Sunday, May 28, 2006

'Fanaa'

Banner: Yash Raj Films
Producer: Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra
Director: Kunal Kohli
Cast: Aamir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor, Gautami Kapoor, Shruti Seth, Sharat Saxena, Lilette Dubey, Jaspal Bhatti, Vrajesh Hirjee, Master Ali Haji, Sanaya Irani with Lara Dutta, Kirron Kher, Tabu and Abhishek Bachchan in special appearance with Shiny Ahuja in guest appearance
Singers: Shaan, Kailash Kher, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Aamir Khan, Kajol, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Babul Supriyo and Master Akshay Bhagwat
Cinematography: Ravi Chandran
Choreography: Saroj Khan and Vaibhavi Merchant
Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Editor: Ritesh Soni
Action: George Aguilar
Screenplay/Story: Shibani Bathija
Art: Nitish & Sharmishta Roy
Dialogue: Kunal Kohli
Sound: Dileep Subramaniam
Costume: Manish Malhotra, Mamta Anand and Mandira Shukla
Cassettes and CD's on: Yash Raj Music
Released on: 26 May 2006

Choices to choose between right or wrong is simple, but what defines one’s life is the decision between the greater of two goods or the lesser of two evils. This is the advice that Zooni Ali Beg, a blind Kashmiri girl, receives from her father just as she is about to venture out into the world on her own for the very first time. Little does she know that these very words will shape her life!

Zooni meets Rehan Qadri, a local tour guide and an incorrigible flirt, who goes from city to city exploring their architecture as also the women.

Her friends warn her against this good-for-nothing roadside Romeo, but she chooses to ignore them. She is not the one to be protected. It is now her time to discover life, and love.
Rehan is fascinated by Zooni. He truly wants her to see life as it should be seen, in its many colors, and as he promises her, the time spent with him will be the most precious in all her life. Zooni sees Delhi, life and love like she never has before, because of Rehan.

What Zooni doesn’t know is that Rehan has another side of his life that he has kept from her, something that can not only change her life, but can also destroy it...

Monday, May 22, 2006

'Aatma'

Producer: Tulsi Ramsay
Director: Deepak Ramsay
Cast: Kapil Jhaveri, Neha, Deep Dhillon, Usha Bachani, Mukesh Tiwari, Vikram Singh, Amreina, Yateen Karyekar, Sikander Kharbanda and Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Cinematography: Gangu Ramsay
Choreography: Raju Khan
Music: Anu Malik
Art: Jayant Dehsmukh
Dialogue: Girish Dhamija
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 19 May 2006

Aatma tells the story of a doctor, Aman and his wife Neha. Aman has to perform postmortem of a man who has been killed by his treacherous brother, his lawyer and other accomplices. They deceitful gang kidnap Neha and force Aman to prepare a false postmortem report, stating that he had a natural death.

Aman, under pressure, does according to gang. Now, the ghost of the deceased person decides to punish Aman and enters Neha’s body to seek revenge. Ghost as Neha kills one by one his enemies.

And, In climax, dissolved as energy.

'Aparichit'

Producer: Ravi Chandran
Director: Shankar
Cast: Vikram, Sada, Prakash Raj and Nedumudi Venu
Cinematography: Manikandan
Music: Harris Jayraj
Editing: V.T.Vijayan
Art: Sabu Cyril
Released on: 19 May 2006

Aparichit is a film that aims at telling the story about a man who acts as a vigilante of society and wants to punish those who are wrong and change the world. So what if he has been told all this while that one single person cannot bring around a change? A lawyer who believes in doing everything the right way. His way of functioning doesn't always get him the right results and also brings him humiliation at number of instances, but an idealistic in him doesn't bow down to pressure and hopes that things would turn right one fine day! Until one day his life takes a turn. He comes across a website that details out inspiring lines from 'Hindu Purana', Garudapuranam. There are lessons of wisdom in the 'purana' as he starts relating to the teachings that state that those who sin are destined to be punished!

And now the 'punisher' in him wakes up as a different side of his personality is revealed! A Superhero emerges who knows how to get the right results. Unlike the lawyer in him, it's the superhero that takes over and decides that from here on every person who does anything wrong to the society will not go unpunished! Be it conmen, robbers, corrupt officers, killers - none of them are spared the wrath of the other side of this man who is possessed by 'Multiple Personality Disorder'!

