An animated film- Delhi Safari

Delhi Safari

 is an upcoming bilingual stereoscopic 3D animation film directed by Nikhil Advani. It has been produced by Anupam Patil and Kishore Patil by Krayon Pictures (a Pune based 3D animation studio). The story is written by Girish Dhamija and Suresh Nair. The film features the voices of Akshaye Khanna, Govinda, Suniel Shetty, Boman Irani, and Urmila Matondkar. The screenplay of the film is written by Girish Dhamija and Suresh Nair. The film traces the journey of five animals and birds from Mumbai to Delhi. It is India's first stereoscopic 3D animation feature film. The film is dubbed in English as well as Hindi. The film will be released in India on October 19th, 2012.

The English version of the film has voices by Jason Alexander, Cary Elwes, Christopher Lloyd, Jane Lynch, Vanessa Williams and Brad Garrett. The international sales of the film is being handled by Fantastic Films International.

Summary:-

Delhi Safari is the story of a journey undertaken by a cub leopard, his mother, a monkey, a bear and a parrot when the forest they live in is on the verge of destruction. Builders have encroached upon their forest and the animals decide to go to Delhi and protest in front of the parliament and ask the parliament some very simple yet pertinent questions they were - why has man become the most dangerous animal? Doesn't man understand that if the forests and the animals don't co-exist with humans, the balance of the ecosystem will be endangered?

Casting:-

Akshaye Khanna as Alex the Parrot
Boman Irani as Bagga the Bear
Govinda as Bajrangi the Monkey
Urmila Matondkar as the Queen
Suniel Shetty as Sultan the Leopard
Swini Khara as Yuvraj the Cub

SoundTrack:-

Music released this September 2012 and labeled by T-Series. Music is composed and produced by Shankar Ehsaan Loy and lyrics by Sameer.
1> Dil Ki Safari - Shankar Mahadevan, Raman Mahadevan, Shivam Mahadevan
2> Meri Duniya Terey Dam Se - Shekhar Ravjiani, Mahalakshmi Iyer & Shivam Mahadevan
3> Aao Re Pardesi - Karsan Sargathia, Taranum Mallik
4> Dhadak Dhadak - Shankar Mahadevan, Raghubir Yadav
5> Jungle Mein Mangal - Shankar Mahadevan

A political movie Chakravyuh

Chakravyuh

 is a Bollywood political thriller directed by Prakash Jha starring Arjun Rampal, Abhay Deol, Esha Gupta, Manoj Bajpai, Kabir Bedi and Anjali Patil. Chakravyuh is aimed to be a social commentary on the issues of Naxalites. The film has tentatively been scheduled for a 24 October, 2012 release. The first theatrical trailer of Chakravyuh was released in midnight on August 16-17,2012.

Chakravyuh is the story of two best friends: Adil Khan(Arjun Rampal) and Kabir (Abhay Deol) .
There is a war raging in India. A war whose end can't be seen.A war that isn't being waged by outsiders. The enemy is our own! The youth of the country are rebelling.. Against injustice, against tyranny, against exploitation. Inequality will not be tolerated forever. There is anger, and there is deep social unrest. Our own countrymen are locked in the bloodiest armed mutiny this country has ever seen.

Chakravyuh is the story of six extraordinary characters, each with an all-consuming dream.. A promise.. A promise they will uphold above everything else.

Casting:-

Arjun Rampal as SP Adil Khan IPS.
Abhay Deol as Kabir.
Esha Gupta as Rhea Menon,an IPS officer and Adil's wife.
Manoj Bajpai as Rajan,a Naxalite.
Kabir Bedi as Mahanta, an industrialist and negotiator for the government.
Om Puri as Govind Suryavanshi,an idealistic Marxist. Om Puri role is said to be inspired from Kobad Ghandy.
Anjali Patil as Juhi,and also in an item song.
Mukesh Tiwari.
Chetan Pandit
SM Zaheer as DGP.
Kiran Karmarkar as Home Minister.
Radhakrishna Dutta
Sameera Reddy in an item song

Production:-

Chakravyuh is shot in Panchmarhi and Bhopal. The movie was shot at Trinity Institute Of Technology And Research, Bhopal and some scenes were shot at IES and MLB college. The entire schedule of shooting was wrapped up in about 57 days. Prakash Jha has come up with a unique way to promote his upcoming socio-political thriller Chakravyuh by launching an online comic series.The first episode of the series, 'The Sohble Encounters', starts with a bunch of youngsters rounded up from a party by Inspector Sohble (needless to say a clear dig at Inspector Dhoble). Jha has managed to pitch it cleverly in the backdrop of his film.The first installment of the series will go online soon.

