friends who are inseparable, love and all
that is unpredictable about youth.
Aftab, Ritesh Deshmukh, Ayesha Takia and
Rimi Sen. It cannot be anything but a young
fun filled entertainer. If the promos and
music are any indication, the college crowd
will surely love this.
Haal-e-Dil
In the name of love. Another ode to the
most beautiful feeling in life. The story
of a couple who are poles apart in character
but find themselves in love. Will the heart
get the better of the mind?
Replete with new faces and a very, very
special appearance by Ajay Devgan and Kajol,
this movie’s success or otherwise
depends on how much it can tug at the hearts
of the youth, how romantic it can make one
feel.
Khushboo
Romance is in the air this week. Another
love story, this time the choice is between
love and career, family and self. The emotions
are the same, the setting is different.
Once again, full of new faces. Romance always
needs that freshness. This one too will
have to go by word of mouth and how the
youth find the love story.
Three movies with no opening guaranteed.
This is where marketing strategy can do
the trick.
From Last Week:
Mere Baap Pehle Aap:
Priyadarshan’s latest offering, again
a remake of a Malayalam superhit has not
got off to a great start. Going by industry
standards, the film had a slow and low opening,
picked up during the weekend and started
sliding during the week. The father-son
drama starring some of Hindi cinema’s
most experienced comic actors has got a
not too exciting word of mouth and is expected
to end up as an average grosser, not living
up to Priyadarshan’s recent form.
Summer 2007:
It was meant to be a story that told how
a few self-centered medical students are
transformed into socially conscious individuals
on a tour to a remote village of India.
While everyone agrees over the freshness
and the relevance of the theme, the execution
has come in for criticism. Also, the promotion
has been flayed. Damp squib.
Dashavathar:
The namesake of Kamal’s magnum opus
has shared only the name and nothing else.
The animation flick that shows all the 10
avatars of Vishnu has met with a cold response,
public opinion is almost non-existent and
the movie has sunk. Disappointing for the
animation genre.
Sneak Preview:
Via Darjelling
One story, many perspectives. Many friends
gather one rainy night and start narrating
the story of a man who went missing on his
honeymoon, each one adds his own ideas and
soon we have many possibilities, many endings
about one man whose whereabouts no one knows.
Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic
Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee are back
together after Hum Tum and this time under
the director of Salaam Namastey with Yashraj
producing. This is a sure shot formula.
But looking at Yashraj’s recent luck,
it would do better to keep our fingers crossed.
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