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VOL. 7
YO U R WI ND O W IN TO T HE WORL D OF CIN EMA
APRIL 2016
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THE BEST NEW MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH:
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GREETINGS
ear Movie Lovers,
Here’s the new edition of Movies First, your exclusive
window to the world of cinema.
April will amaze you with its lineup of powerpacked movies: Ki and Ka turns hackneyed manwoman roles on their head. Devotion turns deadly
in FAN. And young lovers breathe rebellious fire
in Baaghi.
Join us in wishing the legendary Al Pacino a Happy
76th Birthday. And check your Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtle quotient with our truly tough quiz!
Did you know that Hollywood’s most iconic director,
Steven Spielberg, once bribed Universal Studio
guards to let him watch a movie shoot? Or
that cinema’s most compelling courtroom drama,
Twelve Angry Men, never actually had a court scene?
This and much more will be revealed to you inside.
We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a
fabulous month of movie watching.
Regards
Gautam Dutta
CEO, PVR Limited
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CONTENTS
Tables are turned as a superstar chases his die-hard fan in the lanes
of Dubrovnik.
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RELEASING THIS MONTH
A sneak-peak into the big releases of the month!
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Ki & Ka
Streeling, Pulling, Same thing
supports his wife as she pursues her dream.
Kareena plays an ambitious girl who brings home
the bread.
The last two letters of the words “ladki” and “ladka”
form the title of this gender-barrier-busting film.
Arjun Kapoor plays a house husband who cheerfully
Thespian couple Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan make
a guest appearance. Rajit Kapur plays Arjun
Kapoor’s disapproving dad. The comely Swaroop
Sampat returns to the screen after decades, in a fun
turn as Kareena’s chic mother.
DID YOU KNOW?
R. Balki asked Arjun Kapoor
if he knew how to sweep the
floor and chop vegetables.
The actor said he had no clue.
This landed him the role,
because it fit the character the
director wanted.
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Reason to Watch:
The idea of a macho man happily turning homemaker
is like a whiff of fresh air. The bubbly presentation is
sure to connect with gen-next.
wanted to
show a different side
to love. I wanted a hunk
of a man and a girl
who is the epitome of
femininity, then show
what happens when they
reverse their roles.”
The Collection
R. Balki’s films speak in a unique
voice, addressing a socially relevant
issue in a lighthearted, touching
manner. His previous work:
Cheeni Kum (2007)
– R. Balki
Pa (2009)
Ki & Ka
RELEASE 1 APRIL
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Language: Hindi
Director: R. Balki
Cast: Rajit Kapur, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Arjun
Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan (Guest Appearance)
Studio: Eros International, Hope Productions
Pic Courtesy: Eros International
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Shamitabh (2015)
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FAN
Director: Maneesh Sharma
Star Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Waluscha de Sousa,
Shriya Pilgaonkar
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Rating: (U/A)
Release Date:15 April
Studio: Yash Raj Films
MOVIE OF THE MONTH
were painted with messages like ‘Love you SRK’
and ‘C u 15th,’ and were signed with the name
‘Gaurav,’ after the character who plays “Fan.”
This is the first Bollywood film to be shot at London’s
iconic Madame Tussaud’s museum, which is home
to Shah Rukh Khan’s own wax statue.
Fan, the year’s most awaited blockbuster, boasts
many firsts:
Supermodel Waluscha de Sousa makes a dream debut
opposite Bollywood’s biggest superstar. Though
this will be her first ever movie role, Waluscha has
acted with Shah Rukh Khan before—in a television
commercial for a family sedan.
Veteran actor Sachin Pilgaonkar’s daughter Shriya
also debuts into Bollywood with this film. She is
a theatre actress who has directed short films and
acted in Marathi cinema.
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I was tw i ns
i n m y real l i fe .
W ould have been
so much eas i er
to do th i s role
– Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk
The film kicked off with a unique promotional idea:
The walls of Shah Rukh Khan’s mansion Mannat
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THE PLOT: Fan is the story of Gaurav (Shah Rukh
Khan) a 20-something young man, whose world
revolves around the mega movie star Aryan Khanna
(Shah Rukh Khan) or God as he prefers to call him.
From the bylanes of Delhi, young Gaurav embarks
on a journey to the city of dreams, Mumbai, in
order to wish his God on his birthday. After all,
he is Aryan’s biggest fan and even has a striking
resemblance to him. But things don’t go according
to plan, and Gaurav’s love and passion for his God
turns in to a dangerous obsession that crosses over
from worship to vengeance.
