Uday Shetty is an angry man, consumed by his desire to kill the man who killed his son. Actually, Shetty has an appetite for killing in general that shocks even his fellow police officers, whose own methods are unnervingly direct. They all appreciate the efficiency of simply tipping criminals, or those who fail to pay protection money, into the river – it saves time – but only Uday Shetty rhapsodizes about the wonderful moment when you see a victim die and the light in his eyes turns off, as if you had flicked a switch. Only Uday Shetty goes to shake down an uncooperatively honest politician and ends up massacring his entire family. “No witnesses!” Shetty says abruptly, when the chief accuses him of being a monster. No witnesses indeed.
The curious twist in Anurag Kashyap’s Cannes Film Festival Midnight selection Kennedy is that Uday Shetty is not supposed to exist.
The curious twist in Anurag Kashyap’s Cannes Film Festival Midnight selection Kennedy is that Uday Shetty is not supposed to exist.
- 5/26/2023
- by Stephanie Bunbury
- Deadline Film + TV
The Imposter (15)
(Bart Layton, 2012, UK) Frédéric Bourdin, Charlie Parker, Carey Gibson. 99 mins.
Documentaries don't come much stranger than this. The film begins with the discovery in Spain in 1997 of a 16-year-old boy. Could this really be Nicholas Barclay, who went missing aged 13 from his home in San Antonio, Texas? Well, no. Nicholas's family welcomed this "boy" into their home without realising that he was in fact a 23-year-old French-Algerian master of deception named Frédéric Bourdin. Then things got really weird.
Shadow Dancer (15)
(James Marsh, 2012, UK/Ire) Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Aidan Gillen, Gillian Anderson. 102 mins.
An embittered mother dedicated to the Ira struggle is forced to turn informer by MI5. This stark and suspenseful thriller returns documentary-maker Marsh to scripted drama after Man On Wire and Project Nim.
The Watch (15)
(Akiva Schaffer, 2012, Us) Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mel Rodriguez. 102 mins.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop...
(Bart Layton, 2012, UK) Frédéric Bourdin, Charlie Parker, Carey Gibson. 99 mins.
Documentaries don't come much stranger than this. The film begins with the discovery in Spain in 1997 of a 16-year-old boy. Could this really be Nicholas Barclay, who went missing aged 13 from his home in San Antonio, Texas? Well, no. Nicholas's family welcomed this "boy" into their home without realising that he was in fact a 23-year-old French-Algerian master of deception named Frédéric Bourdin. Then things got really weird.
Shadow Dancer (15)
(James Marsh, 2012, UK/Ire) Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Aidan Gillen, Gillian Anderson. 102 mins.
An embittered mother dedicated to the Ira struggle is forced to turn informer by MI5. This stark and suspenseful thriller returns documentary-maker Marsh to scripted drama after Man On Wire and Project Nim.
The Watch (15)
(Akiva Schaffer, 2012, Us) Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mel Rodriguez. 102 mins.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop...
- 8/24/2012
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Audiences worldwide are gearing up for love, lust and lingerie, with the release of Indian cinema’s hotly anticipated, off-beat romantic comedy film of 2012, Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi, out in cinemas on 24th August, 2012. A change to the usual love story formula, this sharply scripted, witty and well-acted rib tickler, which focuses on two forty-something hapless souls in search of love and a ‘happy-ever-after-ending’, packs a punch in all the right ways.
Making her stunning acting debut is acclaimed choreographer and director Farah Khan, the tour de force behind Indian blockbusters Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om, Tees Maar Khan, who plays the forty year-old, larger-than-life Parsi Trust Secretary Shirin Fugawala, in search of the man of her dreams.
Cupid strikes, albeit late in life, during a lingerie shopping trip where Shirin meets clueless bra and panty salesman Farhad Pastakiya, played superbly by Boman Irani (3 Idiots, Housefull 2,...
Making her stunning acting debut is acclaimed choreographer and director Farah Khan, the tour de force behind Indian blockbusters Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om, Tees Maar Khan, who plays the forty year-old, larger-than-life Parsi Trust Secretary Shirin Fugawala, in search of the man of her dreams.
Cupid strikes, albeit late in life, during a lingerie shopping trip where Shirin meets clueless bra and panty salesman Farhad Pastakiya, played superbly by Boman Irani (3 Idiots, Housefull 2,...
- 8/20/2012
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Synopsis
Happy Husbands is an fantastic movie about Husbands, their philosophy towards life and what they go through on a personal level after they are married. Its not a slapstick comedy but a slice of life, light comedy. Some Husbands Love their wife, Some Husbands Love their Life but Happy Husbands love Life and Wife both.
The treatment of the movie is unique and interesting. Both male and female of all ages everywhere will easily relate to the movie.
