December 28, 2010 (Showbiz PR Wire): 1.Movie Name: - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Banner: - Excel Entertainment
Producer: - Ritesh Sidhwani & Farhan Akhtar
Director: - Zoya Akhtar
Story & Screenplay: - Reema Kagti & Zoya Akhtar
Dialogues: - Farhan Akhtar
Lyrics: - Javed Akhtar
Music Director: - Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
Cinematographer: - Carlos Catalan
Editor: - Chandan Arora
Choreography: - Vaibhavi Merchant
Production Designer: - Suzanne Caplan Merwanji
Costume: - Arjun Bhasin
Cast: - Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Abhay Deol, Kalki Koechlin,Farhan Akhtar, Naseeruddin Shah
Genre: - Drama
Release Date: - May 2011
What Its about: -It has aninterestingensemble cast and is made bya filmmaker who has shown depth and insight in her debut venture(Luck By Chance).In Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara she traverses throughthe landscapes of Spain. This is a Zoya Akhtar road movie that issure to be peppered with quirks, slice of life nuggets and loads ofdrama.
2.Movie Name: - Noukadubi
Banner: - Mukta Searchlight Films
Producer:- Subhash Ghai
Screenplay and Direction: - Rituparno Ghosh
Editor: - Arghyakamal Mitra
Cinematographer: - Soumik Halder
Music: - Sanjay Das, Rajnarayan Deb
Art Director: - Indraneel Ghosh
Costume: - Saborni Das
Cast: - Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Raima Sen and RiyaSen
Genre: - Period Drama
Release Date: - January 2011
Synopsis: - This is a period film set in the 1920s, based on a novel byRabindranath Tagore..
A tender romance blossoming in Kolkata between law studentRamesh and his friends sister Hemnalini, is nipped suddenly whenhis father sends an urgent and mysterious summons from his villagehome. There, the dutiful son is peremptorily ordered to marrySusheela, daughter of a hapless widow. Ramesh refuses, confessesthat his heart belongs to another. But the widows fervent plea softenshim ultimately. And he concedes, albeit with a heavy heart. Thewedding takes place with due ceremony; and Ramesh sets out withhis bride on a river boat journey back to Kolkata.
Soon a fierce storm arises; the boat tosses helplessly and finallycapsizes in the churning waters. Later that night, Ramesh comes tohis senses on a deserted shore under a starlit sky. Some distanceaway, he sees the unconscious form of a young bride. Her pulse isstill beating, and in response to his voice calling Susheela she opensher eyes at last. There is no one else in sight, alive or dead. The twomove off, take a train to Kolkata, the bride wondering why they werenot going to Kashi, but trusting his judgment implicitly.
Hem, his true love, knows nothing of all this. Ramesh has beenmissing from the evening of her birthday party. They have learnt ofhis hasty departure from the city, but nothing else. Though she pinesinwardly, she is confident that he will return soon.
Back in Rameshs new home in Kolkata, the facts of mistaken identitygradually come to light. She is Kamala not Susheela. Her husband isa doctor named Nalinaksha Chatterjee. Ramesh writes anadvertisement to trace his whereabouts; but he does not have theheart to break this news to the helpless trusting young girl in his care.
He puts her into a boarding school instead. But soon, Hems wouldbe suitor Akshay comes to know of Rameshs secret and brings proofpositive to Hem.
Ramesh, unable to handlesuch a scandal, seeks hiding in Gorakhpur with Kamala.
A devastated Hem is brought to Kashi by her father to help her forget.There she meets Nalinaksha and they warm up to each other.Kamala in the meanwhile having read the advertisement in an oldnewspaper, realizes the enormity of the lie she has been living, andwalks out determined to drown herself in the river. Ramesh returnsand finds her suicide note, searches everywhere to no avail. He doesnot know that she has been rescued by a courtesan and deposited inKashi under Nalinakshas mothers care. Kamala now seeshusband for the first time, but cannot speak up, for he is betrothed toHem. Finally, the advertisement she keeps knotted in her saree isdiscovered, and the whole truth comes to light. Ramesh finally tracesNalinaksha and arrives at his house.
The whole sorry mess raises many questions of head and heart andthe validity or otherwise of social conventions. We are left wonderingwhether true love will finally triumph.
3.Movie Name: - DON 2
Banner: - Excel Entertainment
Producer: - Ritesh Sidhwani & Farhan Akhtar
Writer & Director: - Farhan Akhtar
Lyrics: - Javed Akhtar
Music Director: - Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
Editor: - Anand Subaya
Cinematographer: - Jason West
Art Director: - T P Abid
Costume: - Jaimal Odedera
Cast: - Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Lara Dutta,Om Puri, Kunal Kapoor
Genre: - Action Thriller
Release Date: - December 2011
What Its about: - Don 2 The Chase Continues should be one ofthe most eagerly awaited films in 2011 since the first part had asteely, gripping quality to it. Farhan Akhtars attempt to turn the 1978Amitabh Bachchan starrer on its head worked to a large degree. SRKreprises his part as Don. There are twists in the tale to keep youhooked for sure.
4. Movie Name: - Game
Banner: - Excel Entertainment
Producer: - Ritesh Sidhwani & Farhan Akhtar
Director: - Abhinay Deo
Lyrics: - Javed Akhtar
Music Director: - Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
Story & Screenplay: - Althea Delmas Kaushal
Dialogues: - Farhan Akhtar
Background Score: - Ram Sampath
Editor: - Amitabh Shukla
Choreographers: - Vaibhavi Merchant & Shaimak Davar
Cinematographer: - Kartik Vijay Thyagrajan
Art Director: - Shashank Tere
Costume: - Jaimal Odedera
Featuring: - Abhishek Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Jimmy Shergill,Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, , Shahana Goswami, Gauhar Khan
Introducing: - Sarah Jane Dias
Genre: - Thriller
Release Date: - 18th, March 2011
What Its about: - Game promises to be an edge-of-the-seat thrillerwith some jaw dropping action sequences, Directed by AbhinayDeo and filmed extensively in Greece, the film has crisp dialogue byFarhan Akhtar. Rest assured this whodunit will pack in enough twistsand turns to keep you glued to your multiplex seat. Sarah Jane istipped to be a star of the future.
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