PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 6 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA MARCH 2016 TOTAL RECALL: TOP 8 MOVIES WHERE THE BAD GUYS WIN GUEST INTERVIEW SACHIN KRISHN THE BEST NEW MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH: London HAS Fallen, Kapoor & Sons, JAI Gangaajal PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 1 GREETINGS ear Movie Lovers, Alfred Hitchcock, Hollywood’s Master of Suspense. Die Hard fans, find out fun facts about Bruce Willis, Here’s another exciting edition of Movies First, your who turns 61 this month. exclusive window to the world of cinema. Move over, happy endings. Scout our list of 8 movies This is a month of power-packed movies: Brace for where the bad guy had the last laugh. impact! Batman takes on Superman in a spare-no- punches face-off. London Has Fallen is set to arrive, We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a breathless and breathing fire. Ride an emotional fabulous month of movie watching. rollercoaster with Kapoor & Sons, and root for the Regards downtrodden with Priyanka Chopra in Jai Gangaajal. Rewind to America’s most iconic film, To Kill a Gautam Dutta Mockingbird. Learn jaw-dropping secrets about 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. 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 An explosive, action-packed stand-off between two of the greatest superheroes ever: Batman & Superman. Who will win? 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 RELEASES Of THE MOnTH! PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER Reason to watch: Kapoor & Sons Shakun Batra’s first film, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu SINCE 1921 proved how beautifully he can handle interpersonal relationships. In Kapoor & Sons, he has woven a complex tapestry of emotions: the quirky chemistry Movie Plot: Siblings Rahul and Arjun Kapoor return between the film’s three lead characters promises home when their ailing grandfather summons them to toss up the family film of the year. for a last reunion. Family secrets threaten to destroy an already defunct family, and matters reach a head when the brothers fall for the same girl. DID YOU KNOW? Rishi Kapoor’s extraordinary make-up cost almost two crores. Greg Cannom, the genius makeup artist behind iconic films like Titanic and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was brought on board to perfect the elder Kapoor’s look. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 Meet The Director: FAMILY-ER PLOT Shakun Batra was a national scholar in Accounts before he plunged into cinema. After assisting farhan Dramas woven around dysfunctional Akhtar and Aamir Khan, he directed his first film, families with an ensemble cast is 2012’s critically acclaimed Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu. signature Dharma Production style. Here are three more films where the plot revolved around family dynamics: HE FILM IS SPECiAL TO ALL Of US for various reasonS, but also because iT makes A hugE shifT from LOVing yOUR PAREnTS TO UnDERSTAnDing yOUR CHiLDREn. KAbHi KHusHi KAbHie Gham (2001) - Karan Johar KAl Ho NAA Ho (2003) KAPOOR AND SONS RELEASE 18 MAR Genre: Family Drama Language: Hindi Director: Shakun Batra Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan, Alia Bhatt, Rishi Kapoor Studio: Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd. Certification: (U/A) We Are FAmily (2010) PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 5 RELEASING THIS MONTH A SnEAK-PEAK inTO THE Big RELEASES Of THE MOnTH! PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER The Plot: After the British Prime Minister passes London Has Fallen away, his funeral becomes a target of a terrorist PREPARE FOR BLOODY HELL organization to destroy some of the world’s most powerful leaders, devastate the British capital, and unleash a terrifying vision of the future. The only hope of stopping it rests on the shoulders of the in the spring of 2013, Millenium films released Antoine President of the United States (Aaron Eckhart) and fuqua’s action thriller Olympus Has fallen. The film centered on disgraced Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (gerard Butler) as he attempted to single- mindedly foil a terrorist attack on White House. Many likened the film to Die Hard, and some said it DID YOU KNOW? was even better than the Bruce Willis blockbuster. Although the movie is set in London, the actual filming Little surprise, then, that the sequel to that worldwide happend 60% in London and smash hit is here. 40% in Bulgaria, where the team recreated three underground The cunningly scripted story leaves you with very little stations and even St. Paul’s. time to catch your breath as the stand off between hero and villain explodes into a lethal game. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 6 ith LOnDOn HAS fALLEn, we’ve taken the actiOn to A whole new level. It’S A fUn franchise. You get to do A lot Of Will he beat John McLane’s record-breaking box office really badass actiOn, but run? Well, the film has a lot going for it! A peppery the film’S got its tongue secret service agent seeing off a battery of enemies in a flurry of punching, gunplay and salty quips—what’s fiRMLy in CHEEK not to love? - Gerard Butler Top Thrills: A dramatic helicopter-landing in the courtyard of Somerset House, one of London’s stateliest and most stunning buildings. his formidable Secret Service head (gerard Butler), gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart running around amidst and an English Mi-6 agent (Charlotte Riley) who explosions while the historic monuments of London rightly trusts no one. crumble down around them to the eerie, minor-keyed tune of “London Bridge Is Falling Down”. The Director: This is Babak najafi’s English-language feature debut after helming the Swedish superhit Snabba Cash, which won him the Best Debut Award at the Berlin Film Festival. The Hero: This breathless sequel is being billed Butler’s very own Die Hard. The actor reveals that the film took everything out of him. “There were times when we shot for 41 hours straight!” he says, sotto voce. By the end of it, he was limping, his hip was twisted, and he had taken an injection in his foot. LONDON HAS FALLEN RELEASE 04 MAR genre: Action, Thriller Language(s): English Director: Babak najafi Cast: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Charlotte Riley, Aaron Eckhart Studio: g-BASE, Millennium films, LHf film Certification: (U/A) PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 8 SET REMINDER BOOK TICKETS PLAY TRAILER Batman v Superman: MOVIE OF THE MONTH Dawn of Justice Director: Zack Snyder This cunningly scripted sequence from the trailer Star Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams reveals exactly what the world has been waiting for: genre: Action, Adventure, fantasy an explosive, action-packed stand-off between two of Rating: (U/A) the greatest superheroes ever: Batman & Superman. Release Date:25 March Studio: DC Entertainment, RatPac Entertainment, The idea of a Batman/Superman movie had been Atlas Entertainment, Warner Bros floating around for so long that a scene in Will Smith starrer i Am Legend, jokingly suggests the movie to release only after mankind’s has been wiped out from Lex Luthor: Boys! Mm, Bruce Wayne meets Clark Kent. Ah, i love it! i love bringing people together! How are we? [Shakes Bruce’s hand] likED Bruce Wayne: Lex. [Shakes Clark’s hand} the fact that BEn Lex Luthor: Lex. it is a pleasure... Ow! Wow, that is a WAS 6’ 4” AnD TALLER good grip! you should not pick a fight with this person. THAn HEnRy. i WAnTED SUPERMAn TO HAVE TO fEEL Like he was looking up to Batman despite being SO MUCH STROngER. – Zack Snyder, Director PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 9 Earth. Fortunately, we won’t have to wait till the end of the world to witness the movie that pits two bona fide icons against each other. The year’s most anticipated movie, Zack Snyder’s magnum opus stars Ben Affleck as Batman, with Henry Cavill reprising his role of Superman. Dubbed by supervillain Lex Luthor as “The greatest gladiator match in the history of the world,” it is no surprise that the movie is shaping up to be Hollywood’s biggest superhero slugfest yet. BEN AFFLECK AS BATMAN The new version of the Caped Crusader would be a The Plot: The movie follows the events of 2013’s Man veteran hero, and he has been described as “tired, of Steel, where Superman’s titanic struggle against weary and seasoned.” He seems to have already General Zod leaves Metropolis razed to the ground. gotten rid of crime in Gotham City and gone into semi- While he remains an emblem of hope for many, a retirement. But, Superman’s actions in Metropolis growing number of people consider Superman a leave him deeply affected with a desire for revenge threat to humanity, seeking justice for the chaos he brewing up. has brought to Earth. The destruction of the Wayne financial building has made Bruce Wayne fear for the future of the world with such a reckless power left ungoverned, and so he dons his mask and cape to right Superman’s wrongs. The rivalry between them is furious, fuelled by bitterness and vengeance, and nothing can dissuade them from waging this war.