‘Padman’ aka Lakshmikant Chauhan, lives with his wife, widowed mother and two sisters in a small village. Appalled to see his new bride using grimy rags during her menstrual cycle, Chauhan decides he must find a way to make life easier for her. Sanitary napkins are expensive so he starts making his own by using cotton, plastic sheets, and soft cloth. But his experiments don’t go down too well with his wife and family, for whom talking about menstruation is taboo.
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Half Girlfriend
Half Girlfriend revolves around a Bihari boy, Madhav Jha (Arjun), and a rich Delhi girl, Riya Somani (Shraddha). Students at a top Delhi college, the two bond over basketball and music. But while Madhav is smitten, Riya is only ready to be his ‘half-girlfriend.’
Half Girlfriend is the cinematic adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s novel of the same name.
Grant St. Shaving Co.
An elderly Indian widower journeys through New York to replace an antique razor given to him by his late wife on their first anniversary trip to the city. Along the way he relives his memories of their trip and stumbles upon a revelation that softens his strained relationship with his daughter.
God Bless America
Loveless, jobless, possibly terminally ill, Frank has had enough of the downward spiral of America. With nothing left to lose, Frank takes his gun and offs the stupidest, cruelest, and most repellent members of society. He finds an unusual accomplice: 16-year-old Roxy, who shares his sense of rage and disenfranchisement.
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.
Standby
Twenty-something Alan (Gleeson) is down on his luck. Stood up at the altar and recently fired from his banking job, he finds himself working with his mother as a part-time tourist advisor at Dublin Airport. It’s there he comes face to face with first love Alice (Pare), stuck on standby for a flight home to New York. Their summer romance ended eight years previously with Alan promising to return to the US one day. He never did, and they haven’t spoken since. Seizing his chance, Alan convinces a reluctant Alice to stay one more night in Dublin. Over the course of an unforgettable evening, they may just realize that they are more compatible than ever. But time is running out on this brief encounter. When does an unexpected second chance, become the one you’ve always been looking for?