Upcoming Bollywood Movies In the Year 2012 [List]

Here is the list of the Bollywood Movies which will release in the upcoming year 2012. Number of big banner movies as well as small banner movies are releasing this year. I hope we will get some nice stories to see on the big screen.

Shanghai:

Inspired by Greek writer Vassilis Vassilikos’s acclaimed novel Z, Dibaker Bannerjee spins a tale on Maharashtra politicians’ aspirations of turning Mumbai into Shanghai. Hence the name for this political thriller that features Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi and Kalki Koechlin.

Release: To be announced

Gali Gali Chor Hai:

Undeterred by the debacle of his directorial debut, writer Rumi Jafri is sure of his next, Gali Gali Chor Hai. The slice of life film features Akshaye Khanna as the Common Man who becomes a victim of the corrupt system. How the cashier at a bank who plays Lord Hanuman in the local RamLeela overcomes his circumstances forms the crux of the movie.

Release: February 3

Ek Deewana Tha:

A decade since Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, director Gautam Memon returns to Bollywood with his second movie. Like his first, Ek Deewana Tha too is a remake of his own Tamil hit, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. Prateik and Amy Jackson play the lead pair in this cross-cultural romance, the music of which has been composed by maestro A R Rahman.

Release: February 17

London, Paris, New York:

Ali Zafar and Aditi Rao feature in this romcom spanning three countries. Ali is also composing the music and rending his own playback. First-timer Anu Menon directs the film produced by Goldie Behl and Srishti Arya.

Release: March

Kya Super Kool Hain Hum:

Tusshar Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh return in this sequel of Kya Kool Hain Hum under the aegis of the writer-turned-director Sachin Yardi. Angela Jonnson and Neha Sharma replace Neha Dhupia and Eeshaa Koppikhar from the first movie and are supported by Bipasha Basu, Sarah Jane Dias and Chunky Panday.

Release: April 6

Jannat 2:

Riding on the success of Jannat, producers Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt are back with yet another sequel. Under the direction of Kunal Deshmukh, Emraan Hashmi is joined in this film about match fixing by Randeep Hooda and Prachi Desai.

Release: April 27

Raaz 3:

Nearly a decade since the first Raaz went on to become a runaway hit, director Vikram Bhatt rejoins producer uncles Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt for yet another scary thriller. Emraan Hashmi, who played an artist in Raaz 2 returns for a trilogy that also features Jacqueline Fernandez.

Release: August 31

Khiladi 786:

More than 10 years since International Khiladi, Akshay Kumar returns in his most-famous avatar, this time in and as Khiladi 786. Helmed by Ashish R Mohan, the action comedy features Himesh Reshammiya too, who is also co-producing it with Akshay.

Release: November 14 (Diwali)

Yash Chopra’s next:

Seven years after Veer-Zaara, the master of romance returns with his favourite Shah Rukh Khan. Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma are said to join him in this love triangle, the shooting for which starts early January.

Release: November 14 (Diwali)

Race 2:

Directed by Abbas-Mustan, John Abraham steps in to join Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor in this suspense thriller that takes off after Akshaye Khanna and Katrina Kaif’s characters end in the first movie. Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez and Ameesha Patel to sizzle in place of Bipasha, Katrina and Sameera Reddy.

Release: November 30

Chashme Buddoor:

Putting the debacle of Rascals behind him, David Dhawan embarks on the remake of Sai Paranjpe’s acclaimed hit, Chashme Buddoor. Ali Zafar reprises Faroukh Shaikh’s role, aided by Divyendhu Sharma and Siddharth. The comedy also features Tapasi, Anupam Kher, Rishi Kapoor and Raveena Tandon.

Release: To be announced

Student Of The Year:

For the first time since his debut, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, director Karan Johar’s film doesn’t star Shah Rukh Khan. However, he’s onboard as the co-producer as KJo directs star kids Varun Dhawan (son of David Dhawan) and Alia Bhatt (daughter of Mahesh Bhatt) in this campus romance.

Release: To be announced

Ghayal Returns:

More than two decades since the Rajkumar Santoshi-helmed movie stormed the box-office, Sunny Deol is back to playing a mature Ajay Verma. Old friend Rahul Rawail, who directed his first hits like Betaab and Arjun is at the helm to also help boost the Vijeyta Films banner.

