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Most-Awaited Movies & Shows To Look Forward To In The Coming Months From highly-anticipated desi thrillers and heart-warming anthologies, to romance and comedy — there are some exciting movies and shows that are all set to brighten up your home screens.
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f couch-chilling and bingeing on OTT content is your fav pastime, then you have reasons to rejoice. The coming months hold many promises in the OTT landscape, which is churning out an array of high-profile films and series to keep you entertained. From highly-anticipated desi thrillers to heart-warming anthologies, to romance to comedy — there are some exciting movies and shows that are all set to brighten up your home screens. So, it’s time to get into your comfy PJs, pop the corn and enjoy your binge time.
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Bhoot Police Directed by: Vikas Bahl and Rahul Sengupta Starring Sunil Grover, Ranvir Shorey, Girish Kulkarni, Ashish Vidyarthi, Radha Bhatt The horror-comedy — Bhoot Police has piqued the curiosity of cinephiles all over, ever since Saif Ali Khan’s wife, Kareena Kapoor Khan, shared the first look poster of the film and wrote, “New normal is paranormal.” Starring Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Yami Gautam in the lead, the film supposedly revolves around two ghost hunters — Vibhooti and Chiraunji, played by Saif and Arjun respectively. While not much has been revealed about the film, Arjun Kapoor gave a brief insight into the film. The actor said in an interview, “Bhoot Police is a horror-comedy of course, in its essence and the way it’s been pitched to you all, but for me, it’s an adventure of two brothers. It’s Saif Ali Khan and Arjun Kapoor who are actually brothers and are bickering constantly and there’s a back and forth and up and down and there is a camaraderie, a brotherhood, a bond, an emotion, but there’s also a difference of opinion. So, there’s very interesting friction
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Bell Bottom Directed by: Ranjit M Tewari Starring Akshay Kumar, Vaani Kapoor, Huma Qureshi There are plenty of reasons to look forward to this one. For starters, Bell Bottom is the first Bollywood film to be shot during the pandemic, and it was also completed in record time. What’s more, the espionage thriller, featuring the ultimate action king of B-town — Akshay Kumar, is inspired by true events. While the makers have not revealed much about the plot, it is learnt that the story is set in the 1980s and is about India’s forgotten heroes from that era. While Akshay Kumar plays the character of a RAW agent who rescues over 212 hostages in the hijack attacks in the film, apparently Lara Dutta essays the role of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who was in power at that time. And Vaani Kapoor plays Akshay’s wife in the film. Speaking about the film, Vaani said in a statement, “It’s a solid product and Akshay sir, like in every film of his, is simply outstanding. One has to see the film to understand what he has done.” Well, we can’t wait to catch the Khiladi in action again!!!
between two people who go on this journey.” He further added, “It’s a little more cerebral and it’s still got its own goofiness, but you’ll have fun watching it. It lands somewhere in the middle of Go Goa Gone and Stree.” Now, this one certainly can’t be missed. Film’s producer – Ramesh Taurani
