KRRISH

The film is a sequel to Koi... Mil Gaya. It is considered the first major superhero movie to be produced by Bollywood and it takes considerable inspiration from the Hollywood movie Paycheck. The movie stars Rekha, Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Naseeruddin Shah. Preity Zinta makes a special appearance. It has been subsequently dubbed in Tamil and Telugu.

Synopsis

Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) and Nisha (Preity Zinta) are married and they have a child, Krishna. Rohit apparently dies in a lab accident in Singapore; Nisha also dies shortly after childbirth at the news of her husband's apparent death. The child, Krishna, starts growing up under the care of his grandmother Sonia (Rekha). As he is growing up, he discovers that he has inherited the superpowers that were transferred to his father by the alien Jadoo in the previous installment, Koi... Mil Gaya. The movie shows how Krishna (Hrithik Roshan) deals with his powers and saves the world from a megalomaniac scientist, Dr. Siddhant Arya (Naseeruddin Shah).

As the head of a large information company based in Singapore, Dr. Arya had hired Rohit to build an advanced computer that could see the future, telling Rohit that it will be used to avoid disasters and improve mankind. The brilliant Rohit takes just two years to invent the prescient computer. When he discovers with its help that Dr. Arya will betray him, using the knowledge granted him by the computer to empower himself instead, Rohit destroys the computer. Dr. Arya, however, is able to rebuild the computer after 20 years of work.

We discover in the beginning of the film that as a young child, Krishna is extremely intelligent and gifted; for example, he is able to draw beautiful portraits of his mother, perform Herculean feats of strength, run at tremendous speed, communicate with non-human animals, and think with great clarity. He is brought before a committee which realizes his gifts, but his grandmother fears that the greedy may exploit him as they did his father, and so the two move far away into a remote village near some mountains. Krishna spends his childhood there, playing with other children and racing with animals. However, he soon grows frustrated as he sees that all those his age are moving away to the city to greater and grander things and he becomes upset at his grandmother for making him stay in the village.

Krishna meets his love interest Priya (Priyanka Chopra) when she visits India from Singapore. During a flight on a parachute-glider, Priya becomes tangled with some tree branches and nearly falls to her death. Krishna, using his exceptional agility and strength, rescues her and restores her to the tourists' camp. In order to hide his identity, he instructs the local guide, Bahadur, to spread tales of a ghost. Eventually, Krishna develops a soft spot for Priya and reveals the truth. He is thereafter a friend to the tourist party, until they leave.

Subsequently, Priya and her friend Honey are threatened with losing their jobs as TV journalists. To regain their boss's trust in them, they invite Krishna to Singapore, where they request that he demonstrate his powers. Krishna, however, does not break the promise he made to Sonia that he would keep his ability a secret.

The hero Krrish as we know him is born when a circus tent catches fire. In order to rescue those trapped by the flames without revealing his powers, Krishna reverses his jacket so that the lining is outermost, then dons a broken mask that he finds on the ground. He then rescues all the people. When the last one to come out asks who he is, he habitually replies "Krish–" stopping before he can give his full name.

In time, "Krrish" becomes a sensation in the news. Masks like his are sold among children, and the city promises to reward him financially if he should present himself.

During his stay in Singapore, Krishna befriends a local young man called Kris Lee, soon after helping him to complete a martial arts demonstration held to raise money for his wheelchair-bound sister. When Kris Lee sees Krrish beat up a group of thugs who have taken Priya's ring– pulling off his mask afterward– Krishna gives him his famous mask so that his friend can gain enough money to help his sister. They show Krish on TV, and happen to show Krishna and Priya as well.

Vikram Sinha (Sharat Saxena), Dr. Arya's employee, has been looking for Rohit's son for a very long time; having seen Krishna, Vikram follows him. Priya finds a tape that proves Krishna is actually Krrish, and decides to bring it to the public. However, when Krishna comes to know of her intentions, he decides to leave. He explains everything to her regarding his gift and need for secrecy. Priya goes to find her boss to get the tape of Krishna back; there, she runs into Vikram Sinha. She manages to catch up with Krishna before he leaves, whereupon Vikram Sinha tells Krishna why he's trying to find him.

