Fan is a 2016 Indian thriller film directed by Maneesh Sharma and featuring Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. The film is produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films, and tells the story of an obsessive fan of a star who looks just like the star. The soundtrack album and original score are composed by Vishal–Shekhar and Andrea Guerra respectively. The film was released on 15 April 2016.

Movie Casting:

Shah Rukh Khan as Aryan Khanna / Gaurav Chandna (dual role)

Waluscha de Sousa[8][9] as Aryan's wife

Sayani Gupta[10] as Sunaina, Aryan's secretary

Shriya Pilgaonkar[11] as Neha

Deepika Amin as Gaurav's mother Yogendra Tiku as Gaurav's father

Movie Plot:

On Aryan’s birthday, Gaurav makes his way through the hostile crowd on the bustling streets of Mumbai just to meet his idol but is prevented by Aryan’s security guards, making it difficult to meet him. Later, Sid Kapoor, a fellow actor, expresses harsh comments towards Aryan criticising his loyalty towards new aspiring actors, which angers Gaurav. Gaurav ventures his way in Sid’s cabin and unleashes his fury on Sid, threatening him for an apology while been recorded. A helpless Sid obliges and the video is uploaded on the internet. Aryan’s PA shows him the video which he considers the actions of Gaurav a "crime". Aryan sends his personal car to retrieve Gaurav, instead Sid’s security guards arrive. Gaurav escapes but is eventually apprehended. Gaurav is sent to jail where he is mercifully beaten. Aryan arrives at the jail to secretly meet Gaurav. Aryan declares that Gaurav is not his fan. He also threatens Gaurav that he should never do that again and tells him to return home before leaving and that they never met or even talked. A disturbed Gaurav returns home and burns all of Aryan’s posters which engulfed the wall of his room. He vows to get revenge by destroying his stardom.

One year later in London, Gaurav heads to Madame Tussauds wax museum, impersonating Aryan, where he expresses his hatred towards Aryan. This triggers a havoc situation and the police arrest the real Aryan at his own home but manages to get bail. Aryan departs to Dubrovnik for a show, unaware Gaurav is also in Dubrovnik. Gaurav disguises himself as a back dancer to perform as an extra in Aryan’s performance. Aryan instructs his personnel to look out for Gaurav but eventually realises that he is part of the production team and not a guest. After thoroughly searching the building for his presence to no avail, Aryan rushes to his make-up to find "Gaurav makes Aryan" written on the mirror.

Aryan is later scheduled to perform at a billionaire’s wedding. Instead, Gaurav, disguised as Aryan again, arrives and dances with the billionaire’s daughter, eventually molesting her. The billionaire vents his anger towards the real Aryan asking him to leave. This results in a tarnished reputation and fans eventually boycotting his performances around the world. While departing, Aryan spots a "journalist" among a crowd of media. Aryan realises its Gaurav and eventually chases after him but Gaurav escapes. The molestation video goes viral and fans around the world expresses their hatred toward Aryan. Aryan declares in a press conference that he is being impersonated by someone else and advises the media to watch out for Gaurav as he can hurt anyone.

Back in India, Gaurav, posing as Aryan again, accesses Aryan’s home, vandalizing his trophy collection in the study room while imploring to Aryan’s wife (Waluscha de Sousa) why is Aryan not apologizing. Aryan arrives home moments later but Gaurav escapes leaving his wife traumatized. Aryan learns from Gaurav’s parents that Gaurav will be present at the local talent show. At the show, Aryan devises a plan with Gaurav’s love interest Neha to play along with him. Aryan, imitating Gaurav now, declares 'his" love to Neha. This event provokes Gaurav, who witnessed the act on a nearby stand, to fire at Aryan. After a long chase once again, Aryan subdues Gaurav and they starting fighting. With Aryan suffering minor wounds and Gaurav barely alive after a horrendous beating, Aryan tells Gaurav to end this all and tells him to live a life of Gaurav Chadana instead of "Junior Aryan Khanna". As Aryan is leaving, Gaurav tells him he said everything but still never apologise to him. He falls of the cliff but Aryan catches him declaring it does not have to end like this. Gaurav responds that Aryan will never understand him and then frees his hand from Aryan's hand. He then falls to his death with a smile on his face. A horrified Aryan watches even after Gaurav lands to his death, still smiling. Aryan’s name is cleared from all the controversies surrounding him, with Gaurav's name forever joined to his but the ordeal still haunts him to the point where he sees "Gaurav" again amongst the crowd when he greets his fans on his next birthday.

