PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 12 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA SEPTEMBER 2016

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ear Movie Lovers, hardened lawyer in Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s courtroom drama, Pink. Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif pair up for Here’s the September edition of Movies First, your exclusive a refreshing rom-com in Baar Baar Dekho. window to the world of cinema. Meet , the high school dropout whose Rio Olympics has ended, but our list of the most compelling screen-scorchers are the stuff of hollywood legend. sports dramas will keep you soaked in the spirit. September Rewind to the matchless American classic, The Shawshank marks the release of the highly awaited M.S. Dhoni biopic, Redemption. Greet birthday boy Will Smith, the A-lister which is our movie of the month. Hollywood ace Mira Nair who solves Rubik’s Cube in under 55 seconds and might brings to the screen ‘Queen of Katwe,’ the story of young girl some day play President Obama. from Uganda who trains to become a world chess champion. Director Antoine Fuqua brings back the spaghetti genre with Denzel Washington starrer The Magnificent Seven. Regards Sonakshi Sinha’s Akira packs a mean punch in director A.R. Murugadoss’s pacy action-drama. Amitabh Bachchan Gautam Dutta questions the dubious morals of today’s society as a battle- CEO, PVR Limited

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PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 2 CONTENTS MS Dhoni’s biopic releases this month. Relive the journey of this small town boy who went on to become the most popular cricketer of his time.

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history,” says Tom Hanks’s voiceover. “No one has Su lly ever trained for an incident like that. “Hanks stars as The Untold Story Behind Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. Aaron Eckhart The Miracle on The Hudson plays Sully’s co-pilot, Jeff Skiles, and Laura Linney is cast as Sully’s wife, Lorraine. THE STORY: On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the “Miracle on the Hudson” when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. am very But was he a hero or did he make a near-fatal mistake? The post-crash investigation threatened to destroy his glad my story reputation and his career. is in the hands of THE DIRECTOR gifted storyteller Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood (“American and filmmaker Sniper, Million Dollar Baby”) helms “Sully”. This is Clint Eastwood. his 35th as director. – Captain Chesley A CRASH LIKE NO OTHER “Sully” Sullenberger “No one warned us. No one said you’re going to lose both engines at a lower altitude than any jet in

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 DID YOU KNOW? Captain Sullenberger retired from U.S. Airways (now part of American Airlines) in March 2010. The film is based on Sullenberger’s book Highest ’ve got Duty: My Search for What Really Matters. This is the first time Clint Eastwood and Tom 40 years in Hanks have collaborated on a film. the air, but in This is the second time Tom Hanks has portrayed a real life person where the events took place in 2009. He previously portrayed the end I’m going Captain Phillips in 2013, who was taken hostage by Somali pirates in April 2009. to be judged The airplane lost engine power, after hitting a flock of Canadian Geese. Each engine ingested on 208 seconds. at least two geese, weighing between 7 to 10 – Captain Sully pounds. As a result, they could not produce enough thrust to systain flight.

Don’t expect a gushing biopic. This is a taut thriller, Sully later told reporters he could not sleep for weeks showing you what the public did not see: the grilling after the crash. For the first few days, all he could and ruthless investigation of Captain Sully. “When think of was, “What if I did get this wrong? What if I was your last drink, Captain Sullenberger? Have you endangered the lives of all those passengers?” had any troubles at home?” WHAT HAPPENED THAT MORNING That afternoon in January 2009, Capt. Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger and his first officer Jeff Skiles took off from New York’s LaGuardia airport. Within minutes, both engines failed. The plane was just 3,000 feet in the air. The pilots swiftly plunked down the roughly 160-ton airliner in the water with barely a ripple to the aluminum skin. Only five of the 155 people on board suffered serious injuries.