But was this all? Becuase there was more to come as the third face of his emerges in the form of Remo, a stylish model who dresses to kill, has a body language with an attitude and can get any girl week on her knees with her romantic antics! So much that Nandini, a girl who didn't really care about him in his original personality now falls heads over heel in love with Remo! Distraught, the lawyer in him doesn't know what has hit him until he sees his own self committing all the crimes after being caught on the camera! He agrees to be sent to the prison but there is still a hitch. Law doesn't allow a victim of 'Multiple Personality Disorder' to be punished for a crime. He is admitted to a mental asylum for treatment. But would the Hero and Model in him allow everything to continue so easily......

Sunday, May 21, 2006

'Ankahee'

Banner: Pritish Nandy Communications
Producer: Pritish Nandy and Rangita Pritish Nandy
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Cast: Esha Deol, Aftab Shivdasani and Amisha Patel
Singers: KK, Shreya Ghosal, Kunal Ganjawala, Babul Supriyo, Sonu Nigam and Shaan
Cinematography: Praveen Bhatt
Choreography: Remo
Lyrics: Amitabh Varma, Sameer and Subrat Sinha
Music: Pritam Chakraborty
Editor: Virendra Gharse and Diwakar P. Bhonsle
Screenplay: Vikram Bhatt and Yash Vinay
Dialogue: Girish Dhamija
Costume: Neeta Lulla, Theia Bomanbehram, Falguni Thakore and Pooja Sarin
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 19 May 2006

Shekhar was a common man. Happily married to his wife Nandita of several years. The
relationship was sealed as special by the coming of their child. They were a happy family. Till one day, the reigning Miss World and Bollywood’s biggest star, Kavya Krishna, walked into his hospital armed with a slit wrist and what Shekhar believed to be, true love. Kavya was beautiful, stunning in fact. She was smart and alive and Shekhar, like the rest of the world, fell in love with her. Days hurried past as he cleared the rest of his life, his wife, his daughter, his friends, his work to make way for his love. Nothing was more important than Kavya and his need to be her constant. Kavya Krishna is alone in a world where she was the most popular woman. For her Shekhar was the lifeline, she’d always sought. The only person in the world who could make her happy. And, Kavya wanted, needed, struggled to be happy. Nandita, of course, was the woman stuck in the middle. Shekhar was her husband. The only man she’d ever loved. And yet, he’d found it only too easy to walk away.

Sunday, May 14, 2006

'Tathastu'

Banner: Karma Entertainment and Sahara One
Producer: Nitin Manmohan
Director: Anubhav Sinha
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Amisha Patel, Jaya Prada, Manoj Pahwa, Gulshan Grover, Asrani and Master Yash Pathak
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Singer: Humsar Hayat
Cinematography: Ravi Walia
Choreography: Baba Yadav
Action: Allan Amin
Lyricist: Panchhi Jalonvi
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Background Music: Ranjit Barot
Art: Acropolis
Screen Play/Story/Writer: Vinay-Yash
Released on: 12 May 2006

Ravi is a factory worker, married to a middle-class homely girl, Sarita. He is only another man in the crowd. But what the system didn’t factor was that he was a father. On a bad day, Ravi's healthy 8 year old son collapses while playing cricket. He has a hole in his heart and needs a heart transplant. So, he has to raise lakhs of rupees to save his son’s life. He tried to do it the right way. Asking for help from his office, claim from insurance company or debt from loan companies. But no one responded to his pleas while his son was not responding to medication. This desperate father kept a stone on his heart, a gun in his hand and grabbed the system by its horns to get his son a new heart. He held up the hospital waiting room. And laid out his conditions. Police did their best to talk him out of it. When talk didn’t work, their dirty minds did. But this father was determined. His wife, one doctor, one cop and million of ordinary people joined his battle. The one question the nation’s common folk was asking’ “Could this happen to us?” It had happened to Ravi, and Ravi was not asking question, he was giving answer. But it was far more complicated than it appeared. Can a father beat the system with a gun and a heart full of courage? And once the politicians got involved, mess was bound to follow. And the media’s passion for mess and sensational software added to the dirty game. He was only a father who wanted a heart for his dying son. He was a simple man with a simple request. But when they turned him down, everything suddenly changed. He made his decision, looked up at the sky. Maybe he heard… God answer his prayer!!!

