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PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 36 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA NOVEMBER 2018 21 LITTLE-KNOWN THINGS ABOUt…. GUEST VIEW BENEDICT INTER CUMBERBATCH MANUSHAN NaND THE BEST NEW MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH: JACK & DIL, ROBOT 2.0, A PRIVATE WAR, CREED 2 GREETINGS ear Movie Lovers, We rewind to “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” (2001) the Oscar-winning J.K. Rowling classic that Here’s the November issue of Movies First, your exclusive enchanted millions of muggles across the world. Join us window to the world of cinema. in wishing Hollywood singing sensation Emma Stone a Christmas is in danger of being stolen yet again. “The happy birthday. Grinch,” featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as the voice of We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a fabulous the grumpy green guy, arrives in a new digitally animated month of movie watching. avatar of Dr. Seuss’ classic. Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan match wits and Regards weapons in “Thugs of Hindostan,” the year’s most awaited saga. The film’s cinematographer Manush Nandan shares behind-the-scene secrets of the action- Gautam Dutta packed shoot. 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. PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SHARE PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 2 CONTENTS Tap for... Tap for... Movie OF THE MONTH UP CLOSE & PERSONAL Tap for... Tap for... MUST WATCH FESTIVAL FLASH Tap for... Tap for... GUEST INTERVIEW RISING Star 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 THE CAST: Wading through storms & battles, Amitabh Thugs of Bachchan plays Khudabaksh, the commander of thugs, Hindostan This action adventure film is so far the most expensive Y outdoor production in the history of Indian cinema. Shot extensively in Malta, Thailand and Mehrangarh, Thugs of character IN thIS FIlm Hindostan is designed to give Indian audiences the biggest IS the very opposIte of visual spectacle of all time. It boasts incredible VFX effects, and to ensure maximum impact, the film has been edited Dangal …he’S very slIppery on big screen in the massive YRF theatre instead of the usual studio monitors. and has no scrUples at all – for money he can THE PLOT: Set in 1795, the film follows a band of thugs led by Khudabaksh Azaad, who aspires to free Hindostan, the SELL HIS MOTHER OUT. Indian subcontinent from the rule of the expanding British East India Company. Alarmed, British commander John - Aamir Khan Clive sends a small-time thug from Awadh, Firangi Mallah, to counter the threat. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 with a sword in his hand, an armour on his body, a turban on his head and passion in his eyes. The Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya is a television and Aamir Khan plays a character who cannot be trusted at all. Bollywood veteran. He started his career with The actor has said it is the very opposite of Dangal … “He’s script writing for popular TV shows such as a very slippery character. He has no scruples at all – for Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin, Just Mohabbat and Son money he can sell his mother out. He’s like that.” Pari. In 2013, he directed Dhoom 3, which broke box office records and went on to Katrina Kaif features as Suraiyya Jaan, an Indian warriror become the first Indian movie to collect 500 princess. She is mesmerising as a dancer who sports kohl- lined eyes, loose tresses and a nose pin. crore. He also directed the Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer, Tashan. Fatima Sana Sheikh plays Zafira, a fiery and stunning character. She is an extremely talented fighter and specialises in combat by bow and arrow. Zafira has perfect accuracy and she doesn’t miss a target, ever. DID YOU KNOW? • This is the first time Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan will be seen in a film together. • Two ships were built exclusively for this film in the early 18th century style when vessels would carry canons and other weapons. The ships were built by over 1,000 people working together and weighed 200,000 kg each • Aamir Khan underwent a permanent nose and ear piercing to get into his character THUGS OF HINDOSTAN for the film. • Amitabh Bachchan wore a heavy armour RELEASE 08 NOVEMBER and shot his action scenes in the rain, with Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama the result that he suffered injuries and Language: Hindi strain during the making of the film. Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya • All of the action directors, visual effects Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Katrina team, set designers, visual coordinators Kaif, Fatima Sana Sheikh and various technical staff were appointed Studio: Yash Raj Films from Hollywood. Pic Courtesy: @TOHTheFilm • The film was earlier titled Thug. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 5 PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 6 PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS THE GRINCH MOVIE OF THE MONTH Tagline: It’s never too early to be annoyed by Christmas Funny, heartwarming, and visually stunning, it’s a universal Release Date: 9 November, 2018 story about the spirit of Christmas and the indomitable Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family power of optimism. Language: English Directors: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier The Grinch lives a solitary life inside a cave on Mt. Crumpet Cast: Rashida Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch, with only his loyal dog, Max, for company. With a cave Angela Lansbury rigged with inventions and contraptions for his day-to-day needs, the Grinch only sees his neighbors in Whoville when Studio: Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment, he runs out of food. Each year at Christmas they disrupt Perfect World Pictures his tranquil solitude with their increasingly bigger, brighter, Pic Courtesy: Universal Pictures and louder celebrations. THE BACK STORY: The Grinch is an animated adaptation of When the Whose declares they are going to make Christmas Dr. Seuss’ ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’ A bestselling three times bigger this year, the Grinch realises there is children’s book. This classic holiday tale has been adapted only one way for him to gain some peace and quiet: he twice before, once as a half-hour animated TV special in must steal Christmas. Meanwhile, down in Whoville, Cindy- 1966 with narration by Boris Karloff, and again in 2000 by Lou Who, a young girl overflowing with holiday cheer, Ron Howard in a live-action film starring Jim Carrey. plots with her gang of friends to trap Santa Claus as he makes his Christmas Eve rounds so that she can thank him THE PLOT: The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump for help for her overworked single mother. As Christmas who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his approaches, however, her good-natured scheme threatens heart changed by a young girl’s generous holiday spirit. to collide with the Grinch’s more nefarious one. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 THE CHARACTER: For his over-sized presence, his films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse, Star childlike need for attention and his ultimate recovery Trek: Into the Darkness and The Hobbit: The Desolation of from his “holidaze” and hatred hangover — The Grinch is Smaug. His portrayal of Alan Turing in The Imitation Game an unforgettably great character among a green and red earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. legacy of Christmas characters. THE DIRECTORS: Yarrow Cheney is an American production THE WRITER: Dr. Seuss was the pen name of American designer, visual effects artist, director and animator. He author, political cartoonist, poet, animator, screenwriter, is best known for his works as a production designer in filmmaker and artist named Theodor Seuss Geisel. His Despicable Me 2 (2013), The Lorax (2012) and Despicable dozens of children’s books have spawned 11 TV specials, Me (2010) for which he received Primetime Emmy and four feature films, four TV series and a stage musical. Annie Awards nominations. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984. The Grinch was the first adult and the first villain to be the main character in a Dr. In 2016, Cheney co-directed Illumination Entertainment’s Seuss book. The writer derived the name “Grinch” from the The Secret Life of Pets with Chris Renaud, (1) that received French word grincheux which means “grouchy.” positive reviews and became the sixth highest grossing- film of 2016.(2) He is currently co-directing The Grinch THE VOICE: Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumber (2018) with Scott Mosier batch lends his voice to the infamous Grinch, portraying the character with the perfect blend of disgust and superiority Scott A. Mosier (born March 5, 1971) is a Canadian- that makes him so maddening. American film director, film producer, editor, podcaster, writer and actor best known for his work with director The British actor is best known for his lead role in the Kevin Smith, with whom he occasionally co-hosts the BBC series Sherlock. He has also appeared in Hollywood weekly podcast, SModcast. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 8 TRIVIA This is Benedict Cumberbatch’s second 01 animated film. His first was Penguins of Madagascar (2014). The original Grinch was not green, he 02 was black and white with red and pink splotches. One of the cereals that The Grinch eats 03 is called “Atomic Sugar Bombs.” This is a reference to Dash’s favorite cereal “Sugar Bombs” from Incredibles 2 (2018).

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