SoundTrack:-

Music for this film is composed by Salim-Sulaiman, Aadesh Shrivastava, Shantanu Moitra, Sandesh Shandilya, Vijay Verma, lyrics by Irshad Kamil, Panchhi Jalonvi, Ashish Sahu, Turaz. One song Tata, Birla, Ambani aur Bata had run into trouble with the Censor Board but was passed after a disclaimer saying these names have been used symbolically and it does not mean any harm or disrespect to any individual or brand. One song is picturised on Sameera Reddy and Murali sharma. There is item song Tambai Rang Tera in the film, choreographed by Ganesh Acharya..

Seven Psychopaths : can't handle its own crazy

Seven Psychopaths :can't handle its own crazy,black comedy almost too shrewd for its own good   

Martin McDonagh's In Bruges was one of the unexpected delights of 2008. It's a film that's endlessly watchable and as a result it makes the filmmaker's follow-up, Seven Psychopaths, a much anticipated project. Taking into account McDonagh brought back his In Bruges star Colin Farrell and aligned him opposite the likes of Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson and Tom Waits makes it all sound too good to be true. Unfortunately, it is, at least for those of us hoping lightning would strike twice.

The writer-director, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh ("In Bruges"), is a master of nasty laughs, and he keeps them coming … and coming. There’s barely time to catch your breath. If movies could pick their own flaws, though, this would be the one to go for.

Colin Farrell is Marty, a blocked writer who’s stuck on his latest screenplay. He has a title—"Seven Psychopaths"—but the rest won’t come. Marty’s just a regular guy; what does he know about lunatics? His best friend, Billy (Sam Rockwell), would like to help, but, being completely nuts, he’s a dubious source of counsel. Billy kidnaps dogs for a living, lifting them from a local park and turning them over to his partner, a coot named Hans (Christopher Walken), to return to their heartbroken owners for cash rewards (which Hans accepts with a carefully calibrated reluctance).

Intentional or not, I was also struck by the sheer number of females of color in this cast.  Yes, most of the female characters "can't string a sentence together," but considering how many genre films are lucky to have two females period, it's worth noting that we see quite a few women-of-color in this gangland story.  Of these, Linda Bright Clay shines brightest as Christopher Walken's cancer-stricken wife.  Speaking of which, Chris Walken delivers what is arguably his best performance sinceCatch Me If You Can (not that I don't love his turns in The Rundown, Hairspray, or the criminally underrated Balls of Fury) and what I would argue is one of his finest performances, period.  In a film full of bloodthirsty well, psychopaths, Walken is refreshingly cast as one of the least outwardly crazy characters in the film and the closest thing the film has to a heart-and-soul.  It's a perfect mix of Walken-doing-Walken shtick and a genuine dramatic performance, using his patented verbal gymnastics to mask a sad old man filled with regret but too wise to spend his final days wallowing in self-pity.  In a more high-profile film, Walken would be a lock for an Oscar nomination.

Farrell's character is far more tame than his In Bruges performance, but he still takes full advantage and the brief moments we spend with Tom Waits are well worth it.

However, all of these moments are individual pieces to a story where most everything else that surrounds them are simply "ho hum" and forgotten as soon as you see them. This isn't to say Harrelson doesn't have his moments and even Zeljko Ivanek has a couple of great lines, but all of these little standout moments don't add up to an overall winning narrative.

The story feels like its on life support and needs a jump start every five minutes or so. And with a film that runs 11 minutes shy of two hours, that's a lot of ups and downs.

Sinister - Scott Derrickson's New Classic Best Horror Film of All Time :

Sinister, which opens wide on Oct. 12, has a perfect 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of this posting. Granted, it's early still, and only 20 reviews are in (notorious horror hater Roger Ebert has yet to weigh in), but the film is inspiring gushing notices. There's no question that Scott Derrickson's film is among the best horror films of the year, but that is faint praise because it's been a really shitty year for the genre.

Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.

