PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 17 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA FEBRUARY 2017 TOTAL RECALL: ST 7 ROMANTIC GUE W VIE MoVIES BASED INter ON FAMOUS AVJOT NoVelS N I GULAT THE BEST NEW MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH: RANGPVROO MOVIESN, FIRST THE SPACE BETWEEN US, THE GREAT WALL, LION, RINGS PAGE 1 GREETINGS ear Movie Lovers, movies based on famous novels. Watch, and fall in love all over again. Here’s the February edition of Movies First, your exclusive window to the world of cinema. Get a glimpse into Frank Darabont’s intriguing world, and join us in wishing iconic actor John Travolta a happy Hollywood ace Matt Damon stars in China’s most expensive birthday! film to date, period-fantasy-action “The Great Wall”. Akshay Kumar plays a bumbling small-town lawyer who fights his We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a fabulous life’s biggest case in “Jolly LLB 2.” month of movie watching. Torrid love triangle “Rangoon,” touching family reunion Regards drama “Lion,” and edgy political thriller “Miss Sloane” are on this month’s sumptuous movie buffet. Gautam Dutta It’s Valentine’s month: We present a bouquet of 7 romantic CEO, PVR Limited 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 In the Valentine month, discover your love for cinema with PVR Movies First. 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 elite warriors who are making a valiant stand for The Great Wall humanity on the world’s most iconic structure. 1700 YEARS TO BUILD. 5500 MILES LONG. WHAT WERE THEY TRYING TO KEEP OUT? The first English-language production for Yimou, “The Great Wall” also stars Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe and Andy Lau. The most expensive Chinese film ever, “The Great Starring global superstar Matt Damon and directed Wall” promises to be an epic spectacle of warfare, by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our action sequences, and inventive weaponry, wrapped time, Zhang, Legendary’s “The Great Wall” appears up in top notch cinematography and visual effects. tailor-made to become a bona fide crossover hit. The US$150 million fantasy adventure tells the story of a mercenary warrior (Matt Damon) who is imprisoned within the Great Wall, where he discovers the mystery behind one of the greatest DID YOU KNOW? wonders of the world. As per director Zhang, the The Great Wall of China is actually fact that the mercenary was supposed to be of not a single wall. It is a series European roots made Matt Damon the perfect fit of several walls built separately for the role. over 1700 years by various ruling dynasties of China. As wave after wave of marauding beasts besiege the massive structure, his quest for fortune turns into a journey toward heroism. He joins a huge army of PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 Reasons to Watch THE COLLECTION In a career that has seen him orchestrate the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic One of the China’s most prolific and Games, as well as direct lavish spectacle films like versatile directors, Zhang Yimou is “hero” and “house of Flying Daggers,” Zhang Yimou known for his signature storytelling is on the verge of releasing his biggest project yet. dominated by stunning visual display and his bold female protagonists. Here is a sneak-peek of his most successful work: OR ThE first time, A film deeply rooted In ChInese culture, WITh OnE OF ThE LARGEST ChInESE CASTS EVER assembled, is beinG made AT TEnTPOLE SCALE FOR A WORLD AUDIEnCE. HERO (2002) - Yimou Zhang, Director HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (2004) THE GREAT WALL RELEASE 03 FEB Genre: Mystery, Thriller Language: English Director: Yimou Zhang Cast: Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe Studio: Legendary East, Le Vision Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, China Film Group Pic Courtesy: Legendary East CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (2006) PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 5 PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 6 PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER Jolly LLB 2 MOVIE OF THE MONTH Tagline: The State v/s Jolly his cases in court. Worse, he gets ticked off by the judge Director: Subhash Kapoor (Saurabh Shukla) for his filmi questions, grandiose dialogue Star Cast: Akshay Kumar, huma Qureshi, and “nirupa Roy” like emotional outbursts. Saurabh Shukla, Annu Kapoor Genre: Courtroom, Drama, Comedy Rating: (U/A) Release Date: 10 February Studio: Fox Star Studios n “JOLLY LLB 2” WE TOUCh UPOn