Hollywood rolls out two 3D films, while Ram Gopal Varma is back.
Phobia Radhika Apte stars in a new horror film by Ragini MMS director Pawan Kripalani. She plays Mehek, an agoraphobic, who seals herself up inside her apartment because she is terrified of public places. When an intruder invades her home, she is forced to confront her worst fears. The 2013 Hollywood movie Phobia had a similar premise.The Angry Birds Movie The animated adaptation of the hugely successful video game featuring the adorable avian specimens is unsurprisingly about anger management. Red (voiced by Jason Sudekis) meets Chuck (voiced by Josh Gad) and Bomb (voiced by Danny McBride) at a temper tempering course. When green pigs invade their island, the birds must learn to stop flying into a rage and flock together to save their world.
Waiting Anu Menon’s new movie after London Paris New York is set in the waiting area of a hospital. Characters played by Naseeruddin Shah and Kalki Koechlin pass the hours as their loved ones (played by Suhasini and Arjun Mathur respectively) lie comatose on their hospital beds. The music is by Mikey McCleary.
Alice Through the Looking Glass The sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Tom Burton’s version of Lewis Carroll’s 1865 fantasy novel, has a new director. James Bobin has previously directed The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted. Mia Wasikowska returns as Alice, the inquisitive British teenager who goes back to Wonderland, this time through a magic mirror. She runs into her old friends, including the Hatter (Johnny Depp), who is more mad than usual, and uses a time-travelling device to set the past right. Also starring Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, Sacha Baron Cohen as Time and Rhys Ifans as the Mad Hatter’s father.
Veerappan The Hindi version of Ram Gopal Verma’s Kannada movie Killing Veerappan is about the manhunt that resulted in the smuggler’s death in 2004. Operation Cocoon, as it was known, is reconstructed through two police officers: K Vijay Kumar, head of the joint Special Task Forces, and police officer Senthamarai Kannan. The movie was a hit in Karnataka, a rare feat for a once-great director in a creative slump. Sandeep Bhardwaj reprises the role he played in the Kannada version, alongside Sachiin J Joshi and Lisa Ray.