surgeon Arjun Oberoi, makes every effort to get her Memory back, here begins a beautiful love story, where a Husband makes his wife fall in love with him all over again.

All is good and fine except the strange feeling that Lisa can’t get rid of. What happened that Night? Why did she loose her Memory if her life was a Fairy Tale? And why is she being haunted by repeated flashes of blood and money? Arjun doesn’t seem to know much, and neither does Anju, the sweet Neighbor who some how is always around to make sure that Lisa is comfortable or was it Arjun who kept her in close quarters, like Celina, the sensuous looking nurse he hired for Lisa’s help. But if there is an unsolved question, it needs to be answered.

And, thus enters Dev. A Naval Officer, Anju’s Husband, Lisa’s Friend since College. On his return after a gap, he finds his best friends life twisted beyond believe, but unlike Lisa, Dev is not going to sit idle and wait for Lisa’s memory to come back to find answers. And, what is that strange feeling Lisa is talking about, what could have gone wrong? Will Dev come to an solution? Will Lisa’s Memory come back at all? Is the truth to horrifying? Lisa is in a dilemma whether to uncover the shocking truth, or live in the make believe world Arjun had painted for her...

'Ahista Ahista'

Producer: Anjum Rizvi
Director: Shivam Nair
Cast: Abhay Deol, Soha Ali Khan, Shayan Munshi, Shakeel Khan, Kamini Khanna and Sohrab Ardeshir
Singers: Himesh Reshammiya, KK, Jayesh Gandhi, Sunidhi Chauhan, Aftab Hashmi Sabri, Kunal Ganjawala and Tulsi Kumar
Music: Himesh Reshammiya
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil and Sameer
Cinematography: Prakash Kutty
Story/Writer/Screenplay: Imtiaz Ali
Sound: Rakesh Ranjan
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 18 August 2006

Ahista Ahista is the story of Ankush who is an aimless youth and scrapes a living by acting as a witness in Delhi's marriage registrar's bureau and a girl Megha who has run away from her home in Naintal to get married to her love, Dheeraj. Fate intervenes and Dheeraj does not show up at the Marriage Registrars Office. Dejected, Megha is forced to rely on Ankush's generosity, albeit suspiciously. Ankush helps Megha getting her a job at the local old age home and Megha realizes her true potential as an educated girl. Ankush on the other hand, takes up a job of opening bank accounts and earns commission. A relationship starts developing between the two and Megha takes a decision of leaving her past and Dheeraj behind and embracing the future with Ankhush. Everything seems to be falling in place when Dheeraj returns. he is persistent in his search for Megha and Ankush's new found happiness crumbles. Will Ankush be able to let Megha go to Dheeraj? Can gratitude replace love? This forms the crux of the story.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'

Banner: Dharma Productions
Director: Karan Johar
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Abhishek Bachchan, Kirron Kher, Ahsaas Channa and Arjun Rampal, Kajol and John Abraham in special appearance
Singers: Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Shankar Mahadevan, Caralisa, Shaan, Vasundhara Das, Loy, Mendonca, Shafqat Amanat Ali, Mahalakshmi Iyer and Shweta Pandit
Music: Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Costume: Manish Malhotra
Publicity Designs: HR Enterprises
Publicity Stills: Subi Samuel
Story/Writer: Karan Johar and Shibani Bathija
Cassettes and CD's on: Sony Music
Released on: 11 August 2006

Overtly sensitive, sharp of tongue and cynical Dev Saran has a rather uneasy relationship with the world owing to an unfortunate mishap that turns his dreams upside down. He is unable to come to terms with the unfairness of life or his handicap and his bitterness only cripples his mind further. He resents his wife, Rhea’s growing success and in the process ends up hating himself for feeling that way. To make matters worse he ends up turning all his anger towards his loved ones. Under these circumstances, Maya enters his life with her own wounds and together they take on a journey to heal each other.

Rhea Saran leads a straight forward life where her promises and expectations are clearly chalked out. Her independence is of prime importance to her and she believes in the importance of material luxuries. There are moments when she realizes that she is not playing the traditional role of a wife or a mother owing to her busy career but she refuses to feel guilty about it and strongly believes in her right to pursue success as much as a man. Her belief in her marriage is strong even during its turbulent phase and she tries every means in her power to save it until she realizes the enormity of the situation and is forced to take a stand.

