Mausam is an upcoming Hindi language film directed and written by Pankaj Kapoor under the Vistaar Religare Film Fund banner. The film stars Shahid Kapoor opposite Sonam Kapoor along with Pankaj Kapoor. The film will mark the first time that Shahid Kapoor has been in a film opposite his fatherPankaj Kapoor. It is also Pankaj Kapoor's directorial debut film. The film is slated for release on September 16, 2011.
The film was shot in Nepal, Edinburgh, Switzerland and India. Some of the night scenes were shot at ND Studios, where the streets of Scotland were re-created, after which they shot for a day at Film City. During shooting, Shahid Kapoor fell from a giant wheel, though not from a great height. He was taken to the doctor immediately and was advised two days of rest.
Shooting resumed on May 20, 2011 and went on until May 25, 2011. The cast and crew left for Switzerland around 24 April 2011 for their last schedule. The film features Shahid Kapoor in four different looks for the four different seasons of a year. The trailer was launched on July 11, 2011.
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (Hindi: मेरे ब्रदर की दुल्हन; English: My Brother's Bride), also known by the abbreviated form MBKD, is an upcoming Bollywoodromance film that marks the writing and directing debut of Ali Abbas Zafar and stars Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif and Ali Zafar in the lead roles, while John Abraham appears in a cameo role. Produced and distributed by Yash Raj Films, the film is a romantic comedy set around a love triangle. The official theatrical trailer was released on 13 July 2011. The film is set to release on 9 September 2011.
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan is quirky romantic comedy set in the world of the upper middle class in northern India. Kush Agnihotri (Imran Khan) is looking for the ideal Indian bride for his brother Luv Agnihotri (Ali Zafar) who stays in London. In his quest, Kush goes through an apray of wacky encounters with several families until he finds the perfect girl in Dimple Dixit (Katrina Kaif), the craziest / wackiest girl he has ever known. Both the families meet. Formalities completed. Preparations begin in full swing. And just then, our hero Kush falls in love with Dimple... His Brother's Dulhan. What follows is a comical and umpredictable series of events in this unusual topsy-turvy tale of love.
Ready (Hindi: Ready, is a 2011 Indian comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee, starring Salman Khan and Asin in the lead roles. It also features Paresh Rawal, Arya Babbar and Mahesh Manjrekar in supporting roles, while Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut, Zarine Khan andArbaaz Khan make cameo appearances. The film is a remake of the 2008 Telugu film, Ready directed by Sreenu Vaitla starring Ram and Genelia. The music is given by Pritam. The first look of the film was unveiled on 5 April 2011, while the theatrical trailer was released on 15 April 2011. The film was released on 3 June 2011. Upon release, Ready became the second highest opening day grosser, as well as the second highest weekend grossingBollywood film, after Dabangg, another Salman Khan-starrer. It is currently the highest grossing Bollywood film of 2011, the third highest grossing Bollywood film ever domestically, and the fifth highest grossing Bollywood film ever worldwide.
The film starts with Prem (Salman Khan), who just helped his neighbour's daughter Khushi (Zarine Khan) to elope with someone else. This angers their neighbour, Mr. Phatak (Mithilesh Chaturvedi) and Prem's family: The Kapoors. But then, Prem's family decide to search for a bride for Prem. But Prem arrives with his uncle at the airport in the wrong terminal, to make an excuse that Pooja, his to-be-wife, did not show up. However, a girl named Sanjana (Asin), who just ran from her own wedding, overhears Prem's plan to escape from Pooja, when she was hiding at the airport. Since nobody from Prem's family knew Pooja, Sanjana pretends to be Pooja herself, and wins the hearts of the entire Kapoor family, except Prem, who gets frustrated with her.
Meanwhile, Sanjana's uncles, Amar Choudhary (Akhilendra Mishra), and Suraj Choudhary (Sharat Saxena), who are rivals, and trying to get her married with their own brother-in-laws, and are trying to search for her and with whom she has ran away. Suraj Choudhary takes help of Mr. Lehri (Sudesh Lehri), to get to know who ran away with Sanjana, when he had given her and Prem a lift in his car in the jungle, where Prem, while driving the car, put Suraj Choudhary's son, Aryan into comma.
Mahesh Bhatt (born on 20 September 1948), is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam and Zakhm. He was later the writer of numerous commercial films in a range of film genres, from dramas like Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and comedies like Duplicate, though he was mostly recognised for thrillers like Inteha, Jism, Murder and Woh Lamhe.
Bhatt began his career as an assistant to Hindi director Raj Khosla. At age 21 he made his debut as a director, with the film Sakat (1970), this was followed by Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain in 1974. His 1979 film,Lahu Ke Do Rang, starring Shabana Azmi and Vinod Khanna, bagged two Filmfare Awards in 1980.
Though his first major hit came with Arth (1982), when he turned to his personal life for inspiration.
Later, he made many more films taking insights from his personal life, where he highlighted personal narratives, ranging from illegitimate birth to extramarital affair and created critically acclaimed films such asJanam (1985) and Naam (1986).
The Khap(Hindi:खाप, IAST: khāpa) and Sarv Khap (सर्व खाप) was a system of social administration and organization in the republics of Northwestern Indian states such as Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh since ancient times. Khap is a term for a social - political grouping and used in a geographical sense. Other parallel terms are Pal, Ganasangha, Janapada or republic.
