Streaming: Steven Soderbergh’s Presence and the best haunted house films

-
The director’s witty supernatural thriller joins Psycho, Hereditary, The Brutalist and more – films in which buildings are characters in their own right The first more-or-less horror movie in the lengthy, genre-skimming career of director Steven Soderbergh , Presence is a film about grief, trauma, familial dysfunction and abusive masculinity. But it’s also, to a significant and compelling extent, about property. Beginning with a family’s first viewing of a handsome Victorian home in an unidentified stretch of suburbia, the film never ventures outside its walls for the next 85 minutes, as the ensuing chills make us consider the merits of that purchase. Wittily and unnervingly shot from the perspective of the restless spirit roaming its halls, it’s a haunted house film in which much of the tension feels determined by the shape and flow and light and shade of the house itself. It’s a while since I’ve seen a film where I could quite so exactly draw the floor plan of its primary location,...
Post a Comment

BREAKING: After Sanam Teri Kasam’s successful re-release, Deepak Mukut to now re-release Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana; Rajkummar Rao-starrer to arrive in cinemas in Women’s Day week

-

The re-release trend refuses to die down and the success of Sanam Teri Kasam (2016) and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) in their re-runs has motivated many filmmakers to follow suit. Deepak Mukut, whose company Soham Rockstar, presented Sanam Teri Kasam, seems to be happy that the cult love story finally got its due in cinemas, which it didn’t during its original run in theatres 9 years ago. This month, he’s all set to get another film in cinemas – Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2017). Interestingly, the film will re-release on March 7, that is, in the Women’s Day week.

Like Sanam Teri Kasam, Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana also didn’t work as intended in cinemas and collected just Rs. 11.14 crores. But over the years, it achieved a cult following due to its plot, dramatic moments, performances and the song ‘Thukra Ke Mera Pyaar’. The track has a separate fan base and its picturization is quite memorable.

A trade expert commented, “There’s no major Hindi release on March 7 since The Diplomat has moved to March 14. This is an apt time for Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana to be back in cinemas. It’ll get a decent screen count which can increase if there’s a tremendous demand.”

It now remains to be seen if Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana manages to follow in the footsteps of Sanam Teri Kasam and become a huge hit. The film stars Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda in lead roles. It is the story of a girl, Aarti, who’ll all set to get into an arranged marriage with a simpleton named Sattu. On the day of marriage, Aarti learns that she has cleared her PCS exams. Realizing that her would-be in-laws won’t allow her to work after marriage, she runs away without informing anybody, except her sister and uncle. The would-be bridegroom Sattu is shattered and also faces humiliation in society. Five years later, Aarti is a sub-registrar and doing very well in her career. All of a sudden, she’s accused of corruption and the senior officer, who’s handling the investigation, is none other than Sattu.

Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana was directed by Ratnaa Sinha and produced by Vinod Bachchan’s Soundrya Productions. Ratnaa’s husband, filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, yesterday posted an Instagram story confirming the re-release of Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana on March 7.

Also Read: 7 Years of Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana: Kriti Kharbanda gets nostalgic: “Forever grateful”



from Latest Bollywood News | Hindi Movie News | Hindi Cinema News | Indian Movies | Films - Bollywood Hungama https://ift.tt/4qx9fis
via IFTTT

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

‘I lied to get the part’: Melvyn Hayes on his ‘angry young man’ beginnings – and It Ain’t Half Hot Mum

-
He was tipped to be the next Richard Burton – but ended up as crossdressing Gunner Gloria in the now controversial sitcom. As his breakthrough classic returns to the screen, Hayes looks back One day in 1957, Melvyn Hayes was on the set of a film called Woman in a Dressing Gown when a man sat down next to him. “I was getting paid £5 a day and I’d been on location for three days,” the actor recalls. “All I had to do was walk up to a house and put a newspaper through a letterbox. That was my part. Finished. I said to this bloke, ‘I can’t believe the waste of money on this film. Take me. You could have got a newspaper boy on £1 a day to do what I’m doing.’ Then I said, ‘What do you do then, you lazy bugger?’ And he said, ‘I’m the producer.’” Hayes, now 89, giggles at the memory of the cheek of himself at 23. Back then, £5 a day was a decent whack. His first job in showbiz, in the early 1950s, was as assistant to The Great Masoni, a magician who tasked Hayes with “disappearing twice daily...
Read more

The Human Surge 3 review – hopeful odyssey of globe-trotting twentysomethings

-
Eduardo Williams’ opaque sequel follows a group of twentysomethings in Sri Lanka, Peru and Taiwan with a 360-degree VR camera Following his Locarno festival-winning experimental film The Human Surge in 2016 , Argentinian director Eduardo Williams apparently couldn’t be bothered with part two – which doesn’t exist – and skips straight to number three. That’s also the opaque MO with which he operates in this similarly continent-hopping odyssey; a bleary trail of hopeful and restless peregrinations and chat from three groups of twentysomethings in Sri Lanka, Peru and Taiwan, who often stray without warning into each other’s segments while declaring things like: “I want to see maps of nearby regions and listen to the dreams of my crazy friends.” Filmed with a 360-degree VR camera that orbits around these pilgrims, a full-blown digital-age existential crisis seems to be in force here. People bemoan bullshit jobs, parse language disparities, contemplate post-tsunami building methods in Sri...
Read more

Oscar-winners Hans Zimmer, AR Rahman to team up for Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana: Report

-
Director Nitesh Tiwari's highly anticipated Ramayana trilogy has reportedly secured the musical talents of two Oscar-winning composers - Hans Zimmer and AR Rahman. The film, which reportedly began shooting on April 2, 2024, boasts a star-studded cast featuring Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Sunny Deol as Hanuman, and Yash as Raavana. According to a report by PinkVilla, producer Namit Malhotra and director Nitesh Tiwari have long envisioned Ramayana as a film with global appeal. Bringing Hans Zimmer, a renowned Hollywood composer known for scores like The Lion King and Inception, on board reflects this ambition. Hans is fascinated by the project's vision and is slated to compose the film's score. Sources reveal that the Ramayana project represents years of meticulous planning, including extensive research and pre-visualization. The makers are committed to presenting the epic tale with grandeur and sensitivity, recognizing its significance as a cultural tou...
Read more