Production:

Development:

On 16 December 2013, Yash Raj Films announced the project with Shah Rukh Khan as the main lead and Maneesh Sharma as the director. On 25 March 2014, it was announced that Greg Cannom is going to develop the look of Khan in the film. Khan underwent 3D scanning for his look as a young boy. Though it had at one time been reported that Khan was scheduled to play a 17-year-old boy in the film, Khan later denied the claim.

Filming:

Principal photography of the film began in July 2014. The film was shot in Mumbai, Croatia, London and Delhi. The film is the first ever to be shot at the Madame Tussauds in London. On 7 August 2015, it was announced that the filming of the project was completed.

Do Lafzon Ki Kahani (English: A Story of Two Words) is a 2016 Hindi-language romantic drama film written by Girish Dhamija and directed by Deepak Tijori. Produced by Dhaval Jayantilal Gada under his banner Pen India Limited, it features Randeep Hooda and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles. It is a remake of the 2011 Korean movie Always, which was previously adapted in 2015 in Kannada as Boxer. Filming locations included Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and India. The film released worldwide on 10 June 2016. Also similar to "Johnny film released on 25 April 2003, written and directed by "Pawan Kalyan". Kalyan also starred in the film, along with Renu Desa

Movie Casting:

Randeep Hooda as Suraj

Kajal Aggarwal as Jenny

Mamik Singh as Om

Yuri Suri as Gavin

Snehal Kulshrestha as Truck Owner

Movie Plot:

Suraj (Randeep Hooda) is an ex-boxer who do multiple jobs to earn as much money as possible, but lives a lonely life in Malaysia. During his new job as parking attendant, he ends up meeting Jenny (Kajal Aggarwal) a blind yet a cheerful girl who is surviving in the city all alone. They soon became friends and a chemistry sparks between the two. Suraj's old coach Om (Mamik Singh) calls him back to club but Suraj tells him that he has stopped fighting. He reveals that three years ego, during a boxing match his opponent's wife begged him to loose as she needed the prise money for her daughter's treatment. In order to help, Suraj looses the fight intentionally but later discovers that it was all a plot set by the opponent boxer. After trashing him in a night club, Suraj looses his boxing license and also stops trusting or caring for anyone. He later, started working as recovery agent but during one such recovery case, a man jumps out of his apartment window down on the road, leading to a car crash. Suraj has to serve 2 years of jail and since then taking care of treatment of that man.

Back in the present time, Suraj now falls in love with Jenny and wants to express his love to her, but on reaching her house finds Jenny's boss harassing her. Suraj beats him up, at which Jenny gets mad as she feared of loosing her job. Suraj promises to take care of her and takes her home. He proposes Jenny and asks about her parents. Suraj is then shocked to discover that Jenny's blindness and her parents death are due to the same car crash 3 years ago. Weighed down with guilt, Suraj decides to get Jenny operated but needed 3 lacks of rupees within a month. Suraj, who has already returned to part time boxing asks for help from his coach. Suraj's old arch rival Sikandar offers him to join an illegal fight club, were the owner Gavin (Yuri Suri) pays him 3 lacks to loose a fight. Om tries to stop Suraj as this kind of fights may lead to fighter's death or permanent handicap. During the fight Sikandar provokes him and Suraj beats him up. Angered Gavin gives Suraj a last chance to pay back by delivering a bag of drugs. While Jenny is been operated in hospital, Suraj delivers the package only to be run over by Sikandar's car, leading to severe spinal injury. After getting her eyes back Jenny is disappointed not to see Suraj and mistook that he abandoned her. 6 months later, Jenny is now working at the same hospital as physiotherapist, were Suraj is getting treated but unable to recognize him. Suraj too didn't reveal his identity to Jenny, because of his paralytic condition. On getting able to walk with clutches, Suraj decides to finally meet Jenny but seeing her with other man, thinks that Jenny has now moved on. Hence, Suraj walks away with heavy heart and visits the place were they both used to spend time. While searching for Suraj, Jenny reaches the same spot and they both reunites.

