PVR Movies First - December 2019

PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 48

YO U R WI ND O W IN TO T HE WORL D OF CIN EMA

21 Little-Known facts About….

Christopher Plummer

December 2019

GUEST W INTERVIE

a Tiscra Chop

Other Blockbuster Movies Playing This Month:

Star Wars, Pati Patni Aur Woh, Black Christmas, Mardaani 2

GREETINGS ear Movie Lovers, Here’s the December issue of Movies First, your exclusive window to the world of cinema.

It’s a month packed with powerful films. A stellar star cast led by Dwayne Johnson takes the stakes even higher in the much-awaited Jumanji: The Next Level. Everyone’s favourite rogue cop Chulbul Pandey is back with Dabanng 3, while serious cop Rani Mukerji locks horns with a ruthless villain in Mardaani 2.

Meet actress Tisca Chopra to learn about her upcoming comic caper, Good Newzz. Learn 21 amazing facts about

Christopher Plummer, who celebrates his 90th birthday this month. We turn the spotlight on Alex Wolff, the 21year-old actor-director who is already a sensation.

Don’t forget to take a shot at our movie quiz, too.

We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a fabulous month of movie watching.

Regards

Gautam Dutta CEO, PVR Limited

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RELEASING THIS MONTH A sneak-peek into the big release of the month!

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dabangg 3 The film is a sequel to the 2012 film Dabangg 2 and the third instalment of Dabangg film series. The muchawaited blockbuster features Salman Khan as the indomitable Robin Hood cop Chulbul Pandey once again.

The superstar sports a lean, trim look since he will be seen as a college student in some sequences. Dabangg 3 will also see the returns of Sonakshi Sinha as Rajjo and Arbaaz Khan as Makkhi.

In the 2010 film introduced Chulbul Pandey to the world, Dabangg 2 took his story forward. And now seven years later, Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan are ready to bring the third instalment with an interesting twist to the plot and a couple of interesting additions to the star cast. This PVR MOVIES FIRST

ou can’t change Chulbul Pandey too much because the audience likes him the way he is. But since the movie is also a prequel, we have added a few more traits to his character. – Arbaaz Khan, Producer & Actor

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time, the film will focus on Chulbul Pandey’s past, which led to the circumstances in his present.

The Villain This time Chulbul Pandey will take on a new antagonist in Dabangg 3. Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeep plays Balli, a menacing villain who locks horns with Chulbul Pandey.

Sudeep’s well-etched character is shown to be a victim of his own circumstances, adding shades of grey to his dark personality. He is a well-known name in South India, having acted in and directed several hit films in the region.

He has also done a few Hindi films such as Rann, Phoonk and Rakta Charitra, all directed by Ram Gopal Verma. The climax of Dabangg 3 shows Salman Khan and Sudeep in a deathly bare-chested fight which promises to be the highlight of the film.

A Fresh Face Dabangg 3 will see the debut of actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar’s 21-year-old daughter, Saiee Manjrekar, who plays the love interest of Salman Khan in flashback. A trained classical dancer and a travel buff, Saiee has been cast as an innocent girl called Khushi, whose relationship with Salman’s character leads to the conflicts he faces in the present sequel. Interestingly, Saiee’s father Mahesh plays Salman Khan’s father in the film.

Did You Know • The same song ‘Munna Badnaam Hua’ will have a dance-off between director-choreographer Prabhu Deva and the lead actor Salman Khan.

• The story is set in Madhya Pradesh, specifically in Indore where Salman Khan was born, and Mandleshwar and Maheshwar, where his grandfather, a police officer, was once posted.

• Sudeep, who had to look bigger than Salman Khan and present a towering figure, lost 14 kilos to play the villain in Dabangg 3. The actor says he was helped by the fact that he was concurrently shooting for the Kannada film Pailwaan, in which he plays a wrestler.

• The film features an item song titled “Munna Badnaam Hua,” in which Salman Khan shakes a leg with actress Warina Hussain, who made her debut in Loveyatri (2018).

dabangg 3

RELEASE 20 December Genre: Action, comedy Languages: Hindi Director: Prabhu Deva Cast: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Sudeep Studios: Salman Khan Films, Arbaaz Khan Productions Pic Courtesy: Salman Khan Films

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Jumanji:

The Next Level

MOVIE OF THE MONTH

Release Date: 13 December, 2019 Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy Language(s): English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu Director: Jake Kasdan Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black Studio: Columbia Pictures Pic Courtesy: Columbia Pictures

Movie Plot

A team of friends return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own but discover that nothing is as they expect. The movie takes us back into the world of the video game, which has now malfunctioned and accidentally pulled in DeVito and Glover’s cranky grandpas, swapping them in the bodies of Johnson’s Dr. Bravestone and Hart’s Franklin Finbar.