MAKE-UP: Special make-up effects for the film have
been supervised by Greg Cannom, nine-time Oscar
nominee and three time winner for “The Curious
Case of Benjamin Button” (2008), “Mrs. Doubtfire”
(1993) and “Dracula” (1992).
Cannom has not only tried out different hair styles,
but also experimented with Shah Rukh Khan’s
eyebrows, beard and scars. The dramatic personality
makeover has been achieved without using any
prosthetics.
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ACTION:
Some of the most heart-pounding sequences in Fan
have been shot in the Old City of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Motorbike chases around the old city harbour,
jumps across rooftops and stunning stunts...this is
Dubrovnik as you have never seen it before.
The local Croatian crew along with the YRF team
from Mumbai met months in advance to meticulously
plan out these sequences. Acclaimed Korean action
director Seyoung Oh, who has done the high-octane
action for Korean superhit Suspect and superhero
saga Avengers 2 was roped in to deliver neverseen-before thrills in Fan.
THE APPEAL:
An edge-of-the-seat psychological thriller, Fan is
a layered story that gradually peels away at both
Gaurav and Aryan’s personalities. As the story
unravels, the two characters discover people within
themselves that even they didn’t know existed. The
film also lays bare the vulnerabilities of superstars,
presenting them as flesh-and-blood people with
real, relatable emotions.
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TRIVIA
TRIVIA
01
The logo of the film is unique—it features
a collage of pictures of Khan’s real fans.
02
As you read this, the film’s twitter handle,
@FanTheFilm, has already crossed 70,000
followers.
03
04
05
SRK’s character in the film, Gaurav
(the diehard fan) will be seen wearing
some of the actual clothes worn by the
star in earlier films – like the hat and
leather jacket from Dilwale Dulhaniya
Le Jayenge.
Getting into the skin of Gaurav’s character
was not easy. Shah Rukh Khan’s make-up
took six hours every day.
‘Jabra’ is the first Bollywood song to be
dubbed in eight different languages Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi,
Bengali Oriya and Bhojpuri.
“It’s difficult to play both sides of the spectrum but in
Fan, Shah Rukh Khan has understood the psychology
of both the characters really well. In fact, there’s an
action sequence in the end of the film where I just
could not decide whose side I am on,” says Namrata
Rao, the editor of Fan.
THE ANIMATION
A team of more than 250 technicians worked day and
night to pull off some incredible special effects. “The
VFX in Fan is done like never before seen in the world.
Twice Hollywood has strived to do what we have done
in Fan and failed,” says Shah Rukh Khan.
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QUIZ
Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles
The pizza-loving superheroes hit the big
screens again with Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Take our TMNT
quiz and find out how well you know Leo,
Donnie, Mikey and Raph.
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1. Which company created the chemical that caused
mutation in the turtles?
o TGIF
o TGRI
o TGIR
7. What is the name of the TMNT’s hockey mask
wearing vigilante friend?
o Casey Jones
o Vern Fenwick
o Casey Casum
Techno-Global Research Industries (TGRI) created the
mutagen called Ooze, which plays a key role in the origin
of the Turtles.
Best friends with Raphael and romantically linked
with April O’Neil, Casey Jones is a young vigilante
who first appeared in season two of Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles.
2. How did Master Splinter learn the martial arts?
o Watching old kung-fu movies
o Watching his owner in Japan
o Living in a dojo before he mutated
Splinter was the pet rat of Hamato Yoshi, the greatest
shadow warrior of the Foot Clan in Japan. He used to
copy Hamato’s movements as he practiced ninjutsu.
3. Which famous rapper coined the now iconic line
“Go ninja, go ninja, go!”
o Flavor Flav
o Ice T
o Vanilla Ice
The line is from “Ninja Rap” performed by Vanilla Ice in
the movie “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of
the Ooze”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Al Pacino
4. What was the name of Shredder’s ninja henchmen?
o The Wu Clan
o The Blue Clan
o The Foot Clan
Just 5.5. feet tall, Oscar-winning Al Pacino is a
towering presence in Hollywood. Critics say he can
play “small as rivetingly as he can play big, that he
can implode as well as explode.”
The Foot Clan is a ninjutsu clan led by The Shredder
against Ninja Turtles and their friends.
Here are 5 fun facts about the Godfather star, who
turns 76 on April 25.
