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This action film has it all – cops, goons, underworld twins, all the bollywood masala sprinkled with bombastic dialogues. It is a story of a family of Policemen... and a family of Gangsters. Atul Sabharwal's debut directorial feature has a strong lineup of talented stars like Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Sikandar Kher, Amrita Singh, Deepti Naval, Tanvi Azmi, Swara Bhaskar and it also happens to be a launch pad for Sasha Aagha (Salma Agha’s daughter). Arjun Kapoor of Ishaqzaade fame plays a double role. The police have been fruitlessly pursuing the idea to nail a Gurgaon real estate kingpin Yashvardhan (Jackie Shroff). There isn’t enough evidence to nab him. Yashvardhan's son is Ajay (Arjun Kapoor), a gangster whose lust for power knows no bounds. Top cop Ravikant (Rishi Kapoor) stumbles upon a secret about Yashvardhan and comes up with a strategy where Ajay is captured. Th ....
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A coming-of-age story of an ordinary, overweight girl - Gippi, who through the course of the film, learns to love herself for exactly who she is. Gippi (Riya Vij) is a 14-year-old girl who lives in Simla with her mother Pappi (Divya Dutta) and little brother Booboo (Arbaz Kadwani). It is directed by debutant Sonam Nair and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar & Karan Johar. Anshuman Mahaley's cinematography wonderfully captures the striking beauty of the landscapes and hilly terrain of Himachal Pradesh. She is overweight and awkward and doesn't know how to handle the physical, emotional and social changes happening in her life. In school, she is a backbencher and is constantly bullied by the popular queen-bee Shamira (Jayati Modi). At home, she's trying to figure out how to deal with living in a broken home. In the middle of all this chaos, she falls madly in love with Arjun (Ta ....
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A Bollywood zom-com featuring Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Puja Gupta and Larissa Bonesi in the lead roles. It is directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. It is actually an action-adventure cum comedy film - Go Goa Gone. Hardik (Kunal Khemu) and Luv (Vir Das) are two dope heads, living with their friend Bunny (Anand Tiwari). Hardik has been out of his job and Luv suddenly feels unlucky as he gets dumped by his girlfriend. Bunny, their friend is to leave for Goa for an official work, so the two decide to tag along with him, as a relaxation trip. While in Goa, Luv falls for Luna (Puja Gupta) who is a free spirited girl. Luna invites him and his friends for a rave party organized by the Russian mafia, being held on a secluded island. She is unknown to the fact of the surprise in store for all of them. The party is the brainchild of the macho Russian Mafioso, Boris, to la ....
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Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Karan Johar & Dibakar Banerjee - four of the finest directors come together to redefine Indian Cinema and celebrate the 100 years of Indian Cinema with the film Bombay Talkies. Bombay Talkies is a collection of four films, each of them narrates stories about the problems of our society. The stories are very realistic and depict real life like situations and characters. The first one titled as Ajeeb Dastaan Hain Yeh is directed by Karan Johar. It is a love triangle between a journalist Gayatri (Rani Mukerji) and her husband Dev (Randeep Hooda). An intern Avinash (Saqib Saleem) is working in Gayatri’s office. She realizes that Avinash is a gay, and doesn’t have any problems with that. But when Avinash grows closer to her husband, for who may have feelings for him, things get complicated. In the second story directed by Dibakar Banerjee, there i ....
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An explosive, true story of the first encounter killing in Bombay and the war between Dilawar, Manya Surve & Inspector Afaaque Baagraan. The story is primarily based on the book on the underworld of Bombay, written by S. Hussain Zaidi. In 1992, Bombay witnessed an infamous encounter in Lokhandwala. The news was telecast by the BBC and covered extensively by the media across the country and internationally. Till date more than 820 encounters have been recorded in the files of Mumbai police, but where did it all begin? Shootout at Wadala is a crime thriller film, a prequel to the 2007 hit movie Shootout at Lokhandwala. It outlines the rampant gang wars in Bombay and culminates in an explosive 3-way face-off between the dreaded gangster Dilawar, the notorious & charismatic gangster Manya Surve & Inspector Afaaque Baagraan. The first-ever registered encounter by Mumbai police ....
