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: Ayushmann Khurrana, Nushrat Bharucha, Annu Kapoor Director: Raaj Shandhilya What’s it about: Blessed with the God gift of being able to sound like a woman, Karam (Ayushmann) is the go-to guy in his locality for playing female roles in local plays. While his father (Annu Kapoor) detests this skill, even Karam isn’t quite happy […]
Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma Director: Nitesh Tiwari What’s it about: A bunch of college buddies are reunited under unfortunate circumstances when one of them is in crisis. Will their past antics help save a life? Review: It’s very common in Bollywood that a film turns out to be much worse than […]
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: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Rakul Preet Singh Director: Akiv Ali What’s it about: A 50-year-old man falls in love with a 26-year-old woman in London. Everything is hunky dory until he decides to introduce her to his family. That includes his wife, children, and parents. But he lands up with his age-inappropriate girlfriend at […]
Cast: Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit Director: Abhishek Varman What’s it about: Set against the backdrop of the Indo-Pak partition in 1946, Kalank is essentially the story of love, revenge, and relationships. Roop (Alia Bhatt) is at the center of this costume drama that unfolds […]
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, […]