Malaika Arora

Thamma is a supernatural horror-comedy centring on Alok, a television reporter whose life is saved by a mysterious woman named Tadaka following a bear attack. Their burgeoning relationship is immediately complicated by supernatural forces and ancient myths, as Alok discovers Tadaka belongs to a mystical, bloodline-driven tribe led by the formidable Yakshasan. Their forbidden romance quickly escalates into a conflict against supernatural reckoning and powerful family ties.

Chulbul Pandey is back in Dabangg 2! The sequel to `Dabangg` stars Salman and Sonakshi Sinha in leading roles. This flick has been directed and produced by Arbaaz Khan while the first part which released in 2010 was directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap. Prakash Raj of `Singham` fame essays the role of the antagonist. The film also stars Vinod Khanna, Deepak Dobriyal and Nikitan Dheer in supporting roles.

When an opportunity to write a script for a movie comes to Ajay, an aspiring script writer, he is thrilled, more by the thought of finally being able to prove himself to Jiya, the girl he loves, than the knowledge that this could very well be the beginning of a bright future in the world of celluloid. A robbery being the main theme of the plot, Ajay works hard at getting the script right. Jiya is elated when Ajay's script is accepted and they get engaged. Things take a turn for the worse when Ajay is arrested for a crime he didn't commit. Sharad, his friend who had helped him several times in the past, promises to bail him out as soon as possible. Jiya, who has been helping Ajay clear his name, makes a surprising discovery. The fact that she now knows the identity of the killer and the mastermind behind the plot does little to ease her mind. Nakshatra is a romantic thriller that deals with the complexities of life. It is a story that portrays different shades of colors that paint a bond of love between two completely different people. It is a story about a dreamer, whose dream is mislead by destiny, as it charges ahead to prove itself. It is a story about a dreamer who then chases, the law of love, truth, justice and destiny.

Despite being a corrupt police officer, Chulbul Pandey goes to any extent to fight evil and avenge his mother's death.

`Housefull` is a romantic comedy entertainer which narrates the story of Aarush - the world`s unluckiest man. Being jinxed he believes his bad luck can vanish if he finds true love. In this quest for true love how one lie leads to another and how different people from different walks of life come together adding even more confusion to this hilarious comedy of errors resulting in total chaos and mayhem. As Deepika tells Akshay in the film `Jis jhooth se kissi ka ghar basta ho, voh jhooth jhooth nahin hota``.

EMI is a movie that revolves around loan takers and collection agents. A young couple, DJ, a middle-aged man, and a single woman take loans for various reasons. But when they cannot repay, they soon find out that life is not as easy as taking a loan.

From Sanjay Gadhvi, the master director of mega blockbusters like Dhoom and Dhoom: 2, Kidnap is a high octane edge of the seat drama about a power tussle between a young boy and the father of the girl he kidnaps. Sonia (Minissha Lamba) lives with her mother, Mallika (Vidya Malvade) and grandmother because her parents divorced when she was ten. A week before her eighteenth birthday celebration, she gets kidnapped. The abductor, Kabir (Imran Khan) is interested in speaking only to her father, Vikrant Raina (Sanjay Dutt), an affluent New York based Indian businessman, with whom he has an old score to settle. Vikrant returns to India to retrieve his daughter from Kabir`s clutches but has to carry out a series of daunting tasks set out by Kabir as a condition to rescue her. At the end of each task is a clue that helps Vikrant in coming closer to Sonia. But this mission is not as easy as it seems. How far will a father go to save his daughter? What redemption is there for Kabir at the end? Sanjay Dutt`s first release of 2008, co starring the latest teen sensation, Imran Khan, Kidnap makes for compelling viewing as the big festival release on Eid.