It is revealed that Rohit is still alive and has been in suspended animation for 20 long years. Dr. Arya, his former colleague, is aware that the computer can only have been activated by Rohit's Heart rate|heartbeat and retina scan. When he uses the computer, Dr. Arya sees his own death at the hands of Krrish, and therefore postpones killing Rohit in order to eliminate this new threat. Because Kris Lee has been advertised and rewarded as Krrish, Dr. Arya kills him. After Krrish finds his friend dead, he becomes intent on getting revenge against Dr. Arya.

After arriving at Dr. Arya's base, Krrish bursts into the compound after disposing of many guards outside. Priya is eventually taken captive, but Krrish manages to rescue both Rohit and Priya after a dramatic battle wherein Dr. Arya is fatally impaled to death, exactly as the computer predicted. Dr. Arya's attempts to prevent his death have led to the prediction coming true, much like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Along with Rohit and Priya, Krishna returns to his village in India where Rohit's mother Sonia is reunited with her son.

One night, Krishna uses the Om computer developed by his father to contact the alien Jadoo, so that Rohit, his father, may thank him.

Krrish was generally met with positive reaction in its homeland India but with a mixed reaction overseas. In India, Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM.com wrote that "Krrish is a terrifically exciting and compelling experience", and even considered it superior to Superman, Batman and Spider-Man.B4U TV also gave a generally positive review, praising the second half of the film.

Overseas, Leo Goldsmith of notcoming.com criticized the special effects and for "wearing its corporate sponsorship on its sleeve", but praised "its dialogue" and "every other shot of the film." Jaspreet Pandohar of BBC criticized the script for being "low on originality" but praised Hrithik Roshan's performance and the action scenes choreographed by Tony Ching Siu-Tung. According to Richard James Havis of The Hollywood Reporter, "This Bollywood epic crunches together romance, comedy, extra-terrestrials, martial arts, dancing and action to tell an entertaining story about a reluctant Indian superhero" but said it may be "far too crazed for foreign viewers."David Chute of L.A. Weekly said it was a "hearty pulp cinema that really sticks to your ribs." Ronnie Scheib of Variety said it was an "enjoyable, daffily improbable escapist romp." Laura Kern of The New York Times said it was a blend of "carefree romance, show-stopping action and sci-fi."

Cast

* Hrithik Roshan ... Krishna Mehra aka Krrish/Rohit Mehra
* Priyanka Chopra ... Priya
* Rekha ... Sonia Mehra
* Naseeruddin Shah ... Dr. Siddhant Arya
* Manini Mishra ... Honey
* Archana Puran Singh ... Boss
* Kiran Juneja ... Priya's mother
* Sharat Saxena ... Vikram Sinha
* Puneet Issar ... Komal Singh
* Hemant Pandey ... Bahadur
* Preity Zinta ... Nisha Mehra (Special Appearance)
* Bin Xia ... Kris Lee
* Akash Khurana ... Krishna's School's Principal

Sound track

1. Pyar Ki Ek Kahani - Sonu Nigam & Shreya Ghoshal
2. Koi Tumsa Nahin - Sonu Nigam & Shreya Ghoshal
3. Chori Chori Chupke Chupke - Udit Narayan & Shreya Ghoshal
4. Dil Na Diya - Kunal Ganjawala
5. Main Hoon Woh Aasman - Rafaqat Ali Khan & Alka Yagnik
6. Big Band Mix - Sonu Nigam & Shreya Ghoshal
7. Mystic Love Mix - Rafaqat Ali Khan & Alka Yagnik

Response

In India, Krrish became the fourth highest-grossing movie this decade and is the third highest-grossing movie of 2006. It has also become the tenth highest-grossing Indian film overseas.