Derrickson’s follow-up, The Day the Earth Stood Still, which followed the pattern of the Spielberg-like “one for me, one for you” (a phrase derived from a filmmaker’s imposition to make a film based upon and primarily controlled by his or her own instincts, followed by a film controlled by a studio or distributor’s hankerings for profit), was a critical bomb. So, then, it was pondered, was Derrickson just a one-hit wonder, perhaps now just a film studio’s go-to boy for cash-and-dash remakes? Well, to say it bluntly, S.D.’s magic has returned ... sort of

To say Sinister is of the level of Emily Rose, or even better, would be a disservice to the complete horror of a film (I mean that in a good way) that Rose was. It had it all: fantastic performances from top-tier actors in Laura Linney and Tom Wilkinson, a fascinating premise, and the dedication to the “less is more” horror aesthetic — an aesthetic, I don’t care how many people disparage, is best served in the realm of true horror. Nothing, not even what the best filmmakers and FX people can create, will be as scary as your own imagination and the suspense that precedes the revelation, or lack of which, that will follow.

Sinister, Derrickson’s return to straight horror, is a massage of tropes. He’s recently stated in interviews that his three favorite horror films are The Shining, The Exorcist and The Changeling — three classics of scary cinema. So, it’s easy to see the influence these films have on his latest vehicle.

Ellison is soon made aware of a force that may be an even bigger attention whore than he is when an image that keeps popping up in the videos. We see traces of it and then a full-on clear freeze frame that causes the Super 8 film to catch aflame. But what is it, this Grim Reaper-esque figure that keeps showing his weird face in the footage? Is it a person in a mask? A black metal band member? The Saw puppet Billy? Unfortunately, the answer is a little too convenient (spoilerish hint: it's in the realm of the supernatural, where anything goes) and Sinister joins a growing list of movies this year whose setups have more rewards than their miniscule payoffs.

Lots of good ideas abound in Sinister, as do cool references – the entire movie could be read as a more hardcore take on The Ring and the deputy character is campily stilted enough in a movie that otherwise isn't to suggest Blue Velvet homage. But the parts outweigh the sum. It's almost like Sinister knows its genre a little too well and underwhelms as a matter of course.

Director: 

Scott Derrickson

Writers: 

Scott Derrickson (screenplay), C. Robert Cargill

Stars:

 Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance and James Ransone |

Rush a thriller film

Rush 

is an upcoming Bollywood thriller film directed by Priyanka Desai and late Shamin Desai. The film is to feature Emraan Hashmi, Aditya Pancholi, Neha Dhupia and Sagarika Ghatge. The storyline will be based on media and crime. After the death of Shamin Desai, the project was completed by his wife Priyanka Desai under Percept Picture Company in association with Showman International. The film is expected to release 24th October 2012 on Bakri-Eid.

Summary

The story follows media, politics, crime and romance at the point of life and death. Sam Grover (Emraan Hashmi) is a struggling news reporter. Even though his talk show is at the pinnacle of success, his personal life has turned upside down due to problems with his wife (Sagarika Ghatge). Seeing no way out, he accepts an assignment offered by a dynamic media tycoon named Lisa (Neha Dhupia), which he believes can make him millions. However, along with Lisa, one of India's most richest man, Roger Khanna (Aditya Pancholi), together play a game on Sam, which plunges him into a vortex of violence in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Beneath the veneer of glamour, money, power and the enviable life of media, lays a truth that is at once unbelievable and shocking.

Casting

Emraan Hashmi as Sam Grover
Sagarika Ghatge
Aditya Pancholi as Roger Khanna
Neha Dhupia as Lisa
Murli Sharma as Nikhil

Production and Development

The film was thought of in 2010 by Shamin Desai. In late 2010, he had titled the film Raftaar 24x7 and had casted Emraan Hashmi and Sagarika Ghatge. Soon enough, Desai died and the film was shelved and reported to be cancelled. In October 2011, Shamin's wife Priyanka Desai announced that she will rewrite the film and complete it as a memorial for her late husband. In January 2012, the film started production under the title Play. After filming quite a few scenes, it was announced that the film had been renamed once again, to Rush. The first look was revealed in July 2012, while the theatrical trailer unveiled on 24th September 2012 on Bollywood Hungama. Originally expected to release on 26th October 2012, the film was pre-poned and will now release on 24th October 2012.