Cast & Crew Details
Banner: Phenomenal Crafts Ltd
Language; Hindi
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 25th March - 2011
Producer: Phenomenal Crafts Ltd
Director: Anay
Star Cast: Anay, Kurush Deboo, Mohit Ghai, Ahwaan, Archana
Singers: Anay, Sunidhi Chauhan, Javed Ali, Naresh Iyer, Hamza Faruqui, Earl
Lyricist: Anay, Sarim Momin
Music Director: Anay
Background Music: Anay
Cinematography: Srikant Naroj
Editor: Anay, Vilas Ranade, Deepak Wirkud
Screenplay: Anay
Dialogue: Anay
Costume: Bunty Raghav, Anay...
Happy Husbands is an fantastic movie about Husbands, their philosophy towards life and what they go through on a personal level after they are married. Its not a slapstick comedy but a slice of life, light comedy. Some Husbands Love their wife, Some Husbands Love their Life but Happy Husbands love Life and Wife both.
The treatment of the movie is unique and interesting. Both male and female of all ages everywhere will easily relate to the movie.
Cast & Crew Details
Banner: Phenomenal Crafts Ltd
Language; Hindi
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 25th March - 2011
Producer: Phenomenal Crafts Ltd
Director: Anay
Star Cast: Anay, Kurush Deboo, Mohit Ghai, Ahwaan, Archana
Singers: Anay, Sunidhi Chauhan, Javed Ali, Naresh Iyer, Hamza Faruqui, Earl
Lyricist: Anay, Sarim Momin
Music Director: Anay
Background Music: Anay
Cinematography: Srikant Naroj
Editor: Anay, Vilas Ranade, Deepak Wirkud
Screenplay: Anay
Dialogue: Anay
Costume: Bunty Raghav, Anay...
- 3/11/2011
- Bollyspice
A film by Mira Nair ‘Little Zizou’ wins yet another laurel. Director Sooni Taraporevala has been awarded the Best Director in the Experience section of the 7th edition of the Levante International Film Festival, recently held in Bari, Italy.
The film stars Boman Irani, Sohrab Ardeshir, Cyrus Broacha, Kunal Vijaykar, Kurush Deboo, Mahabanoo-Mody Kotwal, Dilshad Patel, Shernaz Patel, Kamaal Sidhu, among others film is also introducing Iyanah and Jahan Bativala. Last but not the least heartthrob John Abraham too has done a special appearance in the film.
‘Little Zizou’ is a fast-paced, exuberant, yet poignant comedy about how two battling Mumbai families finally come to terms. Seemingly, Sooni Taraporevala has attain an.
The film stars Boman Irani, Sohrab Ardeshir, Cyrus Broacha, Kunal Vijaykar, Kurush Deboo, Mahabanoo-Mody Kotwal, Dilshad Patel, Shernaz Patel, Kamaal Sidhu, among others film is also introducing Iyanah and Jahan Bativala. Last but not the least heartthrob John Abraham too has done a special appearance in the film.
‘Little Zizou’ is a fast-paced, exuberant, yet poignant comedy about how two battling Mumbai families finally come to terms. Seemingly, Sooni Taraporevala has attain an.
- 11/16/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
The Indian Films-Mira Nair presented Little Zizou has bagged another feather in its cap! Director Sooni Taraporevala was awarded the Best Director in the Experience section of the 7th edition of the Levante International Film Festival, recently concluded in Bari, Italy. Little Zizou stars Boman Irani, Sohrab Ardeshir, Cyrus Broacha, Kunal Vijaykar, Kurush Deboo, Mahabanoo-Mody Kotwal, Dilshad Patel, Shernaz Patel, Kamaal Sidhu, among others, and introduces Iyanah and Jahan...
- 11/16/2009
- GlamSham
"Such a Long Journey" presents a slice of life in 1971 Bombay on the eve of yet another Indian war with Pakistan, this time over East Pakistan, later to become the independent state of Bangladesh.
Though vividly directed by Canadian helmer Sturla Gunnarsson and featuring a cast of excellent veteran actors from the Indian cinema, the film never gains its narrative footing. Devolved from Rohinton Mistry's 1991 best-selling Dickensian novel, Sooni Taraporevala's screenplay suffers from too many loose plot threads, none of which feels satisfying or fully developed.
The third movie in the Shooting Gallery's traveling film series, "Journey" will play only to an art house audience, and to be fully understood, that audience needs some grounding in Indian history and Parsi culture.
The central figure is Gustad Noble (Roshan Seth from "Gandhi" and "My Beautiful Laundrette"), a Parsi bank clerk whose easygoing routine gets disrupted during the course of the movie. Troubles come all at once: His son (Vrajesh Hirjee) refuses to go to a top Indian college; a mysterious friend asks a "favor" that has Noble depositing large sums of dubious money at his own bank; his young daughter becomes ill, possibly with malaria; and his wife (Soni Razdan) falls under the influence of an aging witch (Pearl Padamsee) living in the upstairs apartment.
