10 films worth waiting for in 2011


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    Patiala House Details: Starring Akshay Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Anushka Sharma; Directed by Nikhil Advani USP: A cross-generation saga of a Punjabi family in UK, Read More">Patiala House features Akshay in a rare non-comic role. It also brings together the Bobby pair – Rishi and Dimple. Cricket and international cricketers form a part of theRead More

    Patiala House

    Details: Starring Akshay Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Anushka Sharma; Directed by Nikhil Advani

    USP: A cross-generation saga of a Punjabi family in UK, Patiala House features Akshay in a rare non-comic role. It also brings together the Bobby pair - Rishi and Dimple. Cricket and international cricketers form a part of the backdrop. Lagaan used the same formula to great success. Films with a Sikh backdrop Singh Is Kinng and Love Aaj Kal have succeeded.

    Downers: Nikhil Advani and Akshay Kumar delivered a super-dud called Chandni Chowk To China in the past.


    Saat Khoon Maaf

    Details: Starring Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah, Irrfan Khan, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anu Kapoor, Aleksandr Dyachenko; Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj

    USP: Quite incontestably, Priyanka Chopra is the most complete actress today. To watch her play a woman who murders seven husbands (none of whom look like Gerard Butler) would be a fascinating experience. Director Bhardwaj has a proven track record with and without Priyanka in the lead.

    Downers: Again a woman's picture and therefore ranks under 'Endangered Species'. Also the concept of a woman marrying 7 times is bizarre.


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    We look at some of the highly anticipated releases of 2011. No One Killed Jessica Details: Starring Rani Mukerji, Vidya Balan; Directed by Rajkumar Gupta. USP: A hard-hitting real-life expose on a high-profile murder done with style and swagger (the expose, not the murder), Read More">the film’s director earlier helmed the well-received Aamir. Downers: Two ladiesRead More

    We look at some of the highly anticipated releases of 2011.

    No One Killed Jessica

    Details: Starring Rani Mukerji, Vidya Balan; Directed by Rajkumar Gupta.

    USP: A hard-hitting real-life expose on a high-profile murder done with style and swagger (the expose, not the murder), the film's director earlier helmed the well-received Aamir.

    Downers: Two ladies no matter how talented and no matter how dramatic, the context of the gender-domination still add up to a chick flick. And these seldom do well in our country


    Dhobi Ghat

    Details: Starring Aamir Khan, Prateik; Directed by Kiran Rao

    USP: An Aamir Khan production. Need we say any more? This one is extra-special because Mrs Aamir Khan has directed it and because Aamir plays a stellar role in it. He won't be seen in any film for at least one year now. Go for it.

    Downers: The trailers look strained and pretentious. They are cut in a very European way. Even the music is resonant of European influences. Also, episodic films don't do well in India.


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    Don 2 Details: Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta; Directed by Farhan Akhtar USP: Don ko pakadna mushqil hi nahin naa-mumkin hai. It will be fun watching Farhan Akhtar’s efforts to pin the original story down to a sequel Downer: Frankly, Read More">the first part of Don was not a great motion picture achievement.Read More

    Don 2

    Details: Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta; Directed by Farhan Akhtar

    USP: Don ko pakadna mushqil hi nahin naa-mumkin hai. It will be fun watching Farhan Akhtar's efforts to pin the original story down to a sequel

    Downer: Frankly, the first part of Don was not a great motion picture achievement.


    Dum Maaro Dum

    Details: Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Prateik, Bipasha Basu, Rana Daggubatti

    USP: Said to be a stylized, docu-drama on the drug racket in Goa with slick action, Abhishek's no-nonsense cop act encores his Dad's Zanjeer style of score settlement

    Downer: Rohan Sippy's track record isn't impressive enough to make us hold our breath.


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    Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Details: Starring Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, Abhay Deol, Kalki Koechlin; Directed by Zoya Akhtar USP: Great Spanish locations, Read More">zany road movie with the never-tried pair of Hrithik and Katrina. What more do we need? Except the guarantee that Zoya is up to the task Downers: Does anyone remember Zoya’sRead More

    Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

    Details: Starring Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, Abhay Deol, Kalki Koechlin; Directed by Zoya Akhtar

    USP: Great Spanish locations, zany road movie with the never-tried pair of Hrithik and Katrina. What more do we need? Except the guarantee that Zoya is up to the task

    Downers: Does anyone remember Zoya’s first film Luck By Chance, by any chance? And Farhan’s Karthik Calling Karthik? And Hrithik’s two box-office thuds Kites and Guzaarish?


    Ra.One

    Details: Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal; Directed by Anubhav Sinha

    USP: SRK’s home production, said to be the most expensive special-effects film in Hindi. SRK playing a super-hero is always a pleasant if not a jolting thought.

    Downer: We’ve already seen all the hi-tech stuff in Shankar’s Robot. And can Anubhav Sinha’s whose earlier credits include Tum Bin, Dus and Cash, handle it?


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    Rock Star Details: Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Read More">Nargis Fakhri; Directed by Imtiaz Ali USP: Ranbir Kapoor is always an exciting actor to watch. To watch him play a rock performer jiving to A R Rahman’s songs is a tempting idea. Ranbir says Imtiaz is the best director he has worked with. We can take his wordRead More

    Rock Star

    Details: Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri; Directed by Imtiaz Ali

    USP: Ranbir Kapoor is always an exciting actor to watch. To watch him play a rock performer jiving to A R Rahman's songs is a tempting idea. Ranbir says Imtiaz is the best director he has worked with. We can take his word for it

    Downers: Films about musicians and music don't always work. For every Rock On there's London Dreams


    Mausam

    Details: Starring Shahid Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor; Directed by Pankaj Kapoor

    USP: Pankaj Kapoor's directorial debut is an intense love story. Shahid-Sonam pair never seen before. The film has been shot lavishly in different parts of the world.

    Downer: Do we really want to see Shahid with Sonam?



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