WANTED

CAST

Salman Khan

Ayesha Takia

Prakash Raj

Mahesh Manjrekar

Vinod Khanna

Aseem Merchant

Inder Kumar

Govind Namdeo

CREW

Directed by: Prabhu Dheva

Produced by: Boney Kapoor (S.K Productions)

Music : Sajid Wajid

Story: Puri Jagannath

Background Score: Salim-Sulaiman

Music Label: T Series (Releasing in August)

Release Date: 18 September, 2009

SYNOPSIS

Radhe (Salman Khan) is one of the wheels of the mafias, but with a difference. He is a trained street fighter and shooter who is totally fearless. A man who can keep his cool, in a situation where death itself is looking at him in the eye. He is rebellious and loves to defy authority. He cannot think of being in any other position but the leader's, always fighting his way to impossible goals. He works for Ganibhai, the most dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms.

Mafia Don Ganibhai (Prakash Raj) has a great mind for strategy, which is razor sharp. He stays in a foreign country but comes to India whenever the need arises. He is revered and feared by friends and foes alike. Ganibhai is the worst enemy anyone could wish for. He is vindictive to the point of being sadistic. He will not only destroy his enemy but wipe him off completely.

Radhe is in love with a girl named Jhanvi (Ayesha Takia). They share a strange love hate relationship. Jhanvi tries to change him by imploring him to leave the world of crime, but Radhe, though he loves her, is too hardcore a criminal to adhere to her wishes.

Radhe moves ahead in his criminal world by single handedly eliminating Ganibhai's enemies with his wit, grit and fearless strategy. A time comes when Ganibhai, whom Radhe has never seen arrives in India specially to meet him. He then offers Radhe a job, which Radhe for the first time refuses point blank, in return making Ganibhai his biggest enemy. Then the surprise element of the story arrives, a twist that changes the very premise on which the story is based on. A shocking twist that makes Radhe - WANTED by the mafia and by the law

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TRIVIA

ü TThis film is a remake of Telugu super hit film Pokiri starring Mahesh Babu and Ileana D’Cruz. When the film released in 2006, it broke all the previous box office record in Telugu film industry.

ü TThe film was remade in Tamil by Prabhudeva with the name Pokkiri starring Vijay and Asin which again became a big hit.

ü P Puri Jagannath who wrote the original story as well as directed the original version had earlier worked with Ayesha Takia in Super and wanted to again cast her in Pokiri but she couldn’t do the film due to some problems.

ThT Ayesha is finally working with one of the Khan triumvirate. Earlier she was considered for Shahrukh Khan's Main Hoon Na and Aamir Khan's Ghajini but it didn't work out.

Thi This is Salman Khan's first role as a gangster.

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Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen

Director: Michael Bay

Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro.

When the film opened on 24 June in the USA it felt short by couple of millions to create history earning US$ 201 million in the opening weekend standing next only to The Dark Knight (US$ 203) in all time big openers. When Michael Bay (Bad Boys, Armageddon, Pearl Harbour) is at the helm of direction, Steven Spielberg (ET, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Indiana Jones series) at the executive production and already a hit prequel, the expectations are bound to go high. Surprisingly it released in India this week without much hype as I didn’t find a single ad on newspapers prior to its release.

The film takes the story forward from the first part of the planned series. It’s been two years since the last encounter with the Decepticons where Optimus Prime, the leader of Autobots came out victorious. Now Optimus heads a military organization with human beings where fellow Autobots have also joined in. While hunting a decepticon in Shanghai, they come to know that the Fallen is planning to take revenge. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) has graduated from school and is going to join college to learn astronomy while trying to lead a normal life. But his destiny is intertwined with the aliens as he possesses what they seek, much unknown to him. Soon he is drawn into a conflict which apparently is not his. But as the story unfolds it is discovered that the so called aliens are not new to earth as they have been living here for thousands of years. In this grand battle of Autobots Vs Decepticons, the humans must take side with the Autobots to stop the Fallen and save the earth from annihilation.

As it happens with all sequels, the narrative structure of the film follows the trend of the earlier one. Innocent human beings who are going about their lives are affected by the larger than life events and soon they are in the middle of a war and secrets start revealing itself. The best part of the story is that it has been able to camouflage with the real history of Human race over the years. In the film, the main action takes place in the cradle of all civilizations, Egypt and it is wonderfully shot.

Although there could be hardly any scope in this kind of adventure films to show histrionics as an actor, it can be seen that Shia LaBeouf is maturing as an actor. The ‘boy’ is fast growing to a Man and is heading to be a prominent star in Hollywood. Megan Fox’s role is less defined than the previous one hence loses its significance. Josh Duhamel reprises his role as the Major who leads the fight against the awesome aliens and is fairly competent. But the man who steals the show is John Turturro as Agent Simmons who causes much of the trouble to Sam Witwicky in the first part. When things become too formidable for Sam to carry on, Simmons shows the way and indeed seizes his moment to stand out for his country. Also, his comic timing is of top grade.

