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PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 7 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA APRIL 2016 MOVIE QUIZ: TEST YOUR TeeNAGE MutANT NiNJA TurtLes QuotieNT GUEST TERVIEW IN R. BALKI THE BEST NEW MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH: KI AND KA, KUNG FU PANDA 3, BAAGHI PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 1 GREETINGS ear Movie Lovers, Did you know that Hollywood’s most iconic director, Steven Spielberg, once bribed Universal Studio Here’s the new edition of Movies First, your exclusive guards to let him watch a movie shoot? Or window to the world of cinema. that cinema’s most compelling courtroom drama, April will amaze you with its lineup of power- Twelve Angry Men, never actually had a court scene? packed movies: Ki and Ka turns hackneyed man- This and much more will be revealed to you inside. woman roles on their head. Devotion turns deadly We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a in FAN. And young lovers breathe rebellious fire fabulous month of movie watching. in Baaghi. Regards Join us in wishing the legendary Al Pacino a Happy 76th Birthday. And check your Teenage Mutant Gautam Dutta Ninja Turtle quotient with our truly tough quiz! CEO, PVR Limited USING THE MAGAZINE We hope you’ll find this magazine easy to use but here’s a handy guide to the icons used throughout. You can tap the page once at any time to access full contents at the top of the page. PLAY TRAILER SET REMINDER BOOK TICKETS SHARE PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 2 CONTENTS Tables are turned as a superstar chases his die-hard fan in the lanes of Dubrovnik. Tap for... Tap for... Movie OF THE MONTH GUEST INTERVIEW Tap for... Tap for... MUST WATCH FESTIVAL FLASH Tap for... Tap for... ARCHITECTS OF CINEMA Movie QUIZ TO BOOK TICKETS GO TO PVRCINEMAS.COM OR DOWNLOAD OUR MOBILE APP. AVAILABLE ON PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 3 RELEASING THIS MONTH A SNEAK-PEAK INTO THE BIG RELEASES OF THE MONTH! PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER supports his wife as she pursues her dream. Ki & Ka Kareena plays an ambitious girl who brings home STREELING, PULLING, SAME THING the bread. Thespian couple Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan make a guest appearance. Rajit Kapur plays Arjun The last two letters of the words “ladki” and “ladka” Kapoor’s disapproving dad. The comely Swaroop form the title of this gender-barrier-busting film. Sampat returns to the screen after decades, in a fun Arjun Kapoor plays a house husband who cheerfully turn as Kareena’s chic mother. DID YOU KNOW? R. Balki asked Arjun Kapoor if he knew how to sweep the floor and chop vegetables. The actor said he had no clue. This landed him the role, because it fit the character the director wanted. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 Reason to Watch: The Collection The idea of a macho man happily turning homemaker R. Balki’s films speak in a unique is like a whiff of fresh air. The bubbly presentation is voice, addressing a socially relevant sure to connect with gen-next. issue in a lighthearted, touching manner. His previous work: wanted to SHOW A DIFFERENT SIDE TO LOVE. I WANTED A HUNK of A man and A GIrl WHO IS THE EPITOME OF FEMININITY, THEN SHOW what happens when theY REVERSE THEIR ROLES.” CHEENI KUM (2007) – R. Balki PA (2009) KI & KA RELEASE 1 APRIL Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama Language: Hindi Director: R. Balki Cast: Rajit Kapur, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan (Guest Appearance) Studio: Eros International, Hope Productions Pic Courtesy: Eros International SHAMITABH (2015) PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 5 PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 6 PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER FA N MOVIE OF THE MONTH Director: Maneesh Sharma were painted with messages like ‘Love you SRK’ Star Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Waluscha de Sousa, and ‘C u 15th,’ and were signed with the name Shriya Pilgaonkar ‘Gaurav,’ after the character who plays “Fan.” Genre: Drama, Thriller Rating: (U/A) This is the first Bollywood film to be shot at London’s Release Date:15 April iconic Madame Tussaud’s museum, which is home Studio: Yash Raj Films to Shah Rukh Khan’s own wax statue. Fan, the year’s most awaited blockbuster, boasts many firsts: Supermodel Waluscha de Sousa makes a dream debut Ish opposite Bollywood’s biggest superstar. Though I was twIns this will be her first ever movie role, Waluscha has acted with Shah Rukh Khan before—in a television IN MY REAL LIFE. commercial for a family sedan. Would have been Veteran actor Sachin Pilgaonkar’s daughter Shriya so much easIer also debuts into Bollywood