Upcoming Hindi Movies of 2011
The upcoming year of 2011 assures to fetch with it some brand new concepts to the Indian Cinema in terms of quality, entertainment and lots of unseen dramas and thrillers with all new thoughts. So just imagine what the next year is about to bring for all of us. It should be a year of fun, romance, comedy, and total entertainment without any shadow of a doubt.
So without waiting any further, let us find and get to know a little bit about the upcoming big movies of 2011 which are expected to hit the Indian Box Office in the year ahead with much anticipation from the positive audience. Here is the list of Bollywood Movies going to release in the year 2011. Some dates may also change as films get postponed for various reasons and all releases are subject to Censor Certification.
No One Killed Jessica
Release- January, 2011
Banner- UTV Spot Boy
Director- Rajkumar Gupta
Starring Rani Mukerji and Vidya Balan , No One Killed Jessica is an upcoming Hindi film believed to be based on the controversial Jessica Lal murder case, where Vidya Balan plays a character close to Jessica’s elder sister and on the other hand Rani is set to play as a reporter. Although it’s a complete social or thriller based film but the main idea of the story was to put the culprit in front of everyone as the one and only accused murderer who is to be known as the son of a major politician and put him on his own game and prove that the truth has always been up and higher over all money and political influence or power. No One Killed Jessica is set to release on 07th January 2011.
Yamla Pagla Deewana
Release- January 14, 2011
Banner- Top Angle Productions
Director- Samir Karnik
If you are a comedy freak, then the New Year is going to make you laugh a lot with Yamla Pagla Deewana. We have seen the three Deol’s before in the hit film Apne in the year 2007 and have witnessed the acting chemistry between the two legend sons, Sunny and Bobby, with their legendary father, Dharmendra, but in Yamla Pagla Deewana we are all going to see something very new, funny, a bit dramatic and last but not the least a taste of pure comedy. Though the film begins in Canada, but later travels to Banaras and eventually makes its way to Punjab. The film’s title is inspired from the song “Main Jat Yamla Pagla Deewana” from the 1975 film, Pratiggya also starring Dharmendra. “Duniyawaalon! Iss kahaani mein Comedy hai! Action hai! Romance hai! Drama hai! Melodrama hai! Emotion hai!… Aur saala bahut saara Confusion hai!!” So now you know that this movie claims to have almost part of everything that we get entertained by, hope everyone will enjoy this film and appreciate the great acting once again of The Father Son duo. The film is scheduled for release on January 14, 2011.
Run Bhola Run
Release- January 14, 2011
Banner- Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd
Director- Neeraj Vora
We don’t need to introduce Govinda when it comes to comedy movies. For decades now, this icon has kept us entertained all though his life with his great acting capability and dancing tactics. No one in the film industry was able to make people laugh through their utmost comedy acting except Govinda. Run Bhola Run is an upcoming 2011 complete comedy movie starring Govinda, Tushar Kapoor, Amisha Patel and Celina Jaitly in lead roles. The movie is mainly about the two convicts who escape from jail. It is scheduled for a 14th Jan 2011 release.
Game
Release- March 18, 2011
Banner- Excel Entertainment
Director- Abhinay Deo
Producer- Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidwani
The film was earlier titled as Crooked but later changed to Game by the producers at Excel Entertainment. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was considered for the female lead role in the film but was put out later due to date problems and scheduling conflicts. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Sarah-Jane Dias, Kangna Ranaut, Boman Irani, and Jimmy Shergill, among others. The fil is a thriller type stylish action film and is shot at locations in Mumbai, Greece, Istanbul, London, and Thailand. This is not the first time that a Hindi movie has been named Game. The movie is set to release on March 18, 2011.
Dhobi Ghat
Release- January 21, 2011
Banner- Aamir Khan Productions
Director- Kiran Rao
Producer- Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao
Dhobi Ghat is an upcoming social based film starring Aamir Khan and Prateek Babbar. The leading role has been played by Aamir Khan himself as a painter in the movie. The film is completely based on the social life characters where people slip away from the comforts of familiar moorings they journey through desire, isolation, love and defeat. The film is scheduled for release in cinemas on 21 January 2011.
Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji
Release- January 28, 2011
Banner- Bhandarkar Entertainment, Wide Frames Films
Director- Madhur Bhandarkar
Producer- Madhur Bhandarkar, Kumar Mangat
The film is a Hindi mixture of both romance and comedy starring tars Ajay Devgun, Emraan Hashmi and Omi Vaidya in the lead role. Pritam has been assigned the music director. Ajay Devgan has been proving himself as one of the most potential actor in the industry who can play any kind of role given and has gifted us lots of blockbusters. So everyone is expecting the same with this one too although the story is about three men and their encounter with love.