Sophisticated, stylish with a gift of the gab, Rishi Talwar, upcoming public relations professional, has inherited his father’s fun-loving nature and his sense of humor. While his childlike demeanor is endearing, his volatile reaction to situations often cause his wife, Maya to believe that he is childish. He is patient and loving to Maya but is unable to comprehend her complexity especially when it rears its ugly head in the most intimate moments of their personal relationship. His entire being is devoted to Maya and that’s perhaps why he falls apart when exposed to the harsh truth of his marriage.

Maya Talwar compensates for her inability to have children by teaching in a nursery. Her relationship with her husband Rishi is layered with a lot of self-doubt and question. However, while she is ready to discuss and analyze everything small or big, she fights this area of her life with remarkable silence. She is unable to whip up enough passion for Rishi and is disappointed that her love for him does not match her own expectations of what it ought to be. This dilemma pulls her further apart from him thereby causing a strain on their marital life. To add to this complication, she encounters Dev in whom she finds all the ingredients to fire the passion she lacks in her marriage. S

Samarjit Singh Talwar is a flamboyant and fun-loving man who believes in living his life to the fullest. His life revolves around the happiness of his son, Rishi and daughter-in-law, Maya. And despite indulging in all sensual pleasures, Sam does not lose focus on the ground realities of life and beneath his colorful exterior there lies a wise and sensitive parent who dispenses, at times, brutal but practical solutions to his family.

Sunday, August 06, 2006

'Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar'

Banner: Karishma International
Producer: Bubby Kent
Director/Story/Writer: K.S. Adhiyaman
Cast: Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Supriya Karnik, Mohnish Behl, Kunika, Reema Lagoo, Aasif Sheikh and Shakti Kapoor
Singers: Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Abhijeet and Hariharan
Music: Sajid-Wajid, Dabboo Malik and P. Sameer
Lyrics: Shabbir Ahmed, Jalees Sherwani, Salim Bijnauri and Manohar Iyer
Cinematography: W.B. Rao
Screenplay: Rumi Jaffery
Cassettes and CD's on: Tips
Released on: 04 August 2006

Ayaan, a young and handsome man from an upper middle class family falls in love with a beautiful model Ahana who belongs to a very liberal ultra rich family. With the passage of time the two get married. Both Ayaan and Ahana are looking forward to a happily married blissful and contented life.

But the future has something else in store for duo. Ahana gradually discovers that there is vast cultural difference between her upbringing and Ayaan's family. Small differences crop up which eventually lead to major confrontation between the two. Can Ayaan maintain his cool and bring his wife and family under one roof?

'Darwaza Bandh Rakho'

Banner: Adlabs Films Ltd.
Producer: Ram Gopal Varma
Director: JD Chakravarthy
Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Chunky Pandey, Zakir Hussain, Snehal Dhabi, Isha Sherwani, Ishrat Ali, Smita Jaykar, Padma Rani, Vijay Singh, Tashu, Javed, Jeeva, Manisha Koirala, Divya Dutta, Ravi Kale, Nitin Raikwar, Kota Srinivasan Rao, Goga Kapoor, Raju Mavani and Gulshan Grover
Music: Nitin Raikwar
Background Music: Amar Mohile
Sound: Kunal Mehta and Parikshit Lalwani
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 04 August 2006

Isha, a young and bubbly girl born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Rich, carefree and ever so careless, she considered every moment of life as the one designed for fun, laughter and making merry. So much was one such moment important to her that even kidnapping held no seriousness in her life. For her even this was designed for fun! With her doors open, she was kidnapped by 4 young and not-so-young men who were amateurish in their attempt and even further amateurish when trying to deal with the events that unfolded.

Ajay is a simple man with not-so-simple plan, In spite of his humble job as a waiter in cafe, his aim in life was to own it one day. Well, his plans came to standstill as not just his dreams of owning the cafe were shattered, he even failed to hold on to his job as a waiter. And now he was out on the streets.

Raghu, ever-so-flirtatious and not-so-debonair driver who had the dreams of the same scale as Ajay. Just like Ajay, he too played a long shot in the air.

Third kidnapper in this gang is Goga. Goga is a straight man with straight dreams, unlike Ajay and Raghu. He is content being a 'paanwaala' but that too wasn't destined for him as his shop came crashing down one day with municipality taking over the land where he had his shop set. He had a little dream now - to own a sweet shop. To top it all, he placed himself in gang as the wisest of all.

Where did this leave Abbas then? A man with a flair for breaking laws, he had nowhere to go after Bollywood suffered from a bad run. Abbas and Bollywood? What was the connection? Well, he was a black marketer who was jobless now since the time movies started flopping left, right and center!

