February Previews

Kuldip Patwal: I Didn’t Do It!

Releases in cinemas on the 2^nd of February, 2018.

Kuldip Patwal: I Didn’t Do It! is about a commoner who is thrown into a jail cell on suspicion of murder of a local politician. Can he survive the State entrapment, or did he actually do it?

Directed by Remy Kohli

Written by Rahul Ramchandani and Remy Kohli

Cinematography by Vikram Amladi

Editing by Aalap Majgavkar

Music by Anuj Garg

The film stars Jameel Khan ,Gulshan Devaiah,Raima Sen,Deepak Dobriyal,Parvin Dabas and Anurag Arora.

Pad Man

Releases in cinemas on the 9^th of February, 2018.

Pad Man is based on the life of Coimbatore based Arunachalam Muruganantham, a normal man who found a way to make affordable sanitary napkins for women in his village. Written and directed by R Balki, the movie is based on a chapter from Twinkle’s book The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad.

Written and Directed by R Balki

Co-written by Swanand Kirkire

Cinematography by P C Sreeram

Editing by Chandan Arora

Music by Amit Trivedi

The film stars Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor, Radhika Apte, Sudhir Pandey and Amitabh Bachchan.

Aiyaary

Releases in cinemas on the 9^th of February, 2018.

Aiyaary

After coming out with movies like Rustom, Special 26, A Wednesday, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Baby and more, director Neeraj Pandey is all set to thrill the audience with his latest Aiyaary this month. The film is about what a soldier resorts to ultimately in the face of a crisis.

Aiyaary is a thriller, it is a story about an army officer Sidharth Malhotra who has a great mentor-protege bond with Manoj Bajpayee. Both Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee play army men but stand on opposite ends of the spectrum of corruption. Manoj Bajpayee, an altruistic and loyal soldier is assigned the task of chasing his former protege Sidharth Malhotra, who seems to be involved in a huge artillery scam, then the hide and chasing game begins between Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee. Naseeruddin Shah, plays a whistleblower’s role in the film.

Story, Script and Direction by Neeraj Pandey

Cinematography by Sudheer Palsane

Editing by Praveen Kathikuloth

Music by Rochak Kohli, Ankit Tiwari

Background score by Sanjoy Chowdhury

The film stars Manoj Bajpayee, Sidharth Malhotra, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Chopra, Adil Hussain, Kumud Mishra, Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher

Dil Juunglee

Releases in cinemas on the 16^th of February, 2018.

Dil Juunglee is a romantic comedy film. The story revolves around the friendship and the love story of Sumit (Saqib Saleem) and Koroli Nair (Taapsee Pannu), along with the big and small nuances of a relationship. The ups and downs of love and friendship are portrayed with the angle of fun, madness and craziness.

Koroli, the sole child of a London based business tycoon, settles in Delhi to fulfil her ‘pursuit of happiness.’ Much to her dad’s disappointment, she has no interest in upgrading herself as an entrepreneur and wants to settle down with a man and be a mother to her future kids. She teaches English at the British council in New Delhi which makes her feel content and satisfied in her own way.

Sumit, a typical Lajpat Nagar ‘launda,’ wants to make it big as an actor in Bollywood. He works as the star trainer at a local gym and has clearly worked on his aesthetics and physique. He is a highly ambitious chap with star-studded dreams of walking the red carpet, brushing shoulders with some of Bollywood’s finest.

He joins Koroli’s English class at the Language School. Initially meeting one another as a teacher and student, their proximity escalades when they meet each other in a nightclub. Later, this creates the path for attraction and the radically opposite duo gets close to one another.

Written and Directed by Aleya Sen.

Screenplay by Tonoya Sen Sharma and Shiv Singh

Cinematography by Amol Rathod

Editing by Dev Jadhav

Music by Guru Randhawa and Rajat Nagpal

The film stars Taapsee Pannu, Saqib Saleem, Abhilash Thapliyal, Nidhi Singh, Srishti Shrivastava and Jackky Bhagnani. 

3 Storeys

Releases in cinemas on the 16^th of February, 2018.

3 Storeys is a thriller drama film. It is about people living in a Mumbai chawl, lot of mystery and thrill happening in their lives, while the basic premise is set around a chawl. This film has three co-related stories. Whether it is an old lady who holds a secret stash of diamonds, or Sharman Joshi and Masumeh Makhija's love affair, or the inter-religious love between youngsters Ankit and Aisha. The issues of love, longing and loss add an emotional dimension.

Directed by Arjun Mukerjee

Written by Althea Kaushal

Dialogue by Anvita Dutt

Cinematography by Will Humphris

Editing by Arindam Ghatak

The film stars Sharman Joshi, Pulkit Samrat, Richa Chadda, Renuka Shahane, Masumeh Makhija, Tarun Anand, Ankit Rathi and Aisha Ahmed

Pareshaan Parinda

Releases in cinemas on the 16^th of February, 2018.

Pareshaan Parinda is a romantic drama film. Two complete strangers, a young man and a young girl wake up in bed together. Neither of them can remember the previous night's events and cannot recollect how they got there in the first place.