5. What is the Shredder’s real name?
o Oroku Saki
o Oroku Nagi
o Hamato Yoshi
1.Young Al Pacino, “Sonny” to his friends, aimed
to become a basketball player.
2. At 17, he dropped out of school to pursue
acting, but was rejected by New York’s Actors
Studio several times.
Shredder or Oroku Saki is a master of Ninjutsu and the
main antagonist of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
3. Al Pacino was nominated for Oscars seven times
before he finally won one in 1992 for his role of
Frank Slade in the film “Scent of a Woman.“
6. What is the name of Master Shredder’s adopted
daughter?
o Milo
o Sansa
o Karai
4. During the filming of “Serpico” Al Pacino truly
threw himself into the character so much
that he actually pulled over a taxi driver and
threatened to arrest him for the excessive
pollution by his vehicle.
Actually the biological daughter of Splinter, Oroku Karai is
a 16-year-old master Kunoichi who was adopted into The
Foot Clan by Shredder as his daughter.
5. Al Pacino’s grandparents belonged from
Corleone, Sicily.
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MUST WATCH BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS
Sardaar Gabbar Singh
Guts, Guns and Love
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08
Genre: Action
Language(s): Hindi
Director: K. S. Ravindra
Cast: Sharad Kelkar, Kajal
Aggarwal, Pawan Kalyan
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: Pawan Kalyan Creative
Works, Northstar Entertainment
Pvt. Ltd., Eros International
Pic Courtesy: © Pawan Kalyan
Creative Works
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Nil Battey Sannata
A powerful account
of motherly love
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Movie Plot: Sardaar Gabbar Singh is an action
entertainer movie directed by K. S. Ravindra (Bobby)
with Pawan Kalyan and Kajal Agarwal in the main
lead roles.
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22
Genre: Drama
Language(s): Hindi
Director: Ashwini Iyer Tiwari
Cast: Swara Bhaskar,
Ratna Pathak Shah,
Pankaj Tripathi, Ria Shukla
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: JAR Pictures,
Colour Yellow
Pic Courtesy: © JAR Pictures
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Movie Plot: A charming tale of a poor single mother battling
to ensure that her daughter has every opportunity in life. She
comes up with an ingenious plan to convince her rebellious
daughter to study.
Reason to watch: The movie is a sequel to the 2012
blockbuster Gabbar Singh.
Reason to watch: The film is a powerful account of motherly
love and the often turbulent conflict that can exist between
generations. It is a sweet story to which every mother and
daughter will relate to.
Did you know: Superstar Pawan Kalyan himself has
penned the script of the film.
Did you know: Swara Bhaskar won the Best Actress award at Silk
Road Film Festival in China for her role in Nil Battey Sannata.
Santa Banta Pvt. Ltd.
Live Life Singh Size
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22
Genre: Comedy
Language(s): Hindi
Director: Akashdeep Sabir
Cast: Boman Irani, Lisa Hayden,
Neha Dhupia, Vir Das
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: Sheeba Akashdeep,
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
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Motion Pictures
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Movie Plot: A story about two friends who land in the middle
of a kidnapping investigation and their sweet and endearing
misadventures that follow.
Reason to watch: Santa Banta Pvt Ltd is an out and out
laugh riot headlined by Boman Irani and Vir Das at their
hilarious best.
Did you know: Sonu Nigam has sung all five songs of the
film and will also be performing a dance number in a song
titled “Machli Jal Ki Rani Hai.”
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Yeh Laal Rang
Blood-y Crooks
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Genre: Drama
Language(s): Hindi
Director: Syed Ahmad Afzal
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Akshay
Oberoi
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: Krian Media
Pic Courtesy: © Krian Media
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Movie Plot: Yeh Lal Rang is a social thriller which deals with the
menace of thefts in a blood bank in a small town in Haryana.
Randeep plays Akshay’s mentor in the film where the too
indulge in the illegal business of blood transfusion.
Reason to watch: The film deals with an issue never touched by
Bollywood before, with the help of black humour, conveying the
message in a lighter vein.
Did you know: Yeh Laal Rang will be Randeep Hooda’s first
movie to fully exploit his Haryanvi roots.
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Baaghi
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Genre: Action
Language(s): Hindi
Director: Sabbir Khan
Cast: Shraddha Kapoor,
Tiger Shroff
Certification: U/A
Studio: Nadiadwala Grandson
Entertainment
Pic Courtesy: © Nadiadwala
Grandson Entertainment
Be a Rebel
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01
Genre: Animation, Action,
Adventure
Language(s): English
Director: Alessandro Carloni,
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Cast: Jack Black, Bryan
Cranston, Dustin Hoffman
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: DreamWorks Animation,
Oriental DreamWorks
Pic Courtesy: © DreamWorks
Animation
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Reason to watch: Po is back with another adventure, this
time reuniting with his father and tracing back his roots.
