Cast: Sanjay S Dutt, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, Ali Fazal Director: Deva Katta What’s it about: A politically influential family is in midst of the elections in India’s Uttar Pradesh. But their complex internal dynamic is far more lethal than any external opponent. Who will survive this Desi Game of Thrones? Review: I would be […]
Cast: Prabhas, Shraddha Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Neil Nitin Mukesh Director: Sujeeth What’s it about? The boss of an international crime syndicate Roy (Jackie Shroff) wants to legitimize his business in India, but his untimely death sets off a chain of events. In them are gang wars, robberies and the hunt for an elusive black box […]
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra Director: Anubhav Sinha _________ What’s it about: Based on the controversial Badaun gangrape case of 2014 in India’s Uttar Pradesh, Article 15 is story set in a fictional Indian town called Lalgaon. It lays bare the caste divide rampant in rural India through a chilling incident that involved […]
Cast: John Abraham, Jackie Shroff, Mouni Roy Director: Robbie Grewal What’s it about: Based during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, Romeo Akbar Walter (RAW) is a spy drama that charts the journey of an undercover Indian agent (John Abraham). He is shipped off to Pakistan in a different avatar to gather intelligence, but is the mission […]
Cast: Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Anupam Kher Director: Anthony Maras What’s it about: Hotel Mumbai is the retelling of the ghastly terror attacks in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. The film is a real-time version of what happened inside the city’s iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel where armed terrorists went on a killing spree […]
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Parineeti Chopra Director: Anurag Singh What’s it about: Kesari tells the story of the much lesser-known slice of history when a small contingent of 21 Sikh soldiers took on a 10,000 strong Afghan army in the battle of Saragarhi in the North West Frontier Province, back in 1897. The film is a […]
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Amrita Singh Director: Sujoy Ghosh What’s it about: Badla is a remake of the blockbuster Spanish crime thriller ‘The Invisible Guest’. A whodunit that engulfs lives of a successful young businesswoman, her photographer lover and an old Indian couple – all living in the UK. They are bound by death, […]
Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon, Aparshakti Khurana & Pankaj Tripathi Director: Laxman Utekar What’s it about: A daughter of a local politician and a cable TV reporter in North India’s Mathura fall in love. The girl wants to try living-in with him before the Shaadi, but her father is rallying against the same. Can they […]
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi & Javed Jaffrey Director: Indra Kumar What’s it about: A dying man, a hidden treasure of 50 crores and a motley group of bizarre characters are unexpectedly thrown in together. The chase is on to find the booty that’s hidden in a zoo. […]
Starring: Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma Director: Anand L Rai What’s it about? A dwarf who dreams much bigger than his height and means falls for a disabled yet world-renowned scientist and dumps her for the nation’s biggest superstar. But will his unruly cheekiness in winning over these women end up in a […]