FIRST LOOK & SYNOPSIS: Barah Aana

Movie: BARAH AANA
Release Date: 13. March.2009
Genre: Drama
Banner: Bandra West Pictures
Director: Raja Menon
Music: Shri
Lyrics: N.A
Music On: N.A
Star Cast: Naseruddin Shah, Vijay Raaz, Violante Pracido, Tannistha Chatterjee and Arjun Mathur.

Synopsis:

Barah Aana is a comedy of real life set in today's Mumbai. The story revolves around three unlikely friends: a driver (Naseeruddin Shah), a watchman (Vijay Raaz) and a waiter (Arjun Mathur). The driver is an older man, stoic but dependable. The watchman, in his 30's, is a pushover at work but otherwise mischievous. The waiter is a young, swaggering chap, brimming with ambition. Living together, their different attitudes make for an interesting banter.

At some point, misfortune befalls the watchman, and due to a series of chance events, he stumbles into a crime. Striking upon a seemingly low-risk way to make good money, and discovering a new sense of self-confidence, he tries to entice the others to join him in a series of such crimes. Cat and mouse games ensue between the three as personalities change, but events soon spiral out of control, leading them in a direction that none of them had ever wanted to take...

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FIRST LOOK & SYNOPSIS: Siddharth- The Prisoner

Movie: SIDDHARTH- THE PRISONER
Release Date: 27. February.2009
Genre: Thriller
Banner: Walkwater Media and Alliance Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd in association with Vistaar Religare Film Fund
Director:Pryas Gupta
Music: Sagar Desai
Lyrics: N.A.
Music On: N.A.
Official Website: www.vistaarreligare.com
Star Cast: Rajat Kapoor, Sachin Nayak & Pradeep Kabra

Awards:
1. Winner of Jury Grand Prize at ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS.
2. Winner of Best Actor (Rajat Kapoor) at OSIAN'S CINEFAN 2008.

Synopsis:
Just released from prison, Siddharth Roy (Rajat Kapoor), a once famous writer, completes a new manuscript. He re-engages with the outside world, hoping that the new book will restore his reputation and also reconcile him with his estranged wife, Maya. Fate has other plans for Roy, when his briefcase gets exchanged at a cyber café with a similar briefcase containing a large sum of money. Roy looses the only copy of his new manuscript, while Mohan, the cyber café manager, comes under pressure from mob bosses to recover the lost money.

In the midst of growing despair about the lost manuscript, Roy is reconciled with his three year old son through a scheming housemaid. Unable to find happiness in the money he has found Roy begins to desire the custody of his son. Meanwhile the pressure mounts on Mohan as he looses his job and is forced to go into hiding from the mob. He must find Roy and money at any cost.

Based on the ancient text of the Rig Veda, the film explores the theme of renunciation (of desire) as the true path to enlightenment and freedom.

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FIRST LOOK & SYNOPSIS: Gulaal

Movie: GULAAL
Release Date: 13.March.2009
Genre: Social Drama
Banner: Zee Limelight
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Music: Piyush Mishra
Lyrics: Piyush Mishra
Music On: N.A.
Official Website: www.zeemotionpictures.com
Star Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Mahi Gill, Aditya Shrivastava, Piyush Mishra, Deepak Dobriyal, Ayesha Mohan

Synopsis:
The film Gulaal is about an innocent student Dileep who comes to Jaipur to study, accompanied by his faithful servant Bhanwar. Here he comes in contact with Rananjay Singh "Ransa" (contemporary intelligent, sensitive young man who refuses to abide by traditions; his ideologies clash with his father's, the local raja), Jadwal (with old school of thought he is the college goon who rags Dileep); Anuja (professor ragged with Dileep; despair brings both together and a strong emotional bond develops between them) Dukey Bana (powerful local figure who leads an army of radical Rajputs struggling to get the Rajputana back from the Government of India challenging the very idea of democracy); Kiran (uses Dileep for power and personal interest).

Against a backdrop of local political intrigue, the film begins with a Rajput conglomerate gaining strengthen as Dukey Bana and a few ex-Royals convince a reluctant Ransa to contest for the college elections on behalf of the Rajputana party; Ransa and Kiran battle it for General Secretary's post. The rivalry between the two gangs intensifies and Ransa is forced to withdraw, which he resists. Eventually this leads to his murder by Karan (Kiran's brother and Rasna's illegitimate sibling). Using the sympathy wave, Dileep is compelled to contest elections in Ransa's place and made to win.

After losing the elections Kiran tries winning Dileep's trust, gets close to him and pretends to fall in love. As he tries to fit into the shoes of the General Secretary an insecure Dileep gets emotionally dependent on Kiran and distance grows between him and Anuja. Dileep finds himself trapped in political maneuvers and realizes that this is not what he had wanted. It dawns to him that he is being used by Dukey; when Dileep confronts Dukey, he is faced with a horrifying truth!

Dukey Bana is masterminding a Rajputana movement, to have a separate state ruled by Rajputs. In a gamut of Red faces (Gulaal is put over the faces to mask their true identity), Dileep sees the truth behind Dukey and his actions. So Dileep decides to resign from the post of the General Secretary.

Dileep resign and Kiran takes charge. As soon as in power, she refuses to meet Dileep and tries to get close to Dukey using her feminine charm. A lovelorn and rejected Dileep gets more and more frustrated, abusive and violent in desperation. This behavior creates a distance between Dileep and the people who truly love and understand him.

Blinded by his love for Kiran, Dileep goes into a frenzy becoming a sorry and inevitable victim of circumstances. The whole madness around Dileep intensifies; sense of conspiracy and feeling of a fake unrequited love push him to the edge... Gulaal races to an unforgettable climax... out of the faces painted in Gulaal, a face is revealed... the face of the new leader...