Reception

Hindi daily Hindustan's critic Vishal Thakur gave the film 2 stars out of 5. He called the high-note background music "disturbing" and Tijori's direction "weak". However, he lauded Hooda's performance. Rediff.com's Namrata Thakker called the film "predictable and boring". In her review, she wrote that "[Hooda] ha[d] given everything to the role" but the film "doesn’t do justice to his acting abilities". She found the script with loopholes and editing "sloppy".

Udta Punjab (English: Punjab on a High) is a 2016 Indian crime drama film co-written and directed by Abhishek Chaubey. It is based on drug abuse in the Indian state of Punjab. Produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor under their banner Balaji Motion Pictures, in association with Phantom Films, it features Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Diljit Dosanjh in the lead roles. On 4 June 2016, the Central Board of Film Certification sought a stay on the film's release citing that the themes dealt with in the film were too mature for the general audience. As a result, the producers were directed to make a total of 89 cuts in the film. However, on 13 June 2016, the Bombay High Court struck down the stay and gave permission for the film's national release, albeit with a single cut in the screenplay. The film was released worldwide on 17 June 2016.

Movie Casting:

Shahid Kapoor as Tommy Singh

Kareena Kapoor as Dr. Preet Sahni

Alia Bhatt as an Mary Jane

Diljit Dosanjh as Sartaj Singh

Satish Kaushik as Tayaji

Prabhjyot Singh as Bali

Harpreet Singh as Samsheer

Bhawsheel Singh Sahni as Lucky

Movie Music:

The music for Udta Punjab was composed by Amit Trivedi with lyrics by the late Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Shellee and Varun Grover. The background music was composed by Benedict Taylor & Naren Chandavarkar. The music rights are acquired by Zee Music Company.

 

The first song "Chitta Ve" was released on 4 May 2016. Two more Singles "Da Da Dasse" and "Ik Kudi" were released before the Release of Final soundtrack. The Complete Soundtrack consisting of 7 songs was released on 18 May 2016.

Controversies:

The row over the film being drug-themed slated for release on June 17 escalated with co-producer Anurag Kashyap hitting out at CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani, calling him "oligarch" and "dictator" and that it was like living in North Korea. The makers of the film are said to have been asked by the Revising Committee of the Censor Board to remove all references to Punjab and to make 89 cuts. Kashyap got the support of several filmmakers including Karan Johar, Mahesh Bhatt, Ram Gopal Varma, Aamir Khan, Imtiaz Ali, Varun Dhawan and Mukesh Bhatt. "It is a dark day for freedom of expression and creativity in the country," Mukesh Bhatt said, calling Pahlaj Nihalani a "stooge" of the government. It was later cleared by Bombay High Court with the number of cuts reduced from 89 to a single scene, wherein a character is seen urinating. The Court directed the Board to issue an 'A' certificate before the scheduled release of the movie.

Production:

Amit Trivedi said about the soundtrack, "The film required a really dark soundtrack. So, I had to incorporate psychedelic trance and hip hop into it. It will be edgier and more in-your-face than anything else seen in Bollywood music before. I don't know how the audience will react to it because it is not something that we are used to. But I do know that there are people who have an appetite for psy-trance and hip hop in India. So, I hope it is received well". The movie's music rights were sold for 18 crore (US$2.7 million), making it the biggest such deal in Bollywood history...

