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...

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....

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...