Shenanigans naturally ensue.

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’ve always loved that idea which is that by winning, you return to where you went in. So we kept that idea from the original movie and used it in a different way in our movie.

– Jake Kasdan, director

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Trivia 01

The film expands the world of Jumanji as the characters will go beyond the game’s jungle environment as the characters goes to a desert and a snowy mountain landscape.

THE BACK STORY

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In 2017, we witnessed a sequel, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle which turned the entertainment and fantasy factors up by several notches. The fourth installment Jumanji 3: The Next Level is among the year’s, if not the decade’s most anticipated films.

Dwayne Douglas Johnson was a professional wrestler for the World Wrestling Federation for eight years prior to pursuing an acting career.

He is known for his ring name, The Rock.

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The original film to which this movie is the 4th installment, is an adaptation of the 1981 children’s book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg.

Joe Johnston directorial Jumanji redefined the concept of fantasy adventure films when it arrived in 1995. Comprising an ensemble cast featuring the legendary actor Robin Williams, the film revolving around a supernatural board game imprinted upon our minds. And then, there was no looking back for this supernova of a film!

THE CAST

Jumanji boasts a great cast, with Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Nick Jonas making a return. In Jumanji 2, they played the respective avatars Smolder Bravestone, Sheldon Oberon, Franklin Finbar, Ruby Roundhouse, and Jefferson “Seaplane” McDonough.

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CINE Quiz

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WORTH `2000/Worth `1000/1 Which legendary actor and director plays the role of Eddie in Jumanji: The Next Level?

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) broke the record of which film to become Sony Pictures’ biggest hit?

3 The original film in the franchise ‘Jumanji’ is an adaptation of the 1981 children’s book of the same name. Name the author?

4 Dwayne Johnson was known by a ring name due to his earlier profession of wrestling. Guess the name?

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Kid actors Alex Wolff, Madison Iseman, Ser’Darius Blain, and Morgan Turner return in this film, with Iseman, Blain, and Turner’s characters diving into the game after Wolff is accidentally sucked in.

THE HERO

Dwayne Johnson plays Smolder Bravestone, a confident and muscular archaeologist and international explorer. In Jumanji 2, Dwayne Johnson got to play nerdy, allergyprone Brantford High School student Spencer. Playing strong Dr. Bravestone helped Spencer develop his own confidence and leadership skills.

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DIRECTOR inTHE reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu Jake Kasdan (born Kasdan; 28 occaecat October 1974) is an fugiat nulla pariatur.Jacob Excepteur sint cupidatat American television and film director. non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Kasdan has directed four theatrical films: Zero Effect consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do Set eiusmod tempor (1998), Orange County (2002), The TV (2007) and Walk incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song.

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MUST WATCH BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS DEC

Panipat

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Pati Patni Aur Woh

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Genre: Action, Drama, History

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Language(s): Hindi

Language(s): Hindi

Director: Ashutosh Gowarikar

Director: Mudassar Aziz

Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Kriti Sanon

Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar, Ananya Pandey

Studio: Ashutosh Gowariker Productions, Vision World Films

Studio: T-Series, B.R. Studios Pic courtesy: T-Series

Pic courtesy: Ashutosh Gowariker Productions

Movie Plot: The film is based on the third battle of Panipat which took place on the 14 of January in 1761 between the Marathas and the King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali.

Movie Plot: Chintu Tyagi is an ordinary, middle class man who finds himself torn between his wife and another woman.

Did You Know: The movie revolves around Sadashiv Rao Bhau, portrayed by talented Arjun Kapoor, who leads the Maratha army against the invading forces of the king of Afghanistan.

Did You Know: The film is a reboot of the 1978 B.R. Chopra classic by the same name, starring Sanjeev Kumar, Ranjeeta and Parveen Babi.

Aadhaar

DEC

06

Genre: Drama Language(s): Hindi Director: Suman Ghosh Cast: Vineet Kumar Singh, Raghubir Yadav, Saurabh Shukla Studio: Drishyam Films Pic courtesy: Drishyam Films

Movie Plot: Pharsua is the first to enrol for Aadhaar card in his village but when the village priest predicts that it will cause his wife’s illhealth, he sets upon the uphill task of getting his number changed.

Did You Know: Director Suman Ghosh, who has so far made only Bengali films, and won National Award for Best Feature Film Podokkhep, is also a professor of Economics at Florida Atlantic University in the United States.