Together Ajay, Raghu, Goga and Abbas thought that in order to achieve their small and big dreams they had to take the route of crime. And the first and easiest step in this direction was to kidnap someone for ransom. It was only later did they realize that this was going to be their toughest assignment ever! They easily succeeded in kidnapping Isha but what followed from thereon was unprecedented to say the least. First and foremost they had to rush from the scene of crime and enter some other person's place due to things going awry.

To make matters worse, they realize that Isha's father was no more in the country and it would take him some time to actually come back and handover the ransom. With no other choice than to take refuge in this house belonging to a "vegetarian family" headed by Shah, the 4 kidnappers found themselves fighting one battle after another! From now what they encountered was the trouble of these very own people in whose house they had taken shelter. While Shah was all smiling and humorous, his main problem lied with money. Why? Because once upon a time he was rich and now he wanted his money back. Staying with his wife, mother-in-law and his children, he had number of interesting stories of his own to tell. While his mother-in-law didn't have a single word of appreciation for Shah, his wife still tried to keep the 2 in an orderly state and also take care of the household chores.

2 kids Ponkey and Sheeba too were ‘sone-pe-suhaga’ in this family because while the former thought that he was an expert when it came to lip-reading, Sheeba had all her time spent in beautifying herself and making herself look million bucks! Well, this crazy family was not just that the 4 kidnappers had to be content with. While Isha was enjoying herself with the state she was in, the 4 kidnappers had to deal with dozens of uninvited guests that barged into this house one after another.

There was horde of such visitors who ranged from being good, bad to ugly. One such good visitor was a pretty female Julie who knocked on the door to sell a product. Well, she was a saleswoman after all! Though there was no choice for the kidnappers but do hold her hostage as well, soon love bloomed between Julie and one of them.

Aravind, who came with his financer father Sharat Shetty to get their money back from Shah but instead ended up falling to the charms of Sheeba!

There was another couple that made an entry into the proceedings- Chameli and Ganapath! While Chameli worked in the Shah house as a maid, her dream was to see Ganapath rise from the position of a constable to a police inspector. Her dream was alright but she wasn't aware that in spite of a police tag, in actual life her husband was a weak soul who could hardly face a challenging situation.

Apart from the visitors, there were 2 more interesting characters that had an underworld connection. While Mushtaq Bhai was indeed a gangster who dealt with extortions and kidnapping, there was a young pizza delivery boy too ringing a bell who dreamt of making it big one day in the world of underworld...

'Anthony Kaun Hai?'

Banner: Fourth Wall Productions
Producer: Nikhil Panchamiya
Director: Raj Kaushal
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Minissha Lamba, Anousha Dandekar, Raghuveer Yadav, Gulshan Grover, Suraj Singh, Naina Dhaliwal, Ravi Baswani and Chetan Hansraj
Singers: Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam, Jayesh Gandhi, Saru Maini, Gayatri Ganjawala, Kunal Ganjawala, KK and Shreya Ghosal
Music: Himesh Reshammiya
Lyrics: Sameer
Cinematography: Hemant Chaturvedi
Choreography: Remo and Pony Verma
Story/Writer: Soumik Sen
Action: Kecha Kammpakdee
Art: Sudhakar Manjrekar
Editor: Sanjib Datta
Sound: Rishi Oberoi
Costume: Pooja Sarin, Theia Bomanbehram and Gabbana Fashions Pvt. Ltd.
Visual Effects: Avitel Post Studioz Ltd.
Publicity Designs: Epigram
Publicity Stills: Jitu Savlani
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 04 August 2006

Master Madan is a sophisticated, ruthless, contract killer. Champ an ace conman is his target. But is Champ really the prey or is there something more to it??? This is the story.

Jiya is the only player who has a big secret to hide, with her homing pigeon as her only confidante. The beautiful daughter of ingenious magician Raghu.

Rosa is the hottest woman. She may love Champ with all her heart, but patience isn't really her virtue. Detective Suraj Singh, the smartest cop on the Thai police force can make any suspect sing and spill the beans..

Sunday, July 30, 2006

'We R Friends'

Banner: Shanti Interactives Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Jaidev Chakravorty
Cast: Aditya Seal, Shakti Kapoor, Shahbaaz Khan, Govind Namdeo, Mohan Joshi, Asrani and Jackie Shroff
Music: Anand-Milind
Lyrics: Jalees Sherwani
Editor: Govind Dalwadi and Raj Surve
Cinematography: Paneer Selvam
Dialogue: Anwar Khan
Released on: 28 July 2006

We R Friends is a social film. Main protagonist, the School Principal, is very caring towards his students. And the film revolves around him and his students. It is an essay to show the parents their responsibility in raising and grooming a child. Today's parents are moving away from their parental onus. Film emphasizes that parents should not leave their children alone.

