Kashmira Shah

City of Gold - the story of long-forgotten masses (cotton mill workers), not only explores the apathy of these mill workers narrated through the story of one such family, but is also a take-no-prisoners account of the birth of the true underbelly of organised crime in Mumbai. The film traces the birth of the politics of greed in Mumbai and exposes the unholy collusion between the triumvirate of big business, the political establishment and the trade union leaders who ostensibly were charged with protecting the rights of the mill workers. In the two decades that followed, the entire landscape of Central Mumbai was changed forever.

Lalbaug Parel - the story of long-forgotten masses (cotton mill workers), not only explores the apathy of these mill workers narrated through the story of one such family, but is also a take-no-prisoners account of the birth of the true underbelly of organised crime in Mumbai. The film traces the birth of the politics of greed in Mumbai and exposes the unholy collusion between the triumvirate of big business, the political establishment and the trade union leaders who ostensibly were charged with protecting the rights of the mill workers. In the two decades that followed, the entire landscape of Central Mumbai was changed forever.

Rules must be followed. For the "supervisors" of the Bat Yam neighbourhood in Israel, this means ensuring that women are dressed appropriately, that people respect Shabbat, or that Arabs from Jaffa don't enter the neighbourhood with music blaring from their cars. Avi, Kobi and Yaniv are young and know how to fight. They want to force their neighbours to become religious, without hesitating to be violent in the name of God. The inhabitants admire the gang and are afraid of them at the same time. One day a new girl, Miri, arrives. She is not familiar with the strict rules of modesty. The gang's leader Avi is going to be torn between his feelings for Miri and his dedication to the gang.

Sapna has lost her parents at an early age and lives with her three quirky uncles - Bhola Nath is a fitness freak, Prabhu Nath is a deeply religious fellow and Vicky Nath is a disco-savvy dude. Sapna is fed up of their quirks and runs away to Europe where she meets Raja. Her purse is stolen and hence she has to depend financially on Raja. During the course of the tour they fall in love after much bickering. When Raja comes to know that to marry Sapna he has to convince her three uncles for their support, he sets off on his mission.

Rajveer, an aspiring police officer is given a task to save Abbas from a cold blooded criminal Nazeer. Though Abbas and Rajveer hate each other but realizing the tragedy behind his parents death brings them closer. A serious accident took place in Bombay, India, which involves Abbas Khan parents, as a result of which they passed away, leaving all the properties and estate for Abbas Khan to inherit. The police feel that his situation is vulnerable, as they suspect his parents' death was not accidental. They however, arrange for a full-time personal bodyguard in the shape and form of Inspector Rajveer Singh. And Inspector Rajveer agrees to do so. After a series of misadventures, the child takes a liking to Rajveer, and so does the childs' parents secretary, Sapna Khanna. Rajveer comes to know that the assailant behind the killings of Abbas's parents is one Muslim man named Naseer Ahmed, and traces him to a mental hospital where he is an inmate. Naseer has sworn to avenge the humiliation and death of his father and family, at the hands of Abbas's father, by killing each and everyone in the family. Rajveer's brutal efforts to seek information from Naseer gets him behind bars, as the police refuse to believe that a confined inmate is capable of killing. But soon Rajveer is release from prison as he was keeping a low profile while in jail and reach out to find sufficient evidence that will open the law's eye and prove Naseer guilty and as the world's most dangerous underworld don and criminal other than an inmate. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com A wealthy businessman and his wife meets their drastic death when the plane they are traveling in crashes leaving their only young son, Abbas Khan to inherit their property. The Deputy inspector of Police suspect that the boy's parents death was not accidental but planned by people who would have serve to benefit from their death and for this very reason they might as well want to make Abbas a target; so the Indian police force decides to arrange for a bodyguard, Inspector Rajveer Singh from Patiala. Rajveer's responsibility increases when Abbas is attack on numerous occasions by a dreaded attacker; through extensive investigations Rajveer manages to trace the attacker as that of a mentally challenge prisoner, Naseer Ahmed who stays in an observation ward and who wants Abbas dead at any cost. Rajveer attempts to lay hands on Naseer gets him into problems with his seniors and thus he gets suspended from duty leaving the way clear for Naseer to carry out his nefarious activities with ease. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Following the accidental death of his parents, Abbas Khan inherits the entire wealth estate, and property. The police feel that his situation is vulnerable, as they suspect his parents' death was not accidental. They arrange for a full-time personal bodyguard in the shape and form of Inspector Rajveer Singh. After a series of misadventures, the child takes a liking to Rajveer, and so does the child's parents secretary, Sapna Khanna. Rajveer comes to know that the assailant behind the killings of Abbas's parents is one Naseer Ahmed, and traces him to a mental hospital where he is an inmate. Naseer has sworn to avenge the humiliation and death of his father and family, at the hands of Abbas's father, by killing each and everyone in the family. Rajveer's brutal efforts to seek information from Naseer gets him behind bars, as the police refuse to believe that a confined inmate is capable of killing. With Rajveer out of the way, and an unsuspecting police force, leave the doors wide open for Naseer to finish his deadly task. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)