Yes Man

Opens: Dec 19, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: PG-13
Cast: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper
Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

Jim Carrey stars as Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere—the operative word being “no”—until he signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything…and anything. Unleashing the power of “YES” begins to transform Carl’s life in amazing and unexpected ways, getting him promoted at work and opening the door to a new romance. But his willingness to embrace every opportunity might just become too much of a good thing.…

The Tale of Despereaux

Opens: Dec 19, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: G
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson
Genre: Action/Adventure, Animated, Family, SciFi/Fantasy

Synopsis:

Tiny and graced with oversized ears, Despereaux was born too big for his little world. Refusing to live his life cowering, he befriends a Princess named Pea and learns to read (rather than eat) books—reveling in stories of knights, dragons and fair maidens. Banished from Mouseworld for being more man than mouse, Despereaux is rescued by another outcast, Roscuro, who also wants to hear the tales. But when the Princess dismisses Roscuro’s friendship, he becomes the ultimate rat and plots revenge with fellow outsider Mig.

After Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux discovers he is the only one who can rescue her…and that even the tiniest mouse can find the courage of a knight in shining armor. In this tale of bravery, forgiveness and redemption, one small creature will teach a kingdom that it takes only a little light to show the truth: what you look like doesn’t equal what you are.…

Khalbali - Fun Unlimited

Opens: Nov 28, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: NR
Cast: Sada, Suresh Menon, Chunky Pandey, Johnny Lever, Asrani, Paresh Ganatra, Sanjay Mishra, Shakti Kapoor, Delnaz Paul, Rakesh Bedi, Shruti Seth, Aasif Shaikh, Tarina Patel, Nikhil Dwivedi, Rajpal Yadav, Tiku Talsania, Manoj Joshi, Mukesh Tiwari, Zakir Hussain
Genre: Comedy, Drama

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Synopsis:

Ready for a dose of senseless humor? Ajay Chandok’s latest directorial venture promises to offer you lots of nonsensical laughter. Named ‘Khalbali’, it has been produced by Azam Khan and will be released under the banner of ‘One More Thought Entertainment’. It has Sajid-Wajid as the music directors and Jalees Sherwani providing the lyrics, along with Shabbir Ahmed. The movie will hit the theaters on 28^th November 2008.

The star cast of ‘Khalbali’ has some of the most established names in the field of comedy, like Rajpal Yadav, Ketaki Dave, Delnaz Paul, Chunkey Pandey, Johny Lever, Asrani and Shakti Kapoor. Along with that, there are other well-known actors, such as Nikhil Dwivedi, Tiku Talsania, Manoj Joshi, Mukesh Tiwari, Zakir Hussain, Govind Namdeo, Sada, Suresh Menon and Shruti Seth donning various roles. So, gear yourself to roll with bouts of uncontrolled laugher.

The story of ‘Khalbali’ revolves around the rivalry between two hoteliers and a bomb plant. A wealthy hotel owner hires a gangster to plant a bomb in his rival’s hotel, with the aim of becoming the undisputed leader in the hotel industry. The ‘target’ hotel has a varied group of guests, who range from run-away lovers to members of a film unit to low-key dons. Will the bomb result into a blast? What will happen to the hotel guests? The answers are not far away!

Seven Pounds

Opens: Dec 19, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: NR
Cast: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Michael Ealy
Genre: Drama

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Synopsis:

The emotional story of a man who will change the lives of seven strangers.

Alibaug

Opens: Nov 20, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: PG
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Diya Mirza, Gul Panag, Sanjay Suri, Sameer Soni, Rohit Roy, Masumeh, Pravin Dabbas, Sophie Chaudhary, Sudhanshu Pandey, Manasi Joshi, Shabana Raza
Genre: Social, Drama

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Synopsis:

Sanjay Gupta switches genres to bring you the unexpected; a film about friendship, longing, belonging and memories, Alibaug. A young former professor, who once dazzled in college as the charming, most loved teacher by teaching Mughal history with as much passion as C-Minor on the guitar or a basketball throw, is dying. Before dying, however, he has one last unfinished business. He wants to bring together his favourite group of students, who drifted away from him and each other over the past decade. One last puff. One last sip. One last cruise into the sea. His old students have travelled far; but somewhere along this journey, relationships became jaded, the world caught up with them, and love became a four-letter word. Will a dying man help them make the leap of faith to regain their lives? Will the joy of their coming home outlive the pain of his going away? Will the journey to the past destroy friendships or rebuild them?

