PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 38 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA JANUARY 2019 21 LITTLE-KNOWN THINGS ABOUt…. GUEST RVIEW INTE NICOLE KIDMAN AKSHAY OBEROI THE BEST NEW MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH: SECOND ACT, THE MULE, URI, CHEAT INDIA GREETINGS ear Movie Lovers, Did you know that Alfred Hitchcock used chocolate sauce to mimic blood in the shower scene of Psycho (1960)? We Here’s the January issue of Movies First, your exclusive spill this and more fascinating filming secrets in our new window to the world of cinema. Packed with brand new column Masters@Work. features to greet the new year, the magazine brings We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a fabulous you more news, views, reviews and interviews than month of movie watching. ever before. This month, get ready to meet Bumblebee, the latest Transformers vehicle that’s created a big buzz Regards worldwide. Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika thunders onto the screens, while Emraan Hashmi pulls off a quiet swindle in Cheat India. Rising star Akshay Oberoi takes Gautam Dutta us behind the scenes of his laugh-riot Bombairiya. 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... 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 inside the Diwan-e-Aam and Diwan-e-Khas areas of Amer MANIKARNIKA: Fort. Nahargarh Fort, which stands on the top of Aravallis THE QUEEN OF JHANSI HIS IS THE The Plot It’s the story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading STORY OF A COURAGEOUS figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance WOMAN WHO SINGLE-HANDEDLY to the British Raj. TOOK ON THE BRITISH RAJ. The Writer WE NEED TO CELEBRATE SUCH KV Vijayendra Prasad, who has written blockbuster films like Bajrangi Bhaijaan and the Baahubali series, has ICONS, WHO CAN INSPIRE scripted Manikarnika - The Queen of Jhansi. WOMEN AROUND US. The Locations - Kangana Ranaut A major part of the movie has been shot at iconic forts of Rajasthan, in and around Jaipur. Key scenes were filmed PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 and overlooks a breathtaking lake, was the location for many of the battle scenes. You’ll see some breathtaking The Action The battle scenes being central to the film, shots of Jaigarh Fort, famous for its unending walls, a action formed a major part of the planning. mysterious water tank, stunning chamber, beautiful A-list Hollywood action director Nick Powell, lawns and the world’s largest cannon on wheels. who led the team, is reported to have said that Kangana Ranaut pulled off some of the The Cast stunts even more smoothly than Tom Cruise. Jisshu Sengupta plays Manikarnika’s husband and one of the lesser known kings of the era. He had immense Kangana practised sword fighting for eight interest in the performing arts. He was also a very liberal hours a day, and suffered a major injury in and loving husband who always supported Manikarnika. the process. TV actress Ankita Lokhande makes her Bollywood debut alongside Kangana Ranaut. She plays the role of Jhalkari Bai, a fierce woman warrior who used to disguise as Rani Laxmibai and fight with the enemies. TV actress Radha Bhatt plays the role of Parvati, the wife of Sadhashivrao Bhau, played by Zeeshan Ayub. American actor, voice artist and comedian Edward Sonnenblick plays the antagonist in the film. He The Costumes previously featured in Kapil Sharma’s Firangi and the Veteran designer Neeta Lulla has done 2017 Kangana-starrer Rangoon. the look for Manikarnika. Kangana will be seen sporting India’s heritage fabric khadi, sourced from the government-run Khadi and Village Industries Commission. The colour palette is rich and royal, with fabrics like raw cotton and woven textures such as brocade and paithani, most of them sourced from Varanasi, Jaipur and Maharashtra, embroidered by various local artisans. MANIKARNIKA: THE QUEEN OF JHANSI RELEASE 25 JANUARY Genre: Biography, Drama Director: Krish, Kangana Ranaut Star Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Ankita Lokhande, Atul Kulkarni, Danny Denzongpa Studio: Kairos Kontent Studios, EaseMyTrip PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 5 PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 6 PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS BUMBLEBEE MOVIE OF THE MONTH Tagline: Every Hero has a Beginning THE PLOT: On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee the Release Date: 4th Jan 2018 Autobot seeks refuge in a junkyard in a small California Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi beach town. Charlie, on the brink of turning 18 years old Language: English Director: Travis Knight Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Studio: Paramount Pictures Pic Courtesy: Paramount Pictures GREW UP WITH TRANSFORMERS. THE BUZZ: The film is a prequel to the Transformers film I HAD A LITTLE franchise and focuses on the early adventures of the yellow BUMBLEBEE ACTION Autobot, Bumblebee, after his arrival on Earth. Bumblebee not only brings the franchise back in time but also appears FIGURE. ME AND HIM to feature many of original Transformers characters that WOULD GO ON LITTLE were introduced in the first generation of the toy line and ADVENTURES IN MY animated series. PARENTs’ BASEMENT. – Travis Knight, The film is earning praise for its feel-good ’80s nostalgia, Director and for the surprising depth of emotion conveyed by a CGI-robot. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 T’s A DIFFERENT TRANSFORMERS MOVIE. IT’s COOL THAT THEY WENT BACK TO THE BEGINNING AND DECIDED, ‘LET’s TELL THE ORIGINAL STORY, INJECT A LITTLE HEART INTO IT, AND and trying to find her place in the world, soon discovers STRIP AWAY SOME OF the battle-scarred and broken Bumblebee. When Charlie THE NOISE. revives him, she quickly learns that this is no ordinary – Justin Theroux, yellow Volkswagen. Actor THE SETTING: Set exactly 20 years before the first of Michael Bay’s Transformers quintet, Bumblebee explores a period of time well before the Autobots and Decepticons is swarming with honeybees when Charlie finds it. The brought their war to Earth, allowing a much more reason for the name is the weird buzzing noise his broken intimate, small-scale story between the titular Bumblebee voice box emits. and a teenage girl, in the vein of movies like E.T. and The Iron Giant. Though equipped with blaster cannons and a huge retractable sword, he’s like a giant, obedient puppy, Unlike all of the other installments in this franchise, the care and maintenance of which becomes a full-time Bumblebee sets its story in California circa 1987 — making responsibility for young Charlie. it the first full-fledged period piece in the entire series. THE ADVERSARY: Professional-wrestler-turned-Hollywood- MEET THE BEE: Bumblebee finds the Autobot in a younger actor John Cena plays scarred Sector-7 emissary Agent state than he first appeared in 2007. In Transformers, he Burns, on the trail of Bee. The plot finds him and the rest of was described as a teenager, but his smaller stature, design automaton-alien watchdogs manipulated by Decepticons and body language suggest a more child-like quality to the into thinking that Bee is a war criminal. Their aim is to character in this film. capture or kill Bumblebee. Bumblebee is so named neither because he is camouflaged THE DIRECTOR: Travis Knight was born on September as a bright yellow Volkswagon bug nor because the car 13, 1973 in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA as Travis Andrew PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 8 TRIVIA Bumblebee director Travis Knight 01 confirmed thatBumblebee will offer a look at the Transformers’ home planet of Cybertron, which has only previously been glimpsed in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Why is Bumblebee named 02 Bumblebee? In the original cartoon, Bumblebee was a Volkswagen Beetle (better known as a Bug), and was black and yellow; his car doors also formed wings, so it all kind of made sense. Over time, Bumblebee’s alternate form has changed to sports cars, so the name is kind of a holdover. This film is set in 1987. The 1980s 03 era was when the Transformers saga was born. It’s also the year the original series ended. Bumblebee is the first Transformers 04 picture not directed by Michael Bay. Knight. He is the son of Nike co-founder Phil Knight, who owns Laika. Knight made his directorial debut with the Oscar-nominated animation feature Kubo and the Two Strings (2016). He is entering the world of live action with Bumblebee. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 9 MUST WATCH BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS JAN JAN RANGEELA RAJA 11 AMAVAS 11 Genre: Drama Genre: Horror Language: Hindi Language(s): Hindi Director: Pahlaj Nihalani Director: Bhushan Patel Cast: Govinda, Shakti Kapoor, Cast: Nargis Fakhri, Sachiin Mahesh Anand Joshi Studio: Chiragdeep International Studio: Viking Media and Entertainment, Weeping Grave Pic Courtesy: Chiragdeep International Productions Pic courtesy: Viking Media Movie Plot: Govinda plays the double roles of a Movie Plot: The story of an evil spirit that becomes more philandering businessman who spends his time with powerful on moonless nights. many women and the other, a deeply pious personality. Did You Know: The film was shot in London on a start-to- Did You Know: The film reunites the superhit actor- director pairing of Govinda and Pahlaj Nihalani after finish 40-day schedule.