Durga Puja is only a week away and Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva continues to hold steady at the box office for the third week. On the second last Friday of September, there are a bunch of new releases at the multiplexes to keep company with Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt’s first film together. Here are five new Hindi and English films that have hit the theatres today.
Chup: Revenge of the Artist (Hindi)
Director: R. Balki
Cast: Dulquer Salmaan, Sunny Deol, Pooja Bhatt, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Rajeev Ravindranathan
R. Balki returns after his 2018 film Padman with this tribute to filmmaking and the iconic director-actor Guru Dutt. Mumbai is rocked by a series of gruesome murders. The victims are all film critics. The killer mutilates the dead bodies by carving stars on the skins of the deceased. Cop Arvind Mathur (Sunny Deol) launches a hunt for the serial killer with the help of a criminal psychologist (Pooja Bhatt). Dulquer Salmaan as Danny plays a significant role in this psychological thriller.
Dhokha: Round D Corner (Hindi)
Director: Kookie Gulati
Cast: R. Madhavan, Khushali Kumar, Aparshakti Khurana, Darshan Kumar
Sanchi Sinha (Khushali Kumar) is taken hostage by a terrorist, Haq Gul (Aparshakti Khurana). Little does Gul know that Sanchi suffers from personality disorder. Is her husband Yathaarth (R. Madhavan) cheating on her? Each character in this story has their own version of reality. How does one determine who is telling the truth? Watch the film to find out.
Ishq Pashmina (Hindi)
Director: Arvind Pandey
Cast: Bhavin Bhanushali, Zarina Wahab, Malti Chahar, Brijendra Kala
Ishq Pashmina is the story of Karan (Bhavin Bhanushali) and Omisha (Malti Chahar) who are deeply in love with each other but have never met. Karan’s mother (Zarina Wahab) is dead against them being together but fate has other plans for the lovebirds. As the idyllic town of Mashowra receives heavy snowfall, their story turns a fresh leaf.
Prem Geet 3 (Hindi)
Director: Chhetan Gurung, Santosh Sen
Cast: Pradeep Khadka, Kristina Gurung, Shiva Shrestha, Sunil Thapa
This Indo-Nepali collaboration is a period drama set in an ancient kingdom in the foothills of the Himalayas. It narrates the love story of Prem (Pradeep Khadka) and Geet (Kristina Gurung) and its soulful soundtrack is already winning hearts.
Avatar (English)
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang
Ahead of the theatrical release of the sequel Avatar: The Way of Water on December 16, a remastered 4K version of James Cameron’s visual extravaganza Avatar has re-released in the theatres. The Academy Award-winning fantasy film was widely interpreted by critics as Cameron’s questioning of America’s ‘war on terror’ in Iraq and Afghanistan. Set in the 22nd century, Avatar tells the story of Pandora, a planet colonised by humans, and the struggle of the natives — the Na’vi — to protect their land from being usurped and their heritage destroyed.
