Upcoming Movies for 2011

7 Khoon Maaf (Hindi: ७ खून माफ़, translation: 7 Murders Forgiven) is an upcoming Hindi drama, thriller and black comedy film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, starring Priyanka Chopra in the lead role. The film, based on the Ruskin Bond short story, Susanna's Seven Husbands, features seven male leads with Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh as the youngest husband, as well as Irrfan Khan, Annu Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah's youngest son Vivaan Shah and Russian actor Aleksandr Dyachenko, in the roles of the seven husbands.Priyanka Chopra will be seen playing a negative character once again after Aitraaz (2004) and Yakeen (2005). 7 Khoon Maaf was first scheduled for release on 21 January 2011,but has now been postponed to 18 February 2011.
Cast

Priyanka Chopra as Susanna
Neil Nitin Mukesh as Major Rodriques
John Abraham as Jimmy
Irrfan Khan as Wasiullah
Aleksandr Dyachenko as Vronsky
Annu Kapoor as Keemat Lal
Naseeruddin Shah as Tarafdar
Vivaan Shah
Usha Uthup as a Maid
Konkona Sen Sharma in a Guest appearance
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Produced by Ronnie Screwvala
Vishal Bhardwaj
Screenplay by Matthew Ribbons
Vishal Bhardwaj
Based on Susanna's Seven Husbands
by Ruskin Bond
Starring Priyanka Chopra
Neil Nitin Mukesh
John Abraham
Irrfan Khan
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Annu Kapoor
Naseeruddin Shah
Vivaan Shah
Music by Vishal Bhardwaj
Editing by Sreekar Prasad
Distributed by UTV Motion Pictures
VB Pictures Pvt. Ltd.
Release date(s) February 18, 2011
Country India
Language Hindi






Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Banner: - Excel Entertainment
Producer: - Ritesh Sidhwani & Farhan Akhtar
Director: - Zoya Akhtar
Story & Screenplay: - Reema Kagti & Zoya Akhtar
Dialogues: - Farhan Akhtar
Lyrics: - Javed Akhtar
Music Director: - Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
Cinematographer: - Carlos Catalan
Editor: - Chandan Arora
Choreography: - Vaibhavi Merchant
Production Designer: - Suzanne Caplan Merwanji
Costume: - Arjun Bhasin

Cast: - Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Abhay Deol, Kalki Koechlin, Farhan Akhtar, Naseeruddin Shah
Genre: - Drama

Release Date: - May 2011

What It’s about: -It has an interesting ensemble cast and is made by a filmmaker who has shown depth and insight in her debut venture (Luck By Chance).In Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara she traverses through h the landscapes of Spain. This is a Zoya Akhtar road movie that is sure to be peppered with quirks, slice of life nuggets and loads of drama.


Noukadubi

Banner: - Mukta Searchlight Films
Producer:- Subhash Ghai
Screenplay and Direction: - Rituparno Ghosh
Editor: - Arghyakamal Mitra
Cinematographer: - Soumik Halder
Music: - Sanjay Das, Rajnarayan Deb
Art Director: - Indraneel Ghosh
Costume: - Saborni Das

Cast: - Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Raima Sen and Riya Sen
Genre: - Period Drama

Release Date: - January 2011
Synopsis: - This is a period film set in the 1920s, based on a novel by Rabindranath Tagore..

A tender romance blossoming in Kolkata between law student Ramesh and his friend’s sister Hemnalini, is nipped suddenly when his father sends an urgent and mysterious summons from his village home. There, the dutiful son is peremptorily ordered to marry Susheela, daughter of a hapless widow. Ramesh refuses, confesses that his heart belongs to another. But the widow’s fervent plea softens him ultimately. And he concedes, albeit with a heavy heart. The wedding takes place with due ceremony; and Ramesh sets out with his bride on a river boat journey back to Kolkata.

Soon a fierce storm arises; the boat tosses helplessly and finally capsizes in the churning waters. Later that night, Ramesh comes to his senses on a deserted shore under a starlit sky. Some distance away, he sees the unconscious form of a young bride. Her pulse is still beating, and in response to his voice calling ‘Susheela’ she opens her eyes at last. There is no one else in sight, alive or dead. The two move off, take a train to Kolkata, the bride wondering why they were not going to Kashi, but trusting his judgment implicitly.

Hem, his true love, knows nothing of all this. Ramesh has been missing from the evening of her birthday party. They have learnt of his hasty departure from the city, but nothing else. Though she pines inwardly, she is confident that he will return soon.

Back in Ramesh’s new home in Kolkata, the facts of mistaken identity gradually come to light. She is Kamala not Susheela. Her husband is a doctor named Nalinaksha Chatterjee. Ramesh writes an advertisement to trace his whereabouts; but he does not have the heart to break this news to the helpless trusting young girl in his care. He puts her into a boarding school instead. But soon, Hem’s would be suitor Akshay comes to know of Ramesh’s secret and brings proof positive to Hem. Ramesh, unable to handle such a scandal, seeks hiding in Gorakhpur with Kamala. A devastated Hem is brought to Kashi by her father to help her forget. There she meets Nalinaksha and they warm up to each other.

Kamala in the meanwhile having read the advertisement in an old newspaper, realizes the enormity of the lie she has been living, and walks out determined to drown herself in the river. Ramesh returns and finds her suicide note, searches everywhere to no avail. He does not know that she has been rescued by a courtesan and deposited in Kashi under Nalinaksha’s mother’s care. Kamala now sees her real husband for the first time, but cannot speak up, for he is betrothed to Hem.

