7 Best WAR Movies of ALL Time Akshay Oberoi
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PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 22 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA AUGUST 2017 TOTAL RECALL: 7 BEST WAR MOVIES OF ALL TIME ST gue VIew Inter HAY AKS I OBERO THE BEST NEW MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH: HASEENA PARKAR, ATOMIC BLONDE, LOGAN LUCKY GREETINGS ear Movie Lovers, Revisit Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest,” a masterpiece with a comic touch . Here’s the August edition of Movies First, your exclusive window to the world of cinema. Take a peek at thelife and films of legendary filmmaker OrsonWelles,andjoinusinwishingHollywoodheartthrob It’s the season of fresh ideas! Akshay Kumar and Bhumi BenAffleckaHappyBirthday. Pedneker’s satire “Toilet: Ek Prem Katha” promises clean Wereallyhopeyouenjoytheissue.Wishyouafabulous good fun with a strong social message. month of movie watching. Sparks fly when a glib guide meets a Gujarati tourist in “JabHarryMetSejal.”AkshayOberoi,whoplaysthelead Regards rolein“Gurgaon,”takesusbehindthescenesofthisgritty thriller.Keeptheadrenalineflowingwithourlistof7war GautamDutta movies that rocked the screen. CEO,PVRLimited 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 Keshavisonamissiontoaatoiletinhisvillage.Willhesucceed? 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 Thefilmtracesloveinallitsglory,withshadesoflies, JAB HARRY thrill, comedy and a touch of fantasy. Interestingly, MET SEJAL WHAT YOU SEEK IS SEEKING YOU BELiEVE A tourist guide named Harinder Singh Nehra aka HARRY IS THE Harry (Shah Rukh Khan), meets Sejal (Anushka EVOLuTiONOfRaj Sharma), a woman on vacation. The story revolves around the two and their adventures across Europe ANDRAHuL—a lover tofindSejal’sengagementring. WHODEMANDSLOVE, DOESN’TBEGfORit The search becomes a metaphor of the journey of life, during which Harry understands love and and respects the relationshipsbetter,andSejalexperiencesnewfound WOMANHELOVES. freedom, security and solace in Harry’s company. In – Shah Rukh Khan betweenallofthis,loveblossoms,andthetwotune in to the voice within. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 THE COLLECTION DID YOU KNOW? ThisisimtiazAli’sfirstfilmwith inthefilm,ShahRukhissporting Shah Rukh Khan. The director, whose a tattoo on his chest. He says he is workcelebratesloveinitsmany scared of needles and would never splendours, has made some of the get a tattoo in real life. decades’ most acclaimed hits. Here’s a glance at his recent work: Anushka Sharma had to work hard on getting her dictionright,sincesheplaysaGujaratiwoman. Shot in several beautiful locales of Prague, Amsterdam, Lisbon and Budapest, the film treats youtosomeheart-tuggingsequencesinthebylanes ofvillagesinPunjab. Its unique promotion strategy of releasing four mini- trails of 30-seconds each, showing moments from thejourneyofHarryandSejal,hasalreadygarnered ROCKSTAR (2011) aterrificresponse. Reason to Watch imtiazAlidirectsShahRukhKhanforthefirsttime. HIGHWAY (2014) JAB HARRY MET SEJAL RELEASE 04 AUGUST Genre: Romance, Comedy Language: Hindi Director: Imtiaz Ali Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma Studio: Red Chillies Entertainment Pic Courtesy: Red Chillies Entertainment TAMASHA (2015) PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 5 Pic Courtesy: PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 6 PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER TOILET – MOVIE OF THE MONTH EK PREM KATHA Tagline:Onelovestorywillchangeindiaforever the country. The movie shows how everyone in the setup Director: Shree Narayan Singh - from the panchayat to the sanitation department, the Star Cast: Anupam Kher, Akshay Kumar, corruptgovernmentofficialstothesuperstitiousvillagers Bhumi Pednekar havemadeitimpossiblefor Indianvillagestogetridof Genre: Comedy thistaboo. Release Date: 11 August Studio: Viacom18MotionPictures, KriArjEntertainment,NeerajPandey, PlanCStudios,CapeofGoodfilmsLLP HE FILM From playing a national hero in “Airlift” to a lawyer in “Jolly iSfuLLOf LLB2,”AkshayKumarhasbeentryingtopushtheenvelope witheachofhisfilms.HisNationalAwardfor“Rustom”was romance, extremely a testament of the fact people are