Hindsight maybe 20/20, but the truth is, Sully and Skiles’ entire flight that day lasted just 208 seconds Sully from throttles up to touchdown in the water. RELEASE 9 SEPTEMBER

Genre: Drama, Thriller Language: English Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Pic Courtesy: Warner Bros. Pictures

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Director: Neeraj Pandey keeper batsman for his railway cricket team. He took Dhoni Genre: Drama, Biopic to the South Eastern Railway Sports Association (SERSA) Language: stadium and bowled him 60 balls non-stop. Dhoni’s Release Date: 30th September 2016 trademark poise won him the job of TTE. Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anupam Kher, Kiara Advani Studio: Fox Star Studios, Inspired Entertainment, Friday Filmworks Pic Courtesy: Fox Star Studios

never knew what my parents The Story: The film traces the incredible journey of M. thought about me when I S. Dhoni from a ticket collector to an iconic cricketer. was getting into cricket From Tickets to Wickets or what they felt about Mahendra Singh Dhoni reached Kharagpur as a my journey. I never asked 20-year-old in 2001, desperate for a job. Interestingly, them.Through this film, it was his cricketing skills that helped him land a job as a ticket collector. I got to know. It was the most special bit. The year was 2001. The then Railway Manager at – M.S.Dhoni Kharagpur Railway Station in Midnapore, West Bengal, was a cricket fanatic. He desperately needed a wicket-

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 Bet You Didn’t Know: • The city of Kharagpur in West Bengal, where Dhoni once worked as a ticket collector, has the longest railway platform in .

• Today, the Kharagpur railway station houses MS Dhoni Museum, built in the sports hostel room where he lived for a year. It showcases memorabilia such as his offer letter from the railways.

• Dhoni was known more as a football Reasons to Watch: and badminton player than a cricketer This is the biopic of a living legend; one of India’s most during his school days. successful and beloved cricketers. As the tagline says, “The man you know: the journey you don’t.” The growing up • During his stint as a ticket-collector, years of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, his struggle to reach where he worked long hours at the station he has, make for a story as thrilling as an ODI match. and then headed out to play tennis-ball Veteran actor Anupam Kher plays MS Dhoni’s father in the cricket, also known as ‘Khep’ cricket in film. The relationship between father and son is poignantly that region. As expected, his skill at the portrayed in the film. game made him a mini-celebrity.

Actress Bhumika Chawla, whose role in Tere Naam made • While playing for a couple of top clubs her an overnight sensation, returns to the screen as in his early days, Dhoni’s appearance M. S. Dhoni’s sister. price was Rupees 2,000 per match. He is currently India’s wealthiest Two fresh faces will be seen in the movie opposite Sushant sportsman. Singh Rajput. Kiara Advani is cast as Sakshi Dhoni, while Disha Patani makes her debut as his ex-girlfriend.

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 8 M.S. Dhoni: On Location

An intensive shoot schedule was 01 held at Mumbai’s Keenan Stadium and JRD Tata Sports Complex in utmost secrecy, to picturise Dhoni’s Ranji-playing days. The matches in the movie look 02 authentic because more than 50 club cricketers were handpicked to play them. The film was shot at real locations, 03 where actor Sushant Singh Rajput practiced for three hours daily on the ground with the coach. The lead actor suffered nasty 04 bruises, fractured his ribs, twisted his ankle and broke his fingers during the shoot. But he mastered Dhoni’s signature helicopter shot, and says he can now play Ranji. Watch out for him!

Director’s Touch Neeraj Pandey’s have a trademark breathless pace and thrilling style. Here’s a peek at three superhit seat-grippers that he has directed so far: 1. A Wednesday (2008) A common man thinks up a unique way to protest terrorism, bringing the entire system down on its knees. 2. Special 26 (2013) Anonymous do-gooders play Robin Hood, playing cat-and-mouse with the cops 3. Baby (2015) A crack team of investigators sets out to capture a dreaded terrorist.