Sarbjit is a 2016 Bollywood biographical drama film directed by Omung Kumar. The film stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Randeep Hooda in lead roles, with Richa Chadda and Darshan Kumar in supporting roles in the film. The film is narrated through the perspective of Sarbjit Singh's sister, Dalbir Kaur, played by Aishwarya Rai.

Made on a production budget of 15 crore (US$2.2 million), Sarbjit premiered at the 69th Cannes Film Festivalb and was released on 20 May 2016 to mixed reactions from critics. The film has turned out to be a profitable venture at box-office by grossing about 43.88 crore (US$6.5 million) worldwide after its two-week run.

Movie Casting:

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Dalbir Kaur

Randeep Hooda as Sarabjeet Singh

Richa Chaddha as Sukhpreet

Darshan Kumar as Awais Sheikh

Ankita Shrivastav as Poonam

Shiwani Saini as Swapan

Ankur Bhatia as Mandev

Charanprit Singh as Sanjay

Ram Murti Sharma as Daarji

Movie Plot

Sarbjit Singh (Randeep Hooda) lives in a village near Punjab with his wife Sukhpreet (Richa Chadda), sister Dalbir Kaur (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) and father. He also has two daughters, Poonam Kaur (Ankita Shrivastav) and Swapandeep Kaur. He was a farmer who worked on the farms of other people to earn a livelihood. One day he gets arrested by the Pakistani army for crossing the border unknowingly. He is tortured in the Pakistani jail to death, convicted as an Indian Spy and named as the person behind bomb blasts in Lahore, Pakistan. He is alleged as Ranjit Singh Mattu in Pakistan, who is the main culprit behind the blasts.

 

Sarbjit’s sister Dalbir fought with the Pakistani Government for nearly 23 years before Sarbjit was declared as innocent. Sarbjit’s case was fought by Awais Sheikh (Darshan Kumar). He, with the help of Dalbir, tries to find a way to prove Sarbjit's innocence and catch the real culprit Ranjit Singh Mattu. But after Sarbjit was declared innocent and given bail, he was attacked in the jail where he gets badly injured and was later hospitalized. On 2 May 2013 he took his last breath.

Filming

The film locations included Punjab, Delhi and Mumbai. Few crucial scenes was shot at the Wagah Border. The director had created the by-lanes of Pakistan in Mumbai Bohri Mohallah, besides Punjab. The protagonist's house was recreated in Aarey Colony in the city though it could have been shot in Tarn Taran ( Sarbjit Singh's hometown), the filmmaker reasoned that the town looks a little too modernized for the Punjab of 90s. Since Sarbjit's home was to be shown over a period of two decades, the set was changed accordingly. It was reported on March 18, 2016 that the film shoot was halted for over four hours and producer (Zafar Mehdi) was arrested for hurting national sentiments while shooting a rally sequence with anti-India slogans in Urdu. The scene didn't go down well with the locals at Bhendi Bazaar and they filed a complaint against the makers. However Police officials has released Zafar Mehdi as they had valid permission to shoot for the film.

1920 London is an Indian horror film directed by Tinu Suresh Desai. It is the third installment in the 1920 (film series), after 1920 and 1920:

The Evil Returns. The film stars Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra, and Vishal Karwal in lead roles.

Movie Casting:

Sharman Joshi as Jai Singh Gujjar

Meera Chopra as Shivangi

Vishal Karwal as Veer Singh

Meenal Kapoor as Witch

Gajendra Chauhan as Tantrik

Sushmita Mukherjee as Kesar Maa

Critical reception

Koimoi.com gave the film 1.5/5 stars and wrote, "Where do we start? A lazy writing, poor direction and an even more unconvincing act!" Mohar Basu of Times Of India gave the film 1/5 stars and wrote,"There isn't an inkling of innovative thinking in the third installment of the 1920 series. The best thing that can be said about it is that it will remain one of the year's funniest films".[citation needed] Soumyata of Bollywood Life, also gave 1.5/5 stars to the film and wrote, "While film had a good twist pist interval, it wasn't surprising. Except for the gender reversal, as here the wife is saving the husband, the plot is similar to the first 1920 film, Needless to say, the latest entry in the 1920 series dissappoints big time, with Sharman Joshi being the only saving grace, Watch the film only if you don't have anything else to do". Manjusha of Gulf News gave 1.5/5 to the film and wrote,"Vikram Bhatt exhausts every cliche that has been regurgitated in Bollywood love stories. Corny dialogues such as "we will live together and die together" and sappy songs with lovers dancing around in picturesque locations will make you nauseous. While the first few scenes in which evil spirit unleashes her fury are startling, it gets tiring"