SoundTrack

The Soundtrack received mixed reviews. Suhail of Gomolo, gave the soundtrack 4 out of 5 stars justifying the soundtrack as 'An Everlasting Package' with tracks that are too hard to drop-out. Rush soundtrack is a Highly outrageous travel!. Harshit of happysing gave the soundtrack positive response saying, "Rush has some really good songs, chhup chhup ke and Mumkin Nahi are must listen.Worth a try for all and worth a buy if you’re a music lover.
Adnan Sami & Javed Bashir – O Re Khuda song super-hit from this film album Emraan Hashmi is like machine of hit songs. EMRAAN HASHMI EVER HITS
The Soundtrack is composed by Pritam. It consists of 7 songs and lyrics penned by Sayeed Quadri, Kumaar, Ashish Pandit and Hard Kaur. 'Chup chup ke' was released as a promotional number, with 'fukraa' following a week after it.
1) Chup Chup Ke - Shaan, Rizwan-Muazzam
2) Fukraa - Jazzy B, Hard Kaur
3) Mumkin Nahin - Anupam Amod, Tulsi Kumar
4) O Re Khuda - Javed Bashir, Adnan Sami
5) Rab Ka Junoon - Inderpreet Singh
6) Hote Hote - Ash King, Hard Kaur
7) Chup Chup Ke (Film Version)- Ash King, Rizwan-Muazzam

Makkhi

Makkhi (English: Fly) is a 2012 Telugu fictional film written and directed by S S Rajamouli. It is produced by Sai Korrapati. It is edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao. It stars Sudeep, Samantha and Nani in lead roles and was simultaneously made in Tamil as Naan Ee. M. M. Keeravani composed the film's music while K. K. Senthil Kumar handled cinematography and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao handled the editing.
The state of the art Photo realistic animation and Visual effects were supervised by Rahul Venugopal, Adel Adili and Pete Draper of Makuta effects. Upon release, it received rave reviews.
The film was screened and received critical acclaim at L'Étrange Festival and Sundance Film Festival.

SUMMARY

Nani is a young man who makes fireworks. He lives in a house opposite Bindu (Samantha), who is a micro artist and who also runs Project 511, an NGO. Nani is in in love with Bindu for two years and has been constantly showing his love for Bindu. Bindu too loves Nani back but plays hard to get and hides her love from him.
Sudeep is a multi-millionaire industrialist who also happens to be a womaniser. He had even killed his wife for her money. One day, Bindu goes to Sudeep's office to see if he would like to donate money to her NGO. Sudeep is about to send her away, until he sees Bindu through the opening of his office door. He immediately lusts for her, and calls her into his office. Bindu, not knowing of Sudeep's true intentions, tells him all about her NGO, who donates 15 lakhs to it. Bindu thanks Sudeep, who asks her out to lunch.
At the restaurant, Bindu sees Nani and his friends installing fireworks across the street. Sudeep notices that Bindu keeps staring at Nani and becomes jealous. Later, when Sudeep and Bindu stop at a market, Nani also comes and walks with Bindu. Sudeep follows them the whole time. That night, Bindu works late and she needs an escort to go home, so she calls Nani who comes to her office and walks her home. At this point, Nani gives Bindu an idea to help finish a necklace she was working on and Bindu is finally ready to confess her love towards Nani. But just in front of Bindu's doorstep, and just after dropping her home, Sudeep kidnaps Nani and takes him to a graveyard, where he beats him mercilessly. He tells Nani that he loves Bindu. Nani tells Sudeep that if he goes anywhere near Bindu, he will kill him. At this, Sudeep strangles Nani to death, right after Bindu tells Nani she loves him through a text and a phone call. Upon hearing that Bindu loves him too, Nani dies. But then, he is reborn as a fly.

After getting used to his new life as a fly, and experimenting with his new abilities, Nani ends up in Sudeep's office. After he sees Sudeep, Nani remembers his past life and wants to take revenge on Sudeep for what he had done. He keeps following Sudeep around, irritating him to the core. Meanwhile, Bindu is grieving the death of Nani, and Sudeep is still trying to make Bindu love him.
One day, Sudeep calls Bindu to her office and asks her to come to Delhi with him to meet the Education Minister, who is planning to nationally recognise Bindu's NGO. Bindu agrees. Nani notices this and causes Sudeep to meet with an accident while he is driving to the airport. Sudeep, lying injured in his wrecked car, sees Nani write the words "I will kill you". From that point, Sudeep starts fearing Nani the fly, becomes paranoid about it and tries all means to ensure Nani does not enter his house.

