Suhasini Mulay

Akshara Haasan playing Laali is a gutsy city girl of Vadodara who falls in love with Laaddo, a steward in a cafe run by Kabeer played by Sanjay Misra. But the Love story has a strange destiny with introduction of a prince played by Gurmeet Choudhary. The film revolves around two royal marriages happening at the same palace between Laaddoo and Palak played by Kavita Verma and Laali and Prince. Saurabh Shukla plays the Laaliís father and Darshan Jariwala plays Laaddoo father. Midst of a fresh modern love story and incessant comic occurrences the film deals with the gravity of Indian tradition values. It also explores very emotional binary tracks of father and son and father and daughter.

Rough Book is a hard look at the education system in contemporary India. Though one of the finest systems in the world, the lacunae in the system have created issues. The story is told to us through the eyes of a teacher, Santoshi Kumari, who rallies through a divorce with a corrupt income tax officer to become a teacher of Physics in a school. Her pupils are in the D division - ``D`` sarcastically referred to as Duffers by both the students and other teachers. How Santoshi rebels against the system to fight for her students, forms the bulk of the simply told, yet completely thought provoking film. The rebellion of the teacher and her students are internalized to make their point.

A well-heeled family from the tiny neighborhood of New Delhi travels from the city through dusty roads that lead to a village in Haryana, far out and buried in the debris of the past. Shreya, the tomboy of the family finally arrives at her father`s village for the first time during her vacations that too after coaxing her father, Dev to the best of her abilities. She and her brother, Sam, had in their imagination, spun the village right out of a fairytale, replete with streams, lakes and grasslands that will allow them to run free. But all they find are dusty alleys, dried up ponds and hostile playmates until they spin their magic and befriend this unknown place, especially some of its people, like the Pehelwan and the gang of kids led by Ajithe. The story revolves around Shreya and Sams adventures and misadventures which turn this dull place bereft of water into a land of enchantment and a million exciting exploits. But unknown places have many secrets and here too, secrets lurk at every corner. Strangely-behaving villagers, a witch whom everyone seems to be terrified of, and a no-access zone beyond the hills intrigue Shreya, more so after housemaid Shabri tells her various mysterious stories about the village. Then, one night, Shreya sees Shabri and her husband Trilochan slink away and starts following them, only to find out a horrifying secret the village harbors.

The lives of a group of teenagers are turned upside down when their town is taken over by sinister forces. Cowen Rosewell lives with a small group of old friends in a scruffy flat in a small English town. Like many teens leaving school in 2014, there are few prospects or opportunities for people like Cowen so he has enrolled on a BTEC media course as a way of passing the time. His first assignment is to record everything during a week of his life. At first Cowen dismisses the random acts of violence he witnesses as the business as usual in a small English town. However, when one of his best friends is savagely attacked by a stranger, and in defending her they kill her assailant, the inexplicably serious nature of the dead assailant's injuries alert them to a more disturbing reality. As events escalate, Cowen and his friends discover that the town has come under a mysterious malign influence which is somehow controlling organized gangs who are rounding people up and taking them to a nearby factory. The friends hide, hoping to escape, but their sanctuary is discovered and overrun. Finally Cowen must make his way alone to the factory in search of his loved ones. The evil force that awaits him there has implications not just for Cowen, but for the entire world.

The film is based in a B-town centre of India and carries the mentalities and the true essence of the "Great Indian middle class". Rajeshwari (Tabu) is married to Vinay ( Ayub Khan) a bank cashier for the last 7 years. She has two adorable children Geet and Suraj 6 and 4 respectively. She has always been the driving force in the family and her dream is to get her sister Nisha married to the most suitable boy within their Saxena community. Rajeshwari is against the dowry system and therefore the propositions to find a suitable match within the given scenario is not very promising but she is determined to do so.

The film ``My Friend Ganesha 2`` is about how Lord Ganesh helps a child and the god also teaches him a lesson that the people who help themselves are helped by the Almighty. The film is about a little boy Vashu who has a habit of putting his hands on his ears and he is ridiculed by his schoolmates for this habit. When Vashu brings the Lord to his home, he wins a dance competition and many of his other problems also get solved. He comes to the conclusion that Lord helps those who help themselves.