Did You Know: Sajid Nadiadwala hired a special
team of 50 people to keep Tiger Shroff’s look
under wraps.
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
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Movie Plot: Continuing his “legendary adventures of
awesomeness,” Po must face two hugely epic but
different threats: one supernatural and the other a little
closer to his home.
Reason to watch: Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor
took martial arts training to prepare for the movie and
will be seen performing some spectacular stunts.
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The Weight is Over
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Movie Plot: The story of a rebellious college kid who
will go to any lengths to fight for his love.
Break the boundaries
of your world
Kung Fu Panda 3
Did You Know: Four of Angelina Jolie’s children, Shiloh,
Pax, Knox and Zahara, are voice extras in the scene when
Po talks to the pandas about a game plan.
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01
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Language(s): English
Director: Robert Schwentke
Cast: Shailene Woodley,
Miles Teller, Theo James
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: Red Wagon
Entertainment, Lionsgate,
Mandeville Films
Pic Courtesy: © Summit
Entertainment
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Movie Plot: Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into
the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective
custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of
Genetic Welfare.
Reason to watch: The film is based on Allegiant, the third and
final novel in the Divergent trilogy written by Veronica Roth.
Did you know: Allegiant will be split into two parts, making it
the fourth movie franchise to do so, along with Harry Potter,
The Twilight Saga and The Hunger Games.
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Demolition
08
Tear It All Down
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Genre: Drama
Language(s): English
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Cast: Naomi Watts, Jake
Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: Red Wagon
Entertainment, Lionsgate,
Mandeville Films
Pic Courtesy: © Summit
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Movie Plot: A successful investment banker struggles after
losing his wife in a tragic car crash.
Reason to watch: Jake Gyllenhaal gives his best performance
since Brokeback Mountain as a man who refuses to mourn
his wife’s death.
Did you know: The screenplay for this film was featured in
the 2007 Blacklist; a list of the “most liked” unmade scripts
of the year.
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MUST WATCH HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS
The Jungle Book
3D
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08
Born of men. Raised by animals. Genre: Adventure, Drama,
Destined for adventure.
Fantasy
Language(s): English
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Scarlett Johansson,
Idris Elba, Bill Murray
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures,
Fairview Entertainment
Pic Courtesy: © Walt Disney
Pictures
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First They Made Him Dangerous. Genre: Action, Adventure
Then They Made Him Mad.
Language(s): English
Directors: Ilya Naishuller
Cast: Haley Bennett, Danila
Kozlovsky, Sharlto Copley
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: Bazelevs Versus Pictures
Pic Courtesy: © Bazelevs
Versus Pictures
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Movie Plot: An orphan boy is raised in the jungle with the
help of a pack of wolves, a bear, and a black panther. Forced
to abandon the only home he’s ever known, Mowgli embarks
on a captivating journey of self-discovery, guided by pantherturned-stern mentor Bagheera and the free-spirited bear Baloo.
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Hardcore Henry
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Movie Plot: Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who
must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a
psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his
army of mercenaries.
Reason to watch: Relive your childhood with this live-action
film based on Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories.
Reason to watch: The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto
International Film Festival on September 12, 2015 and
became one of the most popular movies at the festival.
Did you know: Lyricist Richard M. Sherman, who wrote songs
for The Jungle Book (1967), will write new songs for this film.
Did You Know: The movie has been almost entirely shot
using GoPro Hero3 Black Edition cameras.
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Before I Wake
Fear Your Dreams
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Language(s): English
Director: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Annabeth
Gish, Kate Bosworth
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: Intrepid Pictures,
Demarest Films,
MICA Entertainment
Pic Courtesy: © Intrepid
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Barbershop: The Next Cut
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Genre: Comedy
Language(s): English
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Ice Cube, Margot
Bingham, Regina Hall
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: New Line Cinema,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Cube Vision
Pic Courtesy: © MetroGoldwyn-Mayer
Everybody’s back
for the fresh cut
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Movie Plot: A young couple adopt an orphaned child
whose dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as
he sleeps.
Movie Plot: Calvin, Eddie and the rest of the gang must work
together to save the shop and the neighbourhood from gang
members that roam the streets.
