在完全印度文化的背景下,女主安努舒卡·莎玛试过了杀人的公路惊悚片和与鬼魂相关的喜剧片后,在她制片的第三部作品中讲了一个西方恶魔的故事。 从宗教势力的追捕中侥幸逃生的恶魔之女,在母亲的保护下,在山林中活到二十几岁。母亲去世后,女孩走进城市,被善良内向的男人收留。 这是一个异类不惜付出一切渴望融入人类生活,渴望爱情的故事。联想到所有宗教都奉行的五花八门的女性禁忌,联想到女孩的母亲是因为被强迫才怀上了她,不禁感叹:也许所有女人都是主流社会眼中的恶魔。因为爱,女人能拥有摧毁一切的力量;因为爱,女人能放下一切仇恨;因为爱,女人能牺牲一切,包括自己。世界就是被这样的恶魔支撑着的。想尽办法把她们赶尽杀绝的人,和她们自己,谁是真正的恶魔?作为低成本独立制片的恐怖电影,声效化妆场景什么的,都没什么毛病,都在及格线以上。不过如果不像我一样对故事这么煽情,观众应该会觉得故事太单薄,不够刺激。一些观众群体可能会觉得不太舒服。毕竟在这部电影中,心中有爱的恶魔之女不是真的恶魔,那些站在正义一方的驱魔人才是。
天才科学家瓦西(拉吉尼坎塔 Rajnikanth 饰)醉心于设计一款智能机器人,投入了大量精力和感情,仿照自己的外形,教与了机器人各种技能,带他在身边使他能够尽快的适应社会,并且命名它为“七弟”(拉吉尼坎塔 Rajnikanth 饰)。因为废寝忘食,忙于工作疏忽了女友sana(艾西瓦娅•雷 Aishwarya Rai 饰),为了哄女友开心,答应了女友让七弟陪自己期末复习的要求。一开始七弟闹出了许多笑话,但随着时间推移全能机器人七弟开始在生活的每个方面展现出自己过人的才能,和sana的相处,让他产生了人的情愫,并逐渐爱上了她。爱情的嫉妒心让瓦西和七弟的感情产生了缝隙,瓦西的老师趁机利用这一点开始怂恿七弟,在其体内插入了使七弟变成一台杀人工具的病毒芯片。源源不断的七弟机器人产生,世界陷入一片混乱。科学家瓦西和军方联手,开始了一场拯救原来那个善良的七弟的战斗。 该影片耗资约16.5亿卢比(约3500万美元),为宝莱坞史上的最贵电影。这部电影也创下了印度电影历史上的多个“第一”。
Billu是一个理发师,靠着经营着一家理发店维持生计,因为店里设备老旧,发式落后赶不上潮流,在对面的时尚Madan理发店的挤压下,生意很是惨淡,前景并不乐观。生活越来越窘迫的Billu一家,不仅孩子的学费交不起,就连家里的口粮也是妻子挨家挨户七拼八凑借来的。然而这时传来了受人尊敬的大明星Sahir要来拍电影的消息,而Sahir正是Billu小时候最要好的玩伴。消息不胫而走,大家都想见到大明星,Billu一时间成为众人巴结的对象。Billu最初对此的态度是逃避和抗拒,但他在众人对他质疑的舆论压力下,不得不想尽办法和Sahir相认,然而在他的内心深处也担心着当年他全心全意帮助的挚友如今还能否与他好如往昔...
【2021鹿特丹电影节金虎奖】 印度南部Arittapatti村的居民完全以农业为生,由于长期干旱,农业遭受了巨大的损失。田地变成了沙漠,瘦小的牲畜吃着最后的树叶。妇女们抓老鼠、烤老鼠,或者等待几个小时,直到轮到她们从井里拉出泥水。男人们则在附近闲逛、打牌、睡觉。 这群男人中的一个,Ganapathy,一个总是皱着眉头的烟民酒鬼,他的妻子已经逃离了这个家和他的家庭暴力,但他决心把她从村子里接回来。他强迫他的小儿子加入他。在亲家,Ganapathy大闹了一场。为了报复,他的儿子撕毁了回程的车费。正是在一年中最热的一天,开始了13公里的步行。 持续的愤怒感和暴力的威胁让荒凉的风景更加升温。景色很美,却充满禁忌。父子关系僵硬,却又无可奈何地被拉到一起。这个尚且纯真的男孩看起来几乎不可能会走上与父亲相同的道路。他们毫无意义的旅程说明了贫穷的破坏性影响。
瑞吉娜是一个正直而直率的女孩。她的世界围绕着她的父亲展开,他是一位社会活动家。然而,当她的父亲在一次意外事件中意外身亡时,悲剧降临到了她的生活中。她父亲的朋友收留了她,并很快将她嫁给了乔,一个在波拉奇,泰米尔纳德邦的一家私人银行工作的员工。瑞吉娜通过这次婚姻获得了新的生活机会,在一间租来的房子里与乔过着简单而满足的生活。他们的房东住在底楼。多年后,瑞吉娜终于怀孕了。这对夫妻得到了报复。有一天,乔所在的银行发生了一起精心策划的抢劫案。当团伙开始袭击银行员工时,乔介入并试图阻止他们。其中一名团伙成员残忍地袭击并杀害了乔。瑞吉娜一得到消息就赶往医院,但她的求助声是徒劳的,因为乔永远离开了。瑞吉娜的生活再次被打碎。她度过了接下来的日子,独自困在自己的房间里。有一天,她默默地离开,把钥匙交给了房东。她的下落无人知晓。
莎希(希里黛玉 Sridevi 饰)是一名喜欢做拉杜球的印度家庭主妇,因为终日把照顾家人生活作为自己生活的全部中心,和时代有些脱节。不懂英语的莎希在生活中受到了丈夫和女儿的嘲笑,和家人共同话题的减少让她感觉到了危机的存在。意外的机会,远在美国的亲人邀请莎希去帮他们料理结 婚事宜。为了促进和家人的沟通,赢得他们的尊重和关注,莎希决定在纽约的四个星期报名参加英语培训班来克服自己的语言障碍。在这个培训班里,莎希也告别了以往沉寂如水的生活,结识了各式各样的朋友,为了学好英语这一共同的目的,大家相互鼓励共同进步。功夫不负有心人,日夜苦学英语的莎希由零基础到在婚礼宴会上大放光芒,一席对新人用英语讲述的祝福不仅为她赢得了众人的刮目相看,更是让她重新赢得了家人的爱和尊重… 该片曾在第37届多伦多电影节上作为开幕影片上映。
喜剧,讲一个男人通过装假胡子装扮成兄弟两个人,周旋于女友和未来岳父之间,因为岳父喜欢有胡子的人,认为有胡子的人成熟稳重。 Ramprasad Dashrathprasad Sharma (Amol Palekar) is looking for a better paying job. He and his sister Ratna (Manju Singh) have no relatives or acquaintances except Dr. Kedar (David). Dr.Kedar tells him about Bhavani Shankar's (Utpal Dutt) firm known as Urmila Traders. Shankar is a weird man. He is a man of traditional values, hence he naturally hates youth wearing modern clothes. He is a sports fan, but thinks lowly of youth knowing anything about sports. But his most weird trait is hatred towards men without moustaches. He thinks that men without moustaches are characterless. Ramprasad has a moustache. He takes care of other problems by wearing kurta & feigning ignorance about sports. Bhavani hires him immediately. Ram is a hardworking guy, so Bhavani (& Ram) have no problems. However, Ram once takes leave by pretending that his mother (who died many years ago) has taken ill, and goes to watch a hockey match. Bhavani Shankar, who also attended the match, sees him there. The next day Bhavani summons Ramprasad to his office and asks him about the Hockey match. Remembering the plot of a movie a friend of his is shooting, Ram convinces Bhavani Shankar that he had seen his "moustache-less" identical twin Lucky (alias Lakshmanprasad Dashrathprasad Sharma) at the stadium. Bhavani Shankar buys his argument & feels bad about accusing him and decides to make amends by hiring Lucky to teach his daughter Urmila (Bindiya Goswami) music. Ramprasad reluctantly shaves his moustache to become Lucky and starts to teach music to Urmila. He is helped by his actor friend Deven Verma (playing himself). Now Urmila aka Urmi is the exact opposite of her father. She takes immediate liking to Lucky, while Ram is barely noticed by her. Bhavani notices this & gives Ram another job to tutor on the pretext of her exams. Meanwhile, Mrs. Srivastav (Dina Pathak), a socialite, is roped to play the part of Ram, "Lakshman" & Ratna's mother. Like Ram, she also ends up playing her own twin in front of Bhavani. Ram decides to tell Urmila the truth. Urmila tells him to tell the truth to Bhavani as well. Ram goes to Bhavani to tell the truth, but Bhavani sees Ram's moustache giving away. Bhavani exposes Ram, but ends up thinking that Lucky murdered Ram & impersonated him to marry Urmila. In a hilarious chase that follows, Bhavani ends up totalling a police jeep. The Senior Inspector (Om Prakash) mistakes him for a thug named Pascal D'Costa & is about to lock him up in the jail. Only when his Inspector identifies Bhavani Shankar by his real identity is he freed. By now, a harried Bhavani has developed hatred for twin as well. On coming home, he finds that Urmila & Lucky are married. He refuses to give them blessings, until Dr.Kedar comes to the scene & explains the whole situation. Now, Bhavani becomes even more furious, but on everybody's insistence, relents. The film ends with a family photo of Mrs.Srivastav, Ratna, Urmila, Ram, Dr.Kedar, Bhavani's sister Kalindi (Shubha Khote) & Bhavani (who is shown without moustache).