Imitaz Ali is back with yet another movie about love on the go, while the Hunger Games trilogy unleashes its final arrow.
Tamasha
Imtiaz Ali’s latest romance stars hot screen pair Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, and is the solo Hindi release of the week. Kapoor is Ved, Padukone is Tara, and together, they form a drama troupe that stages plays through which they express their feelings towards life and each other. Corsica in France (Tara is apparently a fan of the Asterix comic) is one of the major locations. AR Rahman has scored the music, and Irshad Kamil has written the lyrics.
The Hunger Games: Mockingkay 2
Will Katnis Everdeen (memorably portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence) finally win the good fight in the final chapter of the trilogy based on adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s dystopian series? The archer and reluctant poster girl of the resistance movement against the Panem dictatorship takes aim at no less than the all-power President Snow (Donald Sutherland) in the final edition. The sprawling cast includes Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Sam Claflin and Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his last roles before his death in 2014.
Creed
Rocky Balboa returns, this time as the aging coach of the son of the man he both defeated and was coached by. Apollo Creed’s son Adonis (Michael B Jordan) overcomes resistance by his foster mother and persuades the “Italian Stallion” (Sylvester Stallone) to coach him into becoming a professional boxer. A chance to prove his worth reveals itself when a British pugilist needs a worthy opponent for his final bout.
Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai
A recolourised and digititsed version of the 1969 faith-based Punjabi hit. The movie tells the saga of a family that is torn apart by greed and selfishness and re-united by their faith in Guru Nanak. Directed by Ram Maheshwary, the movie’s cast includes Prithviraj Kapoor, Som Dutt, Veena, Nishi, IS Johar and Jagdish Raj.