Reason to watch: The movie is an intense and heartpounding supernatural thriller.
Reason to watch: The movie is a direct sequel to the 2004
film Barbershop 2: Back in Business and the fourth film in the
Barbershop film series.
Did you know: It was originally titled “Somnia,” which
would have made it the third film by Mike Flanagan
featuring a single Latin word for a title after Absentia
(2011) and Oculus (2013).
Did you know: Though they co-star in this film, Ice Cube and
Common were the center of a long and brutal feud in their Rap
careers during the 1990s.
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MUST WATCH HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS
Everybody Wants Some
Here for a Good Time.
Not a Long Time.
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22
Genre: Comedy
Language(s): English
Directors: Richard Linklater
Cast: Zoey Deutch,
Tyler Hoechlin, Blake Jenner
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: Annapurna Pictures,
Detour Filmproduction
Pic Courtesy: © Annapurna
Pictures
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Genre: Drama, Biography
Language(s): English
Directors: Dexter Fletcher
Cast: Taron Egerton,
Hugh Jackman,
Tom Costello Jr.
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: Marv Films, Saville
Productions, Studio Babelsberg,
TSG Entertainment
Pic Courtesy: © Marv Films
Win or lose,
always aim high
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Eddie the Eagle
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Movie Plot: A group of college baseball players navigate
their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of
unsupervised adulthood.
Movie Plot: The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously
tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world
at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Reason to watch: The movie has been directed by Richard
Linklater who also made 2014’s critically acclaimed Boyhood.
Reason to watch: Taron knocks it out of the park as Eddie,
making the character instantly relatable, easy to like.
Did You Know: Linklater considers the film a sequel to
Boyhood as it begins right where Boyhood ends, with a guy
showing up at college and meeting his new roommates
and a girl.
Did You Know: Eddie Edwards was Britain’s ski jumper at
the Winter Olympics in Calgary in 1988. The main reason he
got on the team was because he was the only ski jumper in
the country.
The Huntsman: Winter’s War
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22
Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Who is Genre: Adventure, Fantasy,
the most powerful of them all?
Drama
Language(s): English
Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Cast: Charlize Theron, Chris
Hemsworth, Emily Blunt
Certification: (U/A)
Studio: Roth Films
Pic Courtesy: © Roth Films
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Movie Plot: As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land; two
renegades—Eric the Huntsman—who previously aided Snow White in
defeating Ravenna, and his forbidden lover, Sara set out to stop them.
Reason to watch: The film is a sequel to the 2012 hit Snow White and
the Huntsman
Did you know: Emily Blunt’s character is named Freya after the Norse
goddess associated with love, magic and death. The film’s male lead
Chris Hemsworth is also famous for playing the Norse god Thor in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Keanu
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Kitten, please.
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Genre: Comedy
Language(s): English
Director: Peter Atencio
Cast: Will Forte, Jason Mitchell
Certification: U/A
Studio: New Line Cinema, The
Sifi Company, Cindylou,
Monkeypaw Productions
Pic Courtesy: © New Line
Cinema
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Movie Plot: When Rell’s beloved pet kitten “Keanu” is taken
from his home, he and his friend Clarence seek out those
responsible to recover the cat, and find themselves in over their
heads dealing with violent gang members.
Reason to watch: This is Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan
Peele’s first motion picture, and first major production after
the conclusion of their comedy sketch series “Key & Peele”
on Comedy Central.
Did You Know: Matrix star Keanu Reeves is set to appear in
a cameo.
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MUST WATCH HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS
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Mother’s Day
29
10 Cloverfield Lane
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Britt Robertson, Jennifer
Aniston, Julia Roberts
Certification: U/A
Studio: Siempre Viva
Productions
Pic Courtesy: © Siempre Viva
Productions
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Movie Plot: A film that revolves around intersecting relationships
of several mothers and their children.
Reason to watch: The film features an ensemble star cast of
Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts, Jason Sudeikis,
Timothy Olyphant, Margo Martindale, Shay Mitchell and Jon Lovitz.
Did You Know: Despite “sharing” a scene together, Jennifer
Aniston and Julia Roberts never met during filming due to
scheduling issues. The two of them never share the same shot
as a stand-in was used for the other actress during filming.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
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Great Knowledge Comes From Genre: Drama
the Humblest of Origins
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Movie Plot: After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a
shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a
widespread chemical attack.