The aspect where the film is outstanding is its action and visuals. The scale is huge, locations breathtaking, and greatly executed. I am personally fond of aerial shots and the film has a galore of it. It is one of the most extravagantly shot films in recent times. To the film’s discredit, some of the characters which played significant roles in the prequel were not developed properly. Add to that the first part of the film lacks the flow in narration and hence fails to thrill. But as the story progresses the film picks pace and leads to a grand finale.

At the end, the film deserves to be seen for its brilliant action and grandeur. The experience could be awesome. And for all those Transformers fans, the 3^rd installment is already announced. Cheers!

Movies I saw in 3 Months

My summer internship was smoothen by the following factor. I have never seen so many films in such a short span of time.

1. Johnny Gaddar (Hindi) Neil Nitin Mukesh, Rimi Sen, Dharmendra

2. Chirutha (Telegu) Introducing Ram Charan Teja (Chiranjeevi’s son)

3. Jodhaa Akbar (Hindi) 3^rd time Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

4. Pokiri (Telugu) Mahesh Babu, Ileana D’cruz

5. Fanaa (Hindi) 3^rd time Aamir Khan, Kajol

6. Saamy (Tamil) Vikram, Trisha

7. Enemy of the state (English) Will Smith, Gene Hackman

8. Boys (Tamil) Introducing Siddhartha, Genelia

9. Charlie’s Angels (English) Drew Barrymore, Charlize Theron, Lucy Liu

10. Khuda Kay Liye (Urdu) 3^rd time Shan, Naseeruddin Shah, Iman Ali

11. The 13^th Warrior (English) Antonio Banderas

12. Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar (Hindi) Ruslan Mumtaz, Hazel

13. The war of the worlds (English) Tom Cruise

14. Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu (Tamil) Kamal Haasan, Jyotika

15. The Kite Runner (English)

16. Teesri Manzil (Hindi) Shammi Kapoor

17. Rogue Assassin (English) Jet Li, Jason Statham

18. Mumbai Salsa (Hindi) Vir Das, Manjari Phadnis

19. Gharsana (Telugu) Venkatesh, Asin

20. Kung Fu Panda (English)

21. Sins (English) Shiney Ahuja, Seema Rehmani

22. Ghajini (Hindi) 3^rd time Aamir Khan, Asin

23. Independence Day (English) Will Smith

24. Mississippi Burning (English) Gene Hackman

25. Bommarillu (Telugu) Siddhartha, Genelia

26. The Sword Of Tipu Sultan (Series) Disc 1

27. Sunday (Hindi) 8th time Ayesha Takia, Ajay Devgan, Arshad warsi

28. Tere Ghar Ke Samne (Hindi) Dev Anand

29. Apocalypto (English) Directed by Mel Gibson

30. Love Story 2050 (Hindi) Priyanka Chopra

31. Aata (Telugu) Siddhartha, Ileana

32. Poison Ivy (English) Drew Barrymore

33. Fantastic 4: Rise of the silver surfer (English)

34. Devdasu (Telugu) Introducing Ileana D’Cruz

35. Syriana (English) George Clooney, Matt Damon

36. Sahara (English)

37. Rush Hour 3 (English) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker

38. Idiocracy (English)

39. Enchanted (English) on a very special recommendation

40. Blood Diamond (English) Leonardo Di Caprio

41. Bachelor Party (English) Tom Hanks

42. The Contractor (English)

43. Hindustani (Hindi) Kamal Haasan, Urmila, Manisha Koirala

44. Sye (Telugu) Genelia, Nitin

45. Yes Man (English) Jim Carrey

46. X-Men (English) Hugh Jackman

47. Jugaad (Hindi) Manoj Bajpai

48. The Marine (English) John Cenna

49. Cloverfield (English)

50. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (Hindi) ‘cos my cousin hadn’t seen it

