Sandeep Chowta

Set against the backdrop of the 1971 Indo-Pak war, Mehbooba is a romantic drama starring Akash Puri and Neha Shetty.

There`s no one more dangerous than a common man on a death wish. This is one such story of a man remorselessly wronged by the establishment. One freak incident results in everything he held dear taken away from him. Predictably, this system doesn`t seem to care - let alone resolve. That`s when Ajay (AK) takes matters in his own hands. An underground vigilante army, a secret identity, an elaborate modus...all of these combined make a `Gabbar` - a true hero with dreadful villainous instincts.

Ramesh, nicknamed Rummy (Nagarjuna) loves his childhood friend Janaki, who asks him to become rich and powerful before marrying her. With this motive, Rummy starts gambling and becomes rich in no time. ACP Sekhar (Sayaji Shinde) takes notice of his activities and attempts to catch him. Rummy then moves to Goa where he meets Chandra (Ankur), a pub owner who also runs gambling in it. Both of them enter into a deal. While on the task, Rummy rescues Sara (Paula) from Victor. Saras sister Nadia (Linda) falls in love with him. Another woman, Sandhya (Mamta Mohandas), enters his life. She helps him in his task. Meanwhile, differences arise between Rummy and Chandra, and they become rivals. How Rummy encounters the situation with Janaki?

Dil Raju`s ``Josh`` is a youth centric film and features fresh talent - Nagachaitanya, son of Nagarajuna who is making his debut in Tollywood and Radha`s daughter Karthika. Like the title, the movie represents youthful energy and also features Sneha Ullal.

It is a suspense thriller with ACP Rajveer (Ajay Devgan), the interpreter and Sehar (Ayesha Takia) as the only key to find the killer on a Sunday. It also includes Ball (Arshad Warsi) and his friend (Irrfan Khan) as the suspects in the murder mystery. In an attempt to solve this puzzle, Rajveer delves deeply into the murder mystery.

Sher Singh lives with his mother and handicapped sister in Punjab but moves to Mumbai, changes his name to Shekhar, meets Nisha and falls in love. When his mother asks him to return, he explains to Nisha that if he takes her before they are married the people would make an issue of it and promises to return in 4 days. On his return, Shekhar is surprised to find out that the Zamindar's son is ready to marry his sister. His mother tells him that the Zamindar's daughter Sweety loves him from their childhood days. The Zamindar had approached his mother to fix the marriage but she told him that she cannot fix her son's wedding until her daughter is married. Sweety's brother agreed to the marriage for as his mother says, brothers are those who sacrifice everything for their sister's happiness. He has no alternative and marries Sweety. So, during the day Sher Singh stays with Sweety and at night Shekhar stays with Nisha. One day both of them meet Sher Singh and tell him that he cannot go till Shekhar arrives! At that time a person makes an entry who looks like Sher Singh claiming to be Shekhar - what is going on? —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com Swami Trilokanand predicts that a devotee, Sher Singh alias Shekar will get married to two different women. Sher Singh scoffs at this, and only wants to get married to Bombay-based Marathi-speaking beauty, Nisha. Then Sher gets summoned to his hometown in Punjab, where his disabled sister is getting married to a young man named Harpreet. Upon arrival, Sher is told that Harpreet is only marrying his sister on the condition that he marry his sister, Sweety. Unable to refuse, Sher gets married to Sweety, spends several nights with her and returns to Bombay and is told that Nisha is getting married to Vicky Chopra without her consent. Sher gallantly steps in and marries Nisha. Sweety and his mom re-locate to Bombay and Sher leads a double life with his wives. Nisha and Sweety both get pregnant and give birth to two look-alike sons, Tuktuk, and Tony. When the children grow up, they find out that their dad is deceiving them, and matters come to a head where Sher actually admits that he did commit bigamy - only to be confronted with a real look-alike of his - who claims to be Nisha's husband. The question remains, who is this intruder? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

About the movie Sonu, his sister Sasha, and their friend Akhil lead a rather poor lifestyle and carry out small-scale robberies to make a living. They are offered enough money for their entire lifetime in exchange for stealing diamonds. Meanwhile, Sasha, who is in love with Akhil, threatens to kill herself if he does not reciprocate the same feelings. When she is found dead, Sonu holds Akhil responsible for her death and breaks all ties with him. But did Sasha really commit suicide?

