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Language : : Cast : Gajanan Paranjape, Madhuri Purandare, Ashwini Giri, Cast : , Nyla Usha, Siddique Shashank Shende, Devashish Paranjape Director : Salim Ahamed Director : Vaibhav Abnave His shop is his life for Kunjananthan. Handed over to him by his father, the Maunraag is a Marathi based on the writings of Mahesh Elkunchwar, an shop belongs to Chenoli Nambiar who owns all the shops in that junction. eminent modern Indian playwright. It is neither an informative documentary Nambiar wants to sell the shops to clear his liabilities. He can get a good nor a biographical fiction. Maunraag experiments with the narrative form to price but the snag is that all the shops have to be evacuated before the reconstruct Mahesh Elkunchwar’s writings as his ‘rehearsal’ to look within sale deal could be signed. All other shopkeepers are willing to oblige, himself, to make sense of his inner world, to understand and to break through except Kunjananthan. For him, the shop is his fathers memories. His the narcissistic indulgence of a creative artist in order to establish a real obsessive attachment to the shop has even caused a rift between him and contact with the Other. In this continuous rehearsal, the writer turns himself his wife, Chithira, who finds consolation in chatting with faceless friends on into an actor inventing imaginary voices, characters, persona’s to enter in to a facebook. When at one point, the threat of losing the shop becomes a reality, dialogue with oneself, a dialogue which paradoxically becomes a monologue Kunjananthan is shattered. He fights his best to hold on to the shop. A series ceaselessly longing for the other voice. of incidents make him realise that there are many other things in life more Maunraag Kunjananthan kada important than his obsession to the shop? 18 Jan 17, 21 & 22 Jan

Language : Marathi Language : Bengali Cast : Mrinal Kulkarni, Khedekar, Cast : Sagari Venkata, Sampada Harkara, Iantha Mitchell Director : Mrinal Kulkarni Director : Shital Morjaria Two people who had been married to different partners once before. Anushree An adolescent boy ( Phoring) growing up in a back-of-beyond township in Pradhan and her two daughters live with her mother-in-law, her husband, North Bengal. Surrounded by the lush outdoor countryside the town barely Kedar, having abandoned them. He now lives in the same city, but in a survives the shutdown of a factory and its jobless population. Maladjusted different house, with another woman. He has not once looked back at the life and a born loser, Phoring fights the voices in his head he calls God. And then he left behind in four years. Anu has not yet signed the divorce papers that he a new teacher ( Doel) arrives in school. Doel opens up his mind to things sent her way, with the hope at the back of her mind that he might still return. unknown and just when Phoring starts believing that this is not a dream, Doel She is living her lonely life with only this vague hope serving as a phantasm disappears abruptly leaving behind a trail of doubt and suspicion. Phoring of light at the end of the tunnel. Rohit Phadnis is a successful doctor, a decides to go looking for her in Kolkata. renowned surgeon. He is father to Ashlesha and Shaunak. His ex-wife, Pradnya, lives in the U.S. When she had to choose between her house and her career, she took the tough decision of pursuing her career. Prem mhanje prem asate Phoring 22 Jan 19, 20 & 21 Jan

Language : Marathi Language : English Cast : Aniket Vishwasrao, , Veena Jamkar, Cast : Sagari Venkata, Sampada Harkara, Iantha Mitchell Apoorva Nemalekar, Anant Jog Director : Shital Morjaria Director : Umesh Naamjoshi All I Want Is Everything is set in city and its plot revolves around Bhakharkhadi is the spellbinding story of the doctor who is an aspiring young lives and friendship of three girls Vaijayanthi, Nidhi and Trisha. They are surgeon. His dreams of settling in America get shattered due to sudden twist classmates and share their secrets with each other. Vaijayanthi comes from a and turns of life because of one emergency surgical case and dirty politics. Tamil conservative family; Nidhi comes from a broken family and was brought He becomes a scapegoat of the system and is punished to work in a remote up by her single mother, a lawyer by profession; Trisha was brought up by a primary health centre. Lost all interest in life, he finds himself in a situation single father. Vaijayanthi wants to become a filmmaker. She faces difficulties which challenges him not only as a doctor but also as a human being. Though in dealing with her conservative family and her possessive boyfriend film carries strong social message, it has emotions, drama and all the factors Vaijayanthi becomes pregnant, but goes through an abortion because Vivek which accomplishes it as total entertaining and breath holding film. abstains from taking responsibility. Trisha is a somnambulist and an isolopho- bic (fears solitude). She worries that she would be left alone after the death This film shows the grass roots of Marathi culture. How people in remote of her single father and therefore wants to get settled in life by marrying her Bhakarkhadi 7 km villages make their living, where basic needs are considered as luxuries. All I Want Is Everything boyfriend Shashank Nidhi is a lesbian struggling with her sexuality. 22 Jan 20, 22 & 23 Jan

