Genre 
The creative eye goes deeper than the mechanics of eyesight. Blind painter Bijon Bose spent much of his life inspiring students by bringing stories to life through his paintings and idealism. His life is interrupted by a proposal to create a mural for an exclusive restaurant in the city of Kolkata, a journey that brings young strong-minded painter Tithi into his life. Their relationship unfolds through the lines of the mural, as they struggle between generations and life philosophies. Bijon’s once clear lines of artistic integrity are troubled by Tithi’s realism, as he grapples with his role and responsibility towards the life of his work beyond the brush.
Tag Archives: 2016
Force 2
Force 2 is a high octane action thriller with a dose of drama. It is partly set in China and India and a big part of the movie takes place in Budapest. The movie opens with three undercover agents of RAW (Indian External Intelligence agency) being killed under mysterious circumstances. An emergency meeting is called by the top brass of RAW. They conclude that the killings were not random but deliberate. After an investigation, they find out that the leak came from the embassy in Hungary. The task to uncover the spy and bring him back is handed to Yash, a RAW officer with a turbulent past and Kiran, the head of the Eastern Europe desk of RAW. They arrive in Budapest and with a clever plan discover the identity of the spy, Shiv. He is ruthless and manipulative with an evil streak. As Yash and Kiran set about to find Shiv, they start uncovering the reason why Shiv is betraying his country. Will Yash and Kiran find Shiv? Will they stop Shiv’s evil plan? Or does Shiv have another surprise in store for them?”
Maroon
Maroon is about Saurabh Sharma (Kaul), a professor in Dehradun University, who stays with his wife, Roshni, a school teacher. The story starts off on the day his wife doesn’t return from work. Initially, Saurabh is in two minds on whether or not to inform the police. But he does ring up the cops after she is not traceable till late night.
The case is handled by Inspector R Negi (Saurabh Sachdeva). During his first visit at Saurabh’s bungalow, the cop finds a few things fishy. Things become more complicated for the professor when his student, Sakshi (Devyani CM) lands at his house and shows over-friendliness. Later on, a voluntary visit by a psychiatrist Dr Abhay Kumar (Suneel Sinha) adds to the mystery. Will Roshni ever be found?
Airlift
Airlift is the story how the Indians, with the help of Ranjit Katyal, managed to survive the Iraqi invasion, and against all odds traveled a thousand kilometers across the border into Amman, Jordan. From Amman, 170,000 Indians were brought home by the largest and the most successful evacuation ever attempted by any country, in the history of the world.
Over 59 days, the Indian government systematically flew over 488 Air India commercial flights into a war zone to evacuate and safely bring them back home. Airlift is an uplifting and entertaining edge-of-the-seat thriller and is the story of the biggest ever human evacuation in the history of mankind.
Sanam Re
Akash,(six) lives with his parents and grandfather (Rishi Kapoor), a photographer. Akash’s grandfather predicts that Akash will fall in love with a girl who lives 500 steps away from their studio and that they will be in love forever but won’t be able to be together. An adult Akash (Pulkit Samrat) falls in love with his classmate Shruti (Yami Gautam), believing that Shruti is the one. However, Akash leaves Shruti to pursue his dreams and moves to the city for higher studies. In the present, Akash works for a private firm and leads a monotonous life. When he learns that his grandfather’s health has worsened, he decides to leave. He tries to find Shruti but fails. When he finds that his boss (Manoj Joshi) dismissed him, he rushes back and is asked to secure a big contract for his company if he wants to save his job. He travels to Canada to meet Mrs. Pablo, their company investor’s wife who is now broken-up with her husband. He attends a yoga camp, where he becomes friends with Mrs. Pablo and learns that her real name is Akanksha (Urvashi Rautela). Akash also meets Shruti there, who behaves like a tomboy. Akash pretends to be in love with Akansha to secure the contract, but he and Shruti fall in love again. It is also revealed that Akansha is none other than the tall girl that Akash met in his childhood. Akash is left heartbroken when Shruti leaves at the end of the camp, saying that they can’t be together. Akash realizes Shruti still loves him and embarks on a journey to find the truth with the help of Akansha. He learns that she left him because she is suffering from a rare heart disease; she will die if her heart isn’t transplanted soon. A few months later, Shruti moves out of the hospital, healthy and cured. In order to be with Akash, she moves to the city to find him and is left shocked and heartbroken when she learns that she survived because Akash donated his heart to her.
Time Machine
Chetan (17) bothered by pimples and an anxious mother, dreams about making a time machine one day. He falls in love with an imaginative new girl in his class, Mishthi, who becomes the centre point of his existence. Mishthi whose parents are divorced, makes him promise that if they are ever together he can never leave her. Their life is perfect. However, one day, Chetan’s 50 year old version appears suddenly in his room. The older Chetan has invented the time machine in his time and has returned to eat home food and divest his younger version of his romantic notions about life, leaving young Chetan confused and bitter-sweet about his future.
Rough Book
The Rough Book is a hard look at the education system in India. Though one of the finest systems in the world, the lacunae in the system have created issues which are threatening to clog the channels of learning in contemporary India today. The Story based on actual experiences of parents, teachers and students is told through the eyes of a teacher, Santoshi Kumari, who rallies through a divorce with a corrupt income tax officer to become a teacher of physics in school. Her pupils are in D division – “D” sarcastically referred to as Duffers within the school by both the students and other teachers. How Santoshi tackles a system to set her own terms for her students, forms the bulk of a simply told, yet completely thought provoking and urgent film. The rebellion of the teacher and her students are internalized to make a relevant and contemporary movie.
Leeches (2016)
“Leeches” is a film about two Hyderabadi sisters who live in the interiors of the city where a lot of orthodox practices are still prevalent. The female protagonist, Raisa, is a young, feisty girl of sixteen, the eldest daughter of four to a single mother. When she learns that her innocent little sister has been promised in marriage to an old man in exchange for money, she decides to protect her by taking her place. Except, she’s not a virgin anymore and the suitor in question has paid for a virgin bride. Her quest to restore her virginity leads her to discover a forgotten old wives’ trick, but the ensuing consequences are devastating in ways that she could never have imagined.
Raaz Reboot
Emraan Hashmi is back with Raaz Reboot. The fourth installment of the Raaz franchise promiscuity and ofcourse an evil spirit in the house. Directed by Vikram Bhatt Bhatt and produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt under their banner Vishesh films. This film also stars Gaurav Arora and Kriti Kharbanda. The story revolves around a haunted house, a little mystery and a newlywed, in-love couple where one partner is hiding a big truth. The story has all the elements of a horror film.
Sairat
Sairat is a love story, as advertised. Aarchi , a rich upper class girl falls for her classmate Parshya , a poor but smart boy from the lower social strata. The magic happens, and they start seeing each other. Secretly at first, but they get bolder with passing time. The problem is that Aarchi is not just from the upper class, her father is a powerful politician, and her brother Prince is following in on his footsteps. The entire affair is a recipe for trouble, and as expected, trouble arrives. With the help of Parshya’s friends, Baalya and Salya, they decide to make a run for it, but fate has other plans.