Saat Khoon Maaf
Release- February 18, 2011
Banner- UTV Motion Pictures
Director- Rohan Sippy
Producer- Vishal Bhardwaj, Ronnie Screwvala
It’s a Hindi drama, thriller and black comedy film starring Priyanka Chopra in the leading role. Priyanka Chopra’s character in this movie will be seen under seven different age makeovers as wife of seven different aged men at different stages of her life where the features of these seven male leads with Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh as the youngest husband, as well as Irrfan Khan, Anu Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah’s youngest son Vivaan Shah have been finalized for the roles of six husbands, with Russian actor Aleksandr Dyachenko chosen for the task of the seventh husband. The producer also wanted Priyanka to put on some weight to fit the bill of the character. The movie is set to release on February 18, 2011. Lets see how Priyanka copes up with the seven new different looks.
Patiala House
Release- February 11, 2011
Banner- People Tree Films Pvt. Ltd., Credence Motion Picture, Hari Om Productions
Director- Nikhil Advani
Producer- Bhushan Kumar, Mukesh Talreja, Krishan Kumar, Twinkle Khanna
Starring Akshay Kumar and Anushka Sharma, then film Patiala House is a family drama movie that is going to release on 11th February 2011. Akshay Kumar will be seen in this movie as a fast bowler who is being taught how to bowl fast by a former legendary Indian fast bowler Balwinder Singh Sandhu. The other two important characters will be played by legendary Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia. Last but not the least; the film is going to cast 32 sardars in one single frame.
SHAGIRD
Release- 25 February 2011
Genre- Action
Director- Tigmanshu Dhulia
Producer- Asif Shaikh
Releasing on 25th of February 2011 is the upcoming new movie of Nana Patekar SHAGIRD. The film was a bit delayed do to Nana Patekar’s serious foot injury but now is almost completed. Mohit Alawat will be seen as a police officer in this movie. The film is fully action based and Mohit is once again trying his luck after the failure of his previous two movies James and Shiva that did not get a good response from the audience. Nana is playing the leading role along with Anurag Kashyap as a gangster which means that this film should not be a waste of time and like always should be something very knowledgeable.
Thank You
Release- April 8, 2011
Banner- UTV Motion Pictures
Director- Anees Bazmee
Producer- Ronnie Screwvala
Thank You movie is a pleasant romantic story and with an entertaining comedy. Directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by UTV Motion Pictures the film casts Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Sonam Kapoor, Suniel Shetty, Irfan Khan, Celina Jaitley & Rimi Sen. Some scenes were shot in Vancouver and Toronto, Canada and is set to release on 08th April 2011.We expect the film to be a good one as some good actors and actresses will be playing jointly.
Dum Maaro Dum
Release- April 22, 2011
Banner- Ramesh Sippy Entertainment, Fox Star Studios
Director- Rohan Sippy
Producer- Ramesh Sippy
Produced by Ramesh Sippy and directed by Rohan Sippy, Dum Maaro Dum, is a total thriller film featuring Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Prateek Babbar and Rana Daggubati. Another great former actor Aditya Pancholi is also said to be seen in the movie. Some of the scenes in the movie are moments of pure intimacy between Rana and Bipasha and should be liked by everyone as we are all familiar with the hot body of Bipasha Basu. For quite a lot of time the film’s shoot has been going in Goa and finally the movie will be releasing on 22nd of April 2011 for sure.
Don 2 – The Chase Continues
Release- December 23, 2011
Banner- Excel Films, Red Chillies Entertainment
Director- Farhan Akhtar
Producer- Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Gauri Khan
Don 2 – The Chase Continues is the sequel to the 2006 hit film, Don: The Chase Begins Again, which itself is a remake of the 1978 film Don. The film features Shahrukh Khan as the leading role character, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani and Om Puri, reprising their roles from the previous film; with Lara Dutta, Kunal Kapoor and Sahil Shroff joining the cast. Arjun Rampal will not be playing his role in this sequel of the film and Hrithik Roshan will be seen doing a small part appearance in the film. We can surely all expect the same blockbuster hit of Don 2 just like the first sequel and moreover it’s all King Khan that does the trick.
Aasman
Release- late 2011
Director- Anthony D’Souza
Music- A. R. Rahman.
Just like Blue, which was an undersea adventure movie, Aasman will start off like such. As the movie advances settings will keep changing from under water to skies. The film features Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan. The female leading role will be played by Katrina Kaif opposite to Akshay Kumar. Katrina played a shot role in Blue but here in the sequel she will be major female actress romancing with Kumar. Opposite to Lara Dutta, Sanjay Dutt will be casted while Zayed Khan will be casted opposite Neha Oberoi. Blue was shot in the Bahamas, but Aasman will be shot in Australia. There will be a new male lead role to be found as promised by the director and he has considered getting John Abraham to play that role however, there was no reply from John whether or not he would play the role. Sonal Chauhan will also be casted in the film. Aasman is expected to release in late 2011.
A SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE GOES DANCING
Release- Sometime in 2011
Director- Shiamak Davar
A SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE GOES DANCING is yet another upcoming film in the year 2011 directed by Shiamak Davar and produced by Percept Picture Company. Shahid Kapoor and Ruslaan Mumtaz will be playing as the guest roles in the film. The film is basically based on the slum kids who get trained up for a dancing competition. No fixed release dates have been announced yet but expecting it to be somewhere around the mid 2011 or so.