with this film. She is a theatre actress who has directed short films and TO DO THIS ROLE acted in Marathi cinema. – Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk The film kicked off with a unique promotional idea: The walls of Shah Rukh Khan’s mansion Mannat PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 THE PLOT: Fan is the story of Gaurav (Shah Rukh ACTION: Khan) a 20-something young man, whose world Some of the most heart-pounding sequences in Fan revolves around the mega movie star Aryan Khanna have been shot in the Old City of Dubrovnik, Croatia. (Shah Rukh Khan) or God as he prefers to call him. Motorbike chases around the old city harbour, From the bylanes of Delhi, young Gaurav embarks jumps across rooftops and stunning stunts...this is on a journey to the city of dreams, Mumbai, in Dubrovnik as you have never seen it before. order to wish his God on his birthday. After all, he is Aryan’s biggest fan and even has a striking resemblance to him. But things don’t go according to plan, and Gaurav’s love and passion for his God turns in to a dangerous obsession that crosses over from worship to vengeance. The local Croatian crew along with the YRF team from Mumbai met months in advance to meticulously plan out these sequences. Acclaimed Korean action director Seyoung Oh, who has done the high-octane action for Korean superhit Suspect and superhero saga Avengers 2 was roped in to deliver never- seen-before thrills in Fan. MAKE-UP: Special make-up effects for the film have been supervised by Greg Cannom, nine-time Oscar THE APPEAL: nominee and three time winner for “The Curious An edge-of-the-seat psychological thriller, Fan is Case of Benjamin Button” (2008), “Mrs. Doubtfire” a layered story that gradually peels away at both (1993) and “Dracula” (1992). Gaurav and Aryan’s personalities. As the story unravels, the two characters discover people within Cannom has not only tried out different hair styles, themselves that even they didn’t know existed. The but also experimented with Shah Rukh Khan’s film also lays bare the vulnerabilities of superstars, eyebrows, beard and scars. The dramatic personality presenting them as flesh-and-blood people with makeover has been achieved without using any real, relatable emotions. prosthetics. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 8 TRIVIA TRIVIA The logo of the film is unique—it features 01 a collage of pictures of Khan’s real fans. As you read this, the film’s twitter handle, 02 @FanTheFilm, has already crossed 70,000 followers. SRK’s character in the film, Gaurav 03 (the diehard fan) will be seen wearing some of the actual clothes worn by the star in earlier films – like the hat and leather jacket from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. Getting into the skin of Gaurav’s character 04 was not easy. Shah Rukh Khan’s make-up took six hours every day. ‘Jabra’ is the first Bollywood song to be 05 dubbed in eight different languages - Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali Oriya and Bhojpuri. “It’s difficult to play both sides of the spectrum but in Fan, Shah Rukh Khan has understood the psychology of both the characters really well. In fact, there’s an action sequence in the end of the film where I just could not decide whose side I am on,” says Namrata Rao, the editor of Fan. THE ANIMATION A team of more than 250 technicians worked day and night to pull off some incredible special effects. “The VFX in Fan is done like never before seen in the world. Twice Hollywood has strived to do what we have done in Fan and failed,” says Shah Rukh Khan. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 9 QUIZ TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES The pizza-loving superheroes hit the big screens again with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Take our TMNT quiz and find out how well you know Leo, Donnie, Mikey and Raph. TAP THE ANSWER YOU THINK IS CORRECT PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 10 1. Which company created the chemical that caused 7. What is the name of the TMNT’s hockey mask mutation in the turtles? wearing vigilante friend? o TGIF o Casey Jones o TGRI o Vern Fenwick o TGIR o Casey Casum Techno-Global Research Industries (TGRI) created the Best friends with Raphael and romantically linked mutagen called Ooze, which plays a key role in the origin with April O’Neil, Casey Jones is a young vigilante of the Turtles. who first appeared in season two ofT eenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 2. How did Master Splinter learn the martial arts? o Watching old kung-fu movies o Watching his owner in Japan o Living in a dojo before he mutated Splinter was the pet rat of Hamato Yoshi, the greatest shadow warrior of the Foot Clan in Japan. He used to copy Hamato’s movements as he practiced ninjutsu. 3.