Criminal don-aspiring politician Sattar Bhai (Sanjay Dutt) runs a collection agency in Mumbai's Bhendi Bazar called 'Good Luck Recovery'. He had started this business with 4 employees but now has over 400 of them. His uses his influence and goon-power to mainly recover money from middle-classed clients of All India Bank. Most sought after by banks, Telecom companies and various multinationals, today his Good Luck Recovery Agency is a leading recovery agency. Sattar follows a simple rule when it comes to his business, Loan Liya Hai To Chukana Padega. All India Bank engages in all sorts of loans like car loans, education loans etc. They do not insist on full documents, ad make it really easy for people to get loans. From Bhaigiri to business to politics to social work, that's how Sattar wants to progress in life. He has already graduated from Bhaigiri to business and is now eager to jump into politics. These include defaulters like Anil (Ashish Chaudhary) and his wife, Shilpa Sharma (Neha Oberoi), who have taken a loan to buy their house, car & honeymoon so that they can get married. Anil is addicted to pornographic films, and he spends money to buy pirated CDs of the same. Neha is always angry with Anil because he has a roving eye, and he flirts with attractive women even in front of Neha. Chandrakant (Khulbhushan Kharbanda) lives with his son, Arjun Desai. Arjun parties all night with his friends and returns home late at night. Chandu is worried about Arjun's future, and he says that he wants to do an MBA from London, which will cost a lot of money. Chandu's friends tell him that if he does not provide an opportunity to Arjun Chandu takes a loan to finance his son's MBA dream. The bank gives him a personal loan of Rs 4 Lakhs, at a high rate of interest. DJ Ryan Breganza (Arjun Rampal) had a fickle girlfriend, Nancy (Malika Arora). Ryan borrows cash on his credit card and believes that he wants to die owing money to people. Ryan uses the address of his friends on his credit card applications. Ryan uses the cash to party in expensive night clubs with his super model girlfriend, who has expensive tastes. Prerna Joshi (Urmila Matondkar). Prerna's husband was murdered by loan sharks, but police report says her husband committed suicide. As a result, the bank is refusing to honor the insurance claim. Prerna has taken a loan of Rs 10 Lakhs to pay a local goon Rafiq Bhai to change the police report & claim the insurance amount. The insurance claim is for Rs 2 Crores. Rafiq says that he will asks one of his goons who is already in prison (who was imprisoned after the husband's death), to testify that he murdered Prerna's husband. 1 year later, Anil & Neha are trying to divorce & have stopped paying EMIs. Chandrakant is looking for a job to pay his dues. Chandu gets a job with his previous employer Babu (Anant Mahadevan). Nancy breaks up with Ryan. Nancy says that Ryan is a compulsive liar who gets more calls from banks than from music companies. And he ends up spending all his time hiding from bank officials. Nancy was responsible for Ryan running up credit card bills of more than Rs 3 Lakhs. Prerna is still stuck as Rafiq took the money & died without completing the job. All of them have borrowed huge amounts but are unable to return them. After the bank makes some attempts to recover the loans, the loans are transferred to a recovery agency, in this case to Sattar Bhai. All of them land up with Sattar's collection agency. The collection agency promises the bank to recover the money within a week. The news channels and papers are full of stories of Sattar and his agency using strong arm tactics for lean recovery. Sattar wants to be a politician & his mentor Yusuf Bhai asks him to empathize with people & be nice to them. The mentor tells Sattar that to go do good deeds Sattar needs a good intention as well. Only then the public will trust him as a politician. Yusuf says that Sattar can only be a good politician when the people support him. Sattar would need to remove his fear from people's hearts and minds. Sattar is now the savior and the solution for all those caught in the debt trap. The agency includes employees including Gaffur Bhai (Daya Shankar Pandey), Prem Prakash Patel (Manoj Joshi), Mumbai Central (Snehal Dabi) and others. Sattar starts helping people. Anil tells him that Neha slapped him when she caught him watching porn & he accused her of having sex with other guys. She is also angry at him for not taking financial responsibility of their dues. Sattar sends some of his goons to scare Neha, so that she gets back together with Anil. Chandu tells Sattar that Arjun never went for his MBA after he got hold of the money. Sattar is smitten by Prerna & asks his goons to turn her away as he doesn't want to meet her as a don. He confronts Ryan at his DJ club, when Prerna walks in & Ryan tells him that Prerna is his very good friend. Actually, Ryan didn't even know Prerna, he just took advantage of the knowledge that Sattar was interested in her. But Ryan manages to get Sattar a date with Prerna & then proceeds to teach him manners. At the dinner Prerna is only interested in getting Sattar to help her get the insurance money. Sattar goes on his best behavior & is honest with Prerna. She has a nice evening with her, but says she is not interested in him. Because of Sattar Anil & Neha get back together. Sattar visits Chandu's house & threatens Arjun. This puts him online & he gets a job. He also helps Ryan get a job with a music company & finally impresses Prerna enough that she falls in love with him. Sattar becomes a respected politician & cracks down on unfair lending practices by banks.