'Omkara'

Presenter: Raman Maroo
Banner: Big Screen Entertainer
Producer: Kumar Mangat
Director: Vishal Bharadwaj
Executive/Associate/Co-Producer: Neelam Pathak and Ketan Maroo
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Bipasha Basu (special appearance), Naseruddin Shah and Deepak Dobriyal
Singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Shreya Ghosal, Vishal Bharadwaj, Sunidhi Chauhan, Nachiketa Chakraborty, Clinton Cerejo, Suresh Wadkar, Rekha Vishal, Rakesh Pandit and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Music: Vishal Bharadwaj
Lyrics: Gulzar
Cinematography: Tassaduq Hussain
Choreography: Bhushan Lakhandri and Ganesh Acharya
Screenplay: Vishal Bharadwaj, Robin Bhatt and Abhishek Chaubhey
Dialogue: Vishal Bharadwaj
Cassettes and CD's on: Eros Music
Released on: 28 July 2006

Omkara or Omi is a gifted chieftain who heads a gang of outlaws, which include the crafty Langda Tyagi and the dynamic Kesu amongst his chief cohorts. The story begins when Omi appoints Kesu and not Langda as his chief lieutenant. Langda's pride is slighted and raging with envy he hatches a plot to falsely implicate Omi's beautiful lover Dolly, in a love affair with Omi's “favorite lieutenant”, Kesu.

With the unwitting aid of Indu, Langda's wife, and the willing help of Raju, a fellow grouch, Langda's plan takes shape and results in horrific tragedy. Using petty insinuations and lies, Langda keeps poisoning Omi's mind till one day it snaps and Omi goes about tearing up his own safe and secure world. By the time he realizes what he has done and the backlash of his actions it is too late…

Sunday, July 23, 2006

'Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota'

Presenter: Anil Samani
Banner: Cat Films
Producer: Shabbir Boxwala
Director: Naseruddin Shah
Executive/Associate/Co-Producer: Huzeifa Lakdawala
Cast: Jimmy Shergill, Irrfan Khan, Karan Khanna, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ayesha Takia, Ratna Pathak Shah, Suhasini Mulay, Tinu Anand, Saroj Khan, Ravi Baswani, Paresh Rawal, Shahana Goswami, Sameer Sheikh, Meghna Malik, Uttkarsh Majumdar, Imaad Shah, Trishla Patel and Ankur Khanna with Boman Irani, Rajat Kapoor, Ranveer Shourey and Makrand Deshpande in special appearance
Singers: Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan, Madhushree, Javed Ali, Kirti Sagathia, Devchand Gadhvi, Paresh Rawal and Joi Barua
Music: Viju Shah
Lyrics: Sameer
Cinematography: Hemant Chaturvedi
Choreography: Farah Khan and Piyush Panchal
Sound: Narendra Singh
Story/Writer: Uttam Gada
Editor: Hina Saiyada
Art: Bidhan Guha
Action: Allan Amin
Cassettes and CD's on: Times Music
Released on: 21 July 2006

Four people- Tilottima, Salim, Rahul and Rajubhai from 4 disparate worlds of dissimilar backgrounds. The runaway bride, Tilottima Punj is on top of the world because she's married Hemant, who she met and loved through the Internet. In spite of their sizzling chemistry, their honeymoon is cut short because he has to return to his job in USA. Now Tilottima will do what it takes- fight with mother-in-law, lie to the immigration officer- just to wing her way back into her husband's arms.

The fugitive stockbroker, Salim Rajabali is the stockbroker son of a Godmother. He's besotted by the much older but sensuous Namrata. Even as he involuntarily gets involved in a killing, he discovers that she has been cheating on him. Before the shattered man can gather his wits, his mother forces him to pack his bags and flee the country before he's implicated further. The excited student, Rahul Bhide is a brilliant but poor student who's already got admission into a prestigious university abroad. But he's hardly excited, nor appears to be too keen on going because of a lack of funds and an incapacitated father. Almost overnight, almost magically, all his problems get sorted out and he finds himself flying out to a brighter future.

