Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Jaya Bachchan, Kay Kay Menon
Synopsis: Drona is the compelling modern tale of one man’s spectacular voyage. As good and evil clash in this contemporary fantasy fable, a breathtaking journey beckons you into a world of mythic heroes and malicious magicians, of cunning curses and absolute innocence. Welcome to the world of audacious adventures, a world of fantastical folklores.
Synopsis: `Hari Puttar- A Comedy of Terrors` is the awe-inspiring and entertaining story of one such 10 year old kid who along with his 6 year old cousin has to save his house and a top secret chip kept inside, from bumbling burglars.
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, James Dodd, Jeffrey Tambor, Luke Goss, Anna Walton, John Hurt
Synopsis: With a signature blend of action, humor and character-based spectacle, the saga of the world`s toughest, kitten-loving hero from Hell continues to unfold in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it`s up to the planet`s toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it`s time to call in Hellboy (Ron Perlman). Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development--pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic empath Abe (Doug Jones) and protoplasmic mystic Johann--the BPRD will travel between the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where creatures of fantasy become corporeal.
Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Minissha Lamba, Imraan Khan, Malaika Arora, Amrita Arora, Vidya Malvade, Rahul Dev
Synopsis: From Sanjay Gadhvi, the master director of mega blockbusters like Dhoom and Dhoom: 2, Kidnap is a high octane edge of the seat drama about a power tussle between a young boy and the father of the girl he kidnaps. Sonia (Minissha Lamba) lives with her mother, Mallika (Vidya Malvade) and grandmother because her parents divorced when she was ten. A week before her eighteenth birthday celebration, she gets kidnapped. The abductor, Kabir (Imran Khan) is interested in speaking only to her father, Vikrant Raina (Sanjay Dutt), an affluent New York based Indian businessman, with whom he has an old score to settle. Vikrant returns to India to retrieve his daughter from Kabir`s clutches but has to carry out a series of daunting tasks set out by Kabir as a condition to rescue her. At the end of each task is a clue that helps Vikrant in coming closer to Sonia. But this mission is not as easy as it seems. How far will a father go to save his daughter? What redemption is there for Kabir at the end? Sanjay Dutt`s first release of 2008, co starring the latest teen sensation, Imran Khan, Kidnap makes for compelling viewing as the big festival release on Eid.
Synopsis: Smash hit play Mamma Mia is all set to take on the big screen. A young bride-to-be played by Amanda Seyfried wants her father to give her away at the ceremony. She invites 3 men, one of whom, she suspects, is her father, after reading her mother`s journal. Though she`s not sure, she hopes that Sam (Pierce Brosnan) is her father, giving up on the other two (Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgård). The beautiful locales of Kalokairi Island and a cast of veteran actors makes Mamma Mia worth a dekko.
Synopsis: Directed by Mehreen Jabbar, Ramchand Pakistani is a story of a Pakistani Hindu boy who crosses the border accidentally and spends years in prison with his father. The mother in the meanwhile, doesn`t have a clue and wonders what happened to her husband and son. The movie features Nandita Das and Rashid Farooqi.
Starring: Ravi Kishan, Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Rao, Divya Dutta, Yashpal Sharma, Ila Arun
Synopsis: Shreyas Talpade and Amrita Rao play village folk in this comedy flick by noted film-maker Shyam Benegal. Mahadev (Shreyas) makes a living by writing socially influencing letters much to the delight of the other villagers, most of them illiterate. The film uses satire to highlight the problems/inadequacies of a contemporary Indian village. Welcome to Sajjanpur is a must-watch if Benegal movies like Zubeida and Suraj Ka Saatva Ghoda have enthralled you in the past.