'Tom Dick And Harry'

Banner: Oracle Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Producer: Sudhir Kumar, Surendra Bhatia and Avinash Bhatia
Director: Deepak Tijori
Cast: Dino Morea, Jimmy Shergill, Celina Jaitley, Anuj Sawhney, Gulshan Grover, Shakti Kapoor, Sanjay Mishra, Aditya Lakhia, Javed Khan, Avtar Gill, Rakesh Bedi, Kunika and Kim Sharma
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Singers: Himesh Reshammiya, Tulsi Kumar, Ahir, Sonu Nigam, Richa Sharma, Sunidhi Chauhan, Arya and Kunal Ganjawala
Cinematography: Manoj Soni
Choreography: Bosco-Caesar and Remo
Action: Mahendra Varma
Lyrics: Sameer
Music: Himesh Reshammiya
Art: Chokas Bharadwaj
Story/Writer: Kamal Pandey and Yunus Sejawal
Released on: 12 May 2006

Film is a roller coaster ride with 3 physically impaired people Tom, a deaf; Dick, a blind and Harry, a dumb. They live together as paying guests, and their life takes an endearing turn when Celina, comes to settle in the bunglow opposite their house. They start making their moves to cast an impression on her, who is least interested in acknowledging their presence. Where as in Tom’s life there’s Bijlee, a fisherwoman, who is completely besotted by Tom, and does not leave any stone unturned to express her desire. On the other hand there is Suprano, a bad man who is out to prove that he is the worst villain ever. Tom, Dick and Harry, unknowingly become the target of Suprano, by being the biggest barrier in his business deals. The wild goose chase between Tom, Dick, Harry over Suprano and cops is an out and out comedy of errors!!!

Sunday, May 07, 2006

'36 China Town'

Banner: Mukta Arts Ltd.
Director: Abbas-Mustan
Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Upen Patel, Paresh Rawal, Johny Lever, Payal Rohatgi, Isha Koppikar, Tanushree Datta, Tanaz Currim, Raj Zutshi, Vivek Shauq, Dinyar Contractor, Roshan Tirandaaz, Sambhavna Sheth, Vivek Vaswani and Nassar Abdulla
Cassettes and CD's on: Tips
Singers: Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan, Alka Yagnik, K K and Kunal Ganjawala
Cinematography: Ravi Yadav
Lyrics: Sameer
Music: Himesh Reshammiya
Art: R. Verman
Editor: Hussain Burmawala
Screenplay/Story/Writer: Shyam Goel
Sound: Rakesh Ranjan
Costume: Ferzine Khambhatta, Manish Malhotra, Shabina Khan, Madhav's, Men's Modes and Masculine
Processing Labs: Adlabs Films Ltd.
Promos: Binni Padda and Ravi Padda
Publicity Designs: Marching Ants
Released on: 5 May 2006

Raj, struggling actor, and Priya, girl who was ditched by her boyfriend just before her wedding, are strangers to each other, until fate brings them together with a promise for them to make money. The money is the reward Raj and Priya hope to get for reuniting a lost child to his mother. The mother is Madam Sushmita, a high-profile woman who owns a casino and runs other illegal businesses. She has lost her 5-year-old son and offers huge reward money for anyone who finds and brings back her son.

Raj and Priya go to Madam Sushmita’s bungalow number 36 in China Town to reunite her lost son with her. But upon reaching her place at midnight, they find Madam Sushmita murdered. Shocked, Raj and Priya run away from the scene of crime. But in hurry they forget their suitcase there. They also leave behind their footprints. This evidence makes them prime suspects in the eyes of the police who comb the city to nab them. Raj and Priya become fugitives. Inspector Akshay takes charge of the case. As Akshay racks his brains to solve the murder mystery, the list of usual suspects increases. Case becomes more complicated than it appeared at first. Among the other suspects are Sonia and Vicky, a married couple. There is also a high society playboy Rocky who was spotted near bungalow on the night of murder.