About the movie Four lazy slacker conmen buddies hear about a secret hidden treasure from a dying thief. Will they find it before the police seize it?

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A blind woman is taken care by a wealthy nobleman after her fiancee is presumed to be dead. Things takes a turn when her former fiancee comes back to her, which puts her in a dilemma. Durga (Amisha Patel) is a beautiful blind woman with a talent for shaping pottery. She is poor, and lives with her widowed mother in a simple home. By chance Durga crosses paths with Babu Rohit (Arjun Rampal) who saves her life when she is about the fall over a cliff. The pair spend time together and fall in love. At one point Durga creates a clay bust of her Babu ("sir") but weeps because she cannot see it. Rohit tells her that he will find a way to help her see again. But before anything could happen between the two Dubai returned Rana, another man who wants to marry Durga, kills her mom and then Babu himself. A devastated Durga undergoes eye surgery through Swiss-based Dr. R.K. Prasad and regains her sight. Dr. Prasad takes her with him to live in Switzerland and this is where multi-millionaire Raj (Bobby Deol) enters her life and wants to marry her. Dr. Prasad persuades her to let go of Babu's memory and marry Raj, which she does. At their engagement party, Raj's friend, Rohit, who was missing in India, is found. His appearance disrupts Durga's life as she thinks that her Babu has returned back. Rohit however recognize her and convinces her that her "sir" where in Babu has returned. On a coincidence Raj comes to know of the entire pass between Durga and Babu and he decides to reunite the couple once again. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com Jaipur-based Durga has been blind as far as she can remember, and helps her dad make clay statues of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. When her dad passes away, she and her mom continue making clay statues to make a living. Then one day Durga is involved in an accident and is rescued by a young man named Babu. Both of them fall in love with each and want to get married. But before that could happen, Dubai returned Rana, another man who wants to marry Durga, kills her mom and then Babu himself. A devastated Durga undergoes eye surgery through Swiss-based Dr. R.K. Prasad and regains her sight. Dr. Prasad takes her with him to live in Switzerland and this is where multi-millionaire Raj enters her life and wants to marry her. Dr. Prasad persuades her to let go of Babu's memory and marry Raj, which she does. At their engagement party, Raj's friend, Rohit, who was missing in India, is found. His appearance disrupts Durga's life as she thinks that her Babu has returned back. But how can a young woman, once blind, who has never seen her lover, be sure that he has returned? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) Beautiful, blind & poor Durga lives with her widowed mother in a Shanty house. She has a special talent for shaping pottery and does this to make a living. One day while traveling with a little boy, Durga accidentally misleads her path and was about to fall over a cliff when a young man named Babu comes to her rescue. Hereafter both became friends and spend beautiful moments together and this has blossomed to love. The pair expresses there love to each other and promises to get married but before this could take place, a jealous suitor who wants to marry Durga apparently kills Babu and get rid of his body down a deep ravine. Durga secures enough money, and goes to Dr. Prasad's hospital and perform an eye surgery and eventually regains her sight. Soon after she is adopted by Dr. Prasad and they relocate to Switzerland. There she meets Raj, who falls in love with her and proposes marriage to her, through persistence and kindness, Durga finally accepts Raj's marriage proposal. Unknown to Durga that her lover, Babu is alive and is known as Rohit, who is also Raj's childhood friend. But even if he comes back to her she will have to forget the past and think about her future, tying the knot with Raj. —gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com)