Finally, the advertisement she keeps knotted in her saree is discovered, and the whole truth comes to light. Ramesh finally traces Nalinaksha and arrives at his house.

The whole sorry mess raises many questions of head and heart and the validity or otherwise of social conventions. We are left wondering whether true love will finally triumph.

Game

Banner: - Excel Entertainment
Producer: - Ritesh Sidhwani & Farhan Akhtar
Director: - Abhinay Deo
Lyrics: - Javed Akhtar
Music Director: - Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
Story & Screenplay: - Althea Delmas Kaushal
Dialogues: - Farhan Akhtar
Background Score: - Ram Sampath
Editor: - Amitabh Shukla
Choreographers: - Vaibhavi Merchant & Shaimak Davar
Cinematographer: - Kartik Vijay Thyagrajan
Art Director: - Shashank Tere
Costume: - Jaimal Odedera

Featuring: - Abhishek Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Jimmy Shergill, Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, , Shahana Goswami, Gauhar Khan
Introducing: - Sarah Jane Dias

Genre: - Thriller

Release Date: - 18th, March 2011

What It’s about: - Game promises to be an edge-of-the-seat thriller with some jaw dropping action sequences, Directed by Abhinay Deo and filmed extensively in Greece, the film has crisp dialogue by Farhan Akhtar. Rest assured this whodunit will pack in enough twists and turns to keep you glued to your multiplex seat. Sarah Jane is tipped to be a star of the future.



Aamir Khan Production’s Dhobi Ghat: The most awaited film of the year
comes in the first month of January. Releasing on the 21st of January.
This weekend is extremely special for Aamir as it is this day that Rang De Basanti
released.

Starring Aamir Khan, Prateik, Monica Dogra and Kriti Malhotra.
Directed by Kiran Rao.

Synopsis: Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries) is the quiet and stirring story
of four disparate characters who slip away from the comforts of
familiar moorings and are inexorably drawn into compelling
relationships. Fragments of their experience - seen through a naïve
video diary, black and white photographic images, and painting - form
a portrait of a city and its people, bound together as they journey
through longing, loneliness, love and loss.

Aamir Khan Production’s Delhi Belly: Releasing this summer. Starring Imran Khan, Vir Das,
Kunal Roy Kapur and Shehnaz Treasurywala. Directed by first time
director Abhinay Deo.

Delhi Belly is Aamir Khan Productions’ first English film, Aamir who
launched Imran in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, come back with Delhi Belly.

The film is just what it’s name suggests…..

Aamir’s next (untitled): This film marks the coming together of the
Dil Chahta Hai team, with Aamir Khan, Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh

Siddhwani. Starring: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee.
Directed by Reema Kagti.

The film is a suspense thriller. And one of the most awaited films of
the year 2011, with audiences and Bollywood alike, awaiting with
baited breath, to see Aamir Khan’s next film.

The film goes on floors in February 2011 and releases the same year.

Fox Star Studio’s Dum Maro Dum: Marks the coming back of
Rohan Sippy and Abhishek Bachchan after the super hit Bluff Master.

Releasing on the 22nd of April. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha
Basu and Rana Daggubatti. Directed by Rohan Sippy.

Synopsis: Abhishek Bachchan plays a narcotics cop in the film, set in
Goa. Dum Maro Dum is an edgy, coming of age, cop caper, with Goa
playing a full-fledged character, and has lot of thriller elements
thrown in.

Fox Star Studios in association with Vipul Shah remake of the super hit, action,
southern flick, Khakha Khakha, starring John Abraham and Genelia D’Souza.

Vinod Chopra’s Next Ferrari Ki Sawaari: Starring Sharman Joshi. Directed by: first time
directed by Rajkumar Hirani’s protégé Rajesh Mapuskar. Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
This is Vinod Chopra’s next production after 3 Idiots. The film goes
on floors in March 2011 and releases later the same year.

T Series & People Tree Films ‘Patiala House’: Akshay Kumar’s first release of 2011,
releasing on 11th February. Patiala House has an eclectic cast, that boasts of a huge household.
Leading the pack are Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Hard Kaur
and Soni Razdan. Directed by Nikhil Advani.
Patiala house is about a family that is still ruled over by the head
patriarch, and have all three generations living together.

Patiala House the film, about the Kahlon family has been living for
the past 4 generations. Ruled by an autocratic and stubborn patriarch
Bauji (Rishi Kapoor) the members of this household have no other
choice but to adhere to his ways, his whims, his rules. Scarred by a
racial incident that took place 20 years ago – an incident that led to
the murder of his mentor and guardian, the senior advocate leader Mr.
Saini, Bauji began hating the British and everything that the country
and its people stood for.

Reliance Big Pictures has big releases of next year, with Double
Dhamaal, Don 2, Bodyguard and remake of Singum with Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn.
Double Dhamaal: A sequel to Dhamaal, Double Dhamaal promises
everything double: fun and madness. Produced by Reliance Big Pictures.
Releasing this summer. Starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Riteish
Deshmukh, Javed Jaffrey, Ashish Chowdhary, Mallika Sherawat and
Kangana Ranaut. Directed by Indra Kumar.

Reliance Big Pictures - Tigmanshu Dhulia's thriller tentatively titled ‘Shagird’
Starring Nana Pathekar, Rimi Sen and Mohit Ahlawat. Releasing in February-March 2011.

Studio 18’s Tannu Weds Mannu, directed by Aanand Rai and starring R. Madhavan and Kangana Ranaut.
Tannu Weds Mannu is about a simple, NRI boy coming home to find himself a homely bride and
ends up falling in love with a small town, wild girl. Releasing on 25th February, 2011.