Nothing Like the Holidays

Opens: Dec 12, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: PG-13
Cast: John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez, Elizabeth Peña
Genre: Comedy, Drama

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Synopsis:

It’s Christmas time and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas. For Jesse (Freddy Rodriguez), coming home has rekindled feelings for an old flame, although she can’t seem to forgive him for leaving. His older sister Roxanna, a struggling actress, has been chasing her Hollywood dreams for years with little to show for it. And much to the dismay of their mother Anna (Elizabeth Peña), eldest brother Mauricio (John Leguizamo) brings home a high-powered executive wife (Debra Messing) who would rather raise capital than a child. In the course of one eventful week, traditions will be celebrated, secrets revealed and major life decisions made. It all begins when Anna announces to her children she is divorcing their father Eduardo (Alfred Molina).…

Dostana

Opens: November 14, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: PG
Cast: John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan
Genre: Romance, Social

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Synopsis:

It’s all happening in the Beach Party Capitol of the world…..Miami is the setting for Dharma Productions latest offering “Dostana” - serving a cocktail of all ingredients to do with Friendship, Fun, Frolic and that thing called Love….but with a slight twist - there is a small case of pretending to be Gay!!

When Sameer (Abhishek Bachchan) and Kunal (John Abraham) are turned down for an apartment because the land lady doesn’t want 2 strapping young men to corrupt her young sexy niece Neha (Priyanka Chopra), they go to plan “G” - they pretend to be “Gay” to secure the apartment.

All is well till they meet the sexy siren Neha and thus begins a journey of fun, frolic and a test of friendship like never before when Neha’s boss Abhimanyu (Bobby Deol) enters the fray as the third contender for her affections, it gets even hotter under everyone’s vests and bikini’s and the boy’s get down and dirty, in sunny Miami.

Desh Drohi

Opens: November 14, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: PG
Cast: Gracy Singh, Kamal Rashid Khan, Hrishita Bhatt, Aman Verma, Kim Sharma, Manoj Tiwari, Zulfi Syed, Rozza Catalano, Mukesh Tiwari, Yashpal Sharma, Nirmal Pandey, Raza Murad, Shakti Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Avtar Gill
Genre: Family, Social

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Synopsis:

The protagonist of the film, Raja out of frustration leaves his family and comes to Mumbai in search of a job as his friend Shekhar had done earlier. In his village, his father is a farmer by profession, who loves him a lot. And the other person who is madly in love with him is Neha.

Raja finds his friend in Mumbai Shekhar doing the job of a watchman. Shekhar offers the same job to Raja, but Raja refuses this offer because he has bigger dreams and wants to fulfill them. During his stay in Mumbai, he meets Sonia who is working for a man named Baba Kadam who deals in drugs. It’s for her unfortunate brother who is dumb that Sonia chose this as her profession. After repeatedly meeting Sonia at various places, they eventually fall in love.

Staying in Mumbai is not easy and Raja soon realizes that being a North Indian is even tougher. On the other hand, there is a North Indian leader named Shrivastav. The latter is a role model for all the North-Indians. But in reality he is like any other politician. He uses people for his own selfish needs.

There are other politicians as well, like chief-minister, vice chief-minister, home minister etc. They use common man for their selfish motives. A city based Mafia and drug dealer named Rajan Nayak is also working under these great politicians.

Media wants to reveal all this corruption to public through television and news papers. As Sonia is working for Baba Kadam, she has an enemity of Rajan Nayak.

Sonia beats the men of Rajan Nayak in an open market. In order to take revenge, Rajan Nayak sends his brother to teach Sonia a lesson. Raja arrives to rescue Sonia and unfortunately he kills Rajan Nayak’s brother.

Rajan Nayak gives the contract of killing Sonia and Raja to an inspector, Rajesh Sharma. Instead of doing so, he is killed by Raja. Due to all this, Mafia and police become rivals of Raja & Sonia. In order to save Raja from the policemen; Sonia brings Raja to her aunt’s place. In that house itself, news flashes on TV that police is in search of Raja & Sonia.