The Visa papers have arrived for stock broker, Salim Rajabali, and he is scheduled to leave in less than a week. Then everything goes wrong when he and his brother, Javed, inadvertently implicate themselves in the murder of Deputy Commissioner of Police Paul, and Salim must flee immediately to the U.S. albeit with a heavy heart, after also being betrayed by his lover, Namrata. Following his departure the following too get ready to leave for the U.S., Rajubhai Patel along with Payal, the daughter Tara V. Gandhi, who is now fated to live with an alcoholic husband and minor acting roles in Bollywood movies; Brilliant student Rahul Bhide who lives with his aged dad, in a dilapidated house, finds his future looking brighter when his dad passes away; Tilotamma Das who met and married Hemant Punj is now awaiting the arrival of her visa, when she finds she cannot take any more from her pushy mother-in-law. All of them try to reach America. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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Ajay Kumar the newly appointed, honest SSP of Lucknow police cracks down on the nefarious cop-mafia nexus in Uttar Pradesh, but finds a cunning and ruthless adversary in Gajraj. At the tender age of 8 Ajay Kumar is traumatized with the death of his army officer dad, who kills himself with his service revolver as he was being accused of being a deserter, leaving a widowed Prabha to bring up Ajay on her own. Ajay grows up, studies, and successfully becomes an IPS officer with the title of SSP. Due to his honesty, he gets transferred to various states in India. At this new posting in Uttar Pradesh he comes to terms with criminal don and ruthless killer Gajraj Singh. Ajay would like a set up a Special Task Force to deal with Gajraj, however, he does run into problems as Gajraj is politically well-connected. Then a child, who is a close friend of the state Chief Minister's, is kidnapped by Gajraj, and this paves the way for formation of the STF, consisting of about 8 honest and dedicated men, and this does results in the rescue of the child. Gajraj continues to elude the STF, using more modern technology such as the use of cell phones. But the STF bounces back and is able to monitor Gajraj's cell phones - only to find out that Gajraj is going to contest the elections - and if he wins than no police officer of any rank, leave alone the STF, can dare to arrest him or even consider him a suspect, and which may well result in the STF being mere paper tigers. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) Ajay Kumar (Warsi) is the newly appointed, honest SSP of Lucknow police. Of his family only his mother (Mulay) remains, and she inspires and motivates him to do the right thing. Ajay tries to crack down on the UP mafia, but more often than not is betrayed by information-leaking local police officials. His boss tries to aid him by shielding him from political pressures, and by getting sanction for Ajay's brainchild - a Special Task Force (STF), which would work across local jurisdictions, and state lines. Criminal activities in UP are dominated by Gajraj (Sushant Singh) and his gang. Aided and abetted in his nefarious activities by feudal lords and politicians, Gajraj is an intelligent and ruthless criminal. Trying to pin him down, the STF takes help from a physics professor Tiwari (Kapoor) who helps them track down cell-phone conversations, and thereby the location of the criminals. The STF then makes headway in combating crime across the state, but is still unable to get Gajraj. The final attempt to get Gajraj forms the climax of the film. —Amodini

Light hearted children's film approach to the Partition of 1947: boys on the border are asked to report strangers who may have crossed into India from Pakistan.

A serial killer who targets beautiful women is on loose in the Indian town of Nainital in Northern India. While the police are on his trail, Neha Chopra, a corporate worker who has recently moved there, gets entangled in the case. In a small town, Nainital, India the police is on the look-out for a serial killer. All the killer's targets are of astonishing beautiful young girls; with an ulterior motive. Evidences found at the crime scenes are a dragger and a pair of rubber gloves. The three men under suspect are Mayor Jai Singh Dabral, DSP Harshvardan and a painter by profession Raj Singh; the problem is the police do not have evidence to incarcerate any of these men. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Nainital region is terrorized by serial killings of beautiful woman.Neha comes to work as a interior designer for Mayor Jai Singh Dabral whose a womanizer and gets fascinated towards her.Neha meets Raj and falls in love with him.Raj is suspected to be a serial killer but was left due to lack of evidence so everyone avoids him.City police commissioner Harshvardhan Bhatti and his assistant Preeti Rastogi monitor their movements and ask Neha to help them to nab Raj as she could be the next victim.Neha refuses to believe them but soon finds items of murder weapons in Raj's house and decides to leave Nainital against wishes of Dabral.But Harshvardhan and Preeti convince her to stay back and help them to nab Raj. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com In small town Nainital, Northern India, there are killings taking place. All of these killings are of women of stunning beauty, and then there are three men. One is Mayor Jaisingh Dabhral; the second is Inspector Harshvardan; and the third is no good slacker, Raj. The problem is that one of these three is a serial killer.... —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) One stormy night in Nainital, India a girl called Naina gets brutally murdered by an unknown figure. The police have been unable to locate any evidence at the crime scene. The case is handed down to police inspector, Harshvardan and his fellow companion, inspector Preeti Rastogi. To there shock a young woman called Neha Chopra moves into Major, Jai Singh Dabral mansion to seek a small job, she does get it and in the process falls in love with a painter by profession, Raj Singh, who is said to be the prime suspect of killing Naina. When Neha visits Raj house she finds evidence and conclude that he is the killer. Even worst, inspector Preeti is murder and her body is found planted in Raj's house. Now all evidences point at him and he will not be able to escape the noose. —raj (krazymonster@ymail.com)