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 9 7 Best Total Recall Sports Movies of All Time

1942: The Pride of the Yankees Stallone plays the quintessential guy who’s been pegged a This moving biographical drama follows the life of revered loser so many times that he believes it. Then Bill Conti’s iconic baseball player Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper). Like most sports score kicks in and, suddenly, Rocky becomes a symbol for biopics of the time, this retelling about Gehrig’s life, career finding the true winner in all of us. and ultimate demise from ALS is extremely sentimental and incredibly inspiring. The movie garnered 11 Academy 1980: Raging Bull Award nominations and is lauded for its realism as legendary “I didn’t know anything about boxing,” director Martin Yankees Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey and Bob Meusel appeared Scorsese once confessed, which probably explains why Raging onscreen as themselves. Bull is such a brutal, unromantic portrait of the sport. The standout moment of the film is Gary Cooper’s Considered one of the greatest film ever made, it stars “luckiest man on the face of the earth” speech that Robert De Niro (who gained a then-record 60 pounds and won beautifully captures the dignity, grace and resolve of one of the Best Actor Oscar) as prizefighter Jake LaMotta, whose the game’s true MVPs. violent bouts with paranoia and jealousy destroy his life outside the ring. Shot in black & white with fight scenes full of raw violence, the movie was quintessential Scorsese in the way it explored masculinity and how it poisons everyone in its path.

1976: Rocky Written by Sylvester Stallone (who insisted he play the lead), this Oscar-winning hit is the ultimate underdog movie. It’s the story of Rocky Balboa, a broken-down boxer from working- 1981: Chariots of Fire class Philadelphia, who gets one last, very unlikely chance It’s remembered today primarily for its pulsing Vangelis to prove himself against the World Heavyweight Champion, synthesizer score and that shot of Olympians running along played by a wonderful Carl Weathers. a beach in slow-motion — but director Hugh Hudson’s

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 10 Oscar-winning sports drama is a true cinematic masterpiece. A beguiling story of British resolve, imperial hauteur and religious tolerance, the movie is set in 1920s UK, and tells the true tale of two determined young runners, Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) and their run to gold in the 1924 Olympics in Paris. 1986: Hoosiers A dizzyingly feel-good sports movie about a troubled coach who motivates a group of underdog 1950s Indiana high schoolers to play the best basketball of their lives and helps them reach the state finals. Starring Gene Hackman, Barabara Hershey and Dennis Hopper (who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar), the movie was loosely based on a during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become true story about the 1954 Milan (Ind.) Indians basketball team. one of India’s most iconic athletes. Produced and Directed by It’s a classic David versus Goliath fable helmed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the film stars a brilliant Farhan Hackman’s perfectly-aged performance that’s filled with Akhtar in the titular role, who underwent complete physical uncompromising decency. transformation to mimic Milkha Singh’s physique and fitness.

2007: Chak De! India A disgraced hockey player coaches the women’s national HAPPY BIRTHDAY team to win back his honor and dignity. In terms of story, Chak De India wasn’t particularly a path breaking film. It was what you can call a by-the-book sports film. Yet, WILL SMITH the film’s success proved to be a watershed moment in as coach Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most coached sixteen young female hockey players all the way Beautiful People in the World, Will Smith transitioned from reggae superstar to Hollywood A-lister with to World Cup glory. effortless ease. Here are 5 fun facts about the actor, who shares his September 25 birthday with Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones. 1. Beginning with Men in Black II(2002) and ending with Hancock (2008), Smith starred in eight consecutive $100M+ grossing movies, an incredible stretch and a record. 2. He has solved Rubik’s cubes in both The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and The Pursuit of Happiness. This is a real talent of his; he has shown on live TV that he can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 55 seconds. 3. incorporates the line “Aw, hell no!” into all his movies as a running catch phrase like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “I’ll be back!” 2013: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 4. President Barack Obama has stated that he would Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is the inspiring true story of India’s Flying like Smith to play him if there were ever a film about Sikh, Milkha Singh, who came within a whisker of winning his life. President Obama has also acknowledged an Olympic medal. The film follows the life of the champion that the two have, in fact, discussed the possibility. runner who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 11 MUST WATCH BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS

SEP SEP SUNSHINE MUSIC TOURS AND TRAVELS 02 AKIRA 02 A Travel Genre: Drama No One Will Genre: Action Youth Musical Language(s): Hindi Be Forgiven Language(s): Hindi Director: Shailendra Singh Director: A. R. Murugadoss Cast: Sunny Kaushal Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Amit Certification: (U/A) Sadh, Urmila Mahanta Studio: Hayre Entertainment, Certification: (U/A) Percept Pictures Studio: A. R. Murugadoss Pic Courtesy: © Hayre Productions Entertainment Pic Courtesy: © A.R. Murugadoss Productions

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SEP SEP BAAR BAAR DEKHO 09 FREAKY ALI 09 Love Like There’s Genre: Romance For Golf’s Sake, Genre: Comedy, Sport No Tomorrow Language(s): Hindi Watch It! Language(s): Hindi Director: Nitya Mehra Director: Sohail Khan Cast: Siddarth Malhotra, Cast: , Katrina Kaif Amy Jackson, Certification: (U/A) Studio: Dharma Productions, Certification: (U/A) Excel Entertainment Studio: Sohail Khan Productionz Pic Courtesy: ©Dharma Pic Courtesy: © Sohail Khan Productions Productionz

PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER Movie Plot: What if you were given a chance to see the future of Movie Plot: An inspirational story of a simple extortion debt your relationship and know how good or bad it is? And having collector who becomes a golfing sensation. seen that, what would you do to change it? That is what Baar Baar Dekho is all about. It has a situation and a solution. Reason to watch: The film is the story of an underdog who Reason to watch: The film marks the debut of director Nitya becomes a game changer, a poor man who takes on a rich Mehra who assisted in Hollywood superhits like Life of Pi and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. mans sport golf. Did You Know: The film marks a collaboration between two of Bollywood’s biggest production houses, Dharma and Excel. Expect Did You Know: The film is inspired by Adam Sandler’s 1996- a lot of style and substance. superhit Happy Gilmore.

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SEP SEP RAAZ REBOOT 16 PINK 16 Secrets are the Genre: Horror A Dark Truth Genre: Thriller enemy of love Language(s): Hindi They Can’t Hide Language(s): Hindi Director: Vikram Bhatt Director: Aniruddha Roy Cast: Shatrughan Sinha, Chowdhury Emraan Hashmi, Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Kriti Kharbanda Tapsee Pannu, Piyush Mishra Certification: (U/A) Certification: (U/A) Studio: Vishesh Films, T-Series Studio: Rashmi Sharma Films, Pic Courtesy: © Vishesh Films Rising Sun Films, Saraswati Entertainment Pic Courtesy: © Rising Sun Films

PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER Movie Plot: Emraan plays a fashion photographer who has Movie Plot: An aged lawyer copes with an unusual case of rehabilitated himself after a stint with drugs and alcohol abuse, drama, deceit and lies being shadowed atop three women. and is handling his nasty temperament. Reason to watch: The social thriller reflects on the dubious Reason to watch: The movie is the fourth instalment of the morals of today’s and raises all the right questions women have superhit Raaz series. been facing since forever.

Did You Know: The film’s theme music “Sound of Raaz” is a Did You Know: To shoot for the film, Amitabh Bachchan walked chilling tribute to the older Hindi horror films like Gumnam, through the crowded streets of Delhi wearing a mask without Mahal, Wo Kaun Thi. being recognised.

