Friday, January 8, 2010

Some Bollywood Flicks to look out for in 2010

Aashayein
Nagesh Kukunoor’s Aashayein has been ready for release for quite some time. This John Abraham-Sonal Sehgal film tells the story of a gambling addict who discovers new meanings of fortune and life. John Abraham had to lose 16 kilos for the film.
Action Replayy
Action Replayy stars macho man Akshay Kumar and beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Neha Dhupia. It is based on a 1994 Gujarati play of the same name. Action Replayy is a.

Aisha
The perils of misconstrued romance come alive in this remake of Jane Austen’s classic novel Emma. Sonam Kapoor plays the title-role of Aisha while Abhay Deol plays the male lead. The film is being produced by her sister Rhea under their father Anil Kapoor’s banner.

Chance Pe Dance
Chance Pe Dance stars Shahid Kapoor and Genelia D'Souza. It is directed by Ken Ghosh and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under his banner, UTV Motion Pictures. The movie releases on January 15, 2010. The film's working title was Yahoo and another title, Star, was also considered. Also the film was shot halfway with Jiah Khan as the heroine, but she was later replaced by Genelia. Shahid has been flaunting his eight-pack abs that trainer Abbas Ali developed for himin the movie's trailers. The music by Adnan Sami and Pritam is already a huge hit with the masses. The makers claim the movie is similar to Shahid's personal experience when he finally got Ishq Vishk after giving a lot of screen tests and auditions.

Dulha Mil Gaya
Dulha Mil Gaya brings back the hit couple of Main Hoon Na, Shah Rukh Khan and Sushmita Sen, along with Fardeen Khan, and is directed by debutante Mudassar Aziz. Shah Rukh Khan was initially supposed to do a cameo but now has 50 minutes of screen footage.

Guzaarish
Guzaarish marks the return of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali after Saawariya. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles. The movie will revolve around the story of a married nurse (Aishwarya Rai) and a paraplaegic, wheelchair-bound patient (Hrithik Roshan) suffering from impairment of the motor and sensory
Ishqiya
Vidya Balan, who won rave reviews for her role in Paa, will be seen in a negative role for the first time in this movie. The medium-budget flick stars Arshad Warsi, Naseeruddin Shah and Vidya Balan in lead roles and is directed by Abhishek Chaubey. Kaminey director Vishal Bhardwaj is overseeing the making of the movie which is laced with strong dialogues. Female audiences at a focus group screening were so uncomfortable with some scenes that parts of the film are being re-shot keeping their reactions in mind. Set in eastern Uttar Pradesh, the movie is a tale of romance between individuals caught in a web of crime, suspense, passion and deceit.

Kites
Kites is about an Indian boy's romantic affair with a Latin girl and their predicament as they do not understand each other's languages. Hrithik Roshan plays a Salsa teacher. Kangna Ranaut plays a rich girl and is shown as Hrithik's dance student. The story is set in Las Vegas. This Anurag Basu-directed movie stars also marks the debut of Mexican actress Barbara Mori in Bollywood. Hrithik unveiled the first look of the much-hyped film Kites amid fanfare at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. The movie will be released in April 2010. The distribution rights of Kites have apparently been sold to Reliance Big Pictures for a record Rs 150 crore. The film will release in English and Hindi.

My Name Is Khan
Easily the most awaited of 2010, My Name Is Khan is directed by Karan Johar and co-produced by Johar and Shah Rukh Khan. In the movie, Shah Rukh suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a type of autism. He falls in love with a Hindu woman Mandira, played by Kajol, who is also a single mother living in San Francisco. The 9/11 terror attacks and how it affects their relationship and life is the theme of the movie.The film brings back the super-hit pair of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol on screen after a long gap.

Pyaar Impossible
This Jugal Hansraj movie is a romantic comedy film featuring Uday Chopra, Priyanka Chopra and Dino Morea in leading roles. Uday Chopra himself has written the script for the movie. The film's official website describes the film as the love story of a beauty and a geek. Pyaar Impossible is scheduled for release on January 8, 2010. Uday was last seen in Dhoom 2 which released in 2006. The lead actors are currently busy promoting the movie.

Raavan
Raavan directed by Mani Ratnam is one of the most awaited films of 2010. It stars Vikram, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Govinda and Priyamani. It is also being made simultaneously in Tamil with a slightly different cast. The music is composed by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman. Mani Ratnam, who had earlier directed Thalapathi, which bore
Rann
Rann is a high-end drama from director Ram Gopal Varma and delves into the highly-competitive world of television news reporting in India, putting the spotlight on the media industry's insatiable appetite for advertisers and viewers.The trailer of the movie is already out and the film will release on 22nd January 2010. The film's title-track, Jana Gana Mana Rann Hai, set to the tune of the national anthem, ran into trouble with the Censor Board. The film is said to be based on Sidney Lumet's 1976 movie Network. The ensemble cast of the film includes Paresh Rawal, Riteish Deshmukh, Mohnish Behl, Rajat Kapoor, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Mallika Sherawat and Rajpal Yadav.

Road, Movie
Directed by Dev Benegal, Road, Movie features Abhay Deol, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Satish Kaushik in lead roles. The movie has been screened at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival and 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. This coming-of-age movie was first conceptualised by the director in 2004.
Teen Patti
The biggest highlight of director Leena Yadav's Teen Patti is the presence of Sir Ben Kingsley. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, R. Madhavan, Raima Sen and Shraddha Kapoor. Richard Gere makes a guest appearance.The plot is said to be similar to the 2008 movie 21, starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth. Amitabh plays Venkat Subramaniam, a reclusive maths. genius from India who cracks a theory that could redefine the principles of probability and randomness, while Sir Ben Kingsley plays the part of Perci Trachtenberg who is known as the world's greatest living mathematician.

Veer
Veer is Salman Khan's first attempt at writing a movie. Apparently, Salman has been nurturing the story of Veer for over two decades. Directed by Anil Sharma of Gadar fame, the movie will release on January 22, 2010. The epic saga stars Salman Khan in a never-seen-before avatar along with newcomer Zarine Khan. The film also stars Mithun Chakraborty and Jackie Shroff along with Sohail Khan and Bharat Dabholkar in pivotal roles along with Miss UK Lisa Lazarus. The film faced some location issues in London and Jaipur and there were also reports about creative differences between Salman and director Anil Sharma.The music score by Sajid-Wajid has received positive reviews.