Agent Vinod
Release- May, 2011
Banner- Illuminati Films, Eros Entertainment
Director- Sriram Raghavan
Producer- Saif Ali Khan, Dinesh Vijan
Kareena Kapoor is ultimate in whatever movie she acts in and we are all aware of her intimacy and acting chemistry with the Chote Nawab of Bollywwod, Saif Ali Khan. Agent Vinod is an upcoming action and thriller movie and is a story about a spy and fully realistic covering action pieces, thrills and important character roles. It has been informed that the movie is a not a remake of the 1977 action film Agent Vinod, which was directed by Deepak Bahry. Therefore, we are all expecting this movie to hit the Box Office and do a better business than Kurbaan. Agent Vinod is expected to release in May 2011.
Ra. One
Release- 3 June 2011
Banner- Red Chillies Entertainment
Director- Anubhav Sinha
Producer- Gauri Khan
Ra. One is a complete sci-fi movie based on Super Heroes, Bad Guys and Gaming casting Shahrukh Khan,Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal. King Khan in this movie will be playing a role of a gaming freak, who falls in love with Kareena Kapoor. According to King Khan, “Ra.One” means “Random Access – Version One”. So lets see how much truth is behind the saying of King Khan and if the movie is really a Random Access Version One or not. The film is scheduled to be released on 3 June 2011
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Release- May 27, 2011
Banner- Excel Entertainment
Director- Zoya Akhtar
Producer- Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani
Starring Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol , Farhan Akhtar , Kalki Koechlin and Katrina Kaif , Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is an upcoming romantic Hindi film of pure male bonding about four friends , on the lines of Dil Chahta Hai and Rock On! Previously rumor was that, Imran Khan and Ranbir Kapoor to be a part of the film, but later they declined because they wanted to star together in their own production. The shooting of the film went on various locations across Spain, Egypt, the UK and India. Shankar Ehsaan Loy will be composing the music for the film and so we are expecting the songs to be more romantic and acceptable. The film is scheduled to release on May 27, 2011.
DHAMAAL 2
Release- Early 2011
Director- Indra Kumar
Producer- Ashok Thakeria and Indra Kumar
Music: Pritam
The film Dhamaal 2 is the sequel to the 2007 comedy film, Dhamaal. The film has been directed by Indra Kumar starring Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Javed Jaffrey, Aashish Chaudhary and Arshad Warsi in the lead roles, the director also took Mallika Sherawat and Kangna Ranaut to play the lead female roles in the film. The only different of this movie with its prequel Dhamaal is that the film did not cast any actress in the lead role but the sequel does. The film was decided to get release on the year 2009 but due to several problems and some major script troubles it could not happen and the release stopped and that’s the reason why Kumar has postponed the film’s release date and informed that by early 2011, the film should get released.
Most Wanted (Wanted 2)
Release- Sometime in 2011
Director- Boney Kapoor
Music: Sajid Wajid
Do you all remember the film Wanted? It was one of the biggest hit films in the year 2009 which made many huge records nationwide and also in the whole world. The film was elevated to super hit status due to its huge business and Salman Khan’s star power. So just imagine if the prequel WANTED was a huge success and hit then what the sequel MOST WANTED (also known as Wanted 2) will be like. Producer Boney Kapoor has said that the sequel of Wanted, Wanted 2 (also known as Most Wanted) will be made with Salman and Asin in lead roles and the movie will be release sometime in the year 2011. We are all looking forward to the same action scenes from Sallu Vi and hope the sequel also gets Super Hit in the Indian Box Office.
Dostana 2
Release- Sometime in 2011
Director- Tarun Mansukhani
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Producer: Karan Johar
We are about to see the naughtiness of Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham once again in Dostana 2. It is the sequel of the movie Dostana in 2008. The film features Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles. It has been said that Katrina Kaif will be replaced in the place of Priyanka Chopra as she could not confirm the role due to schedule conflicts and other professional issues and as a result Katrina will be featured as the leading female actress. The film is expected to get release sometime in the year 2011.
Partner 2
Release- TBA in 2011
Director- David Dhawan
Producer: Sohail Khan
This is an upcoming Hindi comedy film which is a sequel to the 2007 film Partner, which was a brilliant film inspiring the Hollywood movie Hitch. The film will be directed by the great comedy film master and director David Dhawan and will star Salman Khan and Govinda in their roles from the first film Partner. Although the shooting started back in the year 2009 and the film was supposed to be released in the year 2010 but the shooting dates accidentally got cancelled and got changed till in 2011. Sanjay Dutt was also confirmed to be a part of the sequel and we expect some real good comedy acting from him too. And when all the three talented comedy actors gets in one platform then it just fun, fun and more fun that we will be entertained with. The film is expected to start shooting in February 2011 and by the end of the year should get released.
In the end I would only like to say that lots of different types of films will be hitting the screen in the upcoming year 2011, so the industry is going to be a real busy place overall. Let’s sit back and wait for the movies to release so we can watch, enjoy, assess the quality of movies as promised and rate them well or put them in the BIN.