U.K. and U.S Box-Office (Sept. 18 – 20 Weekend)

Issue dated Sep 30 – Oct 3, 2009

Missing Emotions

It’s strange that after the stupendous success of Chak De! India, a production house like Yash Raj Films should have made another sports film and yet overlooked the points that made its own Chak De! India a hit.
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Single-Screen Cinemas Get New Lease Of Life

The mind-boggling collections of Wanted at single-screen cinemas across the country have made owners of such cinemas heave a collective sigh of relief.
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Dev Benegal’s Road Film

Dev Benegal’s Road, Movie was premiered at the recently-concluded Toronto Interna­tional Film Festival on 18th Septem­ber. Abhay Deol, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, all three of who have acted in the film, were present at the screening alongwith director Dev Benegal.
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TRADE TALK – Corporates May Have Slipped, But You Can’t Doubt Their Integrity

The piracy scam that has come to light in the industry this week has sent shock waves in the trade. Although it has often been felt that the flourishing piracy business, which causes the industry losses of hund­reds of crores of rupees every year, cannot succeed without the connivance of insiders, the expose has, nev­ertheless, numbed the trade people because top employees of three major corporate houses have been named as links in the piracy racket. If insiders are to be believed, more names of well-known persons in the film trade are either likely to come out or may be closely guarded for obvious reasons.
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Review of What’s Your Raashee?

On the whole, the biggest culprit in What’s Your Raashee? is its length. With hilarious comedy, even this length may have worked. But in its present form, the film would hold limited appeal. For the money that has gone into its making, the revenues will not be enough, entailing losses to the producers/distributors.
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Review of Fast Forward

On the whole, Fast Forward is such a slow starter and so low on merits that it will just not move forward. A definite disaster. Y.T. Entertainment Ltd. and Anjum Rizvi Film Co.’s Fast For­ward (UA) is the story of two friends, Rishi (Rehan Khan) and Sunny (Akshay Kapoor), for whom dancing is a passion. They alongwith their friends struggle to make their mark in the world of dance. Palashbhai (Vinod Khanna) sees a spark in them and invites the group to dance in his club, Cave. At Cave, the winning team is always decided by the audience.
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Review of Away We Go (English)

Preparations for the arrival of the first child can be quite exciting. Quite naturally, in Big Beach Films’ Away We Go (A), Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph) want the best of nurturing for their baby. So, when she’s six months carrying, they travel across the US and meet married family members and old friends to hear about their experiences and find the most conducive neighbours to settle down with.
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Review of 100 Feet (English)

Generally, one hears of politicians being put under house arrest. In Grand Illusions Entertainment’s 100 Feet (A), convicted murderess, Marnie (Famke Janssen) is sent to serve the remainder of her life sentence at her home. It’s a posh apartment, but there’s no electricity, so she walks about with candles in the night. For company, she has a murdered ghost.
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Review of Vicky Cristina Barcelona (English)

What’s so great about sexual fidelity? This is the primary question that Media­pro and Gravier Productions’ Vicky Cristina Barcelona (A) appears to be asking. People rush in and out of relationships. Also, there’s a couple who are aware that something is missing between them, but, for a while, they aren’t sure what it is; then, they find the missing link, and experience the height of exhilaration.
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