April 29 is crowded with Hollywood releases, and Baaghi is the only major Hindi movie.
Baaghi The trailer screams Raid: Redemption, and the Indian rights holders of the breakout Indonesian action drama have sued the makers of the latest Tiger Shroff movie. Meanwhile, here we are, on familiar ground, in a building that houses the villains and the hostage (Shraddha Kapoor) and our bulked-up hero kicking and smashing his way to the top. Directed by Sabbir Khan (Kambakkht Ishq, Heropanti), the martial arts drama also stars Telugu actor Sudheer Babu.
The Man Who Knew Infinity Mathew Brown’s biopic is based on Robert Kanigel’s biography of the same name. Srinivasa Ramanujan, the brilliant Indian who took the world of mathematics by storm in the early 1900s, has previously been the subject of documentaries and the Tamil biopic Ramanujan (2014). The latest attempt to understand the Ramanujan enigma features Dev Patel as the genius and Jeremy Irons as his mentor, GH Hardy. Also starring Toby Jones and Stephen Fry as Hardy’s peers, and Arundhathi Nag as Ramanujan’s supportive mother.
Shortcut Safaari Seven pre-teens get stuck in a forest, where they meet poachers on the prowl for a leopard. Amitabha Singh’s movie, starring Jimmy Sheirgill, is aimed at children on their annual summer vacation and conservationists of all ages.
10 Cloverfield Lane Dan Trachtenberg’s psychological thriller has been billed as a “spiritual successor” to Cloverfield (2008). Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays a young woman trapped in an underground basement by two unhinged men (John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr) who believe that the end is near.
Mother’s Day After New Year’s Eve (2011) and Valentine’s Day (2012), Garry Marshall is back with another ensemble production featuring different stories linked by a common subject. The theme of various women examining their relationship with their mothers is explored through episodes featuring top-drawer talent, including Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Jason Sudeikis and Timothy Olyphant.