The uncomplicated showman, Rajubhai Patel is a small time organizer of foreign shows. To be a part of his show will cost an aspiring dancer/singer a few cool lakhs. But nobody is complaining, least of all, Rajubhai. Till old flame Tara has to mortgage her house to pay him the money to take her only daughter into his show. And so the seasoned and hardened Rajubhai finds himself fathering a wide-eyed, innocent girl on her first trip abroad. These 4 people with distinct hopes and diverse motives...Yet their lives are entwined...For fate has randomly selected them to play their assigned roles in one of the most horrific events of recent times...

'The Killer'

Presenter: Mahesh Bhatt
Banner: Vishesh Films
Producer: Mukesh Bhatt
Director: Hasnain S. Hyderabadwala and Raksha Mistry
Executive/Associate/Co-Producer: Vishesh Bhatt
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Emraan Hashmi and Nisha Kothari
Singers: KK, Shreya Ghosal, Alisha Chinoy, Suzanne D'Mello, Hamza Faruqui, Earl and Sunidhi Chauhan
Music: Sajid-Wajid
Lyrics: Jalees Sherwani
Publicity Designs: Mantra @ SDS
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 21 July 2006

Nikhil Joshi is a young Indian who has gone to Dubai, and dreams of making it big out there. At present however, he is a taxi driver, and is madly in love with bar girl Ria. So smitten is he, that he is willing to do anything for his love. However, life has other plans for him when one night, a suave businessman Vikram, hails his cab. Joshi discovers that this pleasant passenger has an agenda of his own and a rather sinister one at that. Vikram holds Joshi hostage in a bizarre plot to bump off various people who would testify against the dreaded don Jabbar, who is at risk of being deported to India to face charges against him. As Nikhil helplessly becomes witness to one killing after another, he finds his life and dreams crumbling around him.

Faced with the prospect of losing everything he has been working towards, he finally takes control of the steering wheel of his life. He stops dreaming and starts acting, as he begins to pit his wits against the assassin.

Saturday, July 15, 2006

'Strings'

Banner: Phoenix Productions
Producer: Sanjay Jha and Mathew Varghese
Director: Sanjay Jha
Cast: Adam Bedi (Introducing), Sandhya Mridul, Vineet Kumar, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sanjay Kumar and Deepak Kumar
Singers: Zubeen Garg, Shaswati, Brishti Saikia, Anandita Paul, Sourain Roy Choudhuri and Angaraag Mahanta
Music: Zubeen Garg
Lyrics: Dr. Deepak Sneh, Ajay Jhingran, Zubeen Garg, Minu Singh, Sumeet Acharya and Baba Nagarjuna
Cinematography: Rajeev Shrivastava
Choreography: Baba Yadav
Sound: Naeem Sheikh
Screenplay/Story/Writer: Sanjay Jha
Editor: Hemanti Sarkar
Art: Bidhan Guha
Cassettes and CD's on: Saregama-HMV
Released on: 14 July 2006

Strings is an exquisite travelogue love story. Warren Hastings, a British youth who has been persuaded to experience the Mahakumbh at the behest of his email friend, Maya, a cosmopolitan and Indian urban girl. Warren has another mission though. Warren is plagued by a sort of unfulfilled quest, for an understanding of the mysticism of India, beyond his realms of imagination. This has been nurtured within him by the writings of his grandfather in a personal diary written during his posting in India. Warren is a sensitive person and hence has set upon a journey to unravel the secrets. His quest is provoked by the reasoning of his grandfather as written in the personal diary.

Warren then meets Krishna, the only child of a temple priest Pandit Dinanath. Pandit Dinanath a widower has brought up Krishna since the loss of his wife at child birth. Krishna is filled with a sort of guilt and remorse because of her mother’s death for which she unconsciously blames herself. Pandit Dinanath by his teaching and logic has freed Krishna from her guilt. Krishna has grown up with an essence of Indian culture and its values, holding firm opinion and respect for her culture and religious traditions.
Krishna is a blend of having imbibed the richness of Indian culture while fitting in with contemporary life and thinking. Warren and Krishna meet in the backdrop of chaos and conflicts. Their diversity soon brings them close to each other, and is soon privy to the orchestrations of love. For her to accept the feelings she has for Warren and gives in to a forbidden love, is difficult. She does so define the tenets of her upbringing. Their life is blissful and stands tall to the power of togetherness until one day Krishna sheds her inhibitions and succumbs to her feelings. It is the tale of a girl who stands tall to the virtue of love and who is ready to shed her ethos even to the extent of defying her father, who has sacrificed his whole life for her happiness. The most hurtful aspect is the need to question her father, who has been her single minded support in life. An intriguing thought definitely is from where Krishna gathers this inner strength.