Starring: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, R. Madhavan
Synopsis: Based on Chetan Bhagat’s book Five Point Someone, Three Idiots is about 3 guys (Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan) studying in a technological institute, their experiences, their escapades, their lives in general. The flick gives an insight on what not to do at IIT, just as the tagline says.
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel Moore, Wes Studi, Laz Alonso, Dileep Rao, James Pitt
Synopsis: AVATAR takes us to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home. James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of "Titanic," first conceived the film 15 years ago. Now, after four years of production, AVATAR, a live action film with a new generation of special effects, delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind. We enter the alien world through the eyes of Jake Sully, a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where corporations are mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth`s energy crisis. Because the atmosphere of Pandora is toxic, they have created the Avatar Program, in which human "drivers" have their consciousness linked to an avatar, a remotely-controlled biological body that can survive in the lethal air. These avatars are genetically engineered hybrids of human DNA mixed with DNA from the natives of Pandora... the Na`vi.
Synopsis: Two thieves, Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi), feeling frustrated with the lives they are leading under their ruthless ganglord Mushtaq (Salman Shahid), they steal the sum of 25 lakhs from him to flee to their home and not remain slaves to the system they are working under. On being caught by Mushtaq they manage a narrow escape right under his nose along with the money, thus bruising his ego greatly. Being on the run for their lives, they seek refuge with an old friend, and instead meet his widow, Krishna (Vidya Balan). She leads a dull and lonely life of a widow. With the coming of Khalujan and Babban there is new energy and enthusiasm that enters her life. Krishna’s youthfulness and serenity starts to flower again.
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Mohnish Behl, Manisha Koirala, Rajat Kapoor, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Rajpal Yadav
Synopsis: Rann is about a battle between large unorganised forces (news channels), political parties and industrial czars. These are not just involved in a fight with each other but more importantly and frighteningly they are battling a war within themselves and this is especially true of news channels. Making news is not the easiest thing in the world so the next best thing obviously would be to make anything and everything appear to be news.
Starring: Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Pawan Malhotra, Javed Sheikh, Swati Chitnis, Yusuf Hussain
Synopsis: A simple story of a God-fearing, devout Muslim mechanic named Hashmat Ullah (Rawal) who has been entrusted the job of repairing an old V8 Ford engine, not knowing the historic significance that it once carried the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi which were immersed in the holy river Sangam. He is caught in a complex situation after a powerful bomb explosion rocks his town leading to the arrest of innocent Muslim youth of his locality. A strike to work is called by the prominent leaders (Om Puri, Pavan Malhotra) of his community to protest against the unjust treatment meted out to those arrested youth by the police. Will he support the protest and abandon the repair of the engine or go against the wishes of his community.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Robert Maillet, Geraldine James, Kelly Reilly, William Houston, Hans Matheson, James Fox, William Hope, Clive Russell, Oran Gurel, David Garrick
Synopsis: In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous characters, “Sherlock Holmes” sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes will battle as never before to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the country. Robert Downey Jr. brings the legendary detective to life, and Jude Law stars as Holmes` trusted colleague, Watson, a doctor and war veteran who is a formidable ally for Sherlock Holmes.
Synopsis: Striker is not a film about good versus evil. It is a story of friendship, life in the city of dreams in the 80s, a story of a game that is most common but non-existent. A story of a carrom player who grows up on the fringes of a criminal existence but does not succumb to it. Set in a Mumbai ghetto in the mid 80s and based on true life accounts, Striker is a story of triumph of human spirit over indomitable odds. Born into a poor family, Surya grows up with few luxuries. Poor health keeps him away from school often and that`s when his brother, Chandrakant, introduces him to carrom.