SEP SEP BANJO 23 Days of Tafree 23 Banjo ki duniya Genre: Music, Drama In Class. Genre: Comedy ka Bachchan Language(s): Hindi Out of Class Language(s): Hindi Director: Ravi Jadhav Director: Krishnadev Yagnik Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Cast: Yash Soni, Ansh Bagri, Nargis Fakhri Sanchay Goswami Certification: (U/A) Certification: (U/A) Studio: Eros International Studio: Anand Pandit Motion Pic Courtesy: © Eros Pictures, Rashmi Sharma FIlms International Pic Courtesy: © Anand Pandit Motion Pictures

PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER Movie Plot: The film is a musical drama, in which Riteish will Movie Plot: Days of Tafree revolves around the lives of seven play the character of a Banjo player while Nargis will portray the friends, showcasing their journey of growing up, highs and lows role of a DJ in the film. of their relationships, love and compassion, end of college days and the beginning of a new life. Reason to watch: Banjo’s story reflects an essence of the Marathi culture and will extensively showcase the spirit of Maharashtra. Reason to watch: The young and fresh cast of the film will remind you of every fight, your first crush and the mischief that Did You Know: Banjo will mark the Bollywood directorial debut made your college days unforgettable. of Ravi Jadhav, who has directed some of the commercially successful and national award winning Marathi films. Did You Know: The film is a remake of Gujarati film Chhello Divas.

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SEP SEP DON’T BREATHE 02 SKIPTRACE 02 This house looked like an easy target. Genre: Suspense, Thriller Watch Your Backup Genre: Action, Comedy Until they found what was inside. Language(s): English Language(s): English Director: Fede Alvarez Director: Renny Harlin Cast: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Cast: Jackie Chan, Dylan Minnette Johnny Knoxville, Bingbing Fan Certification: (U/A) Certification: (U/A) Studio: Ghost House Pictures, Studio: Cider Mill Pictures, Good Universe Dasym Entertainment, Pic Courtesy: © Ghost House InterTitle Films Pictures Pic Courtesy: © Cider Mill Pictures

PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER Movie Plot: A group of friends break into the house of a wealthy Movie Plot: A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an blind man, thinking they’ll get away with the perfect heist. American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal. They’re wrong. Reason to watch: The film is a massive hitin China, grossing a Reason to watch: The movie is directed by Fede Alvarez, whose total of CN¥870 million at the Chinese box office. debut film Evil Dead was a massive success in the horror genre, Did you know: Evil Dead was criticised for having too much Did You Know: Jackie Chan and Renny Harlin had scheduled gore, too much shock element and being a remake. With an filming a fight scene for their now abandoned film original story, no blood and more focus on suspense, Fede “Nosebleed” on the roof of the World Trade Center the Alvarez noted that this film is a reaction to that criticism. morning of the 9/11 attacks.

SEP SEP The Shallows 09 ROBINSON CRUSOE 3D 09 What was once in the deep Genre: Drama, Thriller Just because you’re stranded. . . doesn’t Genre: Animation is now in the shallows Language(s): English mean you can’t make some friends. Language(s): English Directors: Jaume Collet-Serra Directors: Vincent Kesteloot, Cast: Oscar Jaenada, Blake Ben Stassen Lively Cast: Laila Berzins, Certification: (U/A) George Babbit, Ron Allen Studio: Lynn Harris Productions Certification: (U/A) Inc. Studio: nWave Pictures, uFilm Pic Courtesy: © Columbia Pic Courtesy: © nWave Pictures Pictures

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SEP SEP STORKS 3D 23 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 23 Find Your Flock Genre: Animaton, Comedy Justice Has A Number Genre: Action, Western Language(s): English Language(s): English Directors: Nicholas Stoller, Director: Antoine Fuqua Doug Sweetland Cast: Ethan Hawke, Cast: Andy Samberg, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell Certification: (U/A) Certification: (U/A) Studio: LStar Capital, Studio: Warner Animation Village Roadshow Pictures, Group Pin High Productions, Pic Courtesy: © Warner Bros Escape Artists Pic Courtesy: © LStar Capital

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Find Where You Belong

Genre: Biography, Sports, Drama Language(s): English Director: Mira Nair Cast: Lupita Nyongo, David Oyelowo Certification: (U/A) Studio: Walt Disney Pictures, ESPN Films, Cine Mosaic, Mirabai Films Pic Courtesy: © Walt Disney Pictures

Movie Plot: Queen of Katwe is a biographical film which takes us through the life of a young girl from Uganda, and her journey to becoming a world chess champion.

