The most anticipated movies of 2007

With 2006 behind us with Rang De Basanti, Krrish, Hera Pheri, and Golmaal, it is time to look forward to what we have in store for this year. These are the movies I have the most anticipation for in 2007 and are listed in the order of their expected release date.



Guru
Directed by Mani Ratnam
Starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai
Releases January 12, 2007
Loosely based on the life of tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani.



Salaam-E-Ishq
Directed by Nikhil Advani
Written by Nikhil Advani
Starring Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Govinda, Juhi Chawla, Vidya Balan, Priyanka Chopra
Releases January 25, 2007
Seemingly inspired by Love Actually with 6 love stories each with its unique problems.



Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Directed by Reema Kagti
Produced by Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani
Starring Abhay Deol, Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani, Amisha Patel, Kay Kay Menon
Releases Februrary 2, 2007
Six couples on a package honeymoon from Bombay to Goa with a mystery man on the trail on a bike.



Traffic Signal
Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar
Starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranveer Shorey
Releases Februrary 2, 2007
A traffic signal "manager" (collector) with a heart of gold gets caught up in the politics and underworld nexus.



Eklavya - The Royal Guard
Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan
Releases February 16, 2007



Nishabd
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Jiah Khan
Releases Februrary 23, 2007
An elderly wild life photographer falls in love with a young girl.



The Namesake
Directed by Mira Nair
Starring Irffan Khan, Tabu, Kal Penn
Releases Februrary 23, 2007
Based on the best selling book by Jhumpa Lahiri about a Bengali immigrant family struggling to find their identity in the United States.



Namastey London
Directed by Vipul Shah
Starring Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Katrina Kaif
Releases March 9, 2007

Hat Trick
Directed by Milan Luthria (Taxi No. 9211)
Starring Kunal Kapoor, Rimi Sen, Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal
Releases March 16, 2007



Tara Rum Pum
Directed by Siddharth Anand (Salaam Namaste)
Starring Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherji
Releases April 27, 2007



Mr. Fraud
Directed by Abbas-Mustan
Starring Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Bipasha Basu
Releases June, 2007



Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Directed by Shaad Ali
Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta



Chak De India
Directed by Shimit Amin (Ab Tak Chhappan)
Starring Shah Rukh Khan
A hockey coach for a girl's team in Australia.

Churiyan
Directed by Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta)
Starring Abhishek Bachchanm, Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukherji



Jodhaa Akbar
Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
Starring Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai
Releases October 12, 2007



Saawariya
Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor
Releases November 9, 2007
Introducing Rishi Kapoor's son and Anil Kapoor's daughter.

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Provoked: Movie Preview

Hot on the heels of Undertrial, a movie about child molestation, comes Provoked, another socially relevant movie about a woman's plight in a marriage of physical abuse and rape.



The good folks at Bollywood Press give us this-

“Her suffering was unimaginable. Her solution, unthinkable,” goes the tagline of Jagmohan Mundhra’s forthcoming film ‘Provoked’, which stars Aishwarya Rai in the role of a battered housewife.

How long can a woman suffer physical torture and rapes by her alcoholic and sadistic husband? ‘Provoked’ is the true story of one such woman, Kiranjit Ahluwalia, who suffers silently for years and then kills her husband to gain her freedom.

As I said before, I am happy to see Bollywood take on subjects that have been taboo in the Indian culture. While husband rape may not be something you hear of in the cosmopolitan India depicted everywhere, it is a reality in poor and rural sections of India. An open discussion of these subjects will only strengthen the women to discuss these problems in the open without shame of fear of retribution.

[via Bollywood Press]

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