Release: November 14 (Diwali)

Thaanedaar Returns:

Southern whiz K S Ravikumar makes his Hindi debut with the remake of Saamy. Sanjay Dutt reprises the protagonist cop essayed by Vikram in the Tamil hit. Asin plays his love interest while Prakash Raj is the bad man.

Release: November 14 (Diwali)

Cocktail:

Being Cyrus might not have set the cash registers ringing, but it sure got Homi Adajania noticed as a director to reckon with. He returns with Cocktail, an unusual love story, written by Imtiaz Ali and featuring Saif Ali Khan (also producer) and Deepika Padukone.

Release: To be announced.

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag:

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s ambitious biography on Milkha Singh. Farhan Akhtar has already started training to play the Flying Sikh, as the athlete was popularly known as. Sonam Kapoor plays his love before he got married to Nirmal Kaur.

Release: To be announced

Zilla Ghaziabad:

Sanjay Dutt plays a cop yet again (besides Department and Thaanedaar Returns) in this movie based on gang wars in the mid 1990s in Ghaziabad. Arshad Warsi plays his first negative character as Prakash Fauji, while Vivek Oberoi plays his nemesis, a professor-turned-gangster in this Anand Kumar directed film.

Release: To be announced

Maatru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola:

Thanks to open date diary, Imran Khan could sign up for this Vishal Bhardwaj rom-com, also featuring Anushka Sharma and set in rustic Rajasthan. The young actor is these days trying to get into Saif Ali Khan’s Langda Tyagi mould at the behest of the filmmaker. Perhaps that is something that first choice Ajay Devgn didn’t want to do. And the young Khan had no qualms about.

Release: To be announced

Rock The Shaadi:

One of the most promising directors of 2008, Navdeep Singh returns with his second movie. Said to be a zombie-comedy, it features his favourite Abhay Deol, along with Genelia D’Souza.

Release: To be announced

Kismat, Love, Paisa, Dilli:

Three years after the acclaimed surprise success of Ek Chaalis Ki Last Local, director Sanjay Khanduri returns with what was touted to be as the sequel to the Abhay Deol movie. However, this one, starring Vivek Oberoi and Mallika Sherawat, has been renamed as Kismat, Love, Paisa, Dilli or KLPD as short, for a popular Hindi slang.

Release: To be announced

Shootout At Wadala:

After their fallout, post Shootout At Lokhandwala, director Sanjay Gupta and producer Ekta Kapoor join hands for yet another film based on reality. However, this time they’re tracing the first encounter of Mumbai, of Manya Surve by cop Isaque Bhagwan in 1981. Anil Kapoor plays the cop while John Abraham plays the gangster. Vidya Balan has been reportedly confirmed as the don’s moll.

Release: To be announced

Lootera:

Not one to rest on laurels post Udaan, director Vikramaditya Motwane revisits the 1960s with his second film. Interestingly, this is hero Ranveer Singh’s first movie outside the YRF banner that pairs him with Sonakshi Sinha.

Release: To be announced

English Vinglish:

Nearly a decade and a half since Judaai, Sridevi makes her comeback. Discounting her special appearance in Halla Bol (2008), English Vinglish sees her as a protagonist struggling against hardships after her husband dies in the movie, which set in the US. Balki, director of Cheeni Kum and Paa, takes a backseat as the producer overseeing the directorial debut of his wife Gauri Shinde.

I, Me Aur Main:

Kapil Sharma, son of astronaut Rakesh Sharma, makes his directorial debut with this slice-of-life movie. Chitrangada Singh and Prachi Desai also feature with John Abraham, who’s also producing the film with Goldie Behl-Srishti Arya and Reliance Entertainment.

Release: To be announced

Ishq In Paris:

Preity Zinta makes her debut as a producer while also doubling up as the leading lady. Helmed by her good friend Prem Soni (Main Aur Mrs Khanna), this one also stars French actress Isabelle Adjani and as the title suggests, is a love story set in Paris.

Release: June 29

Vicky Donor:

Director Shoojit Sircar has a tough task on hand with this one. More so because it’s reported to launch Hema Malini’s daughter Ahana as an actress, paired opposite Prateik. Besides, it’s John Abraham’s solo production.

Release: To be announced.

