My Name Is Khan

The film re-unites the super-hit jodi of SRK and Kajol after a hiatus of nearly 7 years (they were last seen in Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001)
The film is based on a real life story where the protagonist, Rizwan Khan is suffering from a rare disease called Asperger’s Disease which causes physical clumsiness and atypical use of language. The film is set in the city of New York.
Jimmy Shiergill plays Shahrukh’s brother in the movie. Kajol plays the love interest of Shahrukh for the film.

Karan Johar, through this movie, wants to convey a strong message of humanity, especially about the treatment meted out to people suffering from this rare disorder. Through his character, ShahRukh Khan undergoes a transformation in his outlook about life and the whole world, while he is being held captive by some miscreants for a few weeks. The film will also try to show that if given right counselling to such people, they would be able to easily adjust with the society like any other normal citizen.

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Jimmy Sheirgill
Director: Aran Johar
Producer: Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions
Co-Producer: Shahrukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment.

Written By Mallika Sastry
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Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

In Santoshi's Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Ranbir plays the melancholy lover-boy hopelessly in love with the idea of being in love. The character was immortalized by Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker and before him, Chaplin in City Lights. Ranbir in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani plays Prem a true inheritor of the two imperishable heroes from the past. He is an innocent guy with a heart of gold. There will be distinct elements of Charlie Chaplin and Raj kapoor , but not too much though.

Katrina Kaif plays a character that closely resembles what she is in real life. A little lost, a little out of it. Credulous, artless and trusting, a girl who believes in the goodness of all things. The film requires her to be young and trendy. Apparently She was excited to do this role working with Ranbir kapoor since this would be the first time that she would be paired with someone closer to her own age.

The film is slated to be released in the first half of the year 2009.

Cast: Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, Salman Khan (in a Special appearance) Upen Patel, Darshan Jariwala
Director: Raj Kumar Santoshi
Produced: Ramesh S Taurani

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Barah Aana hindi movie

Barah Aana is a comedy of real life, set in today's Mumbai. The story revolves around three unlikely friends: a driver (Naseeruddin Shah), a watchman (Vijay Raaz), and a waiter (Arjun Mathur). The driver is an older man, stoic but dependable. The watchman, in his 30s, is a pushover at work but otherwise mischievous. The waiter is a young, swaggering chap, brimming with ambition. Living together, their different attitudes make for interesting banter.

At some point, misfortune befalls the watchman and, due to a series of chance events, he stumbles into a crime. Striking upon a seemingly low-risk way to make good money, and discovering a new sense of self-confidence, he tries to entice the others to join him in a series of such crimes. Cat and mouse games ensue between the three as personalities change, but events soon spiral out of control, leading them in a direction none of them had wanted to take. Featuring a talented ensemble cast, Barah Aana is based on an original script. The running time is 97 minutes.

CAST: Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Raaz and Arjun Mathur
Director: Raja Menon

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Ek - the power of one hindi movie

This film is the Hindi remake of superhit Telugu film ATAHDU. Nandu (Bobby Deol) is an assassin by profession. Somehow he gets wrongly accused of a politician's murder.Whilst on the run from the police, he boards a train where he meets Shehar (Chunky Pandey).

Shehar is returning home for the first time after 14 years. As they converse, Nandu gets to know all about his joint family and the imminent wedding of Shehar's cousin. This is the main reason he is going home for. The twist comes when the police catches up with Nandu on the train. In the shootout that follows, Shehar accidentally dies.Deeply shocked by the incident, Nandu goes to Shehar's family home to return his belongings to his grandfather and also break the news of his grandson's death.

But when Nandu arrives at Shehar's family home, he is mistaken for Shehar himself. With no time to explain what had happened, the family members get him involved with the wedding preparations and celebrations.

Preet (Shreya Saran), the daughter of a family friend becomes fascinated by Nandu. In no time she falls in love with him. Meanwhile, police inspector Rane (Nana Patekar), is given the responsibility of tracking down the killer and he is close on Nandu's trail.Nana Patekar it is learnt from reliable sources, especially learnt to speak like a typical Punjabi while he was shooting in Chandigarh. Will Nandu be able to come out of the crisis unscathed? Will the family come to know about his real identity? What would be the fate of Nandu and Preet's love story? And who is actually the real killer?

Ek - The Power Of One is a Bollywood Masala movie full of family emotions and suspense, and is all set for a 27th March release.