For some reasons the political unit of Khap was defined as a group of 84 villages. This unit of measure is found as far back as the Saka migrations/invasions circa 70 BCE into the Indian subcontinent. The concept of Khap is ancient; written references are found as far back as Rig Vedic times ca. 2500 BCE.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Hindi: ज़िन्दगी ना मिलेगी दोबारा, English: Won't Get Life Back Again pronunciation (help·info)) is a 2011 Bollywood coming-of-ageroad film, directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment. The story follows three friends - Arjun, Imraan and Kabir, who set off on an adventure in Spain, that make them iron out their differences and teach them to seize the day.
The film features an ensemble cast including Hrithik Roshan as Arjun, Abhay Deol as Kabir and Farhan Akhtar as Imraan. It also stars Naseeruddin Shah, Kalki Koechlin, Katrina Kaif and Ariadna Cabrol.
The music and score is composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. The film was shot at various locations including Spain, London and India. The La Tomatina festival was recreated for the film by importing over sixteen tons of tomatoes. Debuting on July 15, 2011, worldwide, the film received good reviews and strong box office results.
The film opens with the scene Kabir (Abhay Deol) proposing to Natasha (Kalki Koechlin). The families meet at their engagement party where Imraan (Farhan Akhtar) and others raise a toast to them. At the engagement party, Natasha learns that Kabir is planning a three week long bachelor road trip to Spain with his high school friends Imraan and Arjun (Hrithik Roshan). Kabir explains that the three men have a long-standing pact, and that during the road trip, each one would pick an adventure sport for the trio to try. However, Arjun, a workaholic obsessed with making money, is reluctant to take part in the trip. Later, it is revealed that Arjun’s ex girlfriend had left him due to his same obsession with work. Imraan, though, has an additional personal agenda on the trip - to find his biological father Salman Habib (Naseeruddin Shah), an artist in Spain.
Singham is a 2011 Bollywood action film directed by Rohit Shetty starring Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal and Prakash Raj in lead roles. It is a remake of the 2010 Tamil film Singam featuring Suriya and Anushka Shetty and directed by Hari. The film is produced by Reliance Entertainment, which also produced the original film. The theatrical trailer of the film was released along with Ready on 3 June 2011. The film was released on 22 July 2011 in 1500 prints excluding overseas.
The Delhi High Court, upon Reliance Entertainment's request, issued an order to all Indian ISPs to block filesharing sites to prevent piracy of Singham.
The story, set in the backdrop of Shivgarh, a small town on Goa - Maharashtra border, revolves around Sub-Inspector Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgn), a brave and honest policeman. Bajirao Singham settles every dispute in his town patiently with his words of wisdom and resorts to force only when the situation demands it. Kavya Bhosle (Kajal Aggarwal), a city girl who comes on vacation along with her father Gautam aka Goteya (Sachin Khedekar) to Shivgarh falls in love with Bajirao Singham after he beats up some goons who harass her in a movie theater.
Everything seems to be smooth-running until a Goa-based Jaikant Shikre (Prakash Raj), a big-time extortionist with shady mafia dealings, is required to travel to Shivgarh to sign a conditional bail. Jaikant sends one of his henchmen to sign in his place. An angry Bajirao Singham demands that Jaikant come in person for the signature and this starts tensions between them. Jaikant, unable to do anything because the town is under the control of Bajirao Singham and his supporters, leaves humiliated. When Singham gets promoted to an Inspector, Jaikant uses his political clout to get him transferred to Colva police station in Goa in order to extract revenge.
In Goa, Kavya's sister is kidnapped by Jaikant Shikre, and in the process Singham uncovers a scam run by Shikre in which he kidnaps children. Bajirao Singham, with unexpected help from the Director General of Police and entire police department, brings Jaikant Shikre to end. Also, Kavya's father who was hostile to Singham softens up and agrees to give him Kavya's hand for marriage.
Aarakshan (Hindi: आरक्षण, translation: Reservation) is a 2011 Hindi film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. Directed by Prakash Jha, the film is a socio-political drama based on the controversial policies of caste based reservations in government jobs and educational institutions. Like the majority of Jha's films, it takes on issues about the society and political affairs of India. Most of the shooting took place in Minal Residency, Oriental College, Upper Lake in Bhopal. The film also st
Aarakshanis the story of Prabhakar Anand (Amitabh Bachchan), the legendary idealistic principal of a college that he has single-handedly turned into the state's best. It is the story of his loyal disciple, Deepak Kumar (Saif Ali Khan) who will do anything for his Sir. Of Deepak's love for Prabhakar's daughter, Poorbi (Deepika Padukone), of his friendship with Sushant (Prateik Babbar). It is the story of their love, their lively friendship, their zest for life, and of their dreams for the future. Centered on one of the most controversial issues of recent years, with the Supreme Court's order on reservations, the story suddenly becomes a roller coaster ride of high drama, conflict, and rebellion, which tests their love and friendship for one another, and their loyalty to Prabhakar Anand.
Bodyguard (Hindi: बॉडीगार्ड) is an upcoming Hindi romantic action film directed by Siddique. A remake of the director's own 2010 Malayalam film, Bodyguard, the film is being produced by Atul Agnihotri and features Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles.Bodyguard is scheduled for release on August 31, 2011.
