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Sharad Kelkarguest INTERVIEW PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 23 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA SEPTEMBER 2017 TOTAL RECALL: guest GUNS BLAZING: interview SEVEN BEST HEIST SHARAD MOVIES KELKAR THE BEST NEW MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH: JUDwaa 2, HASEENA PARKAR, IT, LOGAN LUCKY GREETINGS ear Movie Lovers, Revisit “​​The Apartment , “ a classic romantic comedy ​​​ directed by Billy Wilder . Here’s the September edition of Movies First, your exclusive window to the world of cinema. T ake a peek at the life and films of legendary lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar , and join us in wishing ​​​Hollywood ​​​​This month is packed with ​​​high-octane thrillers. superstar Keanu Reeves a Happy Birthday. Watch the Kingsman spies match wits and strength We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a fabulous with a secret enemy. Arjun Rampal portrays the dark month of movie watching. life of mafia don Arun Gawli in “​​Daddy​​​,” while Shraddha Kapoor traces the journey of crime queen “​​Haseena Regards Parkar .” Ajay Devgn pulls off a daring 70s-style heist Gautam Dutta in “​​Baadshaho​​.” CEO, PVR Limited USING THE MAGAZINE We hope youa’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. PLAY TRAILER SET REMINDER BOOK TICKETS SHARE PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 2 CONTENTS London’s top spies The Kingsman are back with a new adventure. Turn the pages to get a peek inside their new mission. 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 Total RECALL 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 ReleASe of THe monTH! PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER REASONS TO WATCH BAADSHAHO A talented ensemble cast that are playing characters “1975 EMERGENCy… 96 HOURS… 600 KM… very unlike their style with a superbly drafted 1 ARMOURED TRUCK… MILLIONS IN GOLD AND screenplay complete with high-octane stunts and action sequences. 6 BADASSES” DID YOU KNOW? The story takes us to the emergency era of 1975, Milan Luthria got the story idea of when there was political unrest in the country. “Baadshaho” on the sets of “Kachche When Rani Gitanjali’s (ileana) palace in Jaipur is Dhaage” ‘ when a distributor friend raided for gold, she is arrested for withholding dropped in on the sets in Rajasthan and it without declaration. The government seizes the told him the raids during Emergency that gold and decides to transfer it to Delhi in a truck were conducted on several royal families for non-declaration of wealth. The wealth with officer Singh, a cocky cop in charge of the was taken away in truckloads and no whole operation. It is the story of six ‘badasses’ one knew where it went. who look to bring a change in their destiny by pulling off a heist. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 The film’s unique setting in the emergency period has created a lot of curiosity about its story. A MEET THE DIRECTOR thrilling journey between Jaipur and Delhi, with Born and brought up in south mumbai, obstacles, secrets and revelations as it explores the Milan Luthria started his career as an relationships between the characters in fun, banter, assistant director to Dharmesh Darshan deceit, betrayal and loads of drama makes for an in 1993. He made his directorial debut in enthralling cinematic experience. 1999 with the action/thriller film “Kachche Dhaage”. This was followed by “chori chori”(2002),”‘Deewaar”(2004), “Taxi no 9211”(2006) and”Hattrick”(2007) and “The Dirty Picture”(2011). He is best known for his film “once upon a Time in mumbai”(2010). HIS IS A HISTORICAL FICTION film. We HAve uSeD Some FACTS, THERE IS LOT OF STUFF THAT WAS unuSuAl AnD exciTinG. iT (emeRGency) iS A GReAT BAcKDRoP foR AcTion AnD THRillS. We HAve Done EXTENSIVE RESEARCH on THe SuBJecT. KACHCHE DHAAGE (1999) ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAI (2010) BAADSHAHO RELEASE 01 SEPTEMBER Genre: Action Thriller Language: Hindi Director: Milan Luthria Cast: Ajay Devgn, illeana D’cruz, emraan Hashmi, esha Gupta, Sanjal mishra, vidyutjamwal Production Company: T - Series THE DIRTY PICTURE (2011) PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 5 PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 6 PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER KINGSMAN: MOVIE OF THE MONTH THE GOLDEN CIRCLE Tagline: you must’ve heard of them! It’ll follow two elite spy agencies – The Kingsman of UK Director: Matthew Vaughn and The Statesman of the uS, who band together to fight Star Cast: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, the villainous Poppy’s plan for world domination while Mark Strong taking regular potshots at each other. Genre: Adventure, Action THE PLOT: “Kingsman: The Secret Service” introduced Release Date: 22 September the world to Kingsman - an independent, international