CAST: Nana Patekar , Bobby Deol, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Shreya Saran and Chunky Pandey in a special appearance
Director: Sangeeth Sivan

Written By Mallika Sastry
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Blue hindi movie

Blue which is supposed to be India’s first ‘official’ underwater film is a thriller story involving crucial scenes by the lead actors Sanjay Dutt and Akshay Kumar (who plays a fisherman based in the Bahamas) beneath sea water.

Lara Dutta plays the character of a glamorous beach babe and is paired opposite to Sanjay Dutt in the movie.The international technician crew consisting of Nickolette Skarlatos and Clarabelle Saldanha (who worked on Megan Fox in the Hollywood film ‘Transformers’ ) compared Lara’s look very similar to Megan Fox. Katrina Kaif was initially taken in to do just an item song , but the producers later on extended her role as they felt that an Akshay-Katrina starrer would again prove to be a lucky pairing at the box office.

The film is being made on a lavish scale of a 100-150 crores. The producers are leaving no stone unturned to make this movie have an ‘International’ feel, and have roped in many Hollywood top notch technicians, along with the Australian sensational singer Kylie Minogue, who will be seen in two of the most hype about songs of the movie, choreographed by Farah Khan.

Cast: Askhay Kumar, Zayed Khan, Sanjay Dutt,Lara Dutta, Katrina Kaif with Kylie Minogue roped in for two special and sizzling hot item songs.
Director: Anthony D’souza
Producer: Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd.

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Aladin Aladdin hindi movie

The modern day film titled ‘Aladin’ OR Aladdin , the evergreen Arabian Nights story, is a hi-end special effects film being made on a big Bollywood format. With this film, Eros makes its foray into visual effects movies.

The story is contemporary but set in a fantasy world of make belief. The dresses are modern but the surroundings and the settings,larger than life and imagined. Amitabh Bachchan plays the ‘genie’ in the film. As of now Aladin is pretty much on track for a Christmas release as it is a children centered story.

CAST: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh & introducing Jackie Fernandes
Director: Sujoy Ghosh
Producer: Eros International in association with Sujoy Ghosh’s production company Boundscript.

Written By Mallika Sastry
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Gulal Gulaal hindi movie

After making films like No Smoking and Dev D Anurag Kashyap’s all set with Gulal. It is a love story set against a certain backdrop. It is believed he scripted Gulaal when he was angry and upset with everything around him.

According to a close pal of Anurag, making Gulaal was very close to his heart as he was in the most terrible time. He was highly influenced by Sahir Ludhianvi’s songs from Pyaasa, especially ‘Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai’. Gulal is a tribute by Anurag to all those poets who wrote such aspiring, inspirational poems.

Though it is his most angry film, Anurag has done extensive research on the history of Rajputs and their stories of the formation of Republic India. Anurag spent a lot of time with the royals of Jaipur and read history from Sharda Dwivedi to Romila Thapar, he also read the Patiala Report and then scripted Gulal.

Kay Kay Menon plays a grassroots political leader. The film is 80 percent complete and the last schedule will be for 15 days at Jaipur beginning June7.

Star cast: Deepak Dobriyal, Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastav, Piyush Mishra

The film is said to be releasing in September 2009

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Rang Rasiya ('Colours of Passion' in English)

Based on legendary painter Raja Ravi Varma's life, the movie which is based on Marathi author Ranjit Desai's novel, is a sensuous love story of the great painter and his muse, a woman called Sugandhabai.

Randeep Hooda who plays the role of Ravi Varma, is said to have required a lot of intensity and concentration as it was difficult to essay the enigmatic character of Raja Ravi Verma, a flamboyant pioneering painter who was a visionary, apart from being a great admirer of the female form.

Nandana Sen, plays the sensuous muse of the painter. Her character is sensual yet innocent and is hungry for love. She is playful, very romantic, strong-headed and brave. She was a legend in her own right, because she was a trend setter and a fashion icon for everyone at that time.

The whole world used to tell her that she was beautiful but she never believed them till she met this great painter who changed her life. She was harassed after he painted her as a goddess but she was brave enough to face the wrath.

Mehta's bilingual "Rang Rasiya" is courting controversy for the number of sensuous scenes it has. But it is also that it had taken him on and off six years to do the research that included reading all literature associated with that era and he also had to travel a lot to see the actual paintings.

It has been shot extensively in different locations in India and also at a huge set in Karjat near Mumbai.

The movie will hit the theatres March 27 2009.

CAST: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen
Director: Ketan Mehta

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