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This romantic musical drama Aashiqui 2 is a sequel to the 1990 blockbuster – Aashiqui. Directed by Mohit Suri there is no continuity or resemblance to the 1990 film. Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor play the roles of Rahul and Arohi respectively. They have a common passion, it is their love for music. The film also explores the ups and downs of their romantic relationship, which grind through twists and turns, success and failure in their professional and personal lives. Rahul Jaikar (Aditya) is a popular singer. He is talented, hardworking and successful. He is addicted to alcohol, and this addiction leads to his downfall. It begins with a spiteful moment of drunken revelry at his concert in Goa, that Rahul leaves his show midway, and in a feeling of low self morale, drowns himself guzzling alcohol. It is late in the night, and he still desires for more alcohol, so he l ....
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Based on a real cult, Ek Thi Daayan brings to you the truth you cannot handle. Ek Thi Daayan is an entertaining romantic thriller with an electrifying jolt at the end. Bobo (Emraan Hashmi) is India’s leading magician. But unknown to even his girlfriend Tamara (Huma Qureshi), Bobo’s life is falling apart. His constant hallucinations leave him with no option but to seek psychiatric help. Since he was a young boy, he is obsessed with the occult. He grown up reading books about witch-craft. As a grown up, he is a magician by profession - often letting the lines between reality and fiction blur. Cut to his young days when he is a child, his widower father (Pawan Malhotra) brings home a caretaker for the children Diana (Konkana Sen Sharma). His father falls in love with the lady, and gets married to her. The boy dislikes his step-mother and refers to her as a daayan (witch). A ....
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Commando
A High-Octane, realistic action packed thriller starring Vidyut Jamwal & Pooja Chopra in Commando. Vidyut Jamwal, who made his debut in a negative character with FORCE, plays the conventional Hindi film hero and fights an army of baddies single-handedly. He plays a special-ops secret agent for the Indian Armed Services. During one of the missions the commando’s chopper is shot down & is now behind enemy-lines. Karanvir Dogra (Vidyut Jamwal), a commando in the Indian Army, is on a helicopter when it crashes into the Chinese territory. The Chinese label him as an India spy and detain him for over a year. Diplomatic attempts from Indian side prove futile, and to that extant that our own minister insists on disowning him. Karanvir is persistently tortured by them, yet he manages to escape from the Chinese side and crosses into Himachal Pradesh in India. From here on the Co ....
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Nautanki Saala
Rohan Sippy has come up with a romantic-comedy film starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Pooja Salvi, Evelyn Sharma and Gaelyn Mendonca. Yet again, this story is about friendship and the bonding between Ram Parmar (Ayushmann Khurrana) and Mandar Lele (Kunaal Roy Kapoor). Ram Parmar tells his Psychiatrist about his personal problems that he is experiencing due to three break-ups in last one months. He begins his narration. Returning home after his performance in a theatre group Ram Parmar (RP) saves a man trying to commit suicide. This person is Mandar Lele who feels like a loser, as he has lost the love of his life Nandini (Pooja Salvi). Rejected in love, he has no desire to live. RP is a theater artist playing the role of Raavana. Having saved Mandar’s life, RP brings him home. Being a goody guy he is, RP tries to solve Mandar's problems and hence probes into his life. ....
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Chashme Baddoor
Chashme Baddoor is a modern-day remake of Chashme Buddoor, released in 1981, which had Farooque Sheikh, Ravi Baswani, Rajat Bedi and Deepti Naval in lead roles. This 2013 comedy film is directed by David Dhawan, the master of modern day comedies. The new version stars Ali Zafar, Siddharth, Divyendu Sharma and Taapsee Pannu. Seema (Taapsee Pannu) is a young bubbly girl, living in Mumbai with her military officer daddy (Anupam Kher). The military officer wants his daughter to marry a guy from the armed forces background. So the father has managed to arrange Seema's marriage to several faujis, which she effortlessly evaded. Not this time, the daddy is quite serious about his mission and so his smart daughter escapes to Goa and stays at her uncle’s place. Incidentally this uncle is the younger brother of her militarywala daddy. There are three friends Siddharth Kashyap (Ali ....
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