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Lion. True story of a village boy who sleeps off in a moving train, and wakes up to find himself in an ominous city. Starring:  SUNNY PAWAR, Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman Director: Garth Davis Language: Hindi /English 
Classification: U/A India release date: Feb 25, 2017 Genre: Drama Mins: 1 hour,...

Rangoon. Indians in World War II, and a love triangle. Starring:  Saif Ali Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut Director: Vishal Bhardwaj Distributor: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Language: Hindi Classification: U/A Release date: Feb 25, 2017 Genre: Action, drama, history Mins: 167 mins   “Vishal Bharadwaj is truly in a league of his...

Hidden Figures offers a glimpse of the black women at NASA who were responsible for putting the first Americans in space.   Starring:  Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe Director: Theodore Melfi Language: English India release date: Feb 17, 2017 Genre: Biography, drama, history Mins: 2 hours, 7 mins Award nominations:...

In ‘Silence’, a 17th century Portuguese Jesuit priest (Andrew Garfield) receives word that his mentor (Liam Neeson) has renounced his faith while on a mission in Japan. Concerned, he travels to the island nation with another clergyman (Adam Driver) to investigate, only to find that the country’s Christian population...

Moonlight. Coming-of-age story of a bullied boy growing up in an atmosphere of drugs and stuff.   Starring:  Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson Director: Barry Jenkins Language: English Classification: India release date: Feb 17, 2017 Genre: coming-of-age, drama Mins: 1 hour, 51 mins Award nominations: 8 Oscar nominations: screenplay, direction, film,...

Thithi wins the Film Critics Circle of India—Best Indian Film of 2016 Citation Award “For its authentic invoking of a community and an entire way of life and for making each of its people individuals rather than types.”   Previous Awards include the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film...

Kaabil. A blind couple. Instant Romance. Revenge. Hrithik Roshan   Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Yami Gautam, Ronit Roy Director: Sanjay Gupta Language: Hindi Classification: UA Release date: Jan 25 Genre:  Action – drama – romance – thriller Mins:  2 hours 19 mins           IMDB link of Kaabil  ...

Raess (Wealthy) is reportedly the biopic of an underworld don. Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sunny Leone Director: Rahul Dholakia Language: Hindi Classification: UA Release date: Jan 25 Genre:  Action – crime – thriller Mins:  2 hrs, 35 mins   ‪”It’s the percipient charisma of SRK on whose confident shoulders...

In Haraamkhor, a school teacher seduces one of his minor female students.   Awards: Grand Jury Prize for Best Actress (Shweta Tripathi) at the Los Angeles Indian Film Festival (2015) Silver Gateway of India at the Mumbai Film Festival (2015) Best Actor award for Nawazuddin Siddiqui at the New York...