Raj (Abhishek Bachchan) is a happy and free-spirited Indian-American bachelor living with his mother Dr. Spocks Malhotra (Suhasini Mulay). Raj visits his ancestral homeland in Mumbai, to attend his cousin Nikki's (Meghna Malik) wedding. Nikki has sisters Pooja (Jennifer Winget) & Aria (Zoya Afroz). Raj was forced to attend due to his mom being busy with her patients, who require critical attention. Dr. Malhotra laments to her brother, Rakesh (Nikki's father), that Raj is out of her control. Rakesh promises that if she sends Raj to India, he will find a suitable match for him. Dr. Malhotra argues with Raj that he is the only cousin brother in the family and hence his presence is needed at her engagement, with Dr. Malhotra promising to come for the wedding. Raj knows that Rakesh will try to fix him up with a girl and says that he loves his freedom too much. Nikki calls Raj and says that she does not want to get married, and she is being forced. She says that only Raj can stand up to Rakesh. At the airport, Raj finds that he was a late show, and his seat was assigned to another lady. Raj lies to the lady that he has a 3-year-old son who has a rare heart disease and its imperative that he gets on the flight. The lady takes sympathy on Raj and gives her seat to Raj, taking the next available flight. Once in India, Raj narrates a story to Rakesh that Nikki's fiance Ajay is gay and has a boyfriend in the US, and he is leaving him to marry Nikki. Ajay still loves the boyfriend, but did not have the courage to speak to his parents about him and hence is being forced to marry Nikki. Rakesh is now convinced that Nikki cannot marry Ajay. He reaches home to call off the wedding. Nikki is shocked and tells Raj that she loves Ajay. Raj is forced to admit the truth to Rakesh and apologizes to Ajay, who is a really nice guy. Raj finds himself pushed towards marriage by his overzealous uncle Rakesh Sharma (Satish Shah) who is also Nikki's father. His uncle's employee, Namrata (Aishwarya Rai) chaperons Raj on a series of set-ups/dates, all of which he deliberately sabotages. Turns out Namrata was the lady whom Raj lied to at the airport. She was in the US to bring back some dresses for Nikki. And due to Raj's antics, she got late returning to India and arrived just before the engagement with the dresses and jewelry that Nikki wanted to wear on the occasion. Naturally Namrata is taken aback when she realizes that Raj told her a blatant lie just for an airline seat. Still Namrata is forced to spend time with Raj as Rakesh has promised her a promotion if Raj gets married during his trip to India. Raj says that he is uncomfortable meeting the women in a family setting and Namrata convinces Rakesh that the meetings could be private. The first girl is Rachna (Divya Palat), whom Raj meets in a temple and says that he believes in re-incarnation. He says that in their previous life, they had a kid, and they died when they fell off a mountain in Kedarnath. She was named Savitri back then. Raj claims that Savitri's body was found 3 days later, and he never re-married. Rachna gets really spooked by this story and runs away. The next girl is Poonam (Gautami Kapoor), who he meets at a club. Poonam breaks down when her ex Vikram (Eijaz Khan) enters the club. Raj and Namrata help Poonam get back together with her ex. During the course of the wedding ceremonies, Raj discovers that he is falling for Namrata. After some deliberation, he decides to tell her, but to his surprise, he discovers she has a 7-year-old son, Aditya (Master Parth Dave). Raj is confused but forms a strong fatherly relationship with Aditya. Raj's uncle informs him that Namrata's husband Sanjeev (Arbaaz Khan) disappeared right before Aditya's birth and has never returned to his son or wife. Finding a letter that Raj had written confessing his feelings, Namrata gets upset thinking Raj tried to use her son to get close to her. She attempts to distance herself from him, but a stubborn Raj follows her to Aditya's boarding school with Principal Ms. Loccolith Lobo (Tannaz Irani), having promised the boy to pose as his father. Raj helps Aditya look good in front of his friends and protects his self-confidence. On being prodded by Raj, she tells him that her husband Sanjeev left her for another woman while she was pregnant. Namrata and Raj begin to bond. After some months, Raj decides to introduce Namrata to his mother. A short while later, he finds out that Sanjeev has returned and is looking to reconcile with Namrata. Namrata is aghast and makes it clear that she does not want anything to do with him. Sanjeev says that he left for US with a girl to make money. But after 4 years the girl left with all the money. Sanjeev then spent the next 3 years working hard and getting himself back up, so he could come back and claim his family back. Sanjeev refuses to leave, becoming stubborn and persistent, threatening her with a lawsuit for custody of Aditya. This puts Namrata on the path of reconciliation with Sanjeev. Raj's family feels Sanjeev has no right on Namrata and Aditya, but the decision belongs to her and her alone. After a chance meeting at a temple, Raj invites Sanjeev to his home for Nikki's wedding. Aditya is present and is affectionate with Raj, calling him "Dad." Sanjeev becomes jealous and angry, insulting Raj and his family. After witnessing Sanjeev's bad behavior towards Raj, Namrata finally gets the courage to stand up to him. She publicly tells him off and also admits that she is in love with Raj. Sanjeev is ashamed and disappears once again warning Raj to not make the mistakes he made with his family. Six months later Raj and Namrata decide to get married and are soon expecting a child.

