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It’s raining trailers and how! The much awaited trailer of Aamir Khan’s new film Talaash is finally out. Have a look.

And here’s the so called digital poster of the film.

Directed by Reema Kagti, the film stars Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherji, Kareena Kapoor and Nawazuddin. Produced by Excel Entertainment, Aamir Khan and Reliance Entertainment, the writing credits include Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar (Dialogues) and Anurag Kashyap (Additional Dialogues). It has been shot by Mohanan.

So it’s a murder mystery. A cop chasing a murder case. A housewife, a prostitute and lot of tension. Well shot and creates the right mood.

And the mystery is the big punch? Seems so. The tagline says – The Answer Lies Within. So what’s your bet? Reminds me of that weird and stupid film called Kartik calling Kartik. Is it on same lines? Murder, murderer, memory, all mashed-up.

The trailer of Ali Zafar and Aditi Rao Hydari’s film London Paris New York is just out. Have a look.

The film is written and directed by debutant Anu Menon and produced by Shrishti Arya and Goldie Behl along with Fox Star Studios.

A new couple, shot well and looks fresh. Just wish that they had paused a bit on those sketches that appear and disappear even before you can blink. More so when the film’s title is on the names of the cities. Who doesn’t like cities as characters in films? Ali Zafar and Aditi Rao are pleasing to eyes, and as a couple, there’s some kind of charming and cool comfort onscreen. Only issue – her babytalk in the last shot.

And here’s the official synopsis…

London Paris New York is a film that captures the angst of the twenties, the most dramatic period of one’s life – when you have to find a career, you have your first significant relationship and most importantly form your identity in this world.

This is story about Lalitha, a middle class south Indian girl from Chembur(an eastern suburb in Mumbai) who is on her way to New York to study politics with full scholarship, and Nikhil, a Punjabi, rich kid from Bandra (a posh western suburb of Mumbai )who is going to study Film Making in London on 100% dad’s money. They decide to hangout together one evening in London and find that they are completely drawn to each other even as their future lies on separate continents.The film follows their personal journey and their love story as they meet in London, Paris and New York for a night each over eight years. The film is in three chapters and each chapter is shot in a manner that mirrors the mental state of Nikhil and Lalitha.

 

It’s raining trailers and how! The theatrical trailer of Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani is finally out. Have a look.

Balan seems to be on Bull run and in this one she doesn’t even have a hero opposite her.

The film stars Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.  And the writing credits include Sujoy Ghosh (story/screenplay/dialogues), Advaita Kala (story), Suresh Nair/Nikhil Vyas (Additional screenplay), Ritesh Shah (Dialogues) and Sutapa Sikdar (Dialogues) . The film has music by Vishal-Shekhar.

Here’s the official synopsis..

Vidya Bagchi arrives in Kolkata from London to find her missing husband. Seven month pregnant and alone in a festive city, she begins a relentless search for her husband. With nothing to rely on except fragment from her memories about him, all clues seem to reach a dead end when everyone tries to convince Vidya that her husband does not exist. She slowly realizes that nothing is what it seems. In a city soaked in lies, Vidya is determined to unravel the truth about her husband – for herself and her unborn child even at the cost her own life.

 

From the producers of Pyaar Ka Punchnama – That’s enough to make me curious. Because i have been in a weird position with regard to PKP. Have tried to defend its misogynist point of view in endless discussions about the film and on the other hand, was against the director, and was on the side of the writers when the writing credits were almost invisible on various publicity materials and they were accused of writing just few pages. Anyway, Bittoo Boss is the new film from the same producers. Have a look.

New director (Supavitra Babul), new subject, new faces (Pulkit Sharma), and a young producer (Abhishek Pathak). Great! It looks interesting for sure but what’s the point of wasting 90seconds to tell the same joke again and again and again and again. It doesn’t say anything more than that. As they say, you never get a second chance to make the first impression. And that’s gone. Hopefully the second trailer will tell us more.

A new trailer of debutant Karan Malhotra’s Agneepath has just released. Produced by Karan Johar, this film is an official remake of Mukul Anand’s Agneepath and stars Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra and Rishi Kapoor. Take a look.

