From Sanjay leela Bhansali and Imtiaz Ali to Kabir Khan, Mohit Suri, Kunal Kohli and R Balki, 2015 is all about big ticket movies by big ticket filmmakers. Karan Johar had mentioned that 2015 will be a special year for Bollywood in many ways and it sure looks like it. Although big names like Ajay Devgn, Hrithik Roshan and Aamir Khan will be missing in action, there will be an overdose of Deepika, Akki and Sallu Bhai. Sunday Pioneer gives you all the dough
JANUARY
Alone
Genre: Horror
Directed by: Bhushan Patel
Starring: Bipasha Basu, Karan Singh Grover
Story: It is the Bollywood remake of the 2007 Thai film of the same name. When her mother meets with an accident, Sanjana is forced to return to Kerala from Mumbai along with her husband Kabir. Sanjana, is the survivor between the conjoined twins, and when she comes home after years she is thrown into her old life which is both painful and haunting. Sanjana is the only one, who feels Anjana’s (Bipasha) presence and sees her face in mirrors and reflections. Slowly these hallucinations give way to a shocking discovery of a horrific secret conjoined with fear, fate and a most passionate twisted love.
Dolly Ki Doli
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Directed by: Abhishek Dogra
Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Pulkit Samrat, Rajkummar Rao, Varun Sharma
Story: Sonam plays a bindaas North Indian girl Dolly who gets married and runs away with the groom’s money. She does it three times over!
Other films
Crazy Cukkad Family which is directed by Ritesh Menon and stars Swanand Kirkire and Shilpa Shukla.
Akki’s Baby is also a much anticipated release in January. The movie is a thriller directed by Neeraj Pandey and stars Akshay Kumar and Taapsee Pannu among other stars.
FEBRUARY
Shamitabh
Genre: Drama
Directed by: R Balki
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan
Story: Shamitabh is a story about a mute and deaf actor, who collaborates with a voice artist. But what happens when ‘ego’ comes in betweenIJ
Dirty Politics
Genre: Drama
Directed by: K.C. Bokadia
Starring: Mallika Sherawat, Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher and others.
Story: It’s inspired by the real-life case of Bhanwari Devi, a midwife who went missing in 2011 and the remnants of whose corpse were eventually found in early 2012. Allegedly, she got involved with a politician and threatened to release to the press a CD of the two of them if he didn’t pay her.
Other movies
Patel Ki Punjabi Shadi which is a rom-com directed by Sanjay Chhel and starring Rishi Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Vir Das and others. Then there is Guddu Rangeela starring Arshad Warsi and Aditi Rao Hydari in lead roles.
MARCH
NH10
Genre: Thriller
Directed by: Navdeep Singh
Starring: Anushka Sharma, Neil Bhoopalam, Darshan Kumaar
Story: This film marks actress Anushka Sharma's first production with her company Clean Slate Films, co-producing along with Phantom Films. The film is based on a couple’s road trip gone awry and stars Anushka Sharma in the lead role opposite Neil Bhoopalam.
Bank Chor
Genre: Comedy/Crime
Directed by: Bumpy
Starring: Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Rhea Chakraborty
Story: A comic-caper, that tells the story of 3 morons trying to rob a bank who pick the worst day possible when everything that can go wrong, goes wrong and how.
Other movies
Dharam Sankat Mein starring Naseeruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor, Murli Sharma and others is also a movie to watch out for and so is the Randeep Hooda starrer Main aur Mr Charles. Shonali Bose’s Margarita With A Straw starring Kalki Koechlin and Revathy is also a must watch.
APRIl
Gabbar
Genre: Crime/Action
Directed by: Krish
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Shruti Haasan, Prakash Raj
Story: Gabbar Singh Rajput (Akshay Kumar) creates his own vigilante military network called the Anti-Corruption Force (ACF) that eliminates the most corrupt individuals, from all walks of life, in a systematic manner.
Phantom
Genre: Action/Drama
Directed by: Kabir Khan
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif
Story: The film is about post-26/11 attacks in Mumbai and global terrorism. It was supposed to release much earlier on October 2, 2014 but due to delay in shooting of Katrina’s film Bang Bang, Phantom’s shooting schedule got affected.
Other movies:
Watch out for Emraan Hashmi in a Sci fi/Thriller titled Mr X directed by Vikram Bhatt.