liking it too. fuNNyBut at the His next venture “Toilet - Ek Prem Katha” is no different. Co-produced by Akshay Kumar himself along with Neeraj SAME TIME, IT IS Pandey,themovietracesthelovestorybetweenasimple VERyCREDiBLE. man Keshav (Akshay Kumar) and his progressive wife Jaya (Bhumi Pednekar), set in two villages near Mathura. – Bhumi Pednekar, Actor Whilethelovestoryistheoverridingtheme,atitscoreisa satiricaltakeontheage-oldproblemofopendefecationin PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 “”― LEANLINESS iSVERyESSENTial ANDEVERyBODy knows THAT54%Of the people don’t have toilets AlongwithAkshayandBhumiinthelead,thefilmalsostars AnupamKher,SanaKhan,SudhirPandey,andDivyendu iNOuRCOuNTRy.That Sharmainsupportingroles.Donningthedirectorialhatis WHOLETHiNGiNSPired Shree Narayan Singh, who has worked as an editor with NeerajPandeythroughouthisdirectorialcareer. METODOAfiLM. – Akshay Kumar, THE PLOT: Jaya has recently tied the knot with Keshav. Actor, Producer Butsheleaveshimonthefirstdayoftheirmarriageafter discovering that he doesn’t have a toilet in the house. Keshavdesperatelysetsoutonamissiontowinbackhis lovebystandinguptotheage-oldtabooandpledgesto install a toilet in his village. itwasthefirstcaseinthecountrywhenawomanmustered couragetoraisehervoiceagainstherhusbandandin-laws ThefilmweavesaroundthehurdlesKeshavfaces,fromhis against open defecation and her move was immediately ownfamilytothegovernmentofficesashetriestobring met with appreciation. the change. Through the story of Keshav (Akshay) and Jaya(Bhumi),Singhtalksabouttheshameanddangers The President of India later honoured her and the district related to open defecation. administration got a pucca toilet constructed at her in- laws place. THE REAL LIFE INSPIRATION: Notmanywouldknow,but thestoryof“Toilet–EkPremKatha”isactuallybasedon A STRONG SOCIAL MESSAGE: Notjustopendefecation; a real life incident. the film also takes a dig on other futile traditions of our society with a subtle dose of humor. Like making Anita Narre, a resident of village Jeetudana, deserted her ‘mangliks’ marry trees and animals, and people being husband immediately after her marriage as her in-laws aversetoinstallingalavatoryintheirhomebecauseit’sin didn’thaveatoiletattheirhouse.AlocaljournalistSanjay the same area as the holy ‘tulsi.’ It is also a comment on ShuklawroteaboutAnita’sstory. the position of women in Indian society. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 8 “”― TRIVIA Thisisthefifthcollaborationbetween 01 AkshayKumarandNeerajPandeyafter “Special26,”“Baby,”“NaamShabana” & “Rustom” AkshayKumarannoucedthemovieby 02 postingaselfieheclickedwithBhumi Pednekar with Indian-style lavatory in the background. forthepromotionthisfilm,Akshay 03 Kumar dug a two-pit toilet in the Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh. Themoviedrawsamajorinspirationfrom 04 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s SwachhBharatAbhiyan. ThefilmmarksAkshayKumarand 05 AnupamKher’s20thfilmtogether. ThefilmiswrittenbySidhharthand 06 Garima,thewritersofthe2013Hindifilm GoliyonKiRaasleelaRam-Leelaa. Its trailer is the most viewed Bollywood 07 trailer with over 11 million views. SHOOTING LOCATIONS: Themoviehasbeenmainlyshot in Barsana and Nandgaon near Mathura while Bhopal was chosenforthefinalschedule. Thefilmmakerswereaimingtocapturetheauthenticityof real locations of rural India to provide a milieu to the story, whichborrowsitssoulfromthevillagesofindia. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 9 7 Best War TOTAL RECALL Movies of All Time THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) OneofthemostexpensivefilmsinthehistoryofGerman Director: DavidLean cinema, it was nominated for 6 Academy Awards. Cast: WilliamHolden,AlecGuinness,JackHawkins,SessueHayakawa SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993) Director: StevenSpielberg Cast: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley Basedonthenovel“LePontdelaRivièreKwai”byPierre Boulle, “The Bridge on the River Kwai” follows British PrisonersofWarwhoareforcedtoparticipateinworkona SetininGerman-occupiedPolandduringWorldWarii,this railwaybridgefortheJapanese.Butforoneofficeritturnsinto StevenSpielbergmasterpiecestarringLiamNeesonfollowsthe amaddeningobsession.