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PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 43 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA JULY 2019 21 LITTLE-KNowN FACTS AboUt…. QUENTIN TARANTINO 22 YEARS OF HARRY POTTER OTHER BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH: MALAAL, STUBER, CRAWL, THE LION KING GREETINGS ear Movie Lovers, Did you know that Michael Jackson once tried to buy Marvel Studios? Learn 7 fascinating facts about the world’s Here’s the July issue of Movies First, your exclusive window biggest movie company, and another 21 about maverick to the world of cinema. director Quentin Tarantino. This month, watch your friendly neighbour superhero Don’t forget to take a shot at our movie quiz, too. spin his way out of a complex web in Spider-Man: Far We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a fabulous from Home. Superstar Hrithik Roshan returns to the big month of movie watching. screen as the noble Mathematics magician Anand Kumar in Super 30, while Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao play Regards mind games of a different kind in the psychological thriller Gautam Dutta Judgemental Hai Kya. 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 anyway. You can tap the page once at any time to access full contents at the top of the page. PLAYPLAY TRAILER BOOKSELECT TICKETS MOVIES PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 2 CONTENTS Tap for... Tap for... Movie OF THE MONTH UP CLOSE & PERSONAL Tap for... Tap for... MUST WATCH MASTERS@WORK Tap for... Tap for... RISING Star 22 YEARS OF Harry Potter TO BOOK TICKETS GO TO PVRCINEMAS.COM OR DOWNLOAD OUR MOBILE APP. AVAILABLE ON PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 3 RELEASING THIS MONTH A SNEAK-PEEK INTO THE BIG RELEASE OF THE MONTH! PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS Super 30 AB RAJA KA BETA RAJA NAHIN BANEGA NEVER IMAGINED The Plot: THAT SUPER 30 WOULD BE SUCH A Super 30 is a biographical drama film on Anand Kumar, SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE. I COULDn’T GO TO CAMBRIDGE, AS I DIDn’T HAVE FLIGHT FARE. who trains 30 underprivileged students for the IIT exams SOON AFTER MY FATHER’S SUDDEN DEATH, I USED every year. TO SELL PAPAD AND THEN I WOULD TEACH LITTLE KIDS. THAT TIME, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL BE SUCH A HIT. I STARTED IN 1997 It traces his journey from tutoring children in a top AND IN 2002, I CREATED SUPER 30. IT’S BEEN coaching centre to opening a modest space. He goes 19 YEARS AND SLOWLY, IT HAS EXPANDED. against all possible societal odds to provide for them. His WHEN THIS MOVIE WAS PLANNED, I COULDn’T BELIEVE THAT MY STORY WOULD students hail from families where their fathers are drivers, REACH MILLIONS labourers in factories or are no longer alive. He almost – Anand Kumar, wages a war against the entitled through his indigenous Founder, Super 30 methods of training. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 The Inspiration Anand Kumar Super 30 is a highly ambitious and innovative educational Up Close program running under the banner of “Ramanujan School After his father’s death, his mother of Mathematics,” founded by Anand Kumar, who could not Jayanti Devi began selling papads fulfill his own dream of studying abroad. It hunts for 30 for income. Anand would help her meritorious talents from among the economically backward in the business in evenings and give sections of the society and shapes them for India’s most mathematics tuitions during the day. prestigious institution – Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). In the last seven years, it has produced hundreds He started Super 30 with just two IITians from extremely poor background. During this students. The number grew to more than program students are provided absolutely free coaching, 500 within a few years. lodging and food. Scores of parents have seen with sheer A book called ‘Super 30’ by Biju Mathew disbelief in their eyes that their children are now going to documents the entire journey of Anand be top technocrats. Kumar’s life. SUPER 30 RELEASE 12 JULY Genre: Biopic, Drama Language(s): Hindi Director: Vikas Bahl Star Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Mrunal Thakur, Amit Sadh Studio: Phantom Films, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment Pic Courtesy: Reliance Entertainment PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 5 PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 6 PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS Spider-Man: Far From Home MOVIE OF THE MONTH Release Date: July 04, 2019 Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy Language: English Director: Jon Watt Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Tom Holland, Marisa Tomei Marvel Studios, Columbia Pictures, Pascal Pictures Studio: HIS IS Pic Courtesy: Marvel Studios MORE OF A ROAD TRIP MOVIE. WE’RE GETTING PETER The Story: OUT OF NEW YORK CITY. I Peter Parker returns in Spider-Man: Far From Home, the GUESS WE ARE CREATING next chapter of the Spider-Man: Homecoming series. Our OUR OWN SUBGENRE: SORT friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European OF A YOUNG, JAMES BOND, vacation. However, Peter’s plan to leave super heroics GLOBETROTTING. behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery – Jon Watts, Director of several elemental creature attacks, creating havoc across the continent. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 The film sounds pretty much straightforward, but Holland promises some big surprises, one of which includes the revelation of Tony’s secret lab. Ideally, you need to have seen Avengers: Endgame to enjoy this film better, since Far From Home is set after the N thIS movIE, events of that film—Peter Parker is mourning the death PETER PARKER STILL LOVES of Tony Stark. But going forward, we see more of Peter BEING SPIder-MAN, BUT JUst Parker’s new friendship with Quentin Beck, aka Mysterio, NEEDS A BREAK, A HOLIDAY, LIKE his growing romantic feelings for MJ, and his sheer terror EVERYONE DOES AT TIMES. AND at having to work for Fury. that’S Not possIBle wheN YOU’re The Core A SUPERHERO AND YOU HAVE At the end of the day, it’s always about saving people and respoNSIBILITIes to save LIves. doing the right thing. The world is at risk in this film, so SO IT’S AN INTereSTINg BAlANce— the stakes are much higher for Peter, and he understands KIND of watchING YOUR KID that. But at the heart of the film, Peter Parker just wants DO HIS HOMEWORK. to tell the girl he really likes that he loves her, and have a – Tom Holland, actor nice holiday. And that all gets ruined when Brad gets in the way. The Suit Mysterio Peter Parker (Tom Holland) has a new suit that’s mostly Mysterio’s powers and origins are as mysterious as his black. This is the “stealth suit”, and he gets it from Nick name. Don’t go by the trailer, which shows Jake Gyllenhaal Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) after the two meet up in Europe. siding with Spidey to take on the monstrous Elementals. The look of the suit is inspired by the Spider-Man comics In the comics, Mysterio has hatched more than a few evil Spider-Man: Noir and Spider-Man: Big Time. plots – most of which involve using illusions and mental trickery to manipulate and try to kill Spider-Man. Nick Fury So far, the clues indicate that there are two Nick Furys. Wow factor: The role marks A-lister Jake Gyllenhaal’s The Chameleon-Fury that appears towards the start of return to the big-budget blockbuster scene for the first the film and takes Peter to meet the ‘hero’ Mysterio time since 2010’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. in the underground and the real Fury, who gets wind For nearly a decade, the actor has been focused on dark of the deception and appears to straighten Peter out thrillers like Nocturnal Animals and Nightcrawler, serious later in the film, high above ground. Which one will dramas like Everest and Stronger, and unique oddities like the film finally reveal? We’re waiting to find out, with Netflix’s Okja. He will also be seen in the upcoming release bated breath. Velvet Buzzsaw. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 8 TRIVIA Zendaya, starring as MJ and love interest 01 of Spider Man, began her career in music by recording songs independently and releasing the singles “Swag It Out” and “Watch Me” in 2011. She made her film breakthrough in 2017, starring as MJ in the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming. This movie will be Tom Holland’s 5th 02 cinematic appearance as Peter Parker / Spider-Man. This continues Marvel Studios’ trend of maintaining the same actors for character roles, a trend that began with Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man. Peter’s suitcase has the letters “BFP” on 03 it. This refers to Benjamin Franklin Parker, Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben whose death motivated him to become Spider-Man. Peter’s passport lists August 10th as his 04 birthday. Spider-Man’s first appearance was in Amazing Fantasy #15, released August 10th, 1962 The Director Born and raised in colorado, USA, Jon Watts studied film at New York University. Before directing movies, he made television commercials. When trying to get the job directing Spider-Man: Homecoming, Watts got a tattoo of Spider- Man on his chest to make himself “stand out in the field”. Once he got the job and made the film, Spider-Man: Homecoming made $880,166,924 worldwide from the combined domestic and foreign markets.