Shirin Farhad:

Bela Sehgal, editor sister of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, finally makes her directorial debut. Interestingly, director Farah Khan makes her debut as an actress, paired with Boman Irani.

Release: To be announced.

Also don’t forget to check out my 10 hot favourites movies in the year 2012.

AGNEEPATH

DIRECTOR: Karan Malhotra CAST: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor EXPECTED RELEASE: January 26 The raw, pulsating aggro of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan – portrayed by none other than Amitabh Bachchan in the 1990 classic – will be brought alive on screen by Hrithik Roshan. For visual relief from the all-out action is the leggy Katrina Kaif as the fetching Chikni Chameli. WATCH OUT FOR: Sanjay Dutt as the bald baddie Kancha Cheena.

EK THA TIGER

DIRECTOR: Kabir Khan CAST: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif EXPECTED RELEASE: August Salman turns tiger for this one, his prowl – sorry, pay – was a whopping 32 crore.

Filmed in five countries including Ireland and Turkey, the crew faced some tense moments when an earthquake hit Turkey. It’s touted as a romantic thriller, but will it romance the BO? Let’s wait and watch the tiger. WATCH OUT FOR: Kat sizzling opposite her ex.

BARFEE

DIRECTOR: Anurag Basu CAST: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D’Cruz EXPECTED RELEASE: July Bolly heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor in a non-star avatar, as happy-go-lucky deaf-mute man, Murphy, while Piggy Chops plays autistic girl Jhilmil. A murder mystery with a fair share of thrills and chills, “B” has been the buzzword in tinseltown ever since it hit the floors. WATCH OUT FOR: South siren Ileana D’Cruz, who’s the narrator of the story.

HEROINE

DIRECTOR: Madhur Bhandarkar CAST: Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Shahana Goswami, Randeep Hooda EXPECTED RELEASE: September Heroine ho aur nakhre na ho? Madhur had a taste of this Bollywood adage as his first heroine, Ash, became pregnant and dropped out. Madhur went back to his ‘first choice’ Kareena Kapoor. The film captures the insecurities of a once-famous heroine whose career is on the decline. WATCH OUT FOR: Echoes of Madhubala and Marilyn’s lives.

ROWDY RATHORE

DIRECTOR: Prabhu Deva CAST: Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha EXPECTED RELEASE: June 15 Akshay returns to full-on action with this remake of the Telugu bumper hit “Vikramarkudu” – and that too in a double role, as a dhaansu police officer and a thief. Akshay is learnt to be finetuning his martial art skills for this role. Kickass, eh? WATCH OUT FOR: All eyes will be on Sonakshi. This will be her next release after “Dabangg”. And, of course, Pradhu Deva as director.

TALAASH

DIRECTOR: Reema Kagti CAST: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukerji EXPECTED RELEASE: June 1 Another cop movie, with Aamir donning khaki for the first time since “Sarfarosh” (1999). Being an Aamir film, the buzz over it is a given. And Aamir being Aamir, he’s making sure that the plot isn’t leaked. Fans posted ‘inspired’ posters online (above), forcing producer Farhan Akhtar to clear the air on Twitter. WATCH OUT FOR: Kolkata boy Subrat Dutt’s performance.

BOL BACHCHAN

DIRECTOR: Rohit Shetty CAST: Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin Thottumkal and Prachi Desai EXPECTED RELEASE: July 6 Rohit Shetty had a hit with “Golmaal 3″, but instead of another sequel, he announced “Bol Bachchan”, which, we now hear, is a tribute to the 1979 “Golmaal”, a Hrishikesh Mukherjee classic. Abhishek is Ram Prasad (Amol Palekar in the original) and Devgn plays Bhawani Shankar (Utpal Dutt). WATCH OUT FOR: LOL lines every minute.

AGENT VINOD

DIRECTOR: Sriram Raghavan CAST: Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor EXPECTED RELEASE: March The director has said that it’s not a remake of the 1977 film, but it’s not every day that you get to see the Nawab of Pataudi romance his would-be begum on screen, right? The only ‘wrong’ is that the release of the much-hyped film has been delayed a number of times. Pull up your socks Agent Vinod, you have to save the film! WATCH OUT FOR: Thrills, thrills and more thrills.