Neel an average middle-class IT professional with a steady girlfriend finds himself involved with Mini who isn't your average young girl. She’s the daughter of a crime boss. Little did Neel know this was a fatal mistake getting involved with the underworld?

To add to the confusion Mini's trio ruthless uncles and gang lords come to her rescue and take Neel to task. The uncles will do anything for Mini's happiness and get her pride back. The gangster Uncle's demand that Neel make a honourable woman of their niece Mini or else. Pushed to the wall what options does Neel have?

Director : Devesh Pratap Singh

Writers : Dr. Rachel Singh and Altaf Hussain

Dialogue : Altaf Hussain and Devesh Pratap Singh

Cinematographer : Gilbert Rae

Editors : Gilbert Rae and Devesh Pratap Singh

Music Directors : Johny Seth, Tapeshwar Kalia and Ravinder Bhinder

The film stars Meeraj Shah, Sakshi Singh, Pankaj Kumar, Avtar Singh Bhullar, King B Chouhan, KP Sandhu, Pallavi Sharma, Sadia Nabila, Ricky Sapuran Singh, Dave Sidhu, Sahil Sood, Sammy Gill and Naz Gill.

Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz

Releases in cinemas on the 16^th of February, 2018.

Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz is a romantic drama film. Every night at 10, Kolkata tunes into radio to listen to 'Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz' - an episodic series of unrequited love stories hosted by RJ Alfaz who, despite his tremendous following, prefers staying detached and anonymous. Among his many fans is the boisterous Archana, a girl working at a creative agency – which designs branded memes. She is leukodermic but lives life to the fullest. They meet; or rather talk, for the first time over a misplaced call, when Archana accidentally dials Alfaaz's number, while trying to connect with her latest blind date. Thus begins an interesting relationship between two unlikely characters, one overly compensating, but in denial of her present, and the other buried under a dark secret of his past.

Directed by: Onir

Story, Screenplay and Dialogue: Abhishek Chatterjee

Director Of Photography: Nusrat F. Jaferi

Edited By: Irene Dhar Malik

Music Composer: Shashwat Srivastava

The film stars Zain Khan Durrani, Geetanjali Thapa, Shray Rai Tiwari, Mona Ambegaonkar, Chandrayee Ghosh, Shaheb Bhattacharjee, Sourav Das and Barun Chanda.

Billu Ustaad

Releases in cinemas on the 16^th of February, 2018.

Billu Ustaad is the story of a brave, courageous and a supremely confident boy named Billu who grows up in an orphanage. All is well in Billu's life until his three friends from the orphanage are kidnapped by a group of terrorists and are brainwashed to indulge in terrorist activities. Determined to save his friends, Billu seeks the help of an ATS officer named Siraj and Ajay, an IAS officer. How he saves them and how he gives the terrorists a harrowing time, forms the crux.

Directed by Suvahhdan Angre

Written by Manoj Pandey

Cinematography by Tanha Farmin

The film stars Priyanshu Chatterjee, Akhilendra Mishra, Mihir Soni, K K Goswami, Mithila Naik, Deepraj Rana

The Window

Releases in cinemas on the 16^th of February, 2018.

The Window is a drama about an artist's struggle between staying true to his art and giving in to the ruthless reality of life. Lekh fights with his own demons of angst, arrogance, selfishness, and denial, while not being ready to compromise with the art that cinema is.

Writer – Director : VK Choudhary

Cinematographer : Dhruvan Gautham

Editors : Satish Dewangan, VK Choudhary and Amit Malhotra

Music : RK

The film stars Amit Vashisth, Teena Singh, Praveen Maheshwari, Atul Hanwat, Sayoni Mishra, Aman Wadhan and Preeti Sharma.

Jaane Kyun De Yaaron

Releases in cinemas on the 16^th of February, 2018.

Jaane Kyun De Yaaron is about two boys who dream to change their ordinary lives and also change the corrupt system as they take a stand against police brutality with the little help of a benevolent guardian.

Raghu and Abhishek are two young rap singers, living in Mumbai, trying to further their careers by making an album. They are beset by rejection after rejection from cynical and dismissive financiers, even though their young fans love them. The tables seem to have turned when they perform at a function and meet Shera - a larger-than-life figure who offers them help should they ever meet a problem. His presence is reassuring, and he is the strongest character in the film. From here their lives take a downwards spiral. Abhishek is accused of driving while drunk and of assaulting a police officer. No-one will listen to him despite the fact that he was not driving and he was a victim of police brutality. The support of their families and their loyalty to one another is all that holds them up at this time. The upshot is that they are misused by corrupt policemen and lawyers and ultimately Abhi is found guilty but.. - Shera has seen all that has happened, has put in place a mechanism that exposes their corruption and when confronted by his evidence, the guilty officers and lawyer admit their crimes. Abhishek is freed and he and Raghu succeed in their music ventures. The film ends with hope - hope that corruption will be beaten and hope for young people that all is not lost till there is someone like Shera who is willing to take a stand and challenge injustice.