Language : : Marathi Cast : , Kriti Sanon Cast : Arun Nalavade, Alka Kubal-Athalye, Jayant Sawarkar, Ashok Pawde Director : Director : Shantanu Anant Tambe All I Want Is Everything is set in Hyderabad city and its plot revolves around The film is based on the intense lifelong struggle of a villager who has lives and friendship of three girls Vaijayanthi, Nidhi and Trisha. They are dedicated and sacrificed everything to a primary school in his remote village. classmates and share their secrets with each other. Vaijayanthi comes from a The story spans long years of struggle from past to present times, where Tamil conservative family; Nidhi comes from a broken family and was brought nothing has changed much in the cultural perspectives of small farmers. up by her single mother, a lawyer by profession; Trisha was brought up by a They have witnessed prospective commercial changes with the availability of single father. Vaijayanthi wants to become a filmmaker. She faces difficulties modern consumer products, yet a decent primary education is still a distant in dealing with her conservative family and her possessive boyfriend Vivek dream. The question is why our Government cannot deliver what many can Vaijayanthi becomes pregnant, but goes through an abortion because Vivek do? Why our society is repulsive to progressive ideology yet succumbing abstains from taking responsibility. Trisha is a somnambulist and an isolopho- to short term temptations without a hitch? Why can’t we think of inclusive bic (fears solitude). She worries that she would be left alone after the death development? Why the social infrastructure eludes support to the efforts of a of her single father and therefore wants to get settled in life by marrying her dedicated social worker? Mazi Shala Nenokkadine boyfriend Shashank Nidhi is a lesbian struggling with her sexuality. 17 & 18 Jan 21 & 23 Jan

Language : Marathi Cast : Shashwati Pimplikar, Madan Deodhar, Shankpal Director : Jadhav Comedy-drama film on the topic of sex education. The film deals with the topic of sex education of adolescents.

Balak Palak 19 Jan Language : Language : : Marathi Cast : Rajpal Yadav, Vikram Kochhar, Abhishek Rawat, Sampurna Lahiri, Cast : Shamji Dhana Kerasia, Sonali Kulkarni, Gehi, Keval Katrodia Cast : Dr., Iravati Harshe, Milind Soman , Amruta Subash , Meher Vij Director : Gyan Correa Nachiket Purnapatre Director : Vivek Budakoti Pappu is a truck driver. Supporting his parents and extended family is beyond Director : Sumitra Bhave his means. Now, he has been presented a plan. An accident will be staged. Seen through the prism of Bertolt Brecht, Pied Piper is a satirical folklore of a Appa Dr. Chakrapani Shastri, retired director of an oriental research institute Pappu will “die”. Insurance payments are substantial. David and Kiran, a simple laundryman, Chunnilal, who is rumoured to have acquired his beloved is now suffering from dementia. His daughter IRA & her doctor husband middle class urban couple, with their son Aditya, are on a holiday. Aditya will donkeys brains in a freak accident. Charming millions with his asinine traits, Madhav are trying to cope with Appa’s decaying memory. One day Appa be accidentally separated from them during a brief halt at a Dhaba. And his Chunnilal soon rises to become the most popular hero of his time. Ill at ease disappears. IRA is in panic and trapped in the chain of Appa’s memory, loss will only be discovered several hours, and several hundred kilometres by his non-conformist approach, suspicious establishment starts to fear his While Appa is living his day moment to moment with a tramp couple Anta & later. They must double back to find him. Poonam is an 11-year old child from influence on society. A tale of a simple mans trust with his asinine conscience channama & their elephant Laxmi how would the two parallel tracks meet? the city. She is looking for her grandmother, living in a town at the end of this laced with wry humour, the film mirrors the current socio-political turmoil in highway. Tired and hungry, Poonam wisely stops at the Topaz, what seems to Democratic . be a small garment dying unit. Aditya will be found by a local dhaba owner, and put onto Pappu’s truck. Pied Piper The Good Road Astu 17, 18 & 19 Jan 18 & 19 Jan 19, 21 & 23 Jan

