Bollywood Bonanza: Movie Release Dates

Indizen

Jan 25, 2008 Sunday
Yaariyan

Feb 1, 2008 Rama Rama Kya Hai Dramaaa

Feb 8, 2008 Mithya
Superstar

Feb 15, 2008 Jodhaa Akbar

Feb 22, 2008 Khuda Ke Liye

Feb 29, 2008 Chal Chala Chal
Maharathi

Mar 7, 2008 Black N White
Humsey Hai Jahaan

Mar 21, 2008 Jannat
Race

March 2008 Anamika
Do Aur Do Paanch
Dulha Mil Gaya
Ek - The Power Of One
God Tussi Great Ho
Hello
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
Ru Ba Ru
The Great Indian Butterfly
Wednesday
Woodstock Villa

Apr 11, 2008 De Taali
U, Me Aur Hum

Apr 25, 2008 Love Story 2050
Tashan

April 2008 Aashayein
Alibaug
Har Pall
One Two Three
Roshan

May 1, 2008 Heroes

May 2, 2008 Hijack

May 9, 2008 Bhoothnath

May 16, 2008 Allah Ke Bande

May 23, 2008 Money Hain To Honey Hain

May 2008 Sarkar Raaj

Jun 27, 2008 Drona

June 2008 Haal-E-Dil

Aug 15, 2008 Singh Is Kinng

October 2008 Paying Guest

Thunderbird1

Looking forward to Drona!

Presuming those are India release dates, when can we expect to see them in UK?

NeeliAankhen

Do you know something about most of these? Any you're looking forward to?

I think Abhishek and Aishwarya are in Sarkar, and Jodhaa Akbar is a big-budget Moghul/Rajasthan historical with Aishwarya and Hrithik Roshan, directed by Ashutosh Gowariker (Lagaan)-- but beyond that I don't think I know any of the rest of them.

wichy

Race - an action-thriller with Saif Ali Khan, Akshae Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Anil Kapoor. The location - by the way - somewhere at the South Africa

U, Me Aur Hum - the directional debut of an actor Ajay Devgan, as I understand - the melodrama. Starring Ajay and his wife Kajol

Tashan - action-thriller-romantic comedy from YashRaj. Starring Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor

Har Pall - as I remember, this one is starring Preity Zinta and Shiney Ahuja

Hijack - one more Ahuja release

Bhoothnath - the movie about friendship of the ghost and the boy. Amitabh Bachhan is plaing ghost

Sarkar Raaj - another one Bachchan's release, but this time much more Bachchans - Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya. The seqel of Sarkar, the director - Ram Gopal Varma.

Drona - one more Bachchan's release. This time - Abhi's "Harry Potter meets Indiana Johnce"

Singh Is Kinng - Akshay Kumar's comedy

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Past the point of no return...

Thunderbird1

I hear Drona had a huuuge budget, it's Abhishek.






















Oh, and I'm in it!

NeeliAankhen

Wow Thunderbird - what's the story of you being in it? are you perhaps a co-star? or an extra? I was an extra in KANK, it was the best thing I ever did!!

And thanks for the info. These go on my calendar - U Me Aur Hum, Har Pal (Shiney & Preity could be good together!), and Tashan especially as I basically love Yash Raj stuff, even when it doesn't work I want to see it.

Thunderbird1

I was in Bombay in September. Just hanging out and some chap approached me and asked me to be an extra the on a shoot the following day. I went along, it was great fun. Abhishek had a massive ego!

It was on a ridiculously hot day in Bombay, and the scene we were filming was set in a Czechslovakian winter haha! Needless to say my costume that I was instructed to wear all day was more suited to the Czech weather.

I'm an extra in a kind of grocery shop where Abhishek works behind the counter... although it'll be interesting to see whether I made the final cut haha.

NeeliAankhen

I meant to add Drona to my post, which of course I will now look forward to.

A lot of us NYC fans were in KANK as "background," most of us many many times. We all kept what amounted to a running collective blog about it at Bollywhat.com, where the forums are basically Hindi movie discussion.