Akhil, a call cab service owner, falls in love with Dr. Srivalli alias Siri, who soon falls in love with him as well. Sonu is a big-time hi-tech robber. who used to work for Siri's father as a car mechanic. He adopts Siri as her sister and brings her into his home after his father dies from car crash. Incidentally, Akhil and Sonu are enemies. Realizing that Siri is deeply in love with Akhil, Sonu asks her to put an end to their relationship and never see him again. Siri goes to Akhil's house to learn about Sonu's enmity with Akhil. Akhil reveals that he and Sonu were former best friends who met as recent graduates. They struggled to get jobs along with Sonu's real sister Sasha, who was also a graduate. When Sasha suffered from appendicitis, Akhil and Sonu started robbing banks and managed to pay for her surgery. After that, they decided to continue robbing banks and stealing lots of money. Sasha fell in love with Akhil and proposed to him, but Akhil refused as he liked Sasha as her best friend. One day, Sasha was found dead on the road by Sonu and Akhil with her arm slightly cut and died from blood loss, where they assumed she committed suicide. Because of this, Sonu blames Akhil for her death and starts hating him, which causes their friendship to end. Due to this, Akhil decided to live a normal life. John Abraham, the artist who was trying to draw a picture of Sonu ended up drawing Akhil's picture. The police arrests Akhil, who also looks like one of the mysterious guys from the police surveillance video. According to the video, it is revealed that Sasha was murdered. Akhil lies to the cops that he is not in the video, and Abraham says that Akhil is not a thief. Sonu follows Akhil to the Biker's Club. Akhil and Sonu realize that the Biker's Club owner Mama was responsible for their robberies and Sasha's death. Sasha was at the club late, where she found out that Mama's men were the ones who told them to rob the diamonds. The goons planned to kill the trio (Akhil, Sonu, and Sasha) right after they succeed in the robbery. Sasha tried to escape, but the goons killed her and make Akhil and Sonu believe that she committed suicide. After learning the truth, Sonu apologizes and reconciles with Akhil, but Mama reveals he kidnapped Siri and tells Akhil and Sonu to rob the same diamonds which they were supposed to rob in Mumbai. Akhil and Sonu successfully rob the diamonds by blowing up underneath the truck carrying the diamonds and falling into the sea. Akhil dives into the ocean and retrieves the diamonds. The cops chase Sonu and Akhil on motorboats. One of the cops shoots Sonu, who falls into the ocean. Akhil does not stop and heads over to Mama's place. Akhil gets hold of Sonu, who is actually alive and was wearing a bulletproof vest. Sonu saves Siri from Mama's clutches. Akhil and Sonu manage to kill everyone and keep the diamonds. Abraham finally draws Sonu's picture, but the police do not believe Abraham and that the police captain already got transferred to another town. Akhil and Sonu give a diamond to Abraham and tell him to draw a picture of Akhil and Siri.

Consequences force an innocent man to get involved in crime after making an error. SPOILER: Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar (Sanjay Dutt) and his best friend Dedh Footiya (Sanjay Narvekar) struggle to find work in Mumbai. They decide to run a pav bhaji stall.But fate steps in when Raghu accidentally kills a customer who turns out to be the brother of a notorious gangster, Fracture Pandya and end up in the Mumbai underworld. Vitthal Kaanya (Ashish Vidyarthi), a rival gang lord, offers Raghunath and Dedh Footiya protection and later hires them both as hitmen. Raghunath becomes a respected hit man, with Dedh Footiya as his accomplice. With Raghunath in his gang Vitthal Kaanya hits a peak in the Mumbai underworld. He is protected by a politician who uses Raghunath for his needs. While BabbanRao (Home Minister) relies on Raghunath, there are some others who despise Raghunath, and are just waiting in the sidelines to see when Raghunath makes an error. Raghunath does so, and hence becomes an embarrassment for BabbanRao. Soon Raghunath is on the run, both from the police, and BabbanRao's men. Raghunath knows now that he must protect his wife, parents, and family, as they too are in danger. Then Raghunath comes to know that the police have been ordered to kill him in an "encounter", and Raghunath now realizes that there is no escape from this harsh reality. Unable to save himself from police, Raghu comes back to his home and asks his mother to shot him down for a graceful end of life. His mother does the same and his wife doesn't stop her from doing this. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com School drop-out Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar is a slum dweller whose attempts in locating a job are fertile. His father furnishes him with cash so that he can start a small food business; one day he witness his friend getting bullied by a male customer; unable to stand this he intervenes and a scuffle ensure leaving the male dead. Raghu's life is threatened when the male ended up being the brother of a gangster named, Bandaya. To get away from the fear of Bandaya; Raghu's friend arranges his stay with a gangster named Vitthal Kaanya who introduces him to crime so much that when Vitthal is murdered by Bandaya; Raghu takes over as the leader of the underworld criminal gang, killing Bandaya and thus making a name for himself by dominating the city of Bombay. He frequents a brothel and is fascinated by a prostitute, Sonia who he marries and who is expecting his child. Raghu find that he can put his family right by working as a hit-man for a politician named Babbanrao Kaddam, who promises to take care of his needs. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Raghunath Shivalkar and his best friend Dedh Footiya run a fast-food stall to make a living. One night, a customer manhandles Dedh Footiya to the extent that Raghu in defense of his friend kills the customer. Things go further downhill when they realize the slain was a brother of gruesome crime boss Facture Bandya. Initially given refuge by Bandya's rival Vitthal, Raghu's second act of self-defense promotes him, to his own horror, to a crime lord status with patronage of Maharashtra state's corrupt Home Minister Babanrao Kadam. However, one fault from Raghu makes him the target of the law enforcement, directed by Kadam himself to protect his political standing. With time running out and nobody he can trust, Raghu must ensure safeguarding his family before they are made to pay the price of his deeds and therefore exposing what is "the reality" of the criminal circuit of Mumbai. —ankit-singh92 Suleiman is Bombay's chief criminal don. All the rackets somehow or the other are linked to him. He has recruited a hitman named Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar, who has made a reputation for himself. While Suleiman relies on Raghunath, there are some others who despise Raghunath, and are just waiting in the sidelines to see when Raghunath makes an error. Raghunath does so, and hence becomes an embarassment for Suleiman. Soon Raghunath is on the run, both from the police, and Suleiman's men. Raghunath knows now that he must protect his wife, parents, and family, as they too are in danger. Then Raghunath comes to know that the police have been ordered to kill him in an "encounter", and Raghunath now realizes that there is no escape from this harsh reality. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)