'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.

'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....

'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.