Friday, June 23, 2006

Krrish

Banner: Filmkraft Productions (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Producer/Director/Story/Writer: Rakesh Roshan
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Naseruddin Shah, Rekha, Sharat Saxena, Puneet Issar, Preity Zinta (special appearance), Hemant Pandey, Kiran Juneja, Archana Puran Singh, Maaninee Misshra, Bin Xia, Akash Khurana, Mithilesh Chaturvedi, Edgar Noordanus, Fardeen Hussaini, Mickey Dhamijani, Yu Xuan, Zain Khan and Maninni De
Singers: Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghosal, Udit Narayan, Kunal Ganjawala, Ustad Rafaqat Ali Khan and Alka Yagnik
Music: Rajesh Roshan
Lyrics: Ibrahim Ashq, Nasir Faraaz and Vijay Akela
Cinematography: Santosh Thundiyil and Piyush Shah
Choreography: Farah Khan, Raju Khan and Vaibhavi Merchant
Action: Shyam Kaushal and Tony Ching Siu Tung
Screenplay: Sachin Bhowmik, Rakesh Roshan, Akash Khurana, Honey Irani, Robin Bhatt and Sanjay Masoom
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 23 June 2006

Krrish is the sequel to film 'Koi Mil Gaya'. Krishna is born with magical powers- a legacy from his father, Rohit Mehra.

Priya comes into his life and becomes his world. When she beckons him to Singapore, he follows her. Little realizing, it is destiny that has summoned him. Having sheltered him from the world, his grandmother Sonia Mehra reluctantly gives in to him. And lets him follow his heart.

In Singapore, Dr. Siddhant Arya, the megalomaniac scientist is on the verge to change the future forever. But, one man stands between Dr. Siddharth Arya and his destructive dreams. And, he is Krishna as Krrish...

Friday, June 16, 2006

'Alag'

Banner: Subi Samuel Movies Pvt. Ltd.
Producer: Subi Samuel
Director: Ashu Trikha
Cast: Vinod Khanna, Dia Mirza, Akshay Kapoor, Jayant Kriplani, Mukesh Tiwari, Sharat Saxena, Yatin Karyekar, Beena, Tom Alter and Rana Jung Bahadur
Singers: Kunal Ganjawala, Shaan, Hemachandra, Nihira Joshi, Gayatri Ganjawala, Vasundhara Das, Kailash Kher, Aadesh Shrivastav, Ujjaini, Anand Sharma and Krishna
Music: Aadesh Shrivastav
Lyricist: Rahul Seth and Nusrat Badr
Art: Sunil Nigvekar
Cinematography: Fuwad Khan
Dialogue: Sanjay Masoom
Choreography: Remo
Action: Abbas Ali Moghul
Screenplay: Ashu Trikha, Sanjay Masoom and Tagore Almeda
Sound: Anoop Mishra
Story/Writer: Tagore Almeda
Editor: Steven Bernard
Cassettes and CD's on: Times Music
Released on: 16 June 2006

Hemant Rastogi dies due to a cardiac arrest. Police take over the house and find out that the house and the family that lived within, is odd to say the least...

Neighbors know precious little of the family and think they have seen someone walk the house at nights alone. They speak of the person as if he is a ghost...But no one can say for sure that there is anybody else living in that house other than Hemant Rastogi.

On further investigations, police realize that there is another person who stays in the same house, Hemant Rastogi's son Tejas. A boy who has been hidden in house by Hemant like he was some family secret...

A boy who has never stepped out of the house for 18 years and lived in the dark all his life. Why did Hemant have to treat his own son like this...

Purva Rana, daughter of a philanthropist, runs an institution for orphans and for youngsters who have committed petty crimes. She and her institution seem to be the only way out for Tejas to survive in this world which is alien to him. Purva too, willingly comes forth to help Tejas, but one look at him and she knows that she has not seen anyone like him before...

Sunday, June 11, 2006

'Chup Chup Ke'

Banner: UTV Motion Pictures
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala
Director/Story/Writer: Priyadarshan
Executive/Associate/ Co-Producer: Sarita Patil (UTV) and Ram Mirchandani
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Sunil Shetty, Rajpal Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Sushma Reddy, Shakti Kapoor, Anupam Kher and Om Puri
Music: Himesh Reshammiya
Lyricist: Sameer
Art: Sabu Cyril
Cinematography: Thiru
Dialogue: Neeraj Vora
Choreography: Pony Verma
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 9 June 2006

Jeetu is a small town hustler who is constantly in debt and dodging creditors and moneylenders. His father Jayved Prasad, a respectable retired school teacher and his fiancée Pooja are made to suffer the consequences of his instability and his debts.

Everyone including Pooja's father Mohan tells Jeetu, that it would be better if he were to kill himself as he keeps getting his family into trouble. He doesn't feel that he is worthy of Pooja and encourages her to marry someone else, which she doesn't agree to. Jeetu then jumps into the sea trying to drown himself so that his family gets to claim his life insurance and pay off some of his debts.

Jeetu is found entangled in fishing nets by a pair of fishermen Bandya and Gundya who take him home with them. One of the fishermen, Gundya, owes money to Prabhat Singh Chauhan, a Gujrati businessman. On discovering Jeetu caught like a mermaid in their nets, they read a note in Jeetus pocket that leads them to assume that he is a millionaire and they hatch a scheme to give Jeetu's services to Prabhat Singh Chauhan in exchange for the money that they owe.

Jeetu, sensing he may reveal too much, plays safe and pretends to be a deaf-mute and plays along with them. Complications ensue when Chauhan's niece Shruti also turns out to be a mute but not deaf. Her over protective elder brother, Mangal Singh Chauhan, is trying to get her married but the engagement is called off, leaving her in disgrace.