51. The Sword of Tipu Sultan (Series) Disc 2

52. Tropic Thunder (English) Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Ben Stiller

53. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

54. Behind Enemy Lines II (English)

55. Dhokha (Hindi) Introducing Mozammil Ibrahim, Tulip Joshi

56. Money Hai to Honey Hai (Hindi) Govinda and others

57. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (English) Harrison Ford

58. International Crook (Hindi) Paying tribute to Feroz Khan on his death

59. The Sixth Sense (English) Bruce Willis

60. Demolition Man (English) Sylvester Stallone

61. Fool N Final (Hindi) Ayesha Takia, Shahid Kapoor

62. Rush Hour (English) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker

63. Jurm (Hindi) Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta

64. 1947 Earth (Hindi) Aamir Khan, Nandita Das

65. The Train (Hindi) Emran Hashmi

66. Allari Pidugu (Telugu) Katrina Kaif, Balakrishna

67. Videsh (Hindi) Preity Zinta

68. Don (Telugu) Nagarjuna

69. 13B (Hindi) R. Madhavan

70. The Inner/Outer world of Shahrukh Khan (Documentary)

71. If Only (English) Again on recommendation

72. Athidhi (Telugu) Mahesh Babu, Amrita Rao

73. Manorama Six feet Under (Hindi) 2^nd time Abhay Deol

74. Taarzan: the Wonder Car (Hindi) Introducing Ayesha Takia

75. Collateral (English) Tom Cruise, Jamie Fox

76. Romeo Must Die (English) Jet Li

77. The Patriot (English) Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger

78. King Kong (English) Jack Black, Naomi Watts

79. Hulk (English) Eric Bana

80. Rush Hour 2 (English) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker

81. The Matrix Reloaded (English) Keanu Reeves

82. Jurassic Park III (English)

83. Schindler’s List (English)

84. Antaheen (Bengali) Rahul Bose

85. Tasveer (Hindi) Ayesha Takia, Akshay Kumar

86. Karma Aur Holi (English) Sushmita Sen

87. Bobby (Hindi) Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia

88. No Smoking (Hindi) Ayesha Takia

89. Kalpurush (Bengali) Mithun Chakraborty, Rahul Bose

90. Darr (Hindi) Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan

91. Aloo Chat (Hindi) Aftab, Aamna

92. Aliens vs Predators (English)

93. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (English)

94. The Transporter (English) Jason Statham

95. Shoot ‘Em Up (English) Clive Owen, Monica Belluci

96. Harry potter and the philosopher’s stone (English)

97. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets (English)

98. Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (Hindi) Preity Zinta

99. The Mummy (English)

100. Namastey London (Hindi) 2^nd time

101. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban

102. Prince No. 1 (Dubbed from Telugu) Preity Zinta, Mahesh Babu

103. Universal Soldier (English)

104. Dhaam Dhoom (Tamil) Kangana Ranaut

105. Thank You for smoking (English)

106. Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom (English)

107. Amar Akbar Anthony (Hindi)

108. Ghajini (Tamil) Surya, Asin

109. Bulletproof Monk (English)

110. Welcome to Sajjanpur (Hindi)

111. Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar (Hindi) Salman Khan

112. Chandramukhi (Tamil) Superstar Rajnikanth

113. Khal Nayak (Hindi) Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri

114. Rangeela (Hindi) 2^nd time Aamir Khan, Urmila, Jackie Shroff

115. Gladiator (English) Russel Crow, Jaquin Phoenix

116. Chachi 420 (Hindi) Kamal Haasan, Tabu

117. Charlie Wilson’s war (English) Tom Hanks, Om Puri, Julia Roberts

118. The International (English) Clive Owen, Naomi Watts

119. Unleashed (English) Jet Li, Morgan Freeman

120. Arahan (dubbed from Korean)

121. Dil Deke Dekho (Hindi) Shammi Kapoor

122. Baaghi (Hindi) Salman Khan, Nagma

123. Sadak (Hindi) Sanjay Dutt, Pooja Bhatt

124. Nijam (Telugu) Mahesh Babu

125. Golden Eye (English) Pierce Brosnan

126. The Girl Next Door (English)

127. Khuda Gawah (Hindi) Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi

128. Indra (Telugu) Chiranjeevi

129. You’ve Got Mail (English) Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan

130. The Good Shepherd (English) Matt Damon

131. Harry Potter and the goblet of fire (English)

132. Die Hard 3 (English) Bruce Willis

133. That Thing You Do (English) Tom Hanks

134. Underworld 3 (English)

135. The Green Mile (English) Tom Hanks

136. The fast and the furious 4 (English)

137. Okkadu (Telugu) Mahesh Babu

138. Aa Dekhen Zara (Hindi) Niel Mukesh

139. Big (English) Tom Hanks

140. Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix (English)

141. The Godfather (English) Marlon Brando, Al Pacino

142. Turner &Hooch (English) Tom Hanks

143. Straight (Hindi) Vinay Pathak

144. Gulal (Hindi) Kay Kay

145. Cast Away (English) Tom Hanks

146. Angels & Demons (English) Tom Hanks

147. Shanghai Noon (English) Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson

148. Pokkiri (Tamil) Vijay, Asin

149. Billa (Tamil) Ajith, Nayanthara

150. My Fair Lady (English)

151. Pyaar Ke Side Effects (Hindi) Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat

152. Dashavatar (Dubbed from Tamil) Kamal Haasan, Asin, Mallika

153. Death Race (English)

154. The Last of the Mohicans (English)