After the flop show that was Baar Baar Dekho, the weekend beginning September 16 has five titles to choose from.
Pink Bengali director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s first film in Hindi stars Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang, Amitabh Bachchan, Angad Singh Bedi and Piyush Mishra. Pannu plays Minal, whose decision to lodge a police complaint after being sexually assaulted by Rajbir (Bedi) has terrible consequences for her and her flat mates (Kulhari and Tariang). Harassment and allegations of prostitution follow, and the case lands up in court, where Bachchan’s grizzled lawyer defends Minal.
The Light Between the Oceans Based on ML Stedman’s bestselling novel of the same name, Derek Cianfrance’s period drams stars real-life couple Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. Lighthouse keeper Tom (Fassbender) and Isabel (Vikander) keep an infant girl who washes up ashore but have to face the consequences of their action when the real mother (Rachel Weisz) claims her child. Cianfrance has previously directed the acclaimed dramas Blue Valentine and The Place Beyond the Pines.
Raaz Reboot The fourth and last film in the Raaz series stars Emraan Hashmi and Kriti Kharbanda. Hashmi plays a fashion photographer with addiction issues. There are hauntings, several songs, and locations in Romania in Vikram Bhatt’s movie.
The Shallows The other horror film of the week stars Blake Lively as a surfer who survives a great white shark attack. The Hollywood hit, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax, Orphan) also features a seagull named Steven.
Robinson Crusoe Vincent Kesteloot and Ben Stassen directed an animated production of Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel of the same name. The story of the castaway who washes up on an island in the South Pacific is told from the point of view of the animals and birds.