Reason to watch: The film is based on a true story chronicling the life of Phiona Mutesi, a Ugandan chess prodigy who became a Woman Candidate Master after her performances at World Chess Olympiads.

Did You Know: Director Mira Nair decided to adapt “Queen of Katwe” into a film after making a documentary about the life of the man who trained Phiona Mutesi, Robert Katende.

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PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 18 PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 19 This month’s two most awaited movies, Pink and Baar Baar Dekho, are helmed by debutant directors. Here’s a quick introduction to both: PINK DIRECTORS’FIRST The Director: Aniruddha Roy Chawdhary

He is an established name in Bengali cinema, with were ready. The subject being one he feels strongly popular and award-winning films to his credit. about, the megastar gave his nod at once. Aniruddha’s 2006 debut feature, Anuranan (A Resonance) bagged the President’s Award for Best The Story: Deepak (Amitabh Bachchan) is a lawyer Bengali Film. He followed it up with Antaheen (The suffering from bipolar disorder and dealing with Endless Wait) which bagged the Golden Lotus for frequent mood swings. One night, Rajveer (Angad Best Film along with three other National Awards for Bedi) and his friends get drunk and try to molest Best Cinematography, Best Lyrics and Best Playback three young women, leading to an accident. The Sing (Female). film revolves around how Deepak fights the girls’ case against these influential boys. Expect a thrilling First Chance: In 2011, Aniruddha and director Shoojit courtroom drama. were on their way to the US for a recce for Aparajita Tumi. On the flight, he proposed the idea for PInk to Did You Know: Andrea Tariang, one of the lead Shoojit, who loved it and give it the green signal on actors in Pink, hails from Shillong and is the first the spot. For two-and-a-half years, they worked on the Khasi woman to work in a Hindi movie. She learned script, and approached Amitabh Bachchan once they the language especially for the film.

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 20 BAAR BAAR DEKHO DIRECTORS’FIRST The Director: Nitya Mehra

Baar Baar Dekho is Nitya Mehra’s debut film The Story: Jai (Sidharth Malhotra) and Diya (Katrina as director, but the lady has strong experience Kaif), two childhood sweethearts are now grown up under her belt. After a stint as an advertising and getting ready for their wedding. But Jai gets cold film professional, she directed eight episodes feet as he wonders how to balance his personal and of 24, the Indian version of the hit international professional life. television series. Nitya has also assisted Ang Li in Life of Pi, and Farhan Akhtar in Don. Through time travel, Jai is able to see what his future may look like in a few days, years and decades, and First Chance: An intriguing combination of “high comes to a realization about his present. Will he concept storytelling” and a “simple tale of love,” decide to fix things, reverse his decision, or let love Baar Baar Dekho was not the easiest film to take its course? accept for a first-timer. The idea, felt its makers, was ahead of its time and needed sensitive Did You Know: Katrina Kaif is reported to have had handling. That’s when Nitya Mehra’s name came an emotional meltdown during the narration of the up, and producer Ritesh Sidhwani convinced her film and Sidharth Malhotra apparently ate six meals to don the director’s hat. by the time the narration was over!

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 21 Quentin Tarantino PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 22 THE LIFE OF A LEGEND: Quentin Tarantino PVR MOVIES FIRST ARCHITECTS OF CINEMA PAGE 23 QUENTIN TARANTINO ARCHITECTS OF CINEMA

Quentin Tarantino’s powerhouse plots and Irish, and actor Tony Tarantino, who left the family volatile voice make him a living Hollywood before Quentin was born. legend. Cinephiles love him, picky critics He loathed studies, and dropped out of high school. laud him, and box office registers trill for Soon after, he lied about his age and became an him. An audacious fusion of pop culture and usher at an adult film theater. independent arthouse cinema, his thrillers are distinguished by their clever, twisting dialogue Soon, he was writing screenplays. And when he and their outbursts of extreme violence. met filmmaker Roger Avary, his fortunes changed.