Studio: Marv Films, Cloudy Productions, intelligence agency operating at the highest level of Shangri-la entertainment, TSG entertainment from James Bond to Sherlock Homes, over the years, there’s been no shortage of movies featuring classy super spies. But in this sea of movies the Kingsman franchisee, E which follows the adventures of a street-tough super spy Gary “eggsy” unwin is one that stands apart. THouGHT of DoinG THE SEQUEL WITHOUT The first movie “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” was released back in 2014. Based on the comics “The Secret THE CHARACTER OF Service” co-created by mark millar and Watchmen’s Dave Gibbons, it went on to become a blockbuster, earning rave HARRy HART BuT reviews and grossing $400 million at the worldwide box office. Soonits sequel, “Kingsman: The Goldenc ircle” was iT JuST DiD noT announced, a film that’ll reprise all the main characters Seem RiGHT. but will move away from the comic book storyline. – Jane Goldman, Writer If the trailer is something to go by, the sequel promises to be an enthralling ride with some truly spectacular action. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 discretion, whose ultimate goal is to keep the world safe. in its sequel, “Kingsman: The Golden circle,” our heroes will face a new challenge. When their headquarters are THouGHT destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey iT WoulD Be fun To leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US called Statesman, dating back to the day they See JuliAnne mooRe were both founded. In a new adventure that tests their PlAy THiS KooKy, SWeeT, agents’ strength and wits to the limit, these two elite secret organizations band together to defeat a ruthless common STePfoRD WiveS-STyle enemy, in order to save the world. VILLAIN THAT, AT THE SAME Time, iS leTHAl AnD THE MAIN PLAYERS: GARRY “EGGSY” UNWIN: The protagonist of the series, cRAzy AnD inTelliGenT. Gary unwinor eggsyis a former street punk turned Kingsman agent, under the alias of Galahad. His father, – Matthew Vaughn, Lee Unwin was also training to become a spy but was Director killed while trying to protect Harry Hart and his unit from a grenade blast. Welsh actor Taron Egertonwill reprise his role as Eggsy. director matthew vaughn, “She’s the America’s sweetheart gone wrong.” HARRY HART: Played by Colin Firth, Harry Hart is Eggsy’s eyepatch-wearing mentor who was presumed dead after MERLIN: merlin, played by mark Strong is the tech wizard the events of the first film after being shot by Richmond of Kingsman and also oversees testing of its candidates. valentine (played by Samuel l. Jackson) in the head. Though it now appears he was only hit in the eye. Harry ROXANNE “ROXY” MORTON: Roxanne “Roxy” morton Hart’s return was announced by releasing a poster that is a Kingsman secret agent and Eggsy’s best friend. She had his glasses along with the line “Reports of my death was one of ten Kingsman candidates for the position of have been deeply exaggerated.” Lancelot after the former agent’s death. Of the candidates, she was the one chosen for the position after several POPPY: Played by Julianne moore, Poppy is the main tests overseen by Kingsman agent Merlin. Actress Sophie antagonist of the film. She is a criminal mastermind who Cookson will be reviving her role as Roxy. runs her organisation from an Americana-heavy secret base called Poppyland; in particular, her 50s-style diner. THE STATESMAN: The Statesman is a secret independent Poppy’s villainous plans will see her seek to legalize drugs intelligence agency based in the United States in America.It all over the world, in order to make her smuggling racket is the counterpart of England’s Kingsman and will be joining a successful business venture. forces with them to stop the machinations of Poppy. Instead of being the upfront spy antagonists, Poppy is led by Jeff Bridges’ character champagne, the elite agency charming — which makes her more dangerous especially includes super agents like Whiskey (Pedro Pascal), Ginger with her ability to easily fool people around her. As per (Halle Berry), and Tequila (channing Tatum). PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 8 TRIVIA The film’s cast includes five oscar 01 winners: Julianne moore, Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, colin firth, and elton John. Ginger Ale, Tequila, Whiskey, & 02 Champagne - all the members of The Statesman are named after alcoholic beverages. legendary singer elton John will be 03 playing a fictionalized version of himself in the movie. This is the first time matthew vaughn 04 would be writing & directing a sequel. He has gone on the record to state, “writing this was the hardest thing i’ve ever done.” Kingsman: The Golden circle will be 05 20th century fox’s first film to be converted and exhibited in cJ’s Screenx, the 270-degree panoramic film projection system.
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