Bollywood Film Critic ™: Bollywood Movie Releases- 2013 September, August, July

September Movies:

Zanjeer

(Simultaneously launched in Telegu as - ‘Thoofan’ )
Directed by:Apoorva Lakhia Produced by:Reliance Entertainment, Puneet Prakash Mehra,Sumeet Prakash Mehra,Flying Turtle Films
Screenplay by: Suresh Nair,Apoorva Lakhia
Story by: Apoorva Lakhia
Based on: Zanjeer(1973 movie with Amitabh Bachchan) by Salim-Javed
Starring:Ram Charan Teja, Priyanka Chopra,Sanjay Dutt(in hindi), Srihari(in telegu),Prakash Raj, Mahie Ankur Bhatia, Atul Kulkarni (Hindi),Tanikella Bharani (Telugu) Music: Meet Bros Anjjan, Chirantan Bhatt
Release date: 6 September 2013
Language: Hindi,Telugu
Genre: Action thriller.
Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93leN9TY3hk
Rating on Trailer and Songs: Will have to check out possibly on DVD if Ramcharan can stand up like Amitabh!

Shudd Desi Romance/ Random Desi Romance

Directed by: Maneesh Sharma
Produced by: Aditya Chopra
Written by: Jaideep Sahni
Starring: Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Vaani Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor
Music by; Sachin-Jigar
Release date: September 6, 2013
Genre: Romance, comedy
Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Hle83Plpo

Grand Masti-2

Directed by: Indra Kumar
Produced by: Ashok Thakeria, Indra Kumar
Written by: Milap Zaveri, Tushar Hiranandani
Starring :Vivek Oberoi, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Sonalee Kulkarni, Bruna Abdullah, Karishma Tanna, Kainaat Arora, Maryam Zakaria, Manjari Fadnis
Music by: Anand Raj Anand, Sanjeev Darshan
Release date: 13 September 2013
Genre: Comedy
Rating on preview trailer and songs: Run of the mill Adult comedy. Not worth a watch.

John Day

Directed by: Ahishor Solomon
Produced by: Anjum Rizvi, Aatef A Khan and K Asif
Written by: Ahishor Solomon
Starring:Naseeruddin Shah, Randeep Hooda, Shernaz Patel, Sharat Saxena,Vipin Sharma, Elena Kazan
Music by: Kshitij Tarey & Strings
Genre: Thriller
Release Date 13 Sept, 2013 Friday
Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zQ0jT-ZRQI

Phata Poster Nikhla Hero

Directed by: Rajkumar Santoshi
Produced by: Ramesh Taurani, Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur
Written by:Rajkumar Santoshi
Starring:Shahid Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Padmini Kolhapure
Music by: Pritam
Release date: 20 September 2013

Genre: Comedy and Masala Entertainer
Rating on Trailer previews and songs : This could be an interesting possible watch.
Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCrNoy5OeOI
Songs: "Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai"- Shahid kapoor is at his hilarious best in this funny song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L899QuA1E24

August

Madras Café

Directed by:Shoojit Sircar
Produced by: John Abraham,Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Ronnie Lahiri
Written by:Somnath Dey, Shubendu Bhattacharya, Juhi Chaturvedi(dialogues)
Starring: John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri, Rashi Khanna, Siddharth Basu
Music by: Shantanu Moitra
Release date: August 23, 2013

Once upon ay time in Mumbai Dobaara!

Directed by:Milan Luthria
Produced by:Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor
Written by: Rajat Arora
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan, Sonakshi Sinha
Music by: Pritam, Anupam Amod
Release date: 15 August 2013

Chennai Express

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan , Deepika Padukone,Nikitin Dheer, Priyamani, Sathyaraj, Upen Patel, Manorama
Producer: Gauri Khan, Karim Morani, Ronnie Screwwala, Siddharth Roy Kapoor
Director: Rohit Shetty
Story: K Subhash
Screenplay: Yunus Sajawal, Robin Bhatt
Music Director: Vishal Dadlani , Shekhar Ravjiani
Running time: 140 minutes
Release date:Aug 8
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Action , Masala Entertainer
Rating: ***.5(3.5)
Language: Hindi &Tamil
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZGR5Sj1Bfo
Review: http://www.bollywoodfilmcritic.blogspot.com/2013/08/chennai-express-dont-analyze-just-laugh.html

Satyagraha

Directed by:Prakash Jha
Produced by: Prakash Jha, Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur
Written by:Anjum Rajabali, Prakash Jha,Rutvik Oza
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpai, Amrita Rao
Music by: Salim-Sulaiman, Indian Ocean, Meet Bros Anjjan,Aadesh Shrivastava
Lyrics. Prasoon Joshi
Release date: August 30, 2013

July 2013

Lootera