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MUST WATCH BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS The Body

DEC

13

Genre: Hindi Director: Jeethu Joseph Cast: Sobhita Dhulipala, Emraan Hashmi, Rishi Kapoor Studio: Viacom 18 Studios Pic Courtesy: Viacom18 Motion Pictures

Movie Plot: The movie revolves around a detective who searches for a body which has gone missing from the morgue.

Did You Know: The Body is the official remake of 2012, a Spanish thriller with the same name directed by Oriol Paulo.

Mardaani 2

DEC

13

Genre: Drama Language(s): Hindi Director: Gopi Puthran Cast: Rani Mukerji, Vikram Singh Chauhan, Rajesh Sharma Studio: Yash Raj Films Pic courtesy: Yash Raj Films

Movie Plot: Rani Mukerji, will be seen playing the lead character Shivani Shivaji Roy locks horns with the devil incarnate, a young and remorseless serial killer who is raping and murdering young women.

Did You Know: The film’s director Gopi Puthran also wrote the story of its superhit prequel, Mardaani that was based on child trafficking mafia.

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MUST WATCH BOLLYWOOD & HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS Good Newwz

DEC

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Genre: Comedy Language(s): Hindi Director: Raj Mehta Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh Studio: Dharma Productions, Cape of Good Films Pic courtesy: Dharma Productions

Movie Plot: The film revolves around two couples who try in vitro fertilisation to have babies Did You Know: It marks the debut of Taimur Ali Khan as a child artist. It’s a good news for his fans, since this film marks the debut of Taimur as a child artist.

Black Christmas

DEC

13

Genre: Horror, Thriller Language(s): English Director: Sophia Takal Cast: Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donaghue Studio: Blumhouse Productions, Divide/Conquer Pic courtesy: Blumhouse Productions

Movie Plot: A group of female students are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break.

Did You Know: The film is among the first and finest set of slasher films including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Psycho (1960), and Peeping Tom (1960). And is the second remake of the 1974 Canadian film Black Christmas, after the 2006 film.

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MUST WATCH HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS Star Wars: The Rise of SkyWalker

DEC

20

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy Language(s): English Director: J.J. Abrams Cast: Billy Lourde, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver Studio: Lucas Film Ltd., Bad Robot Productions Pic courtesy: Bad Robot Productions

Movie Plot: The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.

Did You Know: With a running time of 155 minutes, this is the longest movie of the Star Wars saga. It surpasses the previous record holder Star Wars Marathon (2017) by 3 minutes.

Spies in Disguise

DEC

25

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure Language(s): English Directors: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane Cast: Will Smith, Tom Holland, Rashida Jones Studio: Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Pic courtesy: Blue Sky Studios

Movie Plot: When the world’s best spy is turned into a pigeon, he must rely on his nerdy tech officer to save the world.

Did You Know: Each of the principal actors: Ben Mendelsohn, Karen Gillan, Tom Holland, and Will Smith, have portrayed either superheroes or supervillains in comic book films.

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Up Close & Personal

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Christopher Plummer’s full name is Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer. He was born on December 13, 1929, in Toronto, Canada.

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He is the greatgrandson of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott.

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His parents divorced shortly after he was born in Toronto, and he grew up with his mother in Montreal. He and his father did not meet until Christopher was age 17.

21 Little-Known facts About‌.

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The longest he has gone without an Academy Award nomination is the six years

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French ancestry.

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Plummer trained to become a concert pianist

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Plummer is the author of In Spite of Myself,

half a century, Christopher Plummer has

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He played the role of a young writer in the

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film.

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them as well.

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Known for his rich baritone, Plummer has also lent his distinctively rich voice to

stated that he wasn’t inclined to play the

blockbuster hit Up.

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He and his daughter Amanda Plummer both

At the age of 82, Plummer is the oldest

received Emmy Award nominations in 2005.

actor ever to win an Academy Award,

She won, he did not.

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He is one of only nine actors to have won

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He is the only actor from The Sound of Music as a child.

the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and

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Charmian Carr, who played his daughter in

to meet the real Maria Von Trapp in Vermont

He is one of only 115 people invited to join Sciences (AMPAS).

Plummer is only thirteen years older than

The Sound of Music.

the Triple Crown of Acting (an Oscar, Emmy and Tony).

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Plummer has actively worked behind the

several animated films, including the 2009

which he did in 2012 for Beginners.

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Apart from a prolific career as an actor,

the worldwide recognition, Plummer later role and disliked the movie.