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FIRST LOOK & SYNOPSIS: Billu Barber

Movie: BILLU BARBER
Release Date: 13.February.2009
Genre: Comedy; Drama
Banner: Red Chillies Entertainment & Eros International
Director: Priyadarshan
Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Gulzar, Sayeed Quadri, Neeraj Shridhar, Ashiesh Pandit
Music On: T-Series
Home Video On: N.A.
Official Website: http://www.billubarber.com
Star Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Irfaan Khan, Lara Dutta, Asrani, Rajpal Yadav & Om Puri

Synopsis:

Billu's life is changed when a film unit arrives at his village for shooting a movie. To Billu's surprise, the star of the movie is none other than Sahil Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) who was Billu's old school friend. Instantly, Billu becomes prominent man in the village and attains fame and respect. Villagers urge him to make acquaintance with the superstar, but Billu is intimidated by his friend's superstar status. He thinks that Sahil would never acknowledge his friendship with a barber. Billu strives to meet the star but is unsuccessful. Finally, he fails after lots of struggle. People suspect that Billu is fibbing in order to gain fame and start offending him. Billu's family and children become apprehensive about his claim. In the end, for an invited school function, the star reveals his past. He tells the audience that in his school days he had a friend who always stood by him in his hardships. He tells how much the friend helped him by providing food when he was hungry, provided clothes when he did not having any. He tells that the friend gave him the money to join acting by selling his ancestral ear ring and that friend happens to be Billu.

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FIRST LOOK & SYNOPSIS: The Stoneman Murders

Movie: THE STONEMAN MURDERS
Release Date: 13.February.2009
Genre: Suspense & Thriller
Banner: Kaleidoscope Entertainment & Vistaar Religare Film Fund
Director: Manish Gupta
Music: Siddharth- Suhas
Lyrics: Kumaar & Manish Gupta
Music On: N.A.
Home Video On: N.A.
Official Website: http://www.stonemanmurders.com
Star Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Arbaaz Khan, Vikram Gokhale & Rukhsar

Synopsis:
After the serial killer aptly dubbed 'Stoneman' by the media has just claimed his fifth victim, the case is still of little interest to the Bombay Police force. But to suspended sub-inspector Sanjay Shelar (Kay Kay Menon), this killer poses an opportunity. Sanjay hopes to track this killer down and thus, possibly find an entry back into the police force. With the secret aid of his patronizing superior AIG Satam (Vikram Gokhale), Sanjay takes up the arduous process of tracking this killer down. But the official police investigator of the case Inspector Kedar Phadke (Arbaaz Khan) clashes incessantly with Sanjay as both of them, separately, delve deeper into the case. Even as the police jostle for leads and clues, the Stoneman stalks the streets unabated, claiming victim after victim…

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FIAT LINEA: A new sedan for Indian customers

Auto manufacturer Fiat India on Friday launched its much hyped and much awaited luxury sedan FIAT LINEA in India with a tagline of "Admiration Guaranteed". Its the first sedan launch for the year 2009 in Indian automobile market however a second launch of the year after the launch of Mahindra Xylo, which was also launched few days ago only. This car was about to launch last year only in December 2008 however Fiat India postponed the launch after Mumbai Terror Attack.This car will be available in both diesel and petrol versions in India.The petrol version of the car will be available in the price range of Rs 5.99 lacs to Rs 6.99 lacs (ex-showroom price of Delhi) while the diesel version is priced between Rs 6.89 lacs to Rs 8.10 lacs (ex-showroom price of Delhi).

The Linea will be available in four colours at the time of the launch-flamenco red, minimal grey, parla champagne and hip hop black. And it will come with 1.4 Litre engine for petrol version whereas in case of diesel variant it will be available with 1.3 litre multijet engine, that is already been offered in FIAT Palio Stile (Diesel Version). The car will also comes with safety features like Dual Airbags, ABS, EBD and also a new technology to Indian customers Blue & Me. Even it also comes with lots of luxury and comfort features inside and i think FIAT has tried to give customers better interior incase of LINEA rather than what it has offered in case of Palio Stile.The car is currently sold in more than 50 countries across Europe, Asia, Central and South America and Africa but now it will be manufactured in both India and Brazil and exported to other international markets along serving this two nations markets. The sedan will be manufactured at Fiat's plant near Pune and is the first major launch after the company introduced the diesel version of Palio Stile last year. The plant has a manufacturing capacity of over 200,000 engines and 300,000 cars as per company's statement.

This car has already met with a strong success across the world and although Linea has been designed with a strong Italian style but FIAT has taken Indian taste into consideration and incorporated required changes in Indian avatar of FIAT LINEA. Even FIAT has high hopes with this car to get back its lost glory and get back as an active player in Indian automobile sector. However its the coming time will only tell how far LINEA takes FIAT brand in India and whether it will be able to give back the lost name of FIAT in India.

The launch of the Linea is first in the line of three launches that Fiat will undertake this year, the other two being Bravo and Grande Punto. While most probably Grande Punto will be manufactured in India and will come at a price tag of upto 6lacs to fight with Maruti Swift and Hyundai's latest offering i20. But where is Fiat Bravo is concerned, it will be coming in Indian market at a price point of around 25 lacs to focus a particular section of peoples and thats why this car will be imported like FIAT has did in case of its last year offering FIAT 500 that comes around a price point of 15 lacs.For more information regarding this cars features, detail prices, images (both interior and exterior) and technical specifications, one can visit its official website:

http://www.fiatlinea.in