Quite simply, few can match or mimic the towering His Films: Tarantino’s directorial debut came with talent that is Tarantino. 1992’s , but he received widespread critical and commercial acclaim with Early Life: Quentin Tarantino is the only child of (1994), for which he won an Academy Award for Connie McHugh, who is part Cherokee and part best screenplay.

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 24 The film won the Palme d’Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994 and received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Bet You Didn’t Know: Picture and Best Director. For his work on the • Tarantino’s films mainly feature criminals film, Tarantino took home the award for Best and characters committing horrible crimes Original Screenplay. involving murder and drugs. The only crime Tarantino himself has committed was shoplifting from a bookstore when he was a teenager. • Owns the New Beverly Cinema in , the theater where he often saw double features as a kid. He helped the prior owner to keep it afloat and stay open with a $5000/month subsidy. Subsequently, he bought the building in December 2007 to save the theater. • Tarantino dislikes product placement in films, and often creates fictional brands of objects. The Red Apple cigarettes and from Pulp Fiction are referenced in his other films. • He collects old lunch boxes and board games that feature TV shows. QUICK FACTS

BIRTH NAME: Quentin Jerome Tarantino ______Subsequent features included (1997), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Vol. 2 (2004) and OCCUPATION: Grindhouse (2007). Tarantino earned several award Director, Actor nominations for (2009) and ______Django Unchained (2012), the latter garnering him a second Oscar win for best screenplay. BIRTH DATE: 27 March, 1953 His signature cinematic style features intense ______violence, immensely quotable dialogue, lavish pop culture references, characters with strong back stories, and the trademark trunk shot. PLACE OF BIRTH: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Quotable Quentin: ______• “When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them no: I went to films.” Parents: • “I was kind of excited about going to jail the first Tony Tarantino, Connie Zastoupil time and I learnt some great dialogue.” ______• “Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.” YEARS ACTIVE: Iconic Film: Tarantino’s cult classic, Pulp Fiction 1987–present brought him incredible commercial and critical success. Made for just $8 million, it earned over $108 million at the box office, becoming the first independent film to do so.

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 25 HISTO RY THIS MONTH 22 YEARS AGO

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 26 HISTO RY THIS MONTH 22 YEARS AGO