* INDIA (20-Sept,06) : Rs 64,86,00,000 ($14.5 million)

* OVERSEAS (20-Sept,06) : Rs 18,50,00,000 ($4.2 million)

* TOTAL (20-Sept,06) : Rs 83,36,00,000 ($19 million)

Awards

Filmfare Awards

* Best Special Effects - Craig Muma & Marc Kolbe
* Best On-Screen beauty - Priyanka Chopra
* Best Action Director - Tony Ching Siu-tung & Shyam Kaushal
* Best Background Score - Salim-Sulaiman

Global Indian Film Awards

* Best Actor - Hrithik Roshan

Other Information

* The plot of Krrish leaves open the possibility of a sequel. It has been reported that a sequel to Krrish will be made in which Hrithik will be fighting a villain played by Shah Rukh Khan. The second Krrish, Krrish 2, will have a distinct feature. Shah Rukh Khan's character will also have superpowers.
* The movie was previously titled was Koi ... Tumsa Nahin - a song in the movie is still titled this way.
* Almost 60% of Krrish was shot in Singapore.
* Both movies Krrish and Koi... Mil Gaya have Rohit saying "Thank you, Jadoo" in the ending
* Krrish is the second movie in which Hrithik Roshan plays a double role (the first film was Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, in which Roshan played the character of Rohit and of Raj Chopra).
* Krrish was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu under the same name and released simultaneously as the Hindi one did.


Directed : Rakesh Roshan
Produced : Rakesh Roshan
Written : Robin Bhatt
Sachin Bhowmick
Honey Irani
Akarsh Khurana
Sanjay Masoom
Rakesh Roshan

Music Rajesh Roshan
Cinematography : Santosh Thundiiayil
Editing : Amitabh Shukla

BHAGAMBHAG

Bhagam Bhag is a remake of a hit Malayalam comedy called Mannaar Mathai Speaking which was a sequel to Ramji Rao Speaking which was made in Hindi as Hera Pheri. Some plot elements are very similar to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958), while the climax is nearly identical to that of Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). It is also based on a super hit Marathi movie Bindhast.

Synopsis

As featured in the film from left to right: Paresh Rawal, Govinda and Akshay Kumar
A theatre group India performs shows all over the country. After a show was performed Champak Chaturved (Paresh Rawal) who created the group is offered a chance to go to London and perform a show. While he was being offered some hungama was going on that he did not know about. Babla (Govinda) and Bunty (Akshay Kumar) are hitting on the heroine of the show that causes the heroine to run away. When the news hits chaturved the ground from his feet is taken away. The organizer that offered the chance wanted the show mainly, because of the heroine. The organizer knows nothing about what is going, because he was kept in the shadows.

Chaturved gave an ultimatum to Bunty and Babla. Which is that who ever gets an heroine will be the hero. Then Babla asks Gullu (Rajpal Yadav) where can he find an heroine. Gullu takes it the wrong way and directs him to a park. Bunty heard everything follows Babla, but Babla catches Bunty then makes a deal with him. Then two strange men arrive both Bunty and Babla assume they will supply them with a heroine, but they turn out to be part of the underworld. Then the two strange men trade bags and run as soon as they see the police. Turns out that the two strange men are working for MG Gandhi (Manoj Joshi), and MG Gandhi believes Bunty and Babla are undercover cops. Babla and Bunty chase after them because they took their bag of cloths. They lose the men and are confused. They open the bad and find drugs. Then Bunty convinces Babla into going to the police to turn in the drugs to get good credit or an award, but the police get the wrong impression and think they are drug dealers. The Commissioner JD Mehra (Jackie Shroff) releases them but after informing them not to leave the country til they are proven guilty.

Then Bunty goes to Gullu and he takes Bunty to Guru (Shakti Kapoor) who may get Bunty a heroine, but it turns out guru is useless. Bunty and Gullu ditch Guru and bump into a woman who is trying to commit suicide. Bunty saves her and thinks of a plan into making her the group's heroine. Bunty brings Munni (Lara Dutta) and becomes the hero and Babla is frustrated and notices something fishy is going on. Bunty falls in love with Munni but then Munni gets in an accident. The doctor notices that she may be suicidal and asks the group. Both Chaturved and Babla noticed she was suicidal. When Munni wakes up she doesn't recognize anyone and asks for her husband Vikram Chauhan (Arbaaz Khan), and the group is confused and asks her who is she, she responds Nisha. Turns out she is married and is mentally ill. So Bunty is heartbroken and everything goes back to the way it was.