Reason to watch: This is the second film in the Cloverfield franchise
and a spiritual successor of the 2008 hit Cloverfield.
Did You Know: The film was officially announced less than two
months before its release and had been completed without
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The Mission is in the
Memories
Director: Matt Brown
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel,
Toby Jones
Certification: U/A
Studio: Pressman Film,
Xeitgeist Entertainment Group,
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Movie Plot: Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa
Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University
during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical
theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
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Genre: Drama
Language(s): English
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Cast: John Goodman, Mary
Elizabeth Winstead, John
Gallagher Jr.
Certification: U/A
Studio: Bad Robot Productions
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Genre: Action, Drama
Language(s): English
Director: Ariel Vromen
Cast: Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds,
Alice Eve
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Movie Plot: The memories and skills of a deceased CIA agent
are implanted into an unpredictable and dangerous convict,
Jericho Stewart, in order to finish an incomplete mission.
Reason to watch: A well-heeled, sincere production following
the memories of Ramanujan’s English mentor and friend.
Reason to watch: The film stars Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman
and Tommy Lee Jones in their second collaboration following
the 1991 film JFK.
Did You Know: The film is based on the 1991 book of the
same name by Robert Kanigel chronicling the life and work of
Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Did You Know: Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Tommy Lee Jones,
Gary Oldman, Antje Traue and Kevin Costner have all appeared
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R. BALKI
R. Balki’s films always arrive like
a breath of fresh air. In Ki and Ka,
his characters switch conventional
gender roles to create a breezy love
story laced with laughter. The director
reveals the story behind the story:
How did the idea for Ki and Ka emerge?
The germ of the idea was a simple thought.
Most love stories end in marriage, but few
talk about what happens after marriage. Also,
“marriage” in the movies has mostly meant
showcasing men and women in standard,
stereotyped roles. I wondered what if I put a
different spin on them.
The characters in the movie...do they
belong to Delhi, Mumbai or simply any
big city?
The film is shot and set in Delhi, but once you
meet the characters, you will realise they could
belong to any major metro city. This is the first
time Arjun and Kareena are sharing the screen,
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but you will see how effortlessly they complement
each other.
A secondary character or characters
that you would like us to watch out for.
Of course! The secondary characters are vital to
Ki and Ka. You will see Swaroop Sampath making
a return after a long time, and I can tell you she
is more spirited than you have ever seen before.
Award-winning actor Rajit Kapur plays Arjun’s
father, in a short but powerful role. And of course
Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan reutrn to the screen
together after a long gap, in an endearing guest
appearance.
Any twists in this modern love story?
Every love story, no matter how fun and feisty,
has its ups and downs. Ki and Ka has its conflicts
and bittersweet moments, too. Watch the movie to
unwrap the surprises!
Fill in the blank: Ki and Ka will leave
you feeling....
...that you wish life could be like this.
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THE LIFE OF A LEGEND:
Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg is Hollywood’s best
known director and one of the world’s
wealthiest filmmakers. He gave birth
to the modern blockbuster, co-founded
two studios (DreamWorks SKG and
Amblin Entertainment), earned 12 Oscar
nominations, and gave the world E.T.
Early Life: The oldest and the only son among four
children, Spielberg was born to Arnold, an electrical
engineer and Leah, a concert pianist.
Steven shone at home under his mother and
three sisters’ doting care, but didn’t fare too well
at school, making average grades at best. He
suffered from dyslexia and got bullied at school,
but said he never felt like a victim—“Movies were
my great escape.”
Indeed, Spielberg would use his home movie
camera to record camping trips and family events.
At 12, he made his first movie from a script he
had written.
His alma mater California State College had no
formal film program, so he graduated in English.
But he watched every movie he could, and cajoled
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the guards at Universal Studios to let him watch
major movies being filmed. Years later, he would
helm Hollywood’s biggest projects at the studios
he had once gatecrashed.
His Films: In a career spanning nearly four
decades, Steven Spielberg has made more than
50 films, evoking fear, awe, wonder and joy in
our hearts.
Spielberg’s first directorial effort was a television
movie named Duel, featuring a battle of wits
between an ordinary man driving a car and a crazed
driver of an eighteen-wheeler truck. It took 16 days
to make, and earned over $5 million worldwide.
A director had arrived.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), perhaps
Spielberg’s most personal film, dealt with the
heroic efforts of average middle-class Americans to
make contact with visitors from another planet.