Movie Plot:

The film opens into the life of Shivangi, princess of a Rajasthan royal house (in Sikar), now living in London with her husband Kunwar Veer Singh. They make a happy home until one day when Veer develops a minor illness that soon flares up into a wasting disease shriveling his body and shrinking his head. Veer is hospitalized and his symptoms worsen - his body begins to contort unnaturally and he begins growling in strange languages. The doctors seem to diagnose it as a strange bacteriophage (no cure available). Shivangi is frightened; Veer is just not the same and Shivangi's handmaiden, Kesar Ma, quickly calls it black magic.

Kesar Ma thinks it is because Veer's father, the King, had two wives and the second wife wanted Veer, the heir, out of the way. The film moves to Rajasthan. Shivangi with her family visits an exorcist for Veer's condition. This exorcist attempts to confront the witch by entering the other realm (through a mirror) but is soon thrown out, too powerless for the witch. The exorcist refers the King to the most powerful spiritual master in the land, Mewar Baba, also known as Jai Singh Gujjar. In other part of Rajasthan Jai Singh Gujjar (Mewar Baba) a former convict, arrives and successfully performs the exorcism on a girl possessed by an evil spirit.

Shivangi shudders on hearing about Jai. She was deeply in love with Jai some years ago. Her uncle saw them together and tried to blackmail the helpless and beautiful Shivangi into sleeping with him. Jai stepped in between and fought off the uncle who promptly reported the matter to the King. Jai was charged with attempted murder. Shivangi inexplicably stood as witness against Jai and Jai was ultimately sent to jail for five years. Now Shivangi has come back to ask Jai to help her save her husband. Jai flatly refuses but Shivangi pleads and persuades him. Jai finally agrees to come to London.Jai investigates the matter and discovers that Veer's troubles began upon receiving a strange amulet as a gift from an unknown admirer in Rajasthan. The amulet transmitted the witch demon into Veer. Jai prepares Shivangi into reciting a spiritual chant to bind the witch to their mansion so Jai can throw the locket into the Thames river, thereby freeing Veer. Shivangi maintains the chant over the witch's attempt to thwart it and Jai finishes the job. But it is revealed that the amulet and the witch were actually dispatched by Jai! As Jai prepares to leave London, Shivangi confronts him. (How did he know the amulet came from a specific person?) Jai admits his vengeance saying that he wanted Veer dead. Shivangi reveals why she had betrayed him many years ago. When their affair was revealed the King had ordered Jai killed. Shivangi begged for his life and it was granted for the price of her betrayal. Now guilty and dismayed, Jai resolves to stay in London and free Veer from the witch.

Jai prepares his final assault on the witch. Jai invokes his own spiritual master through a letter. The master chastises Jai for acting in haste and then regretfully says that the witch will not leave without taking a soul. The master directs Jai to an abandoned church where he receives a set of charmed Celtic daggers. Jai prepares a charm to attack the witch. He enters the witch's realm and recovers the amulet. The witch attacks ferociously and is about to stop Shivangi when Jai smashes the mirror (thus closing the portal) so Shivangi can burn the amulet and free her husband. Shivangi sees Jai smile peacefully as Veer comes to life. Some weeks later, Veer and Shivangi find the letter of correspondence between Jai and his master. Jai had offered his soul so Veer could be freed. Veer is touched and places Jai's photograph upon his mantelpiece as the film ends.

Teen (stylised as Te3n; English: Three) is an Indian Hindi-language thriller film written and directed by Ribhu Dasgupta. A remake of the 2013 South Korean film Montage, the film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Vidya Balan in lead roles. The film was released on 10 June 2016.