Director : Akshay Anandd

Writers : Akshay Anandd and Ajit Rajpal

Cinematographer : Nagraj MD and Sayandip Sen Gupta

Editor : Hardik Singh Reen

Music Director : Satya Manik Afsar, Sikandar Kahlon, Deepak Agrawal and Chand Sadhwani

The film stars Kabir Bedi, Akshay Anandd, Hitesh Bhardwaj, Abhay Bhargava, Ravi Raj Kande,Viju Khote, Usha Nadkarni and Dayashanker Pandey.

Hichki

Releases in cinemas on the 23^rd of February, 2018.

Hichki, is based on Peter Werner directed 2008 tv movie Front of the Class. The main protagonist in the original was the hero of the film but in Hichki we have a role reversal with Rani Mukerji cast in the pivotal character. The film celebrates self-belief, the resilience of human spirit and hope. The film is about turning disadvantages into opportunities and staring down at challenges and ultimately winning over them. The story of Hichki is about a woman who turns her most daunting weakness into her biggest strength. Naina Mathur (Rani Mukerji) is an aspiring teacher who suffers from Tourette Syndrome. After several interviews and numerous rejections, she lands her dream job as a full-time teacher in one of the most elite schools in the city. However, she soon realizes that the class she has been assigned is comprised of defiant and impish students who can't seem to keep out of trouble. Despite a few initial hiccups, Naina must do whatever she can to ensure that her students realize their true potential, and defy all the odds against them.

Director : Siddharth P. Malhotra

Written by Sidharth P Malhotra and Anckur Chaudhry

Screenplay by Anckur Chaudhry, Ambar Hadap and Ganesh Pandit

Dialogue by Ankur Chaudhry

Based on  Front of the Class

Cinematography by Avinash Arun

Editing by Shweta Venkat Mathe

Music by Jasleen Royal

The film stars Rani Mukerji, Harsh Mayar, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Kunal Shinde, Shivkumar Subramaniam, Neeraj Kabi, Ivan Rodrigues, Suprio Bose and Asif Basra.

Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety

Releases in cinemas on the 23^rd of February, 2018.

Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety is a romantic comedy. Titu (Sunny Singh) is getting married to a girl named Sweety (Nushrat Bharucha) who comes across as a perfect woman, but Titu's friend Sonu (Kartik Aaryan) finds her too good to be true. While Titu and his family are impressed with everything that Sweety does, Sonu on the other hand finds her behaviour suspicious and develops a doubt over her true intentions. This leads to a conflict between Sonu and Sweety with both trying to outdo each other in order to achieve their goal which leads to war between Bromance and Romace.

Directed by Luv Ranjan

Written by Rahul Mody and Luv Ranjan

Story by Luv Ranjan

Cinematography by Sudhir K. Chaudhary

Editing by Akiv Ali

Music by Hans Raj Hans, Rochak Kohli, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Amaal Mallik, Zack Knight and Saurabh – Vaibhav

The film stars Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Alok Nath, Virendra Saxena, Ayesha Raza, Madhu Malti Kapoor and Sunny Singh

Welcome To New York

Releases in cinemas on the 23^rd of February, 2018.

Welcome to New York is a comedy film. The film tells the story of two unlikely youngsters, Diljit Dosanjh, a sloppy recovery agent and Sonakshi Sinha, a fashion designer, living in India in search of a better life for themselves. An unexpected trip to New York City sets them off on a comedic adventure that changes their lives forever. Touted as India’s first comedy film in 3D, the comic caper has Karan Johar besides a few other biggies from Bollywood making an appearance in the film.

Director : Chakri Toleti

Screenplay : Dheeraj Rattan

Dialogue : Anukalp Goswami, Aakash Kaushik, Amol Parashar, Adhaar Khurana and Dheeraj Rattan

Cinematographers : Santosh Thundiyil and Neha Parti

Editor : Ritesh Soni

Music Directors : Sajid Ali - Wajid Ali, Meet Bros and Shamir Tandon

The film stars Diljit Dosanjh, Sonakshi Sinha, Karan Johar, Sushant Singh Rajput, Riteish Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Boman Irani and Rana Daggubati.  

Raja Abroadiya

Releases in cinemas on the 23^rd of February, 2018.

Raja Abroadiya is a romantic comedy film. A rich young, smart but innocent boy from a small village Raja who after facing ample difficulties goes abroad, comes back and is called Raja Abroadiya by the whole village.

The story revolves around a rich boy of a village who was very proud and enjoying his royal status, but he got his ego hurt by a drunken villager whose son returned from abroad after being married to foreign girl. Raja accepts his challenge, announcing he too will become Abroadiya .The leading lady Preety also has dreams of going abroad & change her social & economical status. The two meets in the process, they make a deal between them. It’s the story of both to achieve their respective goals and what struggles they have to face in this journey.

Director : Lakhwinder Shabla

Writers : Mani Manjinder Singh and Lakhwinder Shabla

Cinematographer : Ishaan Sharma

Editor : Bir Singh

Music by Mukhtar Sahota and Jazim Sharma

The film stars Robin Sohi, Vaishnavi Patwardhan, Abhishek Singh Pathania, Olga Hoffmann, Alankrita Bora, Vaishnavi Macdonald and Yograj Singh