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April’s Bollywood Films To Watch

Entertainment Mar 22, 2016

by Vallisa Chauhan

Check out our must-see list of April films from Bollywood and beyond!

Ki and Ka

Director: R.Balki
Cast: Kareena Kapoor Khan and Arjun Kapoor
Release Date: April 1, 2016

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Ki and Ka stars Kareena Kapoor Khan and Arjun Kapoor who play the roles of Ki and Ka, a married couple whose relationship challenges the gender roles placed upon women and men in Indian society. The film has been hugely talked about in the media and one track that has stood out is Jaz Dhami and Honey Signh's "High Heels" that has been reworked by the Meet Brothers. The music video shows Arjun sporting a pair of heels.

Love Games

Director: Vikram Bhatt
Cast: Patralekha, Tara Alisha Berry
Release Date: April 1, 2016

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Love Games is produced by Mukesh Bhatt and directed by Vikram Bhatt and the trailer hit over four million views on youtube within four days of release. Vikram Bhatt has also done something different with the soundtrack of the film: a lot of Bollywood films use a mix of Hindi and English lyrics through the film but Vikram has used up to seven pure English soundtracks in Love Games most of which he has actually penned himself. Bhatt has said the reason behind this is to connect with the youth of today with a language they understand.

Yeh Laal Rang

Director: Syed Ahmad Afzal
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Akshay Oberoi and Rajniesh Duggall
Release Date: April 8, 2016

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This Bollywood film is a social thriller that deals with a menace of thefts in a blood bank in a small town called Karnal, Haryana. Randeep Hooda has dropped his macho man look for this film and has opted for a more man on the streets look as he plays the character of a Jatt. Afzal has been quoted saying the film deals with issues that have not been dealt with in Bollywood to date.

Maalik

Director: Ashir Azeem
Cast: Ashir Azeem, Farhan Ali Agha and Sajid Hassan
Release Date: April 8, 2016

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The tagline for this Pakistani film is "I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I am somebody." This quote was taken from American actress, comedian, writer and singer Lily Tomlin. The plot of the film follows four different splits. One is an Afghan family that escapes from the ravages of the Soviet War, they leave Afghanistan and settle in Karachi. The second is a SSG officer who suffers a tragedy and starts a private security company also in Karachi and has his collogues join him after their retirements. The idealist school master suffers under a cruel Feudal lord also in Karachi. The final story is that of the Feudal Lord who becomes the Chief Minter and unleashes a reign of terror for anyone that crosses his path.

Bathinda Express

Director: Deep Joshi
Cast: Jasmine Kaur, Deep Joshi and Vijay S Kumar
Release Date: April 8, 2016

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Bathinda Express is a Punjabi film that was supposed to release in n January but actually found itself stuck within the censor boards for a while and was finally cleared in February. Deep Joshi, the director of the film has said 'Our film has been ready for release for quite a while not but we were refused a U/A certificate by the censors and were being given an A certificate. However, after our share of battles with them with them we have finally managed to get a U/A certificate.' He also followed up by thanking people for standing by him and supporting him.

Fan

Director: Maneesh Sharma
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Waluscha De Sousa and Shriya Pilgaonkar
Release Date: April 15, 2016

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Shah Rukh Khan has ben releasing hits after hits with the likes of Chennai Express, Happy New Year and Dilwale but now he is getting ready for a more niche content driven film with Fan. Although he is known commercially across India and worldwide SRK has also worked on many niche films such as Swades and Chak De India! and the fans of these types of films have not been happy that the actor has been working on more masala mass films and so Shah Rukh has said "If you are looking for novelty, then you should watch out for Fan. It's a different type of film, meant to be a niche not a blockbuster."

Vaisakhi List

Director: Smeep Kang
Cast: Jimmy Shergill, Sunil Grover, Shruti Sodhi and Jaswinder Bhalla
Release Date: April 22, 2016

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Smeep Kang is the man behind successful films such as Carry On Jatta, Lucky Di Unlucky Story and Bhaji in Problem so it looks like it could be a hit before it has even released. It stars Bollywood actor Jimmy Shregill in the lead role with comedian Sunil Grover along with him. The film's poster was released that shows both Jimmy and Sunil's character's in prison clothing suggesting that they have broken out of jail and in the middle we can see Shruti's character in bridal attire, with all three sitting on a motorbike.

Hijrat

Director: Farooq Mengal
Cast: Asad Zaman, Rabia Butt, Noman Ejaz and Nadeem Baig
Release Date: April 22, 2016

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Hijrat is a Pakistani film that is based around the foreground of the exodus that rendered millions homeless during the Afghan war. The director said, "Many lives were turned upside down after due to the war, and the movie touches upon the lives of those whose spirits were broken by the homes they lost and whose hearts were broken by the shelter they found." The film stars supermodel Rabia Butt and model turned actor Asaz Zaman.

Baaghi: A Rebel In Love

Director: Sabbir Khan
Cast: Tiger Shroff, Shraddha Kapoor, Sudheer Babu and Paras Arora
Release Date: April 29, 2016

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Tiger Shroff took stunt classes before shooting Baaghi and will be seen doing some never seen before stunts. The plot is based around the characters of Ronny (Tiger Shroff) and Sia (Shraddha Kapoor) who meet on a train and instantly fall in love, the two keep bumping into each other however a gangster is also in love with Sia and kidnaps her. Of course now Ronny needs to rescue his girl and this is where we see Tiger use his skills to get his girl from a multi storey building she is being held captive in.

Waiting

Director: Anu Menon
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Kalki Koechlin and Arjun Mathur
Release Date: April 29, 2016

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The film Waiting had its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival and is now set to release world wide. Anu Menon was the director behind London, Paris, New York and his Waiting is his second film. It is based around a relationship between to people who are completely different to one another but seem to find solace and support in each other. It is said that this film is aimed at a world audience as it is about the universal human circumstances.

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Vallisa Chauhan

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Vallisa Chauhan (@vallisachauhan) presents the Flagship breakfast show on Lyca Radio 1458. She has scripted and produced a full feature film called "Those 4 Walls" and is currently working on other projects. She loves travel and movies and tries to fit in both as much as she can.

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April’s Bollywood Films To Watch

by Vallisa Chauhan

Check out our must-see list of April films from Bollywood and beyond!

Vallisa Chauhan

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