The “Indiana Jones” trilogy (1981–1989), E.T.:
The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and The Color Purple
(1985) established Spielberg among movie-making
greats, drawing multiple awards, nominations and
profits his way.
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Bet You Didn’t Know:
• Do you know who appeared the most in
Spielberg’s movies? Tom Cruise? Richard
Dreyfuss? Tom Hanks? Nope! Steven Spielberg
cast his dog, cocker spaniel Elmer, in some of
his most famous movies.
The director turned creative mogul when he formed
DreamWorks studios with Jeffrey Katzenberg and
David Geffen in 1994. And when Queen Elizabeth
bestowed an honorary knighthood on him, the
anointment of Steven Spielberg as Hollywood’s
greatest living legend was official.
• When Spielberg was 16, he made a sci-fi
flick, Firelight, on a budget of just $500, shot
in his gargage and starring his high school
friends. He even scored the music for the film
on clarinet! His father screened the movie for
500 people in Phoenix Little Theatre, Arizona.
The admission fee was $1 per person, but one
guest must have paid double because Spielberg
made a profit of one dollar.
• Spielberg is a quirky eater. He eats only
organic, avoids spicy food, and loathes the
beverage most creative people love. “I don’t
drink coffee. I’ve never had a cup of coffee in
my entire life. That’s something you probably
don’t know about me. I’ve hated the taste since
I was a kid.”
Spielberg’s 1993 mega-hit Jurassic Park featured a
present day theme park with genetically engineered
dinosaurs as the main attraction. Four years later,
he released its sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic
Park in 1997.
Perhaps his most poignant work was Schindler’s
List (1993), filmed in black and white. It drew from
the real-life story of German businessman Oskar
Schindler, who saved thousands of his Jewish
factory workers during the Holocaust. The picture
won the 1993 Best Picture Academy Award and
Spielberg won Best Director. In 1999 he won both
the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best
Director for Saving Private Ryan.
Spielberg’s cinema is rich in special effects and
visual appeal. Kids in danger. Characters staring
at something off screen. Long sideways tracking
shots. The use of the piano in key scenes. You
cannot miss signature Spielberg.
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BIRTH NAME:
Steven Allan Spielberg
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OCCUPATION:
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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BIRTH DATE:
18 Dec, 1946
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PLACE OF BIRTH:
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Residence:
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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YEARS ACTIVE:
1963–present
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HISTORY
This Month 59 Years Ago
*ing: Henry Fonda,
Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam
Twelve Angry Men (1957)
Director: Sidney Lumet
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HISTORY
This Month 59 Years Ago
An intense and compelling court room drama can add a
dose of intrigue to almost any movie, except One Million
Years B.C. of course. Although movie cameras had focused
on jurors many a time before, the way Twelve Angry Men
managed to do it took this tautly scripted drama far beyond
the closed confines of its jury room setting. No wonder it is
cited as the greatest courtroom drama of all, even though
you never get to see any of the actual trial.
The Plot: An eighteen-year-old,slum-dwelling Puerto
Rican boy is accused of stabbing his father to death and
faces the electric chair if convicted. It’s an open-andshut case for eleven of the jurors who believe the boy
is guilty. Only one, Juror #8 (Henry Fonda) has doubts.
He begs his colleagues to look closely at the facts of the
trial. What results is a study in humanity as each of the
jurors faces his own prejudices and emotions.
Incidentally, 12 Angry Men was Sidney Lumet’s directorial
debut, a fact that remains massively impressive considering
the film’s meticulous craft and pacing. He succeeds in
making almost every shot and line of dialogue count. Henry
Fonda gives a natural yet strikingly effective performance
as the open-minded juror whose logical reasoning implants
facts and doubts into the minds of his colleagues.
Wow Factor: The movie is a textbook example of how the
basic principles of composition can change the mood
of a scene. At the beginning of the film, the cameras are
all positioned above eye level and we look down on the
characters, suggesting they can be comprehended and
mastered. By the end, they loom over us, and we feel
overwhelmed by the force of their passion.
3 MORE
from LUMET’S MASTERCLASS
DOG DAY
AFTERNOON
(1975)
* Al Pacino, John Cazale,
Penelope Allen
NETWORK
(1976)
* Faye Dunaway, William Holden,
Peter Finch
Theme: A man robs a bank to pay for
his lover’s operation; it turns into a
hostage situation and a media circus.
Theme: A television network
cynically exploits a deranged
former anchor’s ravings and
revelations about the news media
for its own profit.
