Previews - Pad Man To Clash With Padmavat - by Suhel Johar


Kaalakaandi
Releases in cinemas on the 12th of January.
 

Kaalakaandi is a dark comedy thriller about life, death and karma. Featuring Saif Ali Khan in the lead role Kaalakaandi shows the city of Mumbai with underworld goons, doomed bankers and idealistic lovers all closely knitted to each other. The film,  written and directed by debutant Akshat Verma (the writer of Delhi Belly), is played out in 12 hours, with six characters from different worlds, from urban, ambitious upwardly mobile Mumbai and its dark, neglected under-belly.

Written and directed by Akshat Verma

Story by Devesh Kapoor

Cinematography Himman Dhamija

Edited by Shan Moha

Music by Sameer Uddin and Shashwat Sachdev

 
The film stars Saif Ali Khan Akshay Oberoi, Amyra Dastur, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Deepak Dobriyal, Vijay Raaz, Sobhita Dhulipala, Isha Talwar and Neil Bhoopalam.

 
Mukkabaaz
Releases in cinemas on the 12th of January


Mukkabaaz is a beautiful love story of a boxer and deals with social and political elements. In the city of Bareilly (UP), a low caste boxer Shravan, slogs day and night to achieve his dream of being a recognised boxer. Things go awry when he falls in love with a high caste, mute girl Sunaina who happens to be the niece of his arch nemesis, the head of the state boxing federation, Bhagwandas Mishra. Shravan falls for Mishra's niece . Mishra does not approve of this match. Shravan strives to win Sunaina's hand in marriage and become a successful boxer while trying to avoid retaliation from Mishra.

Directed by Anurag Kashyap
Written by Anurag Kashyap, Vineet Kumar Singh, Mukti Singh Srinet, K.D.Satyam, Ranjan Chandel and Prasoon Mishra.

Cinematography by Rajeev Ravi, Shanker Raman, Jay Patel and Jayesh Nair

Edited by Aarti Bajaj and Ankit Bidyadhar

Music by Nucleya and Rachita Arora

 
The film stars Vineet Kumar Singh, Zoya Hussain, Jimmy Shergill, Ravi Kishan, Shree Dhar Dubey, Neeraj Goyat & Deepak Tanwar


1921
Releases in cinemas on the 19th of January


1921, is a Vikram Bhatt directed horror film. A couple, Zarine Khan and Karan Kundra, try to protect their dark past and secrets in order to save themselves from future. Based in the year 1921 the film deals with the couple's battle with extreme paranormal activities created by a ruthless and cursed spirit that would lead them to their ultimate redemption or downfall.

Directed by Vikram Bhatt

Written by Vikram Bhatt

Screenplay by Tanya Pathak and Esha Desai

Cinematography by Prakash Kutty

Edited by Kuldip Mehan

Music by Harish Sagane, Asad Khan and Pranit Mawale


The film stars Zarine Khan and Karan Kundra as the main lead.

Union Leader
Releases in cinemas on the 19th of January
 

Union Leader is all about Jay who is resigned to his fate as a worker in a notoriously shoddy chemical plant, Jay wants little more than for his wife and son to escape their life of poverty but soon he realizes that he must not only find a way to support his family, but also overcome grave social and legal injustice in the system. The film's original title was Kamdar Union which was changed to Union Leader during the post production. The film has won Best Film in The Best Of Fest Category 2017 award at the 10th Colombia George International (Angaelica) Film Festival, USA

Directed by Sanjay Patel

Written by Sanjay Patel and John Winston Rainey    

Story by Chinmay Sankrat

Hindi dialogue by Sanjay Patel

Cinematography by Nilip Deb  

Film Editing by Aurelien Brentraus, Aalaap Majgavkar and Brock Roberts

Music by Darren Fung   

 
The film stars Rahul Bhat and Tillotama Shome  

 
Nirdosh
Releases in cinemas on the 19th of January
 

Nirdosh is a murder mystery about one gruesome murder, 6 suspects and only one Nirdosh or Innocent?

Arbaaz Khan plays the role of a police officer who is in charge for solving a murder case. Manjari Fadnnis is arrested for the crime, however, as events unfold, many possibilities and suspects come to the fore.

Directed by Subroto Paul and Pradeep Rangwani, the film has been produced by UV films and is slated to release on 12th January, 2018.

Directed by Pradeep Rangwani and Subroto Paul

Story by Amit Khan

Cinematography by Arun Prasad

Edited by  Sanjay Sankla

Background nusic by Sanjoy Chowdhury

 
The film stars Arbaaz Khan, Manjari Fadnnis, Ashmit Patel, Maheck Chahal, Mukul Dev

 
Vodka Diaries
Releases in cinemas on the 19th of January

 
Vodka Diaries is a suspense thriller set in contemporary Manali. The story revolves around a club called Vodka Diaries, where few murders have happened and ACP Ashwini Dixit is investigating them.

Directed by Kushal Srivastava

Written by     Vaibhav Bajpai

Cinematography by Maneesh Chandra Bhatt

Edited by Aalaap Majgavkar

Music by Sandesh Shandilya, Harry Anand and Parvaaz

Background score by Sanjoy Chowdhury

 
The film stars Kay Kay, Raima Sen, Mandira Bedi and Sharib Hashmi.


Padmavat
Releases in cinemas on the 25th of January

 
After facing several roadblocks in the form of of protests and heated debates, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's controversial film Padmavati, retitled Padmavat, is scheduled for a January 25 release. The film, mired in controversy over its plot line, has been cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) with a 'U/A' rating. The film was earlier scheduled to be released on December 1 and with its new release date the film will clash with Akshay Kumar starrer Pad Man. With two big films releasing on the same date the makers of Manoj Bajpayee-starrer Aiyaary, earlier slated to be release on January 26, have decided to postpone its release to February 9.

Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Written by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Prakash Kapadia

Screenplay by     Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Cinematography by Sudeep Chatterjee

Edited by Jayant Jadhar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Akiv Ali

Music by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

 
Padmavat stars Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Aditi Rao Hydari, Raza Murad and Jim Sarbh.
 

Pad Man
Releases in cinemas on the 25th of January


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.

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