Indizen

Black and White

Producer
Subhash Ghai

Director
Subhash Ghai

Star Cast
Anil Kapoor...... Professor Rajan Mathur
Anurag Sinha...... Numer Qazi
Shefali Chhaya...... Roma Mathur
Aditi Sharma
Habib Tanvir
Akash Khurana
Sai Tamhankar
Jamini Pathak

The Plot:

Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah).

Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag Sinha) who introduces himself as a victim of communal riots in Gujarat. But in actual fact, he is a suicide bomber commissioned by a Muslim fundamentalist group to detonate a bomb near Red Fort on 15th August. During his fifteen day roller coaster journey, Numair manages to take shelter in the Professor's house and wins the trust and fondness of the couple. While helping Numair to get an employment entry pass for 15th August celebrations at Red Fort, Professor Mathur introduces him to the warm and loving people of Chandni Chowk who coexist with fun, music, love and colorful events and festivals irrespective of their religion.

Numair is astonished with some of the characters he meets in Chandi Chowk. These include Shagufta, a modern Muslim college girl, the Professor's sharp-tongued wife Roma, Rahat, a Sufi pop singer, Miya an 84-year-old who is full of patriotism and the fun loving Sardar Kirtan Singh. But for Numair, he must keep his mind focused on the mission as he struggles to carry out his orders from his superiors.

Amidst all the tension, he is caught in an emotional dilemma whether to go ahead with his mission. Despite his deep-rooted fundamentalist beliefs, he sees this as one of the most colorful and loving areas. There is no black and white. Nevertheless he moves on with his mission. What is disturbing the mind of this young lad who has come here to attack? Doesn't the sacrifice of the Professor and his wife mean anything to him?

Indizen

Mar 28, 2008 Lovesongs - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow


One Two Three

Lovesongs: YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW, a film in English, is an evocative story of how ordinary lives suddenly change because of extraordinary circumstances. And how the fragrance of love moves gently from unremitting darkness towards fresh light. To give new hope and the possibility of glorious tomorrows.
Star Cast
Jaya Bachchan
Om Puri
Mallika Sarabai
Rajit Kapoor
Neil Bhoopalam
June Maliah
Shahana Chatterjee
Madhuchanda Ghosh
Prithviraj Choudhury
Armaan Ahmed



One Two Three

Director
Ashwani Dheer

Star Cast
Sunil Shetty...... Laxminarayan
Tusshar Kapoor...... Laxminarayan
Paresh Rawal...... Laxminarayan
Upen Patel...... Chandu
Esha Deol...... Jiya
Sameera Reddy...... Laila
Tanisha Mukherjee...... Chandni
Neetu Chandra...... Inspector Mayawati
Sharat Saxena
Manoj Pahwa...... Pinto
Vrajesh Hirjee...... Albert
Murli Sharma
Sanjay Mishra
Atul Mathur

Cardamom

I love your filmi updates, Indizen!

Anyone gonna see One, Two, Three? I got the soundtrack and it is very catchy - annoying, but catchy

I'm still waiting to see if it plays here in NY - so far it's not showing on the radar here.

cheers!

-C

Indizen

After receiving much acclaim worldwide, Pakistani director Shoaib Mansoor's debut film 'Khuda Ke Liye' is all set to wow Indian audiences now.

Mansoor's film 'Khuda Ke Liye' is releasing in India on April four, making it the first Pakistani film to be officially released in India after decades.

Report in The Hindu:
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus...0803300941.htm

Indizen

BHRAM/ An Illusion
Producer
Nari Hira

Director
Pawan Kaul

Star Cast
Milind Soman
Dino Morea
Simone Singh
Chetan Hansraj
Sheetal Menon

SHAURYA
Director
Samar Khan

Star Cast
Rahul Bose...... Major Siddhant Chaudhry
Minissha Lamba...... Kaavya Shahstri
Kay Kay Menon...... Brigadier Rudra Pratap Singh
Rozza Catalano
Javed Jaffrey...... Major Aakash Kapoor
Seema Biswas
Deepak Dobriyal...... Captain Jaaved Khan
Amrita Rao...... Apecial Appearance

A story of justice, honour, faith and above all believing in yourself. A story of finding courage within… where friendships are tested in the battle which maters the most… the battle for truth and justice…