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Taylor for more than 45 years. This is his

television, arranged music, and performed

Oscar-winning, record-breaking movie The von Trapp opposite Julie Andrews. Despite

He has been married to English actress Elaine

stage as well. He has written for stage and

His most popular role till day is in the

Sound of Music (1965). He played Captain

a collection of anecdotes from his life in film

third marriage.

Plummer’s first motion picture was Stage

Struck (1956), directed by Sidney Lumet.

before turning his attention to acting.

and theatre.

In his acting career, which stretches over appeared in more than 100 movies.

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He has English, Scottish, Northern Irish, and distant French-Canadian and Swiss-

carriage house that looked very much like the house depicted in The Sound of Music.

between Beginners (2010) and All the

Money in the World (2017).

He once owned an 1880s Long Island

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He has an acute fear of flying.

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Tisca Chopra

GUEST INTERVIEW

Actress, Good Newzz

Tisca Chopra, the multitalented actress who recently made waves with her own short film, Chutney, takes us behind the scenes of the upcoming comedy Good Newzz.

What attracted you to the script?

It’s a Dharma Productions film, to begin with.

Their reach is fantastic and their production values are top-notch. Then of course, the script itself. It contains a powerful and important social message, without being preachy. That’s what made me want to be a part of it.

Tell us about your role.

Well, I have played a doctor in two consecutive productions now. In the thriller series Hostages, and now this. In Good Newzz, I’ll be seen as a fertility specialist—more specifically, an embryologist. It is my first ever comic role and I’ve enjoyed it to the hilt. There were times when we would stop the monitor and laugh till we had stitches in our sides. This was so fresh and new for me, since I have always played roles that required me to be somewhat understated.

How was the experience of working with a debutant director.

Honestly, I did not feel for a moment that this was Raj Mehta’s debut film. In a sense it isn’t; he’s worked on a large body of films before this one. In fact, we shot one together long ago, which unfortunately did not see the light of day. Raj is an evolved soul, and this film is the perfect vehicle for his talents.

One scene you’d like us to watch out for.

Undoubtedly the scene where the news of the mix-up is announced. It was beyond hilarious! We totally cracked up, and I have to say that was the mood and flavour of this film all through. You’ll go back feeling warm and fuzzy, just like we did during the making.

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Alex Wolff

RISING STAR

The mega-talented Alex Wolff started his acting career at the age of six and became famous through The Naked Brothers Band TV series, for which his mother, actress Polly Draper, wrote the screenplay.

The Naked Brothers band launched a Nickelodeon series that ran for 42 episodes, starring Alex and his real brother Nat Wolff as tween rock stars – they even wrote and performed the music themselves, an early showing of the multidisciplinary approach to creativity Wolff still embraces.

Don’t be surprised when you start noticing Wolff everywhere. The 21-year-old actor is busier than ever, delivering performance after bold performance that’s got everyone talking.

’ve been in front of the camera since the sonogram.

– Alex Wolff

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on Patriot’s Day — the Boston Marathon bombing thriller that saw him playing the role of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger of the two terrorist brothers behind the Boston attack.

Wolff has appeared in a steady stream of dark dramas over the last few years, including festival hits The House of Tomorrow and My Friend Dahmer.

Cage in the indie film Pig, directed by Michael Sarnoski. The film is themed around a truffle hunter who lives alone in the wilderness of Oregon with his beloved foraging pig. When the pig is kidnapped, he must journey into Portland — and his long-abandoned past — to recover her.

He played a supporting role in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, in which he was the teenager trapped in The Rock’s body. This was his first brush with international audiences.

He reunited on-screen with his mother and brother for Stella’s Last Weekend, themed around two brothers who fall in love with the same girl.

Wolff’s most talked-about performance has been in the disturbing family horror drama Hereditary, where he played a 16-year-old traumatised by a terrible haunting.

He will now be seen in Jumanji: The Next Level, where he stars opposite stalwarts such as Danny deVito and Danny Glover.

UP CLOSE

Wolff shaved his head and put on 20 pounds for Cat And the Moon, a coming-of-age film that he wrote, directed and acted in. So passionate was he about the project that he got himself tattooed with a cat and the moon.

His role in the horror movie Hereditary affected him so much that he would come home and comfort himself with a load of food and watched cartoons. He still cannot listen to the soundtrack from the film; it gives him goosebumps.

Wolff is obsessed with watching horror movies. His favourite is the classic Rosemary’s Baby.

He is currently a terrible cook but wants to learn how to make a souffle.