“Geology is the study of pressure and time. That’s all it takes, really. Pressure and time.” Twenty-two years ago this month, The Shawshank Redemption hit multiplexes. The Plot: It’s a prison drama starring Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne, wrongfully convicted of killing his wife, her lover and serving two life terms, and Morgan Freeman as fellow lifer “Red” Redding, who narrates the film. AN INSTANT HIT? THINK AGAIN!: Despite great reviews, the film bombed, failing to earn even $1 million on its opening weekend. Final figures barely touched $16 million, way below its $25 million budget. THE DIRECTOR’S DILEMMA: That was then. Today The Shawshank Redemption tops the IMDb’s Castle Rock’s iconic director Rob Top 250 cinema-favorites list with more than a million votes, Reiner “flipped” for the script, and made Darabont an offer having passed the previous champ, The Godfather, in 2008. almost no one would refuse: a rumoured $3 million to direct Shawshank himself. RAGS TO RICHES: THE DIRECTOR’S STORY: In the 1980s, Frank Darabont was just another broke Hollywood aspirant imagining Darabont, who could barely meet the rent, was tempted and his name on the back of a director’s chair. Born in a French completely tormented by the offer. Reiner even promised to refugee camp for Hungarians fleeing the 1956 revolution, finance any other movie he wanted to direct if he let him direct he grew up poor in L.A “I had no career whatsoever. I was this one. But 33 and in dire need, Darabont said No. “You can nailing sets together on low-budget films to keep body and continue to defer your dreams in exchange for money and, you soul together,” he says. His life’s fondest dream was to direct know, die without ever having done the thing you set out to do.” a film based on a Stephen King story. He didn’t know how—or Interviewing Freeman is like speaking with a favorite uncle who whether—that dream would ever come true. also happens to be God. With a melodic voice that’s calm and Today, Frank Darabont owns a Spanish villa in Los Angeles’s Los authoritative, Freeman has commanded aural attention since Feliz district. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are his neighbours. his stint in the 1970s asThe Electric Company’s Easy Reader on PBS, where he sang, “I groove on all the words around,” in THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY: Shawshank Redemption is bell-bottoms. based on Stephen King’s short story. The film retains and ACTOR SPEAK: changes many of the elements in the story. “Shawshank was an absolutely delightful script. So I called my agent and said, ‘It doesn’t matter which part In King’s story, a minor character, Brooks, dies uneventfully in an it is—I want to be in it.’ He said, ‘Well, I think they want you old folks’ home. In the movie, Brooks cannot adjust to life outside to do Red.’ And I thought, Wow, I control the movie! I was prison, and commits heart-wrenching suicide by hanging. flabbergasted by that.” - Morgan Freeman. In the story, Tommy, a young con who can clear Andy’s name, CASTING ANDY: Offers went out to the 1990s’ usual suspects for trades his silence for a transfer to a minimum-security prison. In the part of Andy Dufresne. Tom Hanks and Kevin Costner passed. the movie, the warden has Tommy “chewed to pieces by gunfire.” And though Cruise loved the screenplay, he refused to work with Stephen King’s story had many wardens. Darabont condensed a new director. To Reiner’s credit, he made it clear that he would them into one evil man: Warden Norton, who eventually blows not interfere. ‘No, if you’re going to do it with Darabont, it’s his his brains out rather than face the law. vision,” he told Cruise. So Tom Cruise refused, and Tim Robbins stepped in. Robbins used his A-list status to insist that Darabont’s inexperience—he’d directed only one made-for-TV movie, Buried Alive—be counterbalanced by a seasoned cinematographer, Roger Deakins, whom Robbins had worked with the year before on the Coen brothers’ film The Hudsucker Proxy. (Deakins would go on to shoot the death-row drama Dead Man Walking, which Robbins directed.) Brad Pitt was cast in the role of Tommy. But while he was shooting, Thelma & Louise released, making him an overnight star. The next day, he dropped out of Shawshank...

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 27 FILM FESTIVALS 73rd VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Plot: A political drama chronicling the spectacular rise of an Festival Date: August 31 – September 10, 2016 activist from a whistle blower to a controversial vigilante- Venue: Venice, Italy politician, An Insignificant Man follows the birth of the newest Opening Night: La La Land political force in India - The Common Man’s Party (AAP). Closing Night: The Magnificent Seven MOVIE INFO Acclaimed Movie Directed By: Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla HACKSAW RIDGE Written By: Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla Cast: Arvind Kejriwal, Santosh Koli, Manish Sisodia Genre: Documentary

64th SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL Festival Date: September 16 – September 24, 2016 Venue: San Sebastian, Spain Closing Night: The Odyssey

Acclaimed Movie SNOWDEN

Plot: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

MOVIE INFO Directed By: Mel Gibson Written By: Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan Cast: Teresa Palmer, Sam Worthington, Andrew Garfield Genre: Biography, Drama, History

Toronto International Film Festival, 2016 Festival Date: September 08 – September 18, 2016 Venue: Toronto, Canada

Acclaimed Movie AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN

Plot: When Edward J. Snowden leaked documents revealing a secret NSA global surveillance programme he opened the eyes of the world and closed the doors of his own future, giving up his career, his long-term girlfriend, and his country.

MOVIE INFO Directed By: Oliver Stone Written By: Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone Cast: Scott Eastwood, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto Genre: Biography, Drama

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