Rewa Singh (Tabu) and Sia Sheth (Sushmita Sen) are inseparable friends. Their bond has grown despite of Rewa's marriage to Dhruv Malhotra (Sanjay Suri). All rejoice when Rewa and Dhruv are expecting a baby. Complications arise, and as a result Rewa loses the baby, and is devastated all the more when told that she can no longer bear children. Sia comes to her rescue by making herself available as a surrogate mother. This uplifts Rewa's spirits, and plans are afoot to make preparations for the forthcoming child. Then Sia starts having second thoughts of having to keep the child for herself; and an insecure Rewa starts doubting her husband, who she feels is paying far too much attention on Sia. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Karan decides to cheat Raj, a businessman, by getting his lover Priya married to Raj so that they can claim his wealth. However, when Priya falls in love with Raj and leaves Karan, he seeks revenge. Karan and Priya are part of a dance group and love each other. They auditioned to perform on a cruise ship owned by Raj Singhania. But fellow competitor Jojo wins the competition by cheating. Raj goes to comfort him, but he tells him to accept the defeat where in a fight breaks between the two and Jojo dies. Next day Karan gets a call that due to Jojo's sudden death they have been selected to perform on the cruise. Raj Singhania happens to attend their show and gets inspired by Priya they start meeting and become close to each other which makes Karan jealous. On Priya's birthday Raj proposes her for marriage, and she accepts it. Priya goes to tell the news to an upset Karan and they both are happy as she is getting married to Raj as their plan has worked accordingly. Karan and Priya always eyed on Raj's wealth and Priya will take a share in his property and divorce Raj soon after their marriage.

Panna is the only daughter of politician Maltidevi. Panna is very critical of her mother, when she decides to separate from her dad, and asked Chief Minister Sawantrao Gadre to move in with them, for political reasons. Sawantrao has been using Maltidevi to win his election, which he does. Malti avenges this humiliation, wins the next election, and has Sawantrao killed. Malti then becomes the new Chief Minister. The main thorns on her side are Bhau, the leader of the downtrodden lower caste dalits, and her very daughter, who is very friendly with Bhau. One day Panna is abducted by Aditya and his group of revolutionaries, and held by them. It is there that Panna learns about the atrocities committed by her mom in the name of politics, and it is then she must decide whether to be loyal to her mom, or take the side of Aditya and the revolutionaries. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)