Later on the group finds out Nisha is burned alive and Bunty is sadden that his love is dead. Later however, as Bunty and Babla are touring the city, Bunty sees Nisha and grabs Babla and follows her but they lose her. They bump into the Commissioner and he asks who saw her the only one that saw her is bunty. They just believe that Bunty is imagining. Then during a show Chaturved sees nisha and is frightened. He goes to bunty and babla and they all three go to the scene where Chaturved saw her. Vikram then comes out from a corner yelling and ready to shoot someone, but then dies. All three are frightened and throw his body down a vent. During the performance his body falls from the roof. The commissioner questions everyone and arrests Bunty, Babla and Chaturved because he believes that they killed Vikram. MG Gandhi also wants the three dead because he believes that they are going to get Gandhi put in jail. Gandhi's men get their car aligned with the police car and throw a garnade and it was a chance for Babla, Bunty and Chaturved to escape, prove they are innocent, and find Nisha.

They have escaped out of the polices clutches, but they are wanted dead or alive, so they try to hide. They find variety of clues leading to Nisha. Then their last clue leads them to a train station where Nisha is. Bunty and Babla chase her and trap her at a clock tower Big Ben. Turns out her real name is Aditti and she was hired by Vikram to play his wife Nisha and convince people she is crazy in return for money and a passport out of London. Turns out Vikram wanted to kill his real wife Nisha to get her riches. When Aditti found out about his ways she tries to stop him, but failed. She later tries to reach Bunty at the show to tell him about it, but Vikram catches Aditti at the show. Then the Commissioner arrives at the play and kills Vikram as Vikram killed Nisha who is the Commissioner's younger sister.

Eventually all the characters come to the tower in there own way. Then nothing but craziness happens that makes everyone end up in the hospital. Also the commissioner confesses that he killed Vikram and goes to jail.

Bhagam Bhag is about if you want to make it out alive run as fast as you can.

Cast

* Akshay Kumar ... Bunty
* Govinda ... Babla
* Paresh Rawal ... Champak Chaturvedi
* Arbaaz Khan ... Vikram Chauhan
* Jackie Shroff ... Commissioner JD Mehra
* Lara Dutta ... Munni/Nisha/Aditi Desai
* Sharat Saxena
* Rajpal Yadav ... Gullu
* Tanushree Dutta...Satti Savitri
* Shakti Kapoor ...Guru
* Maushmi Udeshi ... Special Appearance (Song)
* Rudra V Kapila
* Manoj Joshi ... MG Gandhi
* Razak Khan ... Haka
* Sahil Chandra ... Bootylal
* Gurvinderbhai Singh ... Mixtape Massi

Response

Bhagam Bhag released to a good response of 60-70% and this quickly rose to 90% . According to indiafm.com, the film has collected 3.21 crores


Trivia

* The film is produced by Sunil Shetty under his production company Popcorn Motion
Pictures.
* Priyadarshan, Sunil Shetty and writer Neeraj Vora were issued a suit by Malayalam director, Mani C Kappan, who directed Mannar Mathai Speaking for copyright issues. Shetty has compensated 75 lacs and has indeed confirmed that this film is a remake of "Mannar Mathai Speaking".

The producer of Marathi film Bindhast filed a court case against the producer of Bhagam Bhag for using the plot of his movie.


Directed : Priyadarshan
Produced :Popcorn Motion Pictures,
Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Pvt Ltd
Written : Neeraj Vora
Music : Pritam
Cinematography : Jeeva

DHOOM2

The film is Gadhvi's fourth directorialim venture after Tere Liye (2000), Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), and Dhoom (2004), and his third with Yash Raj Films. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Pritam and lyrics were penned by Sameer. The film was shot partially in-studio, in India, and also on location in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Durban, South Africa. It was the first Bollywood movie to be filmed in Rio de Janeiro.

synopsis

The police are baffled by a master thief known only as Mr. A (Hrithik Roshan) because he leaves an 'A' symbol after each robbery. Mr. A steals the English crown by sky diving onto a train, disguising himself as the queen, stealing the crown, and escaping.

