Cannes is rolling out the red carpet for a sizeable Indian contingent this year, but the most awaited Indian star there remains Aishwarya Rai. Aishwarya Rai talks exclusively about the irresistible magic that draws her to Cannes every year…
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Bandini is arguably Bimal Roy’s greatest and most complete film, Do Bigha Zameen nothwithstanding. The story is based on a book by Jarasandha, a former jail superintendent who wrote fictional versions of his experiences (Louha-Kapat (1953), Tamasha (1958), Nyaydanda (1961)). Set at a time when women had no choices, the film’s protagonist Kalyani had the courage to not only make choices in her life but choices which at times might appear to be even wrong ones as she gives up everything for love.

Starring: Ashok Kumar, Nutan, Dharmendra, Raja Paranjpe, Tarun Bose, Asit Sen, Iftikhar
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KILLER has been in bollywood tabloids since the day Emraan, the lead actor, refused to kiss Nisha Kothari, the actress, on screen.

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This Bhatt production seems to be inspired by the Tom Cruise-Jamie Foxx starrer Hollywood film Collateral. The diverse characterizations of the lead players however, remind you more of the recent Nana Patekar – John Abraham starrer Taxi No 9211. What’s interesting is that the characters of Irrfan Khan and Emraan Hashmi are much against their usual screen images. While Irrfan has never looked more classy, jazzy lover-boy Emraan Hashmi plays an unpretentious taxi driver.

Bhatts are known to introduce new talents in almost every film. But this one has known names. So who’s the new entry? Well this time it’s the director, and not one but two of them. Raksha Mistry and Hasnain S Hyderabadwala make their debut as directors with Killer.

Cast: Esha Deol, Aftab Shivdasani, Amisha Patel
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Shekhar [Aftab Shivdasani] is married to Nandita [Amisha Patel]. The relationship only gets better with the birth of a girl, Sheena. Everything seems perfect. Till Miss World and Bollywood star Kavya Krishna [Esha Deol] walks into his hospital with a slit wrist.

Kavya is beautiful. Like the rest of the world, Shekhar falls in love with her. For Kavya, Shekhar is the lifeline. Her anchor. The only person in the world who can make her happy. And Kavya wants, needs, struggles to be happy.

Nandita, of course, is stuck in the middle. Shekhar is her husband. The only man she has ever loved. And yet, he finds it only too easy to walk away. From her. From their home. From Sheena.
ANKAHEE is about the truth that was left unspoken between a man, his wife and their daughter. And the lies that need to be uncovered.

Rani at Grand Rex Paris

Shah Rukh Khan at Grand Rex Paris

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Amisha Patel, Jaya Pradha, Gulshan Grover
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Ravi [Sanjay Dutt] works in an automobile company. His wife Sarita [Amisha Patel] and 8-year-old kid Gaurav [Yash Pathak] are his world. The story takes a turn when his son collapses while playing cricket. He is diagnosed with a hole in his heart and needs heart transplant operation. Ravi is asked to raise Rs. 15 lacs to save his son’s life by the surgeon [Darshan Jariwala]. But can Ravi afford such a big sum at such a short notice?

Ravi tries to get it the right way. Asking for help from his office, the insurance company, the loan sharks… But no one responds to his pleas, while his son does not respond to medication. With time and options running out, a desperate gamble becomes Ravi’s only hope: He takes the emergency room hostage.

Ravi barricades himself inside the hospital along with his unwitting group of emergency room hostages, many of them in need of medical care themselves. The police try their best to talk him out of it. His wife, a doctor [Jaya Pradha], a cop [Anoop Soni] and millions of ordinary people join his battle. Can a helpless father beat the system?

On the whole, TATHASTU is a real story which tends to get unreal as it progresses. At the box-office, the lack of hype coupled with dull merits will make it go unnoticed.