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Tumsa Nahin Dekha (Hindi)
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Dia Mirza
Director: Anurag Bose
Music: Nadeem Shravan
ANURAG BOSE, the director of the smash hit Murder, was fighting illness even as he was wrapping up his third film for the Bhatt camp. He apparently drove straight from hospital to the editing room - that is dedication for you. The movie has Emraan Hashmi play an inebriate millionaire, Daksh Mittal in love with a stripper (Dia Mirza). Daksh has to marry an heiress to get his hands on loads of money. In the millennium morality, Daksh wants the money as well as the girl and is willing to go any lengths to get them.
Get intoxicated
Madhoshi (Hindi)
Cast: John Abraham, Bipasha Basu
Director: Tanveer Khan
Music: Roop Kumar Rathod
THE SIZZLING hot John Abraham and Bipashu Basu come together for this romantic thriller set against the backdrop of believe it or faint - 9/11! Bips is a happy go lucky college girl till tragedy strikes when she loses her sister and brother in law to the World Trade Centre tragedy. She is engaged to be married to an advertising executive while she is in love with John Abraham who runs an anti-terrorist organisation. Love in the time of terrorism?
Repeat value
Dobara (Hindi)
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Mahima Choudhary
Director: Shashi Ranjan
Music: Anu Malik
HELL HATH no fury for a woman scorned. Here Raveena Tandon plays the jilted lover who returns with a vengeance to teach ex-flame Jackie Shroff a thing or two. Ravishing Ravs turns schizophrenic which is what prompts Jackie to dump her and take up with the wholesome Mahima Choudhary. Shashi Ranjan makes his debut with this film that seems to have a faint mothball smell!
Another crossover
King of Bollywood (English)
Cast: Om Puri, Sophie Dahl
Director: Piyush Jha
SOPHIE DAHL, granddaughter of famous British writer Roald Dahl, makes her acting debut in this spoof of Bollywood directed by Piyush Jha. Om Puri plays Karan Kumar, the 51-year-old king of Bollywood. Crystal Chaurasia, (Sophie) is a 24-year-old documentary filmmaker making a film of Kumar. For Crystal it is a journey of discovery.
Globetrotting drama
Around the World in 80 Days (English)
Cast: Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Director: Frank Coraci
JULES VERNE'S classic comes alive with Jackie Chan playing Passepartout to Steve Coogan's Phileas Fogg. The movie is a mad ride across the globe with celebrity cameos including one by the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Owen and Luke Wilson are hilarious as the eternally squabbling Wright Brothers.
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