The film is populated with a number of comical eccentrics, which include Noble's daffy pal at the bank (Sam Dastor) and a mental misfit (Kurush Deboo) whose death causes Noble's emotional breakdown. Then there's major Indian star Om Puri in the small but pivotal role of a shady political operative and Ranjit Chowdhry as a street artist who transforms the wall outside Noble's flat from a public urinal to a shrine dedicated to various gods.
But the script never succeeds in bringing all of these characters and colorful plot lines into a unified whole. Instead, it jumps here and there with only the stoic though increasingly agitated Noble holding it together.
The comic byplay among the actors is often quite funny and opens a window into life on the subcontinent and especially in Bombay during that era. The film is well produced with cinematographer Jan Kiesser and production designer Nitin Desai performing miracles in tough location shooting in one of the world's noisiest and most polluted cities.
SUCH A LONG JOURNEY
The Shooting Gallery
British Screen, BSkyB, Telefilm Canada, Harold Greenberg Fund and CBC
Producer:Paul Stephens, Simon MacCorkindale
Director:Sturla Gunnarsson
Writer:Sooni Taraporevala
Based on the novel by:Rohinton Mistry
Executive producer:Victor Solnicki
Director of photography:Jan Kiesser
Production designer:Nitin Desai
Music:Jonathan Goldsmith
Costume designer:Lovleen Bains
Editor:Jeff Warren
Color/stereo
Cast:
Gustad Noble:Roshan Seth
Dilnavaz Noble:Soni Razdan
Ghulam:Om Puri
Sohrab Noble:Vrajesh Hirjee
Pavement Artist:Ranjit Chowdhry
Dinshawji:Sam Dastor
Jimmy Bilimoria:Naseeruddin Shah
Mrs. Kutpitia:Pearl Padamsee
Running time -- 113 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Though vividly directed by Canadian helmer Sturla Gunnarsson and featuring a cast of excellent veteran actors from the Indian cinema, the film never gains its narrative footing. Devolved from Rohinton Mistry's 1991 best-selling Dickensian novel, Sooni Taraporevala's screenplay suffers from too many loose plot threads, none of which feels satisfying or fully developed.
The third movie in the Shooting Gallery's traveling film series, "Journey" will play only to an art house audience, and to be fully understood, that audience needs some grounding in Indian history and Parsi culture.
The central figure is Gustad Noble (Roshan Seth from "Gandhi" and "My Beautiful Laundrette"), a Parsi bank clerk whose easygoing routine gets disrupted during the course of the movie. Troubles come all at once: His son (Vrajesh Hirjee) refuses to go to a top Indian college; a mysterious friend asks a "favor" that has Noble depositing large sums of dubious money at his own bank; his young daughter becomes ill, possibly with malaria; and his wife (Soni Razdan) falls under the influence of an aging witch (Pearl Padamsee) living in the upstairs apartment.
The film is populated with a number of comical eccentrics, which include Noble's daffy pal at the bank (Sam Dastor) and a mental misfit (Kurush Deboo) whose death causes Noble's emotional breakdown. Then there's major Indian star Om Puri in the small but pivotal role of a shady political operative and Ranjit Chowdhry as a street artist who transforms the wall outside Noble's flat from a public urinal to a shrine dedicated to various gods.
But the script never succeeds in bringing all of these characters and colorful plot lines into a unified whole. Instead, it jumps here and there with only the stoic though increasingly agitated Noble holding it together.
The comic byplay among the actors is often quite funny and opens a window into life on the subcontinent and especially in Bombay during that era. The film is well produced with cinematographer Jan Kiesser and production designer Nitin Desai performing miracles in tough location shooting in one of the world's noisiest and most polluted cities.
SUCH A LONG JOURNEY
The Shooting Gallery
British Screen, BSkyB, Telefilm Canada, Harold Greenberg Fund and CBC
Producer:Paul Stephens, Simon MacCorkindale
Director:Sturla Gunnarsson
Writer:Sooni Taraporevala
Based on the novel by:Rohinton Mistry
Executive producer:Victor Solnicki
Director of photography:Jan Kiesser
Production designer:Nitin Desai
Music:Jonathan Goldsmith
Costume designer:Lovleen Bains
Editor:Jeff Warren
Color/stereo
Cast:
Gustad Noble:Roshan Seth
Dilnavaz Noble:Soni Razdan
Ghulam:Om Puri
Sohrab Noble:Vrajesh Hirjee
Pavement Artist:Ranjit Chowdhry
Dinshawji:Sam Dastor
Jimmy Bilimoria:Naseeruddin Shah
Mrs. Kutpitia:Pearl Padamsee
Running time -- 113 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 3/27/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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