A political satire, black-comedy that has been widely appreciated across several international film festivals is all about a day in the lives of election officials while conducting elections in the interiors of Chattisgarh state.
Newton Kumar (Rajkummar Rao) is a presiding officer solely in charge of supervising the conduction of elections in the notorious troubled place. Newton follows the election commission manual strictly and primarily wants the electorate to come out and vote for the candidate of their choice. He has made up his mind to encourage as many voters to come out of their homes and cast their vote, one of the biggest pillars in a democracy.
Newton faces an uphill task with other officials around him who are not keen on encouraging the tribals to cast their vote. There is an armed officer (Pankaj Tripathi) who happens to be the secutiry incharge for providing security t ....
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Drishyam Films’ Newton wins the CICAE Art Cinema Award at Berlinale 2017 where it made its World Premiere Jury calls it a “wonderful” and “exceptional” film, praising the dark humor and ironic approach of the Indian democratic elections Berlin/ Mumbai, February 19, 2017: Drishyam Films’ next, Newton directed by Amit V Masurkar and produced by Manish Mundra which made its…
Read MoreJio MAMI 17th Mumbai Film Festival with Star India began today with a roaring applause for the opening film Aligarh MUMBAI, 30th OCTOBER 2015: Hugely anticipated, Eros International and Hansal Mehta’s ‘Aligarh’, opened the Jio MAMI 17th Mumbai Film Festival with Star India in a packed screening at Regal, Colaba tonight. This pivotal film marked the first time that a Hindi…
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A touching film based on the life of Deepak Singh in Rajasthan who comes to the City of Dreams - Mumbai with his wife and daughter in hope of a better life. CITYLIGHTS - movie review...
The film CITYLIGHTS is a remake of the BAFTA nominated British film Metro Manila (2013).
Deepak Singh (Rajkummar Rao) was in the army much earlier. As he wanted to be with his family, he quits the job and sets up a cloth store in Rajasthan. Being unlucky, his debts go on piling on with compounded interest which finally leads to shutters down on the shop. He has nothing to do. Nowhere to go.
When his life struck by a tragedy, he migrates to Mumbai, with his wife Rakhi (Patralekha) and young daughter Mahi, hoping for a better life. Being naïve, Deepak has only a single lead as a source, that of his friend Omkar who had come to Mumbai, some time ago.
However, upon arriving, he soon discovers ....
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Story of a simple Delhi based girl who’s life changes unexpectedly. Rani Mehra, a simple middle class, conservative girl has her dreams shattered when her to be husband leaves her stranded at the altar.
She then goes into depression, and then with her will power, goes out all alone in the world and comes home with a transformed personality of that of self confidence and living life her way.
Rani (Kangana Ranaut) is a young Delhi girl, getting married in a couple of days. The film opens with her mehendi ceremony and the preparations for staging her marriage. Rani Mehra is engaged to a London returned fiance Vijay (Rajkumar Rao) who is her father's friend's son and she has known him for quite a while.
In flashbacks it is shown how Vijay is interested in the girl and applies all the tactics of a North Indian guy who wants to impress the girl of his liking. Rani is often disturbed wh ....
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