Not sure if this happens every year but this year August seems to be Bollywood’s favourite month. Is this something to do with a huge IPL and Champions Leagues 20-Twenty Cricket tournaments coming up. Bollywood will not forget the beating a lot of movies got during the 45 day 1^st IPL in March - April.

So lets have a look at some of the Bollywood hindi movies coming up this next few weeks.

Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif starrer, Singh is Kinng released in August and seems to have done fairly well. Its and loud but entertaining movie in the rustic genre mastered by Akshay.

Bachna Ae Haseeno released this week and if you read the reviews its given a mixed rating to the movie. Lets see what the box office says and that would take a few days. Bachna Ae Haseeno stars Ranbir Kapoor, Dipika Padukone, Minnisha Lamba and Bipasha Basu. So will Bipasha get upset that I put her name last in this list even though she is the senior most actress among this gang.

God Tussi Great Ho: This movie also released this week with some poor reviews. Also, it will share the long weekend crowds with Bachna Ae Haseeno so Im not sure how well this movie will do. This Salman Khan and Amitabh Bachchan starrer seems to be a rip off of Bruce Allmighty. At least that’s what it looks from the posters. It probably has Amitabh Bachchan as God (Morgan Freeman), Salman Khan as the loser protagonist (Jim Carrey) and Priyanka Chopra as the girl, who chooses the loser (Jennifer Aniston). Best wishes guys and I hope Bandra boy Salman and Bandra man Shah Rukh Khan can make up. They have too many good things going for them to fight about….isnt it?

CKKompany is a Balaji - Ekta Kapoor Movie slotted to release on 22^nd August. The cast features Tushhar Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav and Mithun Chakraborty. This seems to be a comedy and im not much of a fan of Tushhar but hopefully Anupam Kher and Rajpal Yadav can salvage the movie. Also, how come this movie is not starting with “k”.

Chamku set to release on 22^nd August is the journey of a boy Chamku (who names someone Chamku - sounds like a soap ad) whose family had been murdered and was brought up and trained by Naxalites in Bihar. He was later picked up under some Governmental plan and is trained to kill. Like a ‘normal’ Hindi film hero he is good at his job even if that involves killing and soon becomes the blue-eyed boy of the police. Champu is played by Bobby Deol and Priyanka Chopra is the lady in his life that shows him that that there is more to life than killing. Priyanka and Bobby both need a hit desperately and would be praying this movie works for them.

Another August 22^nd release is Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam staring Mallika Sherawat and Rahul Bose along with Kay Kay Menon and Paresh Rawal. MAAN GAYE MUGHALL-E-AZAM looks like a crazy Contemporary Comedy about how a small town Drama Company gets involved in a deadly mission to save the country. Seems to be a fun movie but will it be able to draw crowds? The star cast looks good and the plot seems original so maybe.

Mumbai Meri Jaan also releasing on 22^nd August is all about Mumbai and the much talked about spirit of mumbaikars. Nishikant Kamat, who directed the very successful Marathi film, Dombivli Fast, directs his first Hindi project with this film examining the impact of the blasts on a cross-section of Mumbaikars of varied strata. The cast of this movie is also good. They include Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan, Madhavan, Soha Ali Khan, Paresh Rawal and Vijay Maurya. Obviously Nishikant loves topics related to Mumbai Trains. I just hope it’s a positive movie that brings out good feelings at the end of the movie and does not open a pandora’s box.

My Friend Ganesha 2 is the sequel of a fairly successful movie and hopefully live up to expectations. Another release scheduled for an August 22^nd. The first part was obviously a hit that the producers decided to make a sequel. Not sure if sequels are a sure shot way to success but given that Part 1 has been shown 50+times on TV there is obviously a decent fan following. One of the highlights of My Friend Ganesha II is the bhangra pop singer and actor Mika who features in the film. Besides the animated Ganesha, the cast of My Friend Ganesha II includes Master Ali, Harsh Chhaya, Bhairavi Goswami, Suhasini Mulay, Sulbha Deshpande and Upasana Singh.

Phoonk is RGVs next big horror movie and this one is supposed to be really scary. Ram Gopal Verma loves to make horror movies and also does it well. I hear he has put some sort of reward if you can watch this movie alone. The trailers for this paranormal chiller do look good, and the concept of a rational man’s belief system shattered by paranormal phenomena can potentially be fascinating. I just hope this movie does not scare his financers. Can you believe that Phoonk is also slated for release on 22^nd August!!!

Hijack is an action thriller set to release on 29^th August. This Shiny Ahuja and Esha Deol movie is an action thriller around a hijack as the name suggests. The film revolves around Vikram played by Shiney Ahuja who is a ground maintenance officer at the Chandigarh airport. His social life is limited to one friend, Rajeev, who is the Security Chief of the same airport. As luck would have it, the flight in which Vikram’s daughter was traveling to Amritsar from Delhi, is hijacked. Obviously as a hero, Vikram is the only man who can sneak inside the aircraft to save his daughter Priya. So he gets into the aircraft with the help of the airhostess, Saira (Esha Deol), he starts plotting and killing the terrorists one by one. And like most good movies the stars, Vikram and Saira manage to save the day.

Rock On!! is the much awaited Farhan Akhtar starrer movie set to release on 29^th August. Rock On!! is the story of 4 friends who put together the greatest rock band this country has ever seen, but never become successful. Years later, fate conspires to bring them together again and set them on a journey back to where they left off… a soul-searching pilgrimage into their past. This 2 stage life story sounds a bit like Dil Chahta Hai but I hope it would be very different and fresh.

So happy viewing and keep sending us you comments and reviews of these movies.

Leena

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