Movie Casting:

Amitabh Bachchan as John Biswas

Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Father Martin Das

Vidya Balan as Sarita Sarkar[4]

Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Manohar Sinha

Padmavati Rao as Nancy Biswas, wife of John Biswas

Tota Roy Choudhury as Peter Roy, Angela's father

Movie Plot:

John Biswas is a 70-year old grandfather who visits the police station regularly. He is desperate to find the kidnapper & murderer of his grand daughter Angela who has been kidnapped and dead since 8 years. However police inspector Sarita Sarkar has no clues about the case. But he continues to search for the person who caused it, despite being dissuaded by people all around him, and collects evidence one by one in a small pace. John's wife Nancy is sick and bound to a wheel chair. Despite the personal problems John is determined not to give up. John also regularly meets Father Martin Das who was once a cop and was handling the Angela kidnapping case. Martin Das tries his best in solving the case but the guilt of being unsuccessful makes him converted to a priest.

But one day, 8 years after that tragic incident, there is another kidnapping, that of a young boy named Ronnie, and everything about it echoes of similarity with the kidnapping of Angela. Further investigation reveals that the modus operandi for kidnapping Ronnie is the same as that of Angela. Inspector Sarita Sarkar requests Martin for his assistance. Martin supports partially by providing clues and Sarita along with John start investigating the case.

In the meanwhile, John doggedly pieces together the identity of Angela's kidnapper from little bits of information that he collects through his own investigations and creates a plan to kidnap Ronnie. John wanted to seek revenge and justice since Ronnie's grandfather Manohar was the one who kidnapped Angela. Since the modus operandi was the same Angela's case file was re-opened. Manohar is then arrested and John makes him to confess about the crimes committed by him in front of the police. Manohar confesses about the crimes committed and is found guilty for his past activities. Manohar had kidnapped Angela since he needed money for his daughter's open heart surgery.

It is also revealed that Angela was not murdered. While being held captive Angela escapes and accidentally falls from a height on to a car and dies. The car was driven by Father Martin Das.

Music

Clinton Cerejo composed the music and background score of the film while Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the lyrics. The audio album of the movie was released on 27 May which was accompanied by a live performance by Vishal Dadlani on the song "Grahan" The album consists of five tracks sung by Clinton Cerejo, Vishal Dadlani, Benny Dayal, Divya Kumar and Bianca Gomes. Amitabh Bachchan recorded a version of song "Kyun Re" for the film.The song depicts the pain of a grandpa who has lost his granddaughter. The music rights were acquired by T-series.

Housefull 3 is a 2016 Indian comedy film co-written and directed by Sajid-Farhad. It is the third installment in the Housefull film series. Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under his banner Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, it is distributed by Eros International. Housefull 3 features Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, and Lisa Haydon in the lead roles.

Movie Casting:

Akshay Kumar as Sandy/Sundi

Riteish Deshmukh as Teddy

Abhishek Bachchan as Bunty

Jacqueline Fernandez as Ganga "Gracy" Patel

Lisa Haydon as Jamuna "Jenny" Patel

Nargis Fakhri as Saraswati "Sarah" Patel

Boman Irani as Batook Patel

Jackie Shroff as Urja Nagre

Chunkey Pandey as Aakhri Pasta

Samir Kochhar as Rishi

Nikitin Dheer as Rohan

Aarav Chowdhary as Rajeev

Paul Lavers as Priest

Movie Music Casting:

The music for Housefull 3 is composed by Sohail Sen, Mika Singh, Sharib-Toshi and Tanishk Bagchi while the lyrics are written by Sameer Sen, Farhad-Sajid, Sanjeev Chaturvedi, Mamta Sharma, Arafat Mehmood, Rani Malik, Manoj Yadav and Danish Sabri. The background score is given by Julius Packiam. The music rights are acquired by T-Series. The first song of the film "Pyar Ki" was released on 24 April 2016. The full music album was released on 10 May 2016.