Major Pratab Singh works in the Indian army and he and his battalion has been assigned duty near the Indo-Pakistan border. There duty mainly consists of eliminating any terrorists trying to cross the Indian border. A Pakistan leader Gul Mustan and well known Lala is plotting to liberate Kashmir from India so that they can take control in there own way but things does not go accordingly as one loyalist of Lala; Albaksh begins to leak important information about there plans to the Indian army. And thus there begins a saga of combat between the army and the terrorists leaving many casualties on both sides. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) A group of Indian soldiers assigned duty near the India-Pakistan border with on-going conflict over Kashmir. Pratap Singh is in charge of a battalion seeking to stop influx of terrorists and Pakistani soldiers from entering India's borders. He loves beautiful Sonia Khanna, who is also stationed at the same battalion. On the side of the Pakistanis, a leader Gul Mastan, is interested in liberating Kashmir from India, and will leave no stone unturned in order to achieve this. His motive is to rule Kashmir as his own state. He enlists his loyal mercenary Albaksh to achieve this objective. But events turn Albaksh against his master, and gets him on the run, first from the Pakistanis, and then on touching India's border, by the Indian soldiers. Pratap captures Albaksh and promises he will be taken to safety in India. But with sentiments and anger running high against Pakistani soldiers and extremists, Pratap may not be able to keep his promise. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Jeeva (Bobby Deol) is from a struggling family. He falls in love with Kiran (Malaika Arora Khan). Due to their differences in social class, Kiran's father does not approve of their relationship. To punish Jeeva, Kiran's father frames his mother Neha (Farida Jalal) and two sisters for prostitution and bribes the police into arresting them, which leads to the three of them committing suicide (by setting themselves up on fire) due to pressure from the society. Kiran also kills herself, ashamed of what her father has done. Jeeva seeks revenge by killing Kiran's father (Mohan Joshi). Jeeva later becomes one of India's most dangerous assassins in Bombay with Madan Bhai as his handler, and the only person who knows his identity. Jeeva is a conscientious killer when he takes the contract to eliminate Pankaj Kharbanda (Pramod Moutho), who wanted to grab the slum land by displacing poor people. The slum dwellers gathers Rs 5 Lakhs for Jeeva's fees, but he charges them only Rs 1 per bullet. Jeeva then craftily lures Pankaj out of his secure office by mounting an attack and then eliminates him with ease. Jeeva stays in a society and is known to the neighbors as a doctor. Jeeva lives with Scorpions in his apartment. Jeeva lives next to the Bali family. The father Vikas Bali (Ishrat Ali) works for a corrupt police officer named Devraj Khatri (Ashish Vidyarthi) who works in the drug trade. Devraj confronts Vikas for adulterating drugs by 50% and supplying that to Devraj's customers. Devraj finds this out when one of his regular customer complains about the quality of the drugs supplied. Devraj wants Vikas to admit how much money he made, but Vikas maintains that he did nothing of the sort. But secretly Vikas admits to his wife that he mixed the drugs to earn some extra money to fulfill her desires for material possessions and to separate her and Kiran (by getting Kiran a different apartment as he cannot stand the daily bickering between Kiran and her stepmother. Kiran Bali (Rani Mukherji) is the youngest daughter of the family and strongly dislikes them. She has a stepmother (Dolly Bindra), who mistreats Kiran and has a bias in favor of her own daughter Nikki. Kiran's brother Vijay (Sachin Khedekar) is coming to town to meet her. Kiran tries to befriend Jeeva many times, but he is too engrossed in his killing to have any time for her. S.K. Puri (Police Commissioner) (Avtar Gill) wants to arrest this unknown assassin who is causing deep embarrassment to the police department as he is able to take-out high-profile targets with ease, without being seen, and without leaving any evidence for the police to lead to him. One day, Kiran is in Jeeva's apartment delivering milk to him. While she is there Devraj Khatri comes to Bali's apartment and brutally kills them all (including her brother Vijay) - Kiran is the only one to survive as she was in Jeeva's apartment. Kiran saw Devraj shoot her brother and father from Jeeva's keyhole in the front door. She faints while witnessing the shooting, but later regains her consciousness, after the police has done their job and carried the dead bodies away. Kiran calls Puri and says she can identify the shooters. A mole inspector Khan (Mahavir Shah) informs Devraj, who figures out that Kiran was hiding in a neighbor's apartment. When Kiran reaches home, she tells Jeeva that she called the police. Jeeva immediately sets fire to the apartment and escapes with Kiran. Kiran figures out that Jeeva is an assassin, and she begs Jeeva to train her. Jeeva soon finds himself taking Kiran under his wing and so, he trains her in handling weapons to get revenge against the men who had brutally murdered her family. It's not easy as Kiran insists that she will stay with Jeeva. Jeeva is unable to carry out his missions as Kiran keeps delaying him. One day she takes him shopping, one day she washes all his guns and so on. But he likes Kiran and cares for her. Madan Bhai (Veerendra Saxena) is Jeeva's friend and his handler. He figures out that Jeeva is now in love and hence not as efficient as he used to be. Slowly both Jeeva and Kiran figure out that they both love each other. Devraj launches many attempts to kill Kiran, but Jeeva is able to save her every time with his alertness. Meanwhile Puri investigates and finds that Vikas Bali was twice arrested on drug possession charges but released on Devraj's testimony to the court. Puri summons Devraj and he is alerted to Puri's investigations. Jeeva starts training Kiran so she can defend herself. Meanwhile he investigates the death of Vikas Bali and finds out that Devraj is responsible. He organizes a counterattack on Devraj, and even hits his target, but unfortunately Devraj survives. Now Kiran goes after Devraj, but he is alert and captures her. Jeeva rescues Kiran, while Devraj is away. But Devraj tortures Madan Bhai and finds where Jeeva is hiding with Kiran. Devraj attacks Jeeva with full force. Jeeva is able to get Kiran to escape through the back pipes of the apartment and sacrifices himself to kill Devraj with a lethal grenade blast. Madan Bhai meets Kiran and hands her the entire wealth that Jeeva had accumulated over the years.