Stills from the movie Hawaa Hawaai and Manjunath
Highlights
- Bollywood offers a mixed bag today with sports, satire and drama at the box office.
- Underdog story Hawaa Hawaai stars Stanley Ka Dabba's child artist Partho Gupte as an aspiring skater from the slums of Dharavi. Saqib Saleem plays his skating coach. The film is written and directed by Partho's father Amol Gupte.
- Next is Manjunath, a story based on the life of an IIM graduate who was murdered for taking on the the oil mafia in Uttar Pradesh. The movie is directed by Sandeep A Varma and features Satish Sarthy, Yashpal Sharma, Divya Dutta and Seema Biswas.
- Mastram is a 'fictional biography' of the real life adult-novel writer, identity and real name unknown. The story follows an aspiring writer as he quits his job with a bank only to have his stories rejected by publishers. He strikes gold when he turns to writing pulp fiction. The film features a cast of mostly unknown actors from the National School of Drama.
- Also on offer is Yeh Hai Bakrapur, a social satire that features a goat named Shah Rukh as the protagonist. The human actors are mostly drawn from stage and are directed by Janaki Vishwanathan.
Bollywood offers a mixed bag today with sports, satire and drama at the box office.
Underdog story
Hawaa Hawaai stars Stanley Ka Dabba's child artist Partho Gupte as an aspiring skater from the slums of Dharavi. Saqib Saleem plays his skating coach. The film is written and directed by Partho's father Amol Gupte.
Next is
Manjunath, a story based on the life of an IIM graduate who was murdered for taking on the the oil mafia in Uttar Pradesh. The movie is directed by Sandeep A Varma and features Satish Sarthy, Yashpal Sharma, Divya Dutta and Seema Biswas.
Mastram is a 'fictional biography' of the real life adult-novel writer, identity and real name unknown. The story follows an aspiring writer as he quits his job with a bank only to have his stories rejected by publishers. He strikes gold when he turns to writing pulp fiction. The film features a cast of mostly unknown actors from the National School of Drama.
Also on offer is
Yeh Hai Bakrapur, a social satire that features a goat named Shah Rukh as the protagonist. The human actors are mostly drawn from stage and are directed by Janaki Vishwanathan.