Language : Telugu Language : Telugu Language : Marathi Cast : Teja, , Cast : SP Balu & Lakshmi Cast : Nandu Madhav, Veena Jamkar, Master Rohit Utekar, Milind Gunaji, Director : Vamsi Paidipally Director : Tanikella Bharani Ganga Satya () and Deepti (Kajal) were chased by goons and sets the bus Appadasu (SP Balu) and Buchi Lakshmi (Lakshmi) are old couple who live in a Director : Laxman Utekar they were travelling in to fire. Deepti gets killed but Satya survives with major remote village. Their kids are in USA and the old couple prefer staying in their Tapaal is Marathi word for letter. The film set in a Indian village of 1977, part of his face burnt out of recognition. Plastic Surgeon () treats own house. Appadasu believes that retirement is for the routine job and it moves around an incident in life of Devram Master, a postman serving a small him and gives him a new face (Ram Charan). How Satya, with his new face, should give an opportunity to indulge in various odd jobs (gardening, farming, rural community. When letters were the only bridge connecting villages to the takes revenge on those who killed his lover Deepthi? That is quite predictable weaving, cobbling etc). He is also a huge food-lover. Buchi Lakshmi is an main world. The sole purpose of Datta Master was to tirelessly ride his bicycle and occupies complete first half. Then the twist comes with the appearance understanding yet playful wife. Midhunam is all about how they romance the delivering and picking mails. Fulfilling his duties with passion, he went out of Charan (Ram Charan) as a character. Why Satya gets Charan’s face? Is that rest of the part of their life. of his way to read and write for illiterate villagers. A nice human, some of the a serendipity? Or coincidence? Or something else? What happens further? replies and money orders he delivered were not even sent. Work filled vacuum That should be watched on screen. in his personal life while his wife Tulsa had no such means to fill hers. In addition to the pain of being childless, on every interaction the couple suffered Tapaal unintended humiliation from the insensitive population. Yevadu Mithunam 19 &18 Jan 17 - 23 Jan 17 & 23 Jan

Language : : Telugu Language : Marathi Cast : Adharvaa, Vedhicka and Dhansika Cast : , Sudeep, Samantha Cast : Mahesh Manjrekar, Aaroh Velankar, Pushkar Shrotri, Santosh Juvekar, Director : Bala Director : S S Rajamouli Parvin Tarde The Saga of scape goats soiled by Tea. Paradesi unfolds a true chapter in the Bindu (Samantha) is a an expert at micro art and she runs a charity Director : Abhijit Panse history of the colonial rule in India, during which the British rulers destroyed organization which runs on donations. Nani (Nani) is a sweet guy in Bindu’s REGE... Success, Riches, Fame is something we all work for. The impatient the pristine forests of the mountains for Tea Plantations. They lured and neighborhood who has been following loyally Bindu for the past two years. ones sometimes take a short cut to get all of these little quickly!!! The manoeuvred innocent, impoverished South Indian villagers to cultivate the Sudeep (Sudeep) is a big businessman who falls for Bindu when she Greed for Power, Position and Fame can ruin anybody. ‘Rege’, is about how hilly terrain. Escaping from draught, debt and starvation the poverty stricken approaches him for donation. When Sudeep comes to know that Bindu loves vulnerable today’s youngsters are, how they get attracted to the glamour of villagers went in herds to those freezing, unfamiliar hills as bonded labourers Nani, he kills Nani. The rest of the story is all about how Nani is reborn as underworld and eventually get trapped in it. High-profile cops trying to reach - succumbing to epidemics, painful deaths, sucked dry by leeches as well the Eega (housefly) and takes revenge on Sudeep. the top by eliminating the anti social elements, in turn, working against their cruel Supervisors. own colleagues and system.