Jeetu's secret is revealed one night when Shruti and her cousin Meenakshi discover him drunk and singing. They agree to keep his secret in return he agrees to play a part in getting a greedy bridegroom to cancel his marriage to Shruti. For this he has to pretend to be Shruti's lover. Meenakshi comes to realize that Jeetu owes people a lot of money. Jeetu appears to her as a person who could do anything for money.

In the interim, Meenakshi's uncle Prabhat Singh Chauhan is involved in an accident while carrying a lot of cash and Jeetu was with him all the while. Meenakshi tells the police of her suspicions about Jeetu and the police beat him up. Later Prabhat Singh comes home saying that it was Jeetu who had actually save his life by taking him to the hospital at the right time. The girls change their opinion of Jeetu after seeing this behavior and Shruti confesses her love for him. Mangal Singh Chauhan, Shruti's brother comes to know of the romance. In fear of Shruti's honor, he forces Jeetu to consent to marrying her.

Meanwhile, Bandya has returned from Jeetu's village, after visiting his uncle there and giving him the suitcase full of money arranged by Meenakshi and Shruti. Bandya asks after Pooja and is told that she is at her husband's house. Jeetu is told this news and concedes to the marriage with Shruti. But life again takes an unexpected turn for Jeetu..

'Phir Hera Pheri'

Banner: Base Industries Group
Producer: Firoz Nadiadwala
Director: Neeraj Vora
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Bipasha Basu, Rimi Sen, Johny Lever, Shakti Kapoor, Manoj Joshi, Rajpal Yadav, Sharat Saxena, Suresh Menon, Rakesh Bedi, Vivek Shauq, Dinesh Hingoo, Javed Khan, Anjan Srivastava, Tiku Talsania, Milind Gunaji, Ravi Kissen, Razzak Khan and Sunil Pal with Dia Mirza in special appearance
Music: Himesh Reshammiya and Akbar Sami
Lyricist: Sameer
Singers: Himesh Reshammiya, Tulsi Kumar, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Rakesh Upadhyay, Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan and Arya
Cinematography: Velraj
Editor: Diwakar P. Bhonsle
Screenplay and Dialogue: Neeraj Vora
Choreography: Ganesh Acharya
Cassettes and CD's on: T-Series
Released on: 9 June 2006

Phir Hera Pheri is the sequel of comedy hit 'Hera Pheri'. Film starts from where 'Hera Pheri' ends, after Baburao, Raju and Shyam became super rich, because they managed to save the kidnapped daughter of a rich businessman from the clutches of villain. And what happened to all that money from thereon?

Raju wants a quick way out to increase his wealth. Each of them wants to invest money at the right place but 'shortcut' Raju has some different plans. Raju has a plan.

A plan that can double the investment in quick time. And, for that they need some money to get started. But the trouble is that the combined money of three of them too isn’t anywhere near what is actually wanted on the table. While simple-at-heart and clean-at-mind Shyam and Baburao don’t really have much clue about how to get started, Raju knows how to get out of this tricky situation. The trick is to find two investors who could help them in arranging for money and convince them that this is going to be profitable for everyone involved.

Soon, Raju finds the investors, but, he has his own troubles as well! Because he himself has borrowed money from a 'Totla' Don. In their quest for make more money and wealth, Baburao, Raju and Shyam find themselves to be a part of an exciting adventure of their life. Baburao, Raju and Shyam do take a risk and now they have to run to save themselves.

Friday, June 02, 2006

'Sacred Evil - A True Story'

Banner: Sahara One Motion Pictures
Director: Abhigyan Jha and Abiyaan Rajhans
Cast: Lynsey Pow, Frederic Andrau, Sarika and Soumitra Chatterjee
Music: Debjyoti Mishra, Claver Menezes and Kailash Kher
Cinematography: Ivan Kozelka
Editor: Sanjeev Dutta
Story/Writer: Ipsita Roy Chakraverti
Screenplay: Abhigyan Jha
PRO: Spice
Promos: Sarita Solanki and Naina Toor Singh
Publicity Designs: Marching Ants
Released on: 2 June 2006

Sacred Evil, based on a true story, revolves around 3 women characters- Martha, a nun; Ipsita, a Wicca and Claudia. And, then there is a secret that has been kept for 20 long years! What is that? What happens when Mother Superior invites Ipsita to heal the soul of Martha?

An expert, Ipsita doesn't know that it would be a complex journey from hereon. Blessed with great powers, she begins the process only to realize later that it would be a mysterious journey for her from hereon as facts about Martha start becoming clearer. As she starts hearing more Martha's story, she gets to know about the one who haunts her!

In parallel runs a story about a young Anglo-Indian girl Claudia who is in search for her mother Maureen. Her childhood has been disturbed since she has been unaware about her mother all this while. 20 long years have passed by and Claudia's frustration continues to build up.

Is there any connection between Martha's disturbed soul and Claudia's past? Soon it's time for the lives of Martha and Claudia to cross each other's path and along with the two of them Ipsita takes it upon her to unravel the mystery by attempting to bring past and the present. But would she be successful? Or destiny/supernatural powers/God have a hand in everything that she observes?

Because soon she arrives at a junction where things get so tangled that there seem to be no hopes in sight for Claudia, Martha or herself. While Claudia's burden becomes Martha's troubles, Ipsita herself feels that her attempts have failed. Not to loose hopes, she continues to work hard on her efforts and is soon rewarded when she comes across a fact that she had never fathomed! What is the truth? How does this impact the lives of Claudia, Martha and Ipsita? How does it bring Sacred and Evil face to face with each other? What is stronger out of the two????