QUICK FACTS BIRTH NAME: Alex Draper Wolff _______________________ OCCUPATION: Actor, Director, Writer, Musician _______________________ BIRTH DATE: November 1, 1997 _______________________ PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, USA _______________________ YEARS ACTIVE: 2005–present _______________________ Parent(s): Michael Wolff, Polly Draper

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J.J.Abrams

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The Cinema of

J.J.Abrams Jeffrey Jacob Abrams, better known as his screen moniker J.J. Abrams, was born in New York, USA, on June 27, 1966. He is the son of television producer Gerald W. Abrams and executive producer Carol Ann Abrams. His incredible body of work has made him one of Hollywood’s most legendary directors. He is also a television producer, screenwriter, actor and composer.

As a child, Abrams developed an interest in magic, an early indicator of his later fascination with special effects. He was curious about movies and was intrigued that directors, like magicians, could make things and people disappear.

Abrams is known for his work in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. He has written or produced films such as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992), Armageddon (1998), Cloverfield (2008), Star Trek (2009), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), and the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

His major motion picture directing debut was Mission Impossible III, where he was given the task to revive the franchise. Thanks to his experience and knowledge as a writer and producer, he got a chance to revive the Star Trek franchise with a total reboot. He followed that film with Super 8, his first original film as director and an obvious homage to Steven Spielberg, who he worked with on this film. Star Trek Into Darkness is his latest

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film. More importantly, he’s at the helm of the heavily anticipated Star Wars Episode.

5 Signs You’re Watching a J.J. Abrams Film:

Lens Flares

Abrams is known—and sometimes criticised—for his use of lens flare, which creates a blinding sort of effect as light bounces off the lens. He also uses close-ups that are at times uncomfortably close.

Speed Zoom

He makes extensive use of snap zoom, with the camera finding an object and then zeroing in on it fast. The zoom creates a hectic sense of activity, an urgent need; it whips up a heightened feeling of chaos. In both Star Trek and its sequel, the camera never stops swirling: Abrams’s visual priority is, above all else, movement.

The Theme of Loss

Abrams lost his mother to cancer in 2012. Perhaps that explains why almost every film he makes depicts the emotional impact of losing a parent. The first scene after the credits in Mission Impossible III, mentions the death of a major character’s parents. The first scene of Star Trek is Kirk’s father’s last hurrah, and Super 8 opens with the death of the main character’s mother.

Untrustworthy Authority Figures

In a J.J. Abrams film, you can’t trust the government.

You definitely can’t trust people who operate at high levels of the government. Mission: Impossible 3‘s Musgraves, Alias‘s CIA-agent-gone-rogue Sloane, Super 8‘s Colonel Nelec…all men with shadowy motivations.

Obsession with Mystery

Abrams’ movies aren’t about characters solving mysteries; in his work, characters quite literally are the mysteries, with key information about them slowly revealed. In both of his Star Treks, the villainous figures are introduced with no explanation and we only gradually come to understand who they are. In Alias, with its double and triple agents, we realise that a central character had been lying about his or her life for the entire run of the show.

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They said “Every day is an adventure when I step out of the door.”

— Steve Buscemi

“I think it’s the same simple thing for everyone—to be happy, and have love in your life.”

— Juliette Binoche

“Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.”

— Ariana Grande

“I don’t believe in regrets; I believe your future is in your tomorrows.”

— John Travolta

“Don’t aspire to make a living.

Aspire to make a difference.”

— Denzel Washington

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Out This December MOVIE NAME (LANGUAGE)

GENRE

FORMAT

PANIPAT (HINDI)

ACTION, DRAMA, HISTORY

icons RELEASE DATE

06 DEC

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PATI PATNI AUR WOH (HINDI)

COMEDY, ROMANCE

06 DEC

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ AADHAR (HINDI)

DRAMA

06 DEC

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BLACK CHRISTMAS (ENGLISH)

HORROR, THRILLER

13 DEC

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (ENGLISH/HINDI/TAMIL/TELUGU) ACTION ,ADVENTURE, COMEDY

3D, IMAX, 4DX

13 DEC

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE BODY (HINDI)

THRILLER

13 DEC

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MARDAANI 2 (HINDI)

DRAMA

13 DEC

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (ENGLISH)

ACTION, ADVENTURE, FANTASY

3D, IMAX, 4DX

20 DEC

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DABANGG 3 (HINDI)

ACTION

20 DEC

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SPIES IN DISGUISE (ENGLISH)

ANIMATION, ACTION, ADVENTURE

3D

25 DEC

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GOOD NEWWZ (HINDI)

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COMEDY

Subject to release at PVR. Movie schedule is subject to last minute change.

27 DEC

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