Even the old butler Natwar is one of the suspects. Plot thickens as inspector Akshay investigates deeper into the case. Who is the killer? And what is the motive? Are Raj and Priya innocent? All these questions will be answered in what would apparently be a riveting climax of movie.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

'Gangster'

Banner: Vishesh Films
Producer: Mukesh Bhatt
Director: Anurag Basu
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Shiny Ahuja, Kangna Ranaut, Vicky Ahuja, Gulshan Grover (Special Appearance), Master Hitanshu Lodhia, Sachin Kharekar and Jeetpal
Cassettes and CD's on: Saregama-HMV
Singers: KK, James, Abhijeet, Zubin, Kavita Seth and Sunidhi Chauhan
Cinematography: Bobby Singh
Lyricist: Sayeed Qadri, Mayur Puri and Nilesh Mishra
Music: Pritam Chakraborty
Choreography: Raju Khan
Action: Parvez Khan
Art: Rajat Poddar
Editor: Akiv Ali
Screenplay: Anurag Basu
Dialogue: Girish Dhamija
Story/Writer: Mahesh Bhatt
Released on: 28 April 2006

Gangster is a story of Daya, who is running away from the law. He is a criminal. But even while he is a fugitive, the center of his life is Simran, his love. Daya and Simran stay apart but dream together. They don't meet for weeks and months together, but Simran still dreams about a life when she will have a child, a home and be loved by a man she loves the most, Daya.
Akash, on the other hand, is a careless guy. He lives a day at a time and does not realize how precious life is. Eventually as he starts spending a lot of time with Simran, he learns that life is cruel at times, unfair at times. But are their destinies together....

Monday, May 01, 2006

'The Mistress Of Spices'

Banner: Kintop Pictures, Balle Pictures, Capitol Films, Ingenious Films Partners and Isle of Man Film
Director: Paul Mayeda Berges
Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Anupam Kher, Nitin Chandra Ganatra, Ayesha Dharker, Caroline Chikezie, Adewale Akinnloye-Agbaje, Padma Lakshmi, Zohra Sehgal, Shaheen Khan, Bansree Madhani, Sonny Gill Dulay, Nina Young, Toby Marlow, Paul Bhattacharjee, Rebecca Bowden, Harvey Virdi, Cosima Shaw and Anthony Zaki.
Cinematography: Santosh Sivan
Editor: Alex Rodriguez
Costume: Stewart Meachem
Hairstylist: Charmaine Fuller
Story/Writer: Gurindher Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Released on: 28 April 2006

The Mistress of Spices is an enchanting and sensual fable about the romantic and personal conflicts that face Tilo, a beautiful young woman, trained in ancient and magical art of spices. Ordained with special powers to help those that come to her, Tilo can sense people’s problems with a startling ability to see into their past and future.

Tilo works in a small San Francisco store called the ‘Spice Bazaar’, where, with guidance of her spices, she finds perfect remedy for anyone who walks through her door. For her powers to work, she must obey 3 simple but strict rules– she must use the spices only to help others, she must not touch another human’s skin and she must never leave her store.

When Doug, a handsome, enigmatic architect crashes his Harley Davison outside her San Francisco store, she has to tend to his wounds and her life is changed forever. For the first time Tilo’s own desires are stirred– is there more to life than helping others? Tilo knows the rules and her spices warn her to stay away. But Doug doesn’t have any spices telling him what to do and soon returns with flowers to ask her on a date.

No matter how hard she resists him, his persistence, honesty and friendship draws them closer and closer to each other. When they accidentally touch, another rule is broken and the spices are enraged. The spices are in no mood for either leniency or romance but Tilo is captivated by the force of love and agrees to go on a date leaving her spices behind. Spices begin to punish her– the more she falls in love and defies the rules, the more her customers suffer.

All Tilo wants to do is carry on her work helping others and fall in love as well, but she is forced into a painful dilemma. If she turns her back on her way of life, all the people that she has helped will suffer, but if she doesn’t, she will lose Doug forever!

Tilo must now confront her past, her friends, her desires and ultimately the spices to decide if she can fight for a new life of her choosing or must return to the old one.