SHANGHAI

DIRECTOR: Dibakar Banerjee CAST: Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Prosenjit Chatterjee EXPECTED RELEASE: April/ May A take on the anti-corruption movement. The hatke political thriller focusses on the revenge of the common man and has been inspired by Greek writer and diplomat Vassilis Vassilikos’s book, Z. Dibakar has raised the bar with films like “Khosla Ka Ghosla” and “Love, Sex Aur Dhoka”. We’re waiting for more! WATCH OUT FOR: Prosenjit Chatterjee’s return to Bollywood.

HOUSEFULL 2

Akshay Kumar is all set to tickle your funnybone in ‘Housefull 2′

DIRECTOR: Sajid Khan CAST: Akshay Kumar, Asin, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Riteish Deshmukh, Shreyas Talpade and Shazahn Padamsee EXPECTED RELEASE: April 5 “Housefull” had a house full run at the BO. Idea! Why not repeat the success with a sequel? That’s how “Housefull 2″ happened. Akshay Kumar’s character, Aarush, is supposed to be a comic take on James Bond. Will Sajid get the comic formula right and laugh all the way to the bank? We’ll have our eyes glued. WATCH OUT FOR: Performances by Mithun Chakraborty, Rishi Kapoor and even Big B.

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10 Worst Bollywood Movies of the Year 2011

Hi Guys,Rediff has put up their  list of the 10 ‘Worst Bollywood Movies of the year 2011′. Have a look at them and let me know what you think about it.

1. Thank You – Akshay Kumar film directed by Anees Bazmee
2. Ready – Another Anees Bazmee film starring Salman Khan and Asin. Ready was one of the biggest hits of 2011
3. Game – Released a day before India won the World Cup final, not many know that this Abhishek Bachhcan film even released!
4. Rascals – David Dhawan directed film starring Ajay Devgan and Sanjay Dutt. Even with a dependable star cast, Rascals bombed at the box-office.
5. 7 Khoon Maaf – Directed by Vishal Bharadwaj, the film promised a lot but disappointed. Disaster.
6. Desi Boyz – Apart from the climax, we found Desi Boyz to be quite entertaining. Definitely not the worst movie of 2011, but Rediff doesn’t agree!
7. Not A Love Story – Which film was Ram Gopal Varma’s last hit? Not a love story was appreciated by a few critics, but didn’t get a face saving opening at the box office, like every other RGV film.
8. Mausam – One of the biggest disappointments of the year, the father-son duo of Shahid and Pankaj Kapur failed to deliver, big time!
9. Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji – Again, we found this film to be entertaining in parts.
10. Don 2 – Well, what do we say about this? Ra One doesn’t find a mention, but if it was meant to be a countdown, Don 2 tops the list of Worst Bollywood Movies of 2011. We absolutely loved the film, first time on 2D and second watch on 3D!

Do post your list of the Worst Bollywood Movies of 2011. Please be honest.

That Girl in Yellow Boots : Movie Review

THAT GIRL IN YELLOW BOOTS, is by far his boldest film and if I may say so, his best effort so far. Powerful and captivating, THAT GIRL IN YELLOW BOOTS has a shocker of a conclusion that leaves you disturbed and troubled. Kalki’s quest for her missing father is a sad, quixotic, twisted tale of love and longing with a climax that rattles you. Also, it’s a sordid and tragic tale of incest and sexual abuse that are such an intrinsic part of a society that still doesn’t know how to treat its women.

More importantly, it is the cinematic idiom of the film which impresses you. Kalki’s world — the seedy apartment, the sleazy massage parlour, the passionless romance, the cramped immigration office — is a closed, suffocating world with almost no ray of light. The only hope being the young girl’s dogged determination to find her truant dad. Kashyap pays as much attention to frame and technique as to story and character development, which is what make his films an artistic and wholesome experience. A word about Kalki’s performance: she literally slips into the shoes of the protagonist and essays the anguish of a lonely, lost soul effortlessly.

Go for the different experience. Critic’s Rating: 4 stars

Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone in Lafangey Parindey

Yash Raj Films is ready with its latest flick Lafangey Parindey starring Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. While the film directed by Pradeep Sarkar is set to release on August 20, we bring you a sneak peek at the two characters you are going to meet while watching the film.

Both the actors have extremely challenging roles to play in this love story.  Neil, who has performed some daring stunts in the film, plays a character with an interesting name — One Shot Nandu.