Awards Won: 1 Academy Award,
2 BAFTAs
Awards Won: 4 Academy Awards,
4 Golden Globes, 1 BAFTA
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VERDICT
(1982)
* Paul Newman, Charlotte
Rampling, Jack Warden
Theme: A lawyer sees the
chance to salvage his career and
self-respect by taking a medical
malpractice case to trial rather
than settling.
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FILM FESTIVALS
Cleveland International Film Festival
Festival Date: March 30 – April 10, 2016
Venue: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Opening Film: Good Ol’ Boy
Closing Film: Hunt for the Wilder people
Acclaimed Movie
PARCHED
Plot: Madly explores six stories of modern love in all of its
dizzying, sweet complications, culminating into one iconoclastic,
feature-length anthology. The film takes a passionate trip around
the world with some of the world’s most visionary directors.
MOVIE INFO
Directed By: Gael García Bernal, Mia Wasikowska, Sebastian
Silva, Anurag Kashyap, Sion Sono, Natasha Khan
Written By: Gael García Bernal, Mia Wasikowska, Sebastian
Silva, Anurag Kashyap, Sion Sono, Natasha Khan
Cast: Radhika Apte, Kathryn Beck, Tamsin Topolski
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: Drama
2016 Nashville Film Festival
Festival Date: April 14 – April 23, 2016
Venue: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Opening Film: Love & Friendship
Closing Film: American Epic
Plot: Parched is a story about women set in the heart of
the parched rural landscape of Gujarat, India. It traces the
bittersweet tale of four ordinary women Rani, Lajjo, Bijli and
Janaki. We see them unapologetically talk about men, sex and
life as they struggle with their individual boundaries to face their
demons and stage their own personal wars.
Acclaimed Movie
SING STREET
MOVIE INFO
Directed By: Leena Yadav
Written By: Supratik Sen, Leena Yadav
Runtime: 116 min
Genre: Drama
Tribeca Film Festival 2016
Festival Date: April 13 – April 24, 2016
Venue: New York, USA
Opening Film: First Monday in May
Closing Film: Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
Acclaimed Movie
MADLY
Plot: With 1980s Dublin mired in recession, Conor’s parents
move him from a comfortable private school to a rough innercity public school where the scrappy 14-year-old forms a band.
Mentored by his older brother, a dropout who’s hip to cool
tunes, Conor starts to compose lyrics and the glamish band
finds its “no covers” groove. Renaming himself Cosmo, he
convinces the mysterious, über-cool Raphina to star in their
music videos (and tries to win her heart in the process).
MOVIE INFO
Directed By: John Carney
Run Time: 106 min
Cast: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Genre: Drama, Musical
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KI AND KA (HINDI)
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KUNG FU PANDA3 (ENGLISH)
ANIMATION/ACTION
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THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT (ENGLISH) ACTION/ ADVENTURE/ SCI-FI
ATMOS
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DEMOLITION (ENGLISH)
DRAMA
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SARDAAR GABBAR SINGH (HINDI)
ACTION
8 APRIL
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THE JUNGLE BOOK (ENGLISH)
ADVENTURE/DRAMA
3D / 3D IMAX / ATMOS / 4DX
8 APRIL
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FAN (HINDI)
DRAMA
ATMOS / 4DX
15 APRIL
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HARDCORE HENRY (ENGLISH)
ACTION/ADVENTURE
ATMOS
15 APRIL
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BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT (ENGLISH)
COMEDY
15 APRIL
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BEFORE I WAKE (ENGLISH)
HORROR / THRILLER
15 APRIL
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NIL BATTEY SANNATA (HINDI)
COMEDY/ DRAMA
22 APRIL
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SANTA BANTA PVT.LTD (HINDI)
COMEDY
22 APRIL
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YEH LAAL RANG (HINDI)
DRAMA
22 APRIL
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THE HUNTSMAN (ENGLISH)
DRAMA
22 APRIL
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EVERYBODY WANTS SOME (ENGLISH)
COMEDY
22 APRIL
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EDDIE THE EAGLE (ENGLISH)
BIOGRAPHY /DRAMA
ATMOS
22 APRIL
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BAAGHI (HINDI)
ACTION
29 APRIL
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KEANU (ENGLISH)
COMEDY
29 APRIL
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MOTHER’S DAY (ENGLISH)
COMEDY
29 APRIL
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10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (ENGLISH)
DRAMA
29 APRIL
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THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY (ENGLISH)
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA
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CRIMINAL (ENGLISH)
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