Rege Paradesi Eega 17- 23 Jan 17 - 23 Jan 18 & 20 Jan

Language : English/Tamil Language : Telugu Language : Marathi Cast : Adil Hussain, Maya Tideman, Roshini Achreja, Raaghav Chanana Cast : Aadi Pinisetti, , Sundeep Kishan, Tapsee Cast : Upendra Limye, Nagesh Bhosle, Usha Jadhav, Hansraj Jagtap Director : Unni Vijayan Director : Kumar Nagendra Director : Shivaji Lotan Patil An Arowana Studios presentation, produced by Prince Thampi and Directed Malli (Adi Pinisetti) and Chitra (Lakshmi Manchu) are just married couple who It is a story of a 13 year old boy, ?Krishna?. It is his journey from a stubborn by Unni Vijayan, this adaptation of Anita Nair’s book, by the same name, is are devastated with floods. As they float and fight for survival, they tell each rebel to a mature turnaround. His family is a care taker of a crematory in a a gripping and heart warming story of redemption, forgiveness and second other about their love-past. Malli is a hardworking fisherman whose goal in village. They are at the lowest end in Hindu caste system. Krishna has decided chances. At the heart of the story is a single father, J.A. Krishnamurthy or life is to own a fishing boat. But his ambition is disturbed by Sarala (Tapsee) not to follow the family tradition and bring his family out of the crematorium, JAK, played effectively by Adil Hussain; the story is woven around how JAK the daughter of his boat owner. Chitra (Lakshmi Manchu) and Suri (Sundeep and lead a respectable life. Krishna’s father Shripati, has accepted his destiny relentlessly follows a trail left by delicate clues to find out what happened Kishan) are brought up together and they like each other. While Chitra loves and carrying the tradition, his forefathers and the society have imposed on to his teenage daughter, Smriti (played by debutante, Maya Tideman) in a Suri selflessly, Suri sets his eyes on winning cock fights (kodi pandaalu). The him. But he is happy to see that his son, Krishna does not want to carry this small coastal town in rural tamil nadu . Helping JAK in his chase is a single rest of the story is all about how Malli and Chitra survive during floods and burden. In addition to his traditional job Shripati also works in his friend’s ? mother Meera (played by Roshni Achreja), who is unable to make sense of how their bond becomes much stronger in a few hours after the marriage. Mangya’s shop, Mangya is also from a lower caste. This job helps Shripati to her husband’s callousness; he walks out on their marriage, out of the blue, make ends meet for his family. Krishna’s mother Yashoda, though she has leaving her to bring up their two growing children and care for her aging never mentioned this openly; is also wants Krishna to break these religious Lessons in Forgetting mother and grandmother, all on her own. Gundello Godari Dhag bindings. 17 & 23 Jan 17 - 23 Jan 18, 19 & 23 Jan

Language : Gujarati Language : Telugu Language : Marathi Cast : Swaroop Sampat, Cast : Sumanth Aswin, Eesha, Ravibabu, Ravu Ramesh, Avasarala Srinivas Cast : Sachin Khedekar, Amruta Khanvilkar, Ganesh Yadav, Raqesh Vashisth Director : Niranjan Thade Director : Mohan Krishna Indraganti Director : Samit Kakkad Saptapadi is story about an orphan child, who has lost his parents during Anil (Sumanth Ashwin) is a happy go lucky guy from a town. Ananya (Eesha) They walk the tightrope between right and wrong. They are hungry for terror attack, comes in a couples life and turning in to critical situation. is an independent girl from Hyderabad whose parents are going through recognition, fame and respect. They are immensely gifted but absolutely raw. Husband Manav Gohil finally says yes to adopt orphan kid and thus completing arguments. Anil and Ananya meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and become Their special gift is street smarts and the art of survival. They are impatient tradition of Saptapadi. The movie is based on how a kid changes their life. friends. Ananya is good with creative greeting cards. Anil has some business and all charged up to grab their share of what is theirs if they win the race of During an interview Swaroop Sampat said that this movie is going to be a ideas and they start a new company and they fall in love. But both of them a lifetime. These 9 boys with a misspent childhood, in a juvenile home run by ground breaking movie for Gujarati cinema. It has Hollywood flavour within. are afraid of committing to each other due to the experience of their parents. a tyrant warden will dance for passion, for hope and for their dreams to come Manav Gohil talking about his character said he is playing role of a corporate Hence they want to test their compatibility by living together in a secret place. true. Exorcising their past demons, the 9 boys who society has written off, person having a happy family life until a boy comes in his life and there comes The rest of the story is all about what they learn from it. reach out for the stars. Will their rebellion pay off? Will they become masters change in relation with his wife. of their destinies

Saptapadi Anthaku Mundu Aa Tharvatha Ayana ka Bayana 17 & 23 Jan 17, 20 & 22 Jan 18, 21 & 22 Jan