In this process, Raja & Sonia go through many painful and dreadful circumstances. Baba Kadam double-crosses them. But, Shrivastav helps them. In reality Shrivastav also double-crosses them. This whole episode becomes the ‘hot-cake’ for television news channel……One young inspector, Rohit Raghav takes an oath to arrest Raja.

At one moment, audience comes to know that Rohit is Neha’s husband. Neha, the one who loved Raja in the village. When Raja realizes that the whole political system is corrupt, he starts killing all the villains one by one.

Media gets in search of this hidden man who is killing people. Towards the climax, Raja’s final target is Shrivastav. He kills Shrivastav with the help of inspector Rohit Raghav. This event is covered by the media. Finally Raja takes Sonia and gets back to his village.

Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi

Opens: November 7, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.+
Rated: G
Cast: Isha Kopikar, AlokNath, Amrita Prakash, Jaya Bhattacharya, Anang Desai, Gargi Patel, Prashant Kumar, Chavvi Mittal, Anand Abhyankar, Sonu Sood, Smita Jaykar, Vishal Malhotra, Shri Vallabh Vyas, Ameya Pandya, Kunal Kumar, Daman Baggan
Genre: Family, Social, Romance

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Synopsis:

Another family affair

Chandni belongs to a middle- class family, living in one of the tiny by lanes of Bhopal. She lives with her father and younger siblings - Anujh and Sandhya. Chandni, who is deeply attached to her school going brother and sister, is trained in classical and folk music. During a stage performance, she falls in love with Prem. Prem hails from a rich business family and is an unconventional singer full of mischief and pranks. Life is picture-perfect until on the day of their engagement, Chandni’s father passes away and suddenly she becomes the eldest in the family. On one hand, her adorned hands beckoning her to the dream home of her fiancé and on the other hand are her younger siblings whom she cannot take along with her. Chandni decides not to marry so that she can bring up her little brother and sister with self-respect. Prem understands her and stands by her through thick and thin as she goes through her struggle. He unconditionally waits for Chandni for 12 long years until she fulfills all her responsibilities as an elder sister.

Ek Vivaah… highlights this unique man- woman relationship, which is not a marriage with vows, but a marriage by virtue. The characters of both Chandni and Prem were challenging as they go through a remarkable transformation through the span of the movie. Chandni goes from a naive young girl to a woman of substance, who stands up against the world for her family and home. On narrating the script to both of them, I realised that could not have asked for a better leading pair. On the last day of shooting, a sort of emptiness dawned upon me as I realised that this heartening and fulfilling experience was over.

THE BUZZ
The buzz doing the rounds is that Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi is a sequel to their previous film, Vivah that had Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao playing the lead. But Sooraj Barjatya denies these rumours vehemently saying that the film is another point of view at the sanctity.

Delgo

Opens: December 12, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.
Rated: PG
Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Chris Kattan, Jennifer Love Hewitt
Genre: Action/Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, Romance, SciFi/Fantasy

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Synopsis:

The land of Jhamora is torn apart by the mutual prejudice of two peoples—the winged Nohrin, masters of the skies, and the terrestrial Lockni, who harness the mystical powers of the land. When Delgo, a reckless Lockni teenager, forms a forbidden friendship with the spunky Nohrin Princess Kyla, hostilities between the two peoples escalate, setting the stage for an exiled Empress to exact her revenge and reclaim her rule. Falsely imprisoned, Delgo and his faint-hearted best friend, Filo , must put aside their differences to join forces with a sworn enemy and travel to the mysterious land of Perran, where they discover more than just a scorned Empress and her two bumbling servants.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Opens: December 12, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.
Rated: NR
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates
Genre: SciFi/Fantasy, Suspense/Thriller

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Synopsis:

A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth to warn the planet about nuclear war.

Punisher - War Zone

Opens: December 5, 2008
Runtime: 2 hr.
Rated: NR
Cast: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz
Genre: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller

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Synopsis:

Continuing his one-man war against organized crime, Frank Castle, also known as The Punisher (Ray Stevenson), takes aim at mob boss Billy Russoti (Dominic West). An encounter with Castle leaves Russoti horribly disfigured, so the mobster changes his name to Jigsaw and sets out for revenge.…