MATRIMONIALS

S Eeking G Rooms

Seeking qualified match, working professional only, from Sydney for ’85-born Hindu girl, IT professional. Must be a long term resident, preferably citizen. Email rukrghrmn@gmail.com with details.

Seeking professionally qualified match (working professional, not self employed) from Australia for ‘88 born 5"3" Hindu Punjabi girl (divorced, issueless), working with a government organisation in Sydney. Must have Aus PR and preference to Radha Soami follower teetotaler. Email: matrimonial.ml@gmail.com

Seeking a professionally qualified match, teetotaller, of good family background, preferably Australian

Mr S C HAtt E r JEE v S NorWAy (theatre release)

This touching drama film is based on the true story of a mother’s fight for her most precious possession — her own children. Mrs Chatterjee is struggling against authorities to be reunited with her children, even as she battles cultural differences, racism, and mental health stigma. Rani Mukerji stars as Mrs. Chatterjee. releases 22 May.

citizen or PR holder, for highly qualified careeroriented Brahmin girl 35, 5’2” , vegetarian, of good family background, working and well settled in Sydney. Please contact aussyd08@gmail.com

S Eeking B Rides

Hindu bride of Tamil origin (Australian citizen, locally educated, professional, preferably vegetarian, never married) between 23-28 years residing in NSW, sought for 31-year-old Hindu groom (Australian citizen, qualified engineer, government employee). The family has been settled in Sydney for the past 18 years. The boy is 165cm tall, athletic, and values trust, spirituality, family, and the outdoors.

Please SMS 0404 484 766.

SA rk A ru vAA rI PAAtA (theatre release) bH oo L bH u LAI y AA 2 (theatre release) dHAAkAd (theatre release) tHE CoNvErSIoN (theatre release)

Drama, comedy and action! A bank manager works on behalf of the government to catch a fraudster and bring them to justice. With bankable stars and banging songs, this one’s expected to deliver. releases 12 May.

We’re talking buckets of fun, haunted havelis and a healthy dose of nostalgia in this “supernatural horror comedy”. Tabu, Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani star, and look out for Akshay Kumar cameo! releases 20 May.

The tough and fierce Kangana Ranaut stars as Agent Agni, a tough and fierce international spy in India’s first “female led action thriller”. Guns blaze and swords clash as Kangana takes on woke ‘antinationals’ – no sorry, arms and human traffickers. releases 20 May.

This romance-drama takes on a difficult topic: religious conversions for marriages in India, where “love jihad” has been widely discussed in the last few years. In this love triangle set in Benaras, Bablu, Dev and Sakshi tackle this controversial topic head on. releases 6 May.

A NE k (theatre release) f3: f u N AN d f ru S tr At I o N

This one‘s a rollercoaster of thrill, action and politics. Ayushman plays an undercover cop in this Anubhav Sinha directorial highlighting a “mission for peace”. Look out for some beautiful landscapes of the north-east of India. releases 27 May.

(theatre release)

This Telugu language romcom is a sequel to the 2019 F2. Actors Venkatesh, Varun Tej, Tamannaah, and Mehreen Pirzada reprise their roles from the original film. releases 27 May.

AANkH MICHoLI (theatre release)

If you enjoyed director Umesh Shukla’ iconic previous films Oh My God and 102 Not Out, then try his latest. Centred around a ‘family of misfits‘, it is billed as the ‘The Most Eye-Conic Wedding Of The Year.’ releases 13 May.

SAANI kAAyIdHAM (Amazon Prime video)

This revenge action-drama features Keerthy Suresh and Selvaraghavan in lead roles. Ponni (Suresh) is a police officer-turned-murderer. The film boasts Tamil Telugu and Malayalam language versions. releases 6 May.

d oub LE XL (theatre release)

Follow the journey of two ‘plus-sized’ women in this film. It stars a glorious cast with Sonakshi Sinha and Huma Qureshi playing the leads. Hailing from Meerut and New Delhi respectively, they battle the beauty standards of Indian society. release date unspecified.

Ho ME S HAN t I (disney + Hotstar)

If you want a break from crime series on your watchlist, this one’s a ‘slice of life‘ kind of show. Follow the trials and tribulations of a Dehradun based middle-class family who are keen to build their dream house, after years of living in government-allocated quarters. releases 6 May.

MErE dESH kI dHArtI (theatre release)

If you’re after feel-good vibes, this one’s for you. Two young friends Ajay and Sameer, engineers by trade, are having a hard time professionally. With perseverance and big dreams, they take on rural India and become local legends, using their skills to make an actual difference to people’s lives. releases 6 May.

E SCAyPE LIvE (disney+Hotstar)

This is a story about a reality show based on social media. The participants are content creators who must produce the most viral content to win. As the contest heats up, the divide between real and virtual worlds begins to blur… releases 20 May.

BAAZAAR

DIRECTOR: Gauravv K. Chawla

STARRING: Saif Ali Khan, Rohan Mehra, Radhika Apte, Chitrangda Singh HHHHH

I can’t recall a single notable (or even non-notable) Indian film based on the plunging dips and giddying highs of the stock market. Do you remember Harshad Mehta? How could you forget the podgy stockbroker who made thousands of Indians rich overnight and then it all ended in a financial mess in no time at all?

Saif Ali Khan’s Shakun Kothari’s destiny run on the same lines. Except that Saif as the wily ruthless

Machiavellian stockbroker is everything that Harshad Mehta would have wanted to be. This is Saif’s most gloriously written and performed part, meaty witty and wicked. He chews into it exposing a sacred hunger that I didn’t notice in his last over-hyped outing.

Saif as Shakun is a true-blue Gujju who won’t let neo-affluence corrupt his cultural integrity. He slips into Gujjufications with the unrehearsed cuteness of tycoon, who has long ceased to be cute to everyone, including his own wife and children.

When debutant Rohan Mehra enters the plot as Rizwan there is no Shakun Kothari around. We know Rizwan idolizes Shakun and wants to be like him have. Rizwan’s a bristling her finale. He down moment in of the come

Family Dispute Resolution

Going through a separation? Having trouble managing a difficult relationship? Broadmeadows Family Relationship Centre can help. At Broadmeadows Family Relationship Centre we support separated families to establish parenting, financial and property agreements. Mediation facilitated by a neutral and accredited practitioner can help families deal with separation, manage relationships, improve communication and support children to thrive after separation.

We welcome families from all cultural and linguistic backgrounds and provide interpreters and support workers to help families from diverse backgrounds through this challenging phase in their lives.

For more information on how we can help you, please contact:

Level 1, Building 2, 1100 Pascoe Vale Road, Broadmeadows, VIC, 3047

(03) 9351 3700 info@broadmeadowsfrc.org.au mackillop.org.au/FRC

(Nikhil Arora)