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PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 39 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA FEBRUARY 2019 21 LITTLE-KNOWN HOW THE THINGS ABOUt…. OScaRS GOT CHRISTIAN THEIR NamE BalE THE BEST NEW MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH: ESCAPE ROOM, GULLY BOY, TOTAL DHAMAAL, THE WIFE GREETINGS ear Movie Lovers, Learn interesting facts about the Oscar Awards, and know how to tell a Steven Spielberg film at one glance. Don’t Here’s the February issue of Movies First, your exclusive forget to take a shot at our movie quiz, too. window to the world of cinema. We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a fabulous This month brings you an exciting assortment of month of movie watching. movies. A spirited Rosa Salazar stars as Alita, an epic adventure of hope and empowerment. Ranveer Singh gives suburban Mumbai its new anthem with “Apna Regards Time Aayega” in Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy. Sonam Kapoor pushes the boundaries of love with Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Gautam Dutta toh Aisa Laga. 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 MASTERS@WORK Tap for... Tap for... HOW THE OSCARS Got THEIR NAME 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 and from that moment it stayed with her till she decided to GULLY BOY make a movie based on it. APNA TIME AAYEGA THE PLOT A musical drama that follows the journey of a gifted ELHI HAD street rapper from the slums of Mumbai, who becomes A BUSTLING PUNJABI the face of the city’s underground rap music. Despite being discouraged over and over again, he believes RAP/HIP-HOP SCENE. BUT THEY “apna time aayega”. MADE SONGS ABOUT CARS, THE IDEA ALCOHOL, ROMANCE. WE RAPPED ‘Gully Boy’ is based on the life story of street rappers Vivian ABOUT OUR GULLY, OUR CITY Fernandes aka Divine and Naved Shaikh aka Naezy, whose MUMBAI. IT WAS GENUINE, song ‘Mere Gully Mein’ took the rapping world by storm. AUTHENTIC INDIAN HIP-HOP. Director Zoya Akhtar says she saw a video of Divine - Divine, Rapper and Naezy in 2014, and that’s the first time she actually saw a real authentic “gully rap”. It got stuck in her head PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 The Collection Director and screenwriter Zoya Akhtar is known for her socially relevant, sensitive films that portray complex He FiLM iS NoT personal relationships. After completing A BioPic oF NAeZY AND DiviNe. a diploma in filmmaking from NYU, she THiS iS A coMPLeTeLY FicTioNAL assisted directors such as Mira Nair, Tony SToRY. iT iS iNSPiReD BY THeiR MUSic Gerber and Dev Benegal, before turning AND THeY woRKeD wiTH Me oN THe writer-director in her own right. FiLM To MAKe iT LooK AUTHeNTic. THeY weRe THe PeoPLe wHo TooK She has directed movies such as Luck Me iNTo THeiR LiveS AND SHoweD by Chance (2009), Zindagi Na Milegi Me How iT’S DoNe. THeRe ARe A LoT Dobara (2011) and Sheila Ki Jawani, a oF THiNGS FRoM THeiR LiveS segment of Bombay Talkies (2013). She THRoUGHoUT THe FiLM, BUT THiS has co-written Talaash (2012) alongside iS NoT AN exAcT BioPic. Reema Kagti. She then went on to direct Dil - Zoya Akhtar, Director Dhadakne Do (2015), a film based on a dysfunctional Punjabi family. DID YOU KNOW • Besides hitting the screens, the film will have its world premiere at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival that runs from February 1 to 7. • Sung by Ranveer Singh, the smash hit song “Apna Time Aayega” is composed by rapper Divine and Dub Sharma. • Ranveer Singh has sung four songs for the film. He worked for 10 months with Divine and Naezy to understand the nuances of rapping. GULLY BOY RELEASE 14 FEBRUARY Genre: Drama Language: Hindi Director: Zoya Akhtar Cast: Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Kalki Koechlin Studio: Excel Entertainment PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 5 PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 6 PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS Alita: Battle Angel MOVIE OF THE MONTH Tagline: An Angel Falls, A Warrior Rises. history while her street-smart new friend Hugo (Keean Release Date: 08th Feb, 2019 Johnson) offers instead to help trigger her memories. But Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance Language: English Director: Robert Rodriguez Cast: Rosa Salazar, Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Connelly Studio: 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Troublemaker Studios Pic Courtesy: 20th Century Fox E WANTED ALITA TO FEEL REALLY TACTILE AND BE VERY REAL — AS REAL AS ONE OF MY THE STORY: ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, is an epic adventure of hope and empowerment. When Alita (Rosa Salazar) DESPERADO OR ONCE UPON awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world A TIME IN MEXICO TYPE she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido (Christoph MOVIES BUT WITH A HIGH- Waltz), a compassionate doctor who realizes that TECH ELEMENT. somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and – Robert Rodriguez, soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past. As Alita Director learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 “” HAT I ADMIRE MOST ABOUT ALITA IS HER SENSITIVITY. SHE BELIEVES SHE’S SOMEONE COMPLETELY INSIGNIFICANT AND GOES ON TO DISCOVER, NOT ONLY IS SHE SOMEONE SIGNIFICANT, SHE’S SOMEONE EXTRAORDINARY WITH EXTRAORDINARY CAPABILITIES, SOMEONE WHO COULD HAVE THE POWER TO NOT ONLY SAVE THE LOWER WORLD BUT ALL WORLDS AND ALL PEOPLE. – Rosa Salazar, it is only when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the Lead Actress city come after Alita that she discovers a clue to her past – she has unique fighting abilities that those in power will stop at nothing to control. If she can stay out of their grasp, she could be the key to saving her friends, her family and Divergent Series: Insurgent,” and “American Horror Story: the world she’s grown to love. Murder House.” KEY PEOPLE: Alita is co-written and produced by James THE AMAZING ALITA: Alita: Battle Angel intrigues the Cameron — who wanted to direct the project himself, but audience about the stakes the heroine is being faced was too deeply involved with Avatar to find time for it. with as she swings between her human desires and her advanced robotic strength. She takes on villains such Director Robert Rodriguez is acclaimed for his stylized as the hunter-warrior Zapan, played by Deadpool’s Ed action films including Sin City, Desperado and Spy Kids. Skrein, and Scrapyard Businessman Vector, portrayed by Mahershala Ali, who orders her destruction. In between American actress Rosa Bianca Salazar (July 16, 1985) the confrontations with these characters, Alita competes in plays Alita. Best known for her “The Maze Runner: Scorch the world’s brutal sport of Motorball, which promises to be Trials,” she has acted in major TV series such as “The an incredible action sequence. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 8 “” TRIVIA The main character, even though 01 it’s a live action film, is done with CG animation and was shot in 3D using the stereo imaging system that James Cameron had been developing for his documentaries. James Cameron confirmed in an 02 interview that this is a combination of the first four books in Yukito Kishiro’s series of manga books (“Motorball” from books 3 and 4, and the story from books 1 and 2). The film is based on the nine-volume 03 Japanese manga “Gunnm” written and illustrated by Yukito Kishiro. The comic book ran from 1990 to 1995 and was released in North America under the title “Battle Angel Alita.” The motion capture suit which Rosa 04 Salazar wore for her titular role had 53 marks tracked by infrared cameras to get the most fluid, and realistic movements. 05 ‘Alita’ means ‘Little Wing’ in Spanish. INTENSE ACTION: The character is brought to life via a motion-capture performance from Salazar, who says she was “surprised at how much of me is in there” when she saw the results. She’s the centre of a fully-realised sci-fi world, which imagines futuristic cities floating above a decimated Earth. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 9 MUST WATCH BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS FEB FEB EK LADKI KO DEKHA TO AISA LAGA 01 AMAVAS 08 Genre: Drama Genre: Horror Language(s): Hindi Language(s): Hindi Director: Shelly Chopra Dhar Director: Bhushan Patel Cast: Anil Kapoor, Juhi Cast: Nargis Fakhri, Sachiin Chawla, Sonam Kapoor Joshi Studio: Vinod Chopra Films Studio: Viking Media and Pic Courtesy: Vinod Chopra Entertainment, Weeping Grave Films Productions Pic Courtesy: Viking Media Movie Plot: Sweety’s parents want her to get married but has a Movie Plot: The story of an evil spirit that haunts a villa on secret that may not find acceptance in her family and society. moonless nights. Did You Know: This is the first time real-life father and Did You Know: Nargis Fakhri, who made her debut in Bollywood daughter Anil Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor have acted together with the Ranbir Kapoor starrer ‘Rockstar’ is all set to make her in a film. Although not the first time working together; he was comeback with a horror film ‘Amavas’.
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