He is pursued by ACP Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan), ACP Shonali Bose (Bipasha Basu), and Sub Inspector Ali Akbar (Uday Chopra). They try to catch him in the act as he robs a Mumbai museum, but fail.

Mr. A, in the meantime, is caught by the wiles of Sunehri (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), who claims to be Mr. A's number-one fan. Attempting to catch Sunehri in the act, Shonali breaks her leg. Mr. A agrees to take Sunehri into partnership, not knowing that she is actually working for the police.

Mr. A and Sunehri fly to Copacabana, where Mr. A plans another big heist. The police officers, Jai and Ali, follow. While in Brazil they stay with Shonali's twin sister Monali and uncover that Mr. A's real name is Aryan Singh. Aryan, who has trusted Sunehri with his life, finds out that she is working against him and accuses her of treachery. She then realizes that she loves him and joins him in earnest. Their heist is a success; their escape, not so much. In the end Sunehri shoots Aryan who falls off a cliff, though Sunehri claims she did it out of love. However, it is implied that even this was a last-resort faked death, planned out by Aryan and Sunehri, as in the end they are seen working at a restaurant. Jai drops in unexpectedly but leaves them alone once Aryan hands over the details of where he has stashed the loot from all his robberies.

Cast

* Hrithik Roshan ... Aryan Singh / Mr. A
* Abhishek Bachchan ... ACP Jai Dixit
* Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ... Sunehri
* Uday Chopra ... Sub Inspector Ali Akbar
* Bipasha Basu ... ACP Shonali Bose / Monali Bose
* Rimi Sen ... Sweety Dixit (special appearance)

Awards

* 2007: Filmfare Awards - Best Actor - Hrithik Roshan
* 2007: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Actor - Hrithik Roshan
* 2007: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Sound - Dwarak Warrier
* 2007: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Cinematography - Vikas Sivaraman & Nirav Shah
* 2007: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Choreography - Shiamak Daver - Dhoom Again
* 2007: Star Screen Award - Best Choreography - Shiamak Daver - Dhoom Again
* 2007: Stardust Awards: Star of the year (Female) - Aishwarya Rai
* 2007: Stardust Awards: Hottest Young Film-maker - Sanjay Gadhvi
* 2007: AIFA Award - Best Soundtrack - Crazy Kiya Re
* 2007: International Indian Film Academy - Glamorous Star (Female)- Aishwarya Rai
* 2007: International Indian Film Academy - Glamorous Star (Male) - Hrithik Roshan

Music

* Crazy Kiya Re - Sunidhi Chauhan & rap: Ravi Khote
* Touch Me - K.K. & Alisha Chinai
* My Name Is Ali - Sonu Nigam & Bipasha Basu
* Dil Laga Na - Sukhbir, Soham Chakraborty, Jolly Mukherjee, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Suzanne
D'Mello & rap: Ravi Khote
* Crazy Remix - Sunidhi Chauhan
* Crazy Masala Remix - Prabhu Ramaswamy
* Dhoom Again - Vishal Dadlani & Dominique Cerejoraj kapoors


Response

The movie had a very successful opening both in India and overseas. In the US alone, it had earned US$642,290 by early 2007.
Dhoom 2 grossed $979,001 in US on opening weekend with a wide release in 63 theatres.
By the end of 50 days run Dhoom 2 has grossed $34,396,427[ Rs.134,14,60,653 ] Worldwide
The film had the widest Bollywood release; 650 prints of this movie were distributed to cinemas across India.



Directed : Sanjay Gadhvi
Produced : Aditya Chopra
Amit Chopra
Written : Aditya Chopra
Music : Pritam
Cinematography : Vikas Sivaraman
Nirav Shah
Editing : Rameshwar S. Bhagat