Films to look forward to in 2018

Padman
This Republic Day will see the release of Padman. The movie received some sort of trouble on the sets, but it seems all set to release now. The Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor starrer is a biopic on Arunachalam Muruganantham, who invented low-cost sanitary napkins. Akshay says that actors even refused to hold pads on the sets of the movie, saying “Hum se yeh paap nai hoga.”

And while Phullu, another movie on the same topic was made earlier, R. Balki’s movie promises to be a popular one.

Padmavat
No one knows when the erstwhile Padmavati — now Padmavat — will release just yet, even though the Central Board of Film Certification has more or less cleared it. The Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh starrer is based on a poem called Padmavat. Said to be Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s most ambitious project, the movie had been in trouble all of last year. The Karni Sena not only vandalised the movie’s sets, but even threatened harm to Deepika and SLB.

The movie is made on a colossal budget and has the film industry lobbying for a safe release of the movie, which was to be out in December last year. It quite looks like February will be when Padmavat will see the light of day.

Untitled Sanjay Dutt Biopic
Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, the movie will showcase Sanjay Dutt’s life, from his turbulent past to stardom, tryst with drugs, court cases and more. Sonam Kapoor, Dia Mirza, Paresh Rawal and Manisha Koirala also star in the movie to. Unlike films in the past, where the titles of films were very important and announced much earlier, there is still a debate on whether the film should be called Dutt or Sanju. When Ranbir’s look from the film was leaked on a couple of occasions, the media as well as the fans loved the way Ranbir had moulded himself to suit the character. The movie is set to release on March 30.

Thugs of Hindostan
Ostensibly one of the most expensive films in terms of mounting, effort and the teamwork involved, Thugs of Hindostan features Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan together for the first time in a film, after their earlier film Rishta was shelved. Aamir’s Dangal girl Fatima Sana Shaikh also finds herself in the movie along with Katrina Kaif, who spearheads the cast of the movie, which has been shot on a ship and in the choppy waters of Malta. Aamir has also pierced his nose and his ears for the film as he essays the role of a thuggie in the film. The film is based on the thugs who looted the British during the pre-independence days. Amitabh plays a warrior in the film.

2.0
The Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson starrer is not just one of the most awaited movies down South, but in Bollywood too. Directed by Shankar, the movie is a sequel to the superhit Endhiran or Robot, 2.0 is said to be the most expensive film to be made in India. Interestingly, Akshay had to work on modifying his voice for the movie, on Shankar’s bidding.

Aanand L. Rai’s untitled film
There is a lot of curiosity about this Aanand L. Rai film which will have Shah Rukh Khan in the role of a dwarf akin to what Kamal Haasan played in Appu Raja. The film, which is being called Dwarf for working purposes, could have been titled as Bauaa or Bauna, terms for a short person in the north. Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif find place in the film as SRK’s women. SRK also has shot a song and dance number with Kajol, Rani Mukerji and Karisma Kapoor for the film. Deepika Padukone, who was to earlier be the heroine of the film, also has a cameo in the movie. If you felt that Fan was an experiment with SRK playing an everyday man, this film is a much bigger risk from the actor, and would certainly need to be applauded if the team can pull it off. The team is set to announce a title this evening.

Race 3
Id will see Salman Khan try to regain his lost glory with the Remo D’Souza-directed Race 3. The movie will also star Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez and Daisy Shah. Incidentally, the third part won’t have Abbas-Mustan helming it. Salman has already given instructions to the makers to keep the film clean of excess glamour and drugs, so that the children can also see the film, as they form a majority of his fans.                                                        

— Sanskriti Media