SERIOUS The prequel, Jolly LLB, wasn’t just a sleeper hit, it raked up two national Awards as well: Best Film and Best COnCERnS, BUT I LIKE TO TELL Supporting Actor (Saurabh Shukla). MY STORIES WITh A TInGE OF hUMOUR. IT’S A GREAT TOOL, That movie, starring Arshad Warsi as the titular Jolly, AS IT LIFTS ThE STORY FROM pitted him against a famous lawyer representing a rich client in a hit-and-run case. BORInG TO InTERESTInG, AnD GETS ThE MESSAGE ACROSS Jolly LL.B 2 retains this basic premise but comes with a WIThOUT BEInG PREAChY. completely fresh cast and plot. – Subhash Kapoor, Director THE PLOT: Akshay’s character, a lawyer named Jagdishwar Mishra, aka Jolly, is a bit of a bumbler, losing most of PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 made sure I didn’T portray ThE Character of A judge merely as A person with A hammer. It​‘S A beautifully written Character, AnD I worked out his back story On my own. That’S ThE WORK ThE ACTOR PUTS In. Life for Jolly isn’t very cheerful at home either, with – Saurabh Shukla, Actor wife Pushpa (huma Qureshi) on the verge of giving up on him. Things — and the tone of the film — change suddenly when a man is killed, and his wife approaches Jolly to take on the case. THE DIRECTOR: Before venturing into direction, Subhash Kapoor worked as a political journalist in Delhi. Those Jolly quickly realizes things are murkier than they years of seeing both powerful and powerless people gave seem; the victim was just one pawn in a larger, deadlier him a taste of how real life plays out. In particular, his game. films boast an authentich aryana and Western UP flavour, which has resonated well with audiences. Jolly makes it his mission to fight this evil power, but he must reckon with his opponent in court first - an advocate Kapoor tasted success with his second film Phas Gaye (Annu Kapoor) with a reputation for machination. Re Obama (2010) and repeated it with Jolly LLB (2013). PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 8 TRIVIA To film a crucial stunt scene, Akshay 01 Kumar refused a duplicate’s help and jumped into Ganga during monsoon himself despite director Subhash Kapoor warning. The film has set a record of sorts, by 02 completing the entire shoot in just 30 days. Lead actor Akshay Kumar credits his director Subhash Kapoor for the meticulously planned schedule, adding that the real-life locations and back-to- back shooting of songs helped the team wrap up in record time. The romantic track ‘Bawra Mann’, 03 filmed on Akshay Kumar and huma Qureshi, was originally made for Akshay’s 2015 comedy “Singh is BliIng.” The makers decided not to use it because it did not fit in with the film’s slapstick brand of comedy. Kapoor’s “Guddu Rangeela” (2014) dealt with the khap panchayats of India. THE CAST: Akshay Kumar leads the charge as Kanpur- based small-time lawyer Jolly. The first film had Amrita Singh as Jolly’s love interest; here we see huma Qureshi playing an eye-rolling partner to the man who slowly gains respect in her eyes. Boman Irani has been replaced by Annu Kapoor, who brings his own brand of vileness to the court proceedings. Saurabh Shukla, whose turn as the arbiter was both hilarious and impactful, returns in the same role, this time judging an even more challenging case. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 9 7 Romantic TOTAL RECALL Movies Based On Famous Nov els GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) perennially popular tale of love and misunderstanding, the movie adaptation remains faithful to the setting and period of the beloved novel. Filmed entirely on location in the U.K., Pride and Prejudice was the first movie version of the story in 65 years. DEVDAS (2002) Director: Victor Fleming Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell Based On: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell A hollywood classic, the film narrates the love between Scarlett O’hara and Rhett Butler during the American Civil War. Based on Margaret Mitchell’s novel of the same name, this award-winning film narrates the history of a Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali selfish woman who doesn’t want to admit her feelings for Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan the man she loves, and finally loses him. Filmed and presented Based On: Devdas by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay on a scale not seen even in modern-day productions, In 1917, a 17-year-old Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote a “Gone With The Wind” is the defining film of the Golden Era Bengali romantic novel called Devdas.