CAST

Sudeep as Sudeep
Nani as Nani
Samantha as Bindu
Hamsa Nandini
Crazy Mohan
Devadarshini
Adithya as Sudeep's Friend
Abhiram
Srinivas Reddy as Sudeep's P.A.
Thagubothu Ramesh

PRODUCTION and DEVELOPMENT

The film was launched in 2010, with Rajamouli deciding to shoot the film simultaneously in Telugu (as Eega) and Tamil (Naan Ee) and it was originally conceptualised as a "small experimental film", right after Rajamouli had completed the Telugu film Magadheera and Maryada Ramanna. Nani and Samantha were selected for the lead roles, while Kannada actor Sudeep was chosen to portray a negative role. Reports suggesting that Kajal Aggarwal would perform an item number were denied by Rajamouli. James Floyd was originally announced as the cameraman but he was replaced by Rajamouli's norm cameraman K. K. Senthil Kumar.
The unit used a Scorpio Crane for the first time in the history of Telugu cinema. The climax portion was shot at Ramanaidu studios. Completion of first schedule led producer to arrange a party. A huge set was erected at the Saradhi Studios.

The film was initially planned to be released in May 2012 but due to extensive CGI and VFX work, it got delayed. Release of the film was again postponed from June 22, 2012 because the unit was said to be striving 24/7 for the quality of CG. The film was censored on June 26, 2012 and received an U/A rating by the Central Board of Film Certification for few smoking scenes which is considered integral to story.  Both the Telugu and Tamil versions with a dubbed Malayalam version were released on July 6, 2012 with over 1200 prints. The film was reported to be dubbed and released in Hindi also. Distribution rights were sold for  34 crores. Eega will be releasing in Hindi on October 12, 2012.

RELEASE

The film has collected 17 Crores in its first day worldwide. Overall, the film has grossed about 115 crores worldwide as of July 27, 2012. The film has completed 50 days on August 24, 2012. The film has grossed more than 125 crores as of September 13, 2012. The film is completing 100 days on October 13, 2012.

SOUNDTRACK

The soundtrack of the film was composed by M. M. Keeravani, usual associate of Rajamouli. The audio was released on March 30, 2012 at Brahama Kumari's Academy in Gachibowli, Hyderabad. It was released through Vel Records, owned by M. M. Keeravani. Ramajogayya Sastry, Anantha Sreeram, Chaitanya Prasad and M.M.Keeravani penned one song each in the album.
Milliblog wrote: "Eega’s soundtrack sees Keeravani what he’s known for – pushing the bar to interesting new levels; some of it doesn’t entirely work, but welcome effort". Musicperk wrote: "Eega is an album that is here to stay. A perfect combination of all the ingredients needed to keep an album alive in the memory of young listeners in particular".

Alex Cross 2012 Trailer, News, Videos, and Reviews

 Alex Cross (2012) 

The weirdest thing about Rob Cohen's upcoming movie Alex Cross, adapted from James Patterson's novel Cross, isn't that Tyler Perry plays the titular hero. It's that Tyler Perry appears to have had relatively little to do with the movie. He hasn't stamped his name all over the title – it isn't called Tyler Perry Presents Tyler Perry's Alex Cross, for example. Tyler Perry doesn't transform the character into an overweight grandmother with a fondness for spouting sub-Oprah self-help psychobabble. For a Tyler Perry film, Alex Cross looks relatively sober.

In the first trailer for "Alex Cross," Perry plays detective ... Alex Cross (a role originally portrayed by Morgan Freeman in "Kiss the Girls" and "Along Came a Spider"), who ends up in a cat-and-mouse game with a killer by the name of --according to IMDb -- Picasso. (Can't wait for the line where Matthew Fox tells Perry that what he does to him will make Guernica look like a cakewalk.)

The film is based on the James Patterson novel, "Cross." You can check out the trailer above.

Plot Summary: "Alex Cross" follows the homicide detective/psychologist (Tyler Perry), from the worldwide best-selling novels by James Patterson, as he meets his match in a serial killer (Matthew Fox). The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller.  

Release Date: October 19, 2012 
Studio: Summit Entertainment (Lionsgate) 
Director: Rob Cohen 
Screenwriter: James Patterson, Kerry Williamson, Marc Moss 
Starring: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols, Jean Reno 
Genre: Action, Thriller 
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for violence including disturbing images, sexual content, language, drug references, and nudity) 
Official Website: AlexCrossmovie.com 
Review: Not Available 
DVD Review: Not Available 
DVD: Not Available