MAY
Welcome Back
Genre: Comedy
Directed by: Anees Bazmee
Starring: John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Shruti Haasan, Sara loren, Paresh Rawa and others.
Story: The exciting sequel to the blockbuster movie which was supposed to be released in December 2015 has been preponed for May. little birdie tells us that the shooting is yet to be wrapped up.
Other movies
Mirage directed by Raghav Murali is a dark thriller starring singer Monica Dogra along with new comer Rahsaan Islam in lead roles.
JUNE
Hamari Adhuri Kahani
Genre: Romance/Drama
Directed by: Mohit Suri
Starring: Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan, Rajkummar Rao
Story: Hamari Adhuri Kahani is a reportedly based on Mahesh Bhatt’s life. Movie is a love story and certainly very different from Mohit’s last film, the dark, edgy, gritty, Ek Villain. Hamari Adhuri Kahani is in the BR Chopra mould of films. It is about, love, value systems, people’s lives from birth to marriage.
ABCD 2
Genre: Dance
Directed by: Remo D’Souza
Starring: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhu Deva, lauren Gottlieb, Punit Pathak
Story: In the sequel, the film will explore the real life struggle of choreographers Aryan Suresh,Vinnie and Vernon from Nallasopara (Mumbai suburb), who went on to win the World Hip-Hop dance championship.
JUlY
All Is Well
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Umesh Shukla
Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Asin, Rishi Kapoor, Smriti Irani
Story: All Is well is about a road trip undertaken by Rishi Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan, who are later joined by their mother. Reportedly, Asin also plays an important role in the film.
Brothers
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Karan Malhotra
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez, Jackie Shroff
Story: Is the offivial remake of the Hollywood film Warrior.
AUGUST
Fan
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Maneesh Sharma
Starring: Shahrukh Khan and others
Story: The film begins shooting July 2014 and the actor has begun work on the film.
The renowned special effects makeup maestro, Greg Cannom, who started work on developing Shah Rukh’s look for the film, spent considerable time at the Studio recently with the actor, Director, Maneesh Sharma and Producer, Aditya Chopra.
Jagga Jasoos
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Directed by: Anurag Basu
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Govinda, Adah Sharma
Story: A gifted teenage detective (Ranbir Kapoor) searches for his missing father (Govinda) with his ladylove assistant (Katrina Kaif).
SEPTEMBER
shandaar
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Vikas Bahl
Starring: Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt
Story: The film is titled to be India’s first ever destination wedding film.
OCTOBER
singh is bling
Genre: Comedy
Diercted by: Prabhu Deva
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon and Rajpal Yadav.
NOVEMBER
prem ratan dhan payo
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Sooraj Barjatya
Starring: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Armaan Kohli, Anupam Kher, Swara Bhaskar, Deepak Dobriyal, Sanjay Mishra
Story: Khan would be seen playing dual role — a king and a common man in his upcoming film. Ratan (king) will rule the kingdom, while his identical twin brother in the film will be a common man.
DECEMBER
bajirao mastani
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Sanjay leela Bhansali
Starring: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Tanvi Azmi
Story: The film narrates the story of the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I and his second wife Mastani. Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone star in lead roles, with Tanvi Azmi portraying a supporting role.
Tamasha
Genre: Romance/Drama
Directed by: Imtiaz Ali
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone
Story: Ranbir is all set to play a nomad, who entertains people while travelling and Deepika will be playing a die-hard fan of the French comic series, Asterix and Obleix (set in Corsica). A source told a daily, RK plays a free spirit who wants everybody around him to be happy. He doesn’t have a permanent home but wanders from place to place, going out of his way to please people.
MUST WATCH
Tevar
Action/Romance
Directed by : Amit Sharma
Starring: Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Kader Khan, Manoj Bajpai
piku
Comedy/Drama
Director: Shoojit Sircar
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan, Moushumi Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta
Roy
Thriller
Director: Vikramjit Singh
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Arjun Rampal
Bombay Velvet
Neo-Noir/Thriller
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Starring: Ranbir, Karan Johar, Anushka, Raveena Tandon, Kay Kay Menon
Dil Dhadakne Do
Drama
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Starring: Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Anushka Sharma, Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Action/Drama
Director: Kabir Khan
Starring: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan