Bollywood is not just well known for its song and dance but also the length of its films. One of the main reasons for intermissions in Bollywood films is because the cliff hangers and climax are before the intermission and the resolution is after.
Most films made today are nothing less than two and a half hours long. When movies started in India, they weren’t as long, they maintained Hollywood standards of 90- 100 minute long films with good story lines and crisp editing. Over the last year it seems that there has been a change with some movies going back to the Hollywood format. Directors are moving back to shorter film run times and more compact scripts. Here are a few film we are looking forward to and some that made news last year.
a) Hope Aur Hum: Hope aur hum stars Naseeruddin Shah and Sonali Kulkarni, this feel good family film is directed by Sudip Bandyopadhyay, an ace ad film maker who is making his directorial debut in Bollywood. The filmmaker has used his ad film learnings and has created a 90 minute film that tells a story of three generations learning to deal with change in their own way. The film releases on 11th May and it is a complete family film for ages 8-88.
d) Meri Nimmo: Rahul Shankalya’s Meri Nimmo stars Newton Actress Anjali Patil in the lead role. The film revolves around Nimmo (Anjali) and her little companion, Hemu who is a young school boy. They have an uncanny friendship and the film traces hemu’s crush on Nimmo, Nimmos journey to get married and all the plans Hemu makes to break Nimmo’s wedding. A sweet film about innocence and dreams is one of the first films to have not had a theatrical release and directly introduced to on a web platform. The film is 90 minutes long and is screening on Eros Now.
f) Gurgaon: Shanker Raman’s Gurgaon was one of the most underrated films last year. It stars Pankaj Tripathi, Ragini Khanna and Akshay Oberoi. The film revolves around the kidnapping of a real estate tycoons daughter and the events that follow. In a matter of 107 minutes, director Shanker managed to make a gripping crime gangster drama. Gurgaon released in August last year.
h)Trapped: Rajkumar Rao’s best performance till date. Trapped is directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and is about a man getting trapped in an empty building and his efforts to escape. The film received glorious reviews and won many titles not just for acting but music and direction too. This 105 minutefilm, proves that a film doesn’t need to be long to be gripping.
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