Shaurya is the story of Javed…a man wronged by his country by the very men who he fought with and were his friends. It’s the story of Siddhant, whose only aim in life was to escape reality and wasn’t ready for what life brought him. It’s the story of Kavya who never understood why it was difficult to speak the truth. It’s the story of Akash for whom living the rules was the only way to live life. And it’s the story of Brigadier Pratap a man who lived by his own rules even if they were against humanity…

Captain Javed Khan is charged with mutiny, treason and killing a fellow officer. Even when he is held for court martial, he refuses to speak in his defense as the secret he holds is too powerful for the establishment to handle. Assigned for this task are Sid and Akash… two best friends, lawyers, and very ambitious individuals who have contrasting views on life.

Indizen

Hope and a Little Sugar : Friday April 18, 2008
Quite an unusual title for a Hindi movie!Language
Hindi / English
Genre
Drama
Producer
Scott Pardo
Director
Tanuja Chandra
Star Cast
Mahima Choudhary...... Saloni
Anupam Kher...... Colonel Oberoi
Suhasini Mulay...... Mrs. Oberoi
Vikram Chatwal...... Harry
Ranjit Choudhary...... Ghosh
Amit Sial...... Ali
Music Director
Rick Baitz
Wayne Sharp

Set in New York in the weeks before and after 9/11, this poignant tale of love set against the forces of hate and intolerance centers on the romance between an aspiring Muslim photographer and a young Sikh woman.

Bike messenger, Ali Siddiqui (AMIT SIAL, debutant) meets the beautiful but married Saloni (MAHIMA CHAUDHRY,) a charismatic mithaai shop owner who encourages Ali's photography and becomes his muse. Despite Ali's secret and largely unrequited crush on Saloni, he develops a close friendship with her and her husband Harry (VIKRAM CHATWAL). But when tragedy strikes with the terrorist attacks on Sept 11, 2001, her father-in-law, a retired army Colonel (ANUPAM KHER), devastated by grief and anger, directs his longstanding animosity towards Muslims at Ali, as the young man's affection for Saloni grows increasingly evident. Although the Colonel's wife (SUHASINI MULAY) bravely tries to pacify her husband, the Colonel, unable to accept life's pain, threatens to bring everything to a violent end.

An emotional drama, Hope and a Little Sugar is written and directed by TANUJA CHANDRA, for whom this is her first English language film. Joining Chandra behind the scenes is a seasoned film crew, including cinematographer NIRMAL JANI, who had earlier shot Dushman and Sur for her, as well as Costume Stylist, ANAITA SHROFF ADAJANIA (Dhoom, Race, Being Cyrus.) The producers for the film are two independent film-makers living in New York, SCOTT PARDO and GLENN RUSSOW, while the editor is HILLARY PEABODY. The music is by WAYNE SHARPE, New York based musician, who has also composed the background score of Prakash Jha's Gangajal (for which he won a Filmfare award) and Afghan filmmaker Jawad Wassal's Firedancer. Joining him in composing as well as in playback singing in some of the film's tracks are accomplished singers, SONU NIIGAAM and JASBIR JASSI.
Nirmal Jani
Yogesh Jani
Costume
Anaita Shroff Adajania
Story / Writer
Tanuja Chandra

NeeliAankhen

I love these updates.

Tomorrow, Friday, April 11, is opening day for U, Me, Aur Hum, which if I'm right will be the frist movie in several months likely to get a big audience and a lot of attention, at least until word of mouth conveys a judgment about it one way or the other. I'll see it no matter what I hear, probably good and early, too!

First movie in some time of Kajol, arguably India's favorite female star. As noted, first directorial effort of her husband, Ajay Devgan, who co-stars.

From the trailers, you can see it's a love story, and some kind of story about a marriage that takes place over along span of time.

People are speculating it might be something like The Notebooks (woman has Alzheimer's, man tells her the story of the years gone by), or Away From Her (woman has Alzheimer's, in early stages of it makes her own decision to leave her husband and go live in a facility; in that movie, the husband had betrayed the wife chronically in the marriage, and the issues play out in a surprising way).