And here are few observations…

1. This doesn’t look like the usual KJo film. And that’s a a good start. Dongri? I am not sure if any of the characters from any KJo production ever knew that a place called Dongri exist. Good to see that Dharma Productions is exploring beyond SoBo.

2. Dialogues by Piyush Mishra. Great.

3. Music by Ajay-Atul. The music director duo started with Marathi films and quickly made their mark. Again, good decision to go with Ajay-Atul instead of the usual suspects – Shankar,Ehsaan, Loy or Vishal-Shekhar.

4. More roles for actors like Brijendra Kala and Pankaj Tripathi (is that him in the opening scene?) makes me feel that we are going in right direction.

Srinivas Sunderrajan made his debut with the indie feature The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project. And now he is ready with his next feature Greater Elephant which is currently doing the festival rounds.

And to quote the official synopsis – A mahout has lost his elephant. A theater owner has lost her god. A god has lost his identity. A devil has lost his teeth. A constable has lost his faith. And they’ve all lost their marbles. Greater Elephant is a wicked assembly of those who still haven’t found what they’re looking for: a purpose.

Written by Srinivas and  Omkar Sane, the film stars Hussain Dalal, Naveen Kaushik, Saunskruti Kher, Rajiv Mishra, Shreyas Pandit and Shashi Nambiar. It was shot in just 10 days.

Here’s the trailer of the film..

To know more about the film, click here.

Zimbly zouth remakes are not going to die anytime soon. First came the action movies, and now we are remaking the romantic films.

So here it is – the first look of Gautham Menon’s Ek Deewana Tha. The film stars Prateik, Amy Jackson and is remake of Menon’s own film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. Best part – music by A R Rahman. Loved the musical bits in the trailer.

But a perfect love story…a perfect romance? Huh!

Director Maneesh Sharma’s Band Bajaa Baaraat was a surpsrise hit last year. And now, he is back with the same team with a new film titled Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl. It stars Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Dipannita Sharma, Aditi Sharma and Parineeti Chopra. Screenplay is by Devika Bhagat and dialogues are by Habib Faisal.

The film is releasing on 9th December and strangely YRF is releasing it’s theatrical trailer just a month before the release. These days most producers release the trailer of their films at least 2 months before the release date and then slowly built up the buzz with songs and videos . Though the makers of LVRB released two music videos before the trailer but the response has been lukewarm so far. Click on the play button to check out this trailer.

11.11.11 – If you have been tracking every development regarding this date, then here is something interesting.

Conceived by Vikas Chandra, Project 11 is a high-concept thriller short which has been shot in 11 different cities in the world. And interestingly, 11 directors from various countries in the world collaborated to make this short film. But it’s not an episodic film. It’s one story which is set in 11 cities with 11 principal characters.

Video games going fatal.  Aha, not Ra One again. But Project 11 is in similar space. Here’s the official synopsis –

Synopsis:

Project 11 – A cult underground video game, in which no one has ever gone beyond level 11.

11 avid gamers across the world are racing to cross it.

What they don’t realize is that they could be playing the last game of their lives.

The makers of the film want to gauge the audience reactions and then begin the main feature film by next year, if they get funding for the same, which is called Project 12 tentatively. The short  is about 11 mins long and will release on 11.11.11, on glamsham.com.

The Co-Directors are Alessio Georgetti (New York, USA), Ali Ahmed Brohi (Balochistan, Pakistan), Luo Yi (Beijing, China), Sydney Walsh (Los Angeles, USA), Ryan Singh (Toronto, Canada), Hiro Ikematsu (Tokyo, Japan), Rafal Rakoczy (London, England), Nkumi Mitingwa (Dar e Salaam, Tanzania), Joseph Cohen (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Dharamveer Singh (Luxembourg).

Do check out the trailer.

 

Mangesh Hadwale made his debut with a marathi film called Tingya which was well received. And now he is ready with his first hindi feature Dekh Indian Circus.  It stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tannistha Chatterjee and recently premiered at the Busan Film Festival.