PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 31 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA MAY 2018 21 LITTLE-KNOWN THINGS ABOUt…. GUEST RVIEW INTE RYAN REYNOLDS A MEGHN GULZAR THE BEST NEW MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH: 102 NOT OUT, FRYDAY, KHAJOOR PE ATKE AND BOOK CLUB GREETINGS ear Movie Lovers, We rewind to “Gladiator,”(2000) Ridley Scott’s epic historical drama that won Russell Crowe an Oscar for Best Actor. Here’s the May issue of Movies First, your exclusive window Join us in wishing powerhouse actress Cate Blanchett a to the world of cinema. happy birthday. This month’s movies range from action thrillers to emotional We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a fabulous tales. Ryan Reynolds returns to the screen as Marvel’s iconic month of movie watching. antihero with “Deadpool 2.” Vikramaditya Motwane’s much- Regards awaited superhero story “Bhavesh Joshi” hits the screens. Director Meghna Gulzar lets us in on interesting secrets Gautam Dutta from her upcoming thriller, “Raazi.” 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 SET REMINDER 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-PEAK INTO THE BIG RELEASE OF THE MONTH! PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER many unsung heroes, who have been risking everything to provide the army with top secret information and save the RAAZI country. He then narrated his mother’s story, who is the A DAUGHTER, A WIFE, A SPY fearless protagonist here. THE PLOT: The film is an adaptation of Harinder Sikka’s novel ‘Calling Sehmat’, about an Indian spy married to a Pakistani military officer, who provides India with classified information during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. he AUDIENce It is based on the true story of a young girl, who was sent WIll see me IN A to Pakistan, to source any information she could, as war completelY DIffereNT was becoming imminent between India and Pakistan. It looK, at least that’S what is the journey of an ordinary Indian girl, in extraordinary I WIsh for as the FIlm IS circumstances. verY DIffereNT. AND IT’S the FIrst TIme that I am doING A THE INSPIRATION: This feisty lady was a Kashmiri Muslim. perIod FIlm based ON trUE Harinder S. Sikka, a former Lieutenant Commander of STORY, SO I AM VERY the Indian Navy, brought out her story through his novel EXCIted for IT AND hope published in 2008. It was his anger against the many intelligence failures of the Indian Army during the Kargil THE AUDIENCE LIKES IT. war that gave him this fascinating story. In 1999, he had - Alia Bhatt gone to cover the Kargil war. He met an Army officer there, who pointed out that not everyone is corrupt and there are PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 The Collection Alia is only 25 years old but she has DID YOU KNOW? shown her critics why she is here to This was the first time that stay. She has received critical acclaim Alia Bhatt gave a nod to for portraying emotionally intense doing a film, without even characters. These are her award going through the script. winning roles: She was given a ten minute narration by Meghna and she was on board. Sikka was so intrigued by the story that he tracked down the woman and met her at her home in Maler Kotla, Punjab. During their conversation, he learnt her story. The most important information she provided was Pakistan’s plan to sink INS Viraat, which helped in saving this pride of India! After effectively finishing her duties as an undercover Indian agent, she got back to India alone. She was pregnant when she returned. Her son went on to become a responsible Indian army officer, who narrated this story to Sikka. It took the author eight years to fictionalize her story and knit everything into a cohesive narrative. ‘highway’(2014), which won her the FilmFare critics award For best actress. RAAZI RELEASE 11 MAY Genre: Crime, Thriller Language: Hindi Director: Meghna Gulzar Cast: Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal Studio: Junglee Pictures, Dharma Productions ‘Udta PUnjab’(2016), which won Pic Courtesy: AA Films her the FilmFare award For best actress. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 5 PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 6 PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER DEADPOOL 2 MOVIE OF THE MONTH Tagline: Prepare for the second coming aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to Release Date: 18 May, 2018 discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavour Genre: Action, Adventure - finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted Language: English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu coffee mug title of World’s Best Lover. Director: David Leitch Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller Studio: Marvel Entertainment, Genre Films, 20th Century Fox Pic Courtesy: 20th Century Fox OU CAn’T DENY THE EXPECTATION. THERE’S SUCH AN THE STORY: Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE evil and powerful Cable and other baddies to save a boy, FOLLOWING, WHICH I’M with awesome mutant powers. In doing so, he gets help GRATEFUL FOR TO BE INVOLVED from friends old and new, as he relies on assistance from members of the, newly formed X-Force. The story follows IN IT. RYAN KNOWS DEADPOOL disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson aka Deadpool), who LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND after surviving a near fatal bovine attack, struggles to fulfill AND WE’RE IN A REALLY his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender, while GOOD PLACE. also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching – David Leitch to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 EADPOOL 2. FallING somewhere betweeN The Godfather 2 AND DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA NIGHTS. – Ryan Reynolds to be shooting guns and fighting with rigorous full body movements. THE HERO: Born in 1976, Ryan Reynolds is a well known Canadian actor and an established name in Hollywood. THE VILLIAN: Josh Brolin plays Cable, who is introduced He is synonymous with playing superhero character in in this sequel. He is a powerful mutant soldier with a films. He portrayed the DC Comics superhero in ‘Green complicated history (involving time travel and conflicting Lantern’(2011) and has played Marvel Comics superheroes, timelines) and a stoic demeanor that often runs counter like Hannibal King in ‘Blade:Trinity’(2004), and Wade to Deadpool’s erratic nature. As the son of Cyclops and Wilson / Deadpool in ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’(2009) Madelyne Pryor, Cable was sent to the future and trained and ‘Deadpool’(2016). to become a super powered, gun-toting soldier, with the purpose of returning to present day and preventing the THE WORLD OF DEADPOOL: Deadpool is a fictional apocalyptic future from ever happening. character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Initially he was depicted as a supervillain, THE DIRECTOR: David Leitch is an actor, stuntman, writer, when he made his first appearance in ‘The New Mutants’ director and producer. He made his debut as a director and later in issues of ‘X-Force’, but later evolved into his with Chad Stahelski in ‘John Wick’(2014), and then worked more recognizable antiheroic persona. His real name is on his own solo feature ‘Atomic Blonde’(2017). He has also Wade Wilson, who is a disfigured and deeply disturbed proven his chops in the action genre as stunt coordinator in mercenary and assassin with the superhuman ability of dozens of films including ‘TRON: Legacy’, ‘Teenage Mutant an accelerated healing factor and physical prowess. The Ninja Turtles’ and ‘Ninja Assassin’. character is known as the ‘Merc with a Mouth’, because of his tendency to joke constantly. THE FEMALE LEADS: Morena Baccarin returns in this sequel as Vanessa, an escort and Deadpool’s fiancée and Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, a teenage X-Man with the mutant power to detonate atomic bursts from her body. Her character has grown and matured to a ‘new level of X-Men’ after being a trainee in the first film. Zazie Beetz joins the cast as Domino, a mercenary with the mutant ability to manipulate luck. Beetz began doing strength conditioning when she got this role, as she had PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 8 TRIVIA The sequel was announced three days 01 before the release of ‘Deadpool’(2016). On April 6, 2016, Ryan Reynolds officially signed on for the sequel. Brad Pitt met with the Director to discuss 02 the part of Cable, but couldn’t commit due to scheduling conflicts. This won’t be the title of the movie 03 when it hits the theatres, but the working title for ‘Deadpool 2’ while it was in production was, appropriately, ‘Love Machine’. Reynolds told Entertainment Weekly of 04 the Director’s hiring. “One of the things that David Leitch does that very few filmmakers can do these days, is he can make a movie on an ultra tight budget look like it was shot for 10 to 15 times of the cost.” A trilogy was planned for the character 05 from the very beginning.