Upcoming Bollywood Movies 2016 Calendar & Release Dates
Movie Name | Release Dates | |
|---|---|---|
| Azhar | May 13 2016 |  |
| Sarbjit | May 20 2016 |  |
| Cabaret | May 27 2016 |  |
| Veerapppan | May 27 2016 |  |
| Housefull 3 | 3 June 2016 |  |
| T3EN | 10 June 2016 |  |
| Udta Punjab | 17 June 2016 |  |
| Raman Raghav 2.0 | 24 June 2016 |  |
| Sultan | 6 July 2016 |  |
| Great Grand Masti | July 22 2016 |  |
| Dishoom | July 29 2016 |  |
| Mohanjodaro | 12 Aug 2016 |  |
| Rustom | 12 Aug 2016 |  |
| Flying Jatt | 25 Aug 2016 |  |
| Dhoni Untold Story | 2 Sep 2016 |  |
| Baar Baar Dekho | 9 Sep 2016 |  |
| Pink | 16 Sep 2016 | |
| Rangoon | 30 Sep 2016 |  |
| Mirzya | Oct 7 2016 |  |
| Shivaay | 28 Oct 2016 |  |
| Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | 28 Oct 2016 |  |
| Kahaani 2 | 25 Nov 2016 |  |
| Befikre | 9 Dec 2016 |  |
| Dangal | Christmas 2016 |  |
| Jagga Jasoos | 2016 |  |
| Raees | 26 Jan 2017 |  |
| Kaabil | 26 Jan 2017 |  |
Upcoming Hollywood Movie 2016
Upcoming Telugu Movies 2016
 Rai Release on: 31/12/16 |  Kabali Release on: 27/05/16 |  Brahmotsavam Release on: 20/05/16 |
 Raja Cheyyi Vesthe Release on: 29/04/16 |  Sarrainodu Release on: 08/04/16 |  Sardaar Gabbar Singh Release on: 08/04/16 |
 Oopiri Release on: 25/03/16 |  A…Aa (Anasuya Ramalingam vs Anand Vihari) Release on: 14/02/16 |  Kalyana Vaibhogame Release on: 12/02/16 |
 Speedunnodu Release on: 04/02/16 |  Lachimdeviki O Lekkundi (LOL) Release on: 29/01/16 |  Soggade Chinni Nayana Release on: 15/01/16 |
 Dictator Release on: 14/01/16 |  Express Raja Release on: 14/01/16 |  Nenu Sailaja Release on: 01/01/16 |
Movie Reviews of Azher
If you go by the initial disclaimers (yes, there are several, filling the entire screen) you will know that what you are about to watch is a ‘kaalpanik chitra’ (imaginary film) which is based on the ‘vibhinna ghatnaon’ (many episodes) of the life of a disgraced captain of the Indian cricket team; that any resemblance to any real event is ‘matra ek sanyog’ (a mere coincidence), and that it doesn’t intend to ‘hurt’ any ‘sanstha’ (organization) or ‘corporate’.
Phew.
Why bother calling it ‘Azhar’ then? Why not Sachin or Ajay or Manoj or Ravi, or any of the other ‘imaginary’ players of the Indian cricket team, who were compatriots of the cricketer who faced a `life-time ban’ on the charges of match-fixing?
Using only first names as a dissembling tactic while referring to actual events and dates and places and times, is silly enough. Such is the extent of craven-ness on display that one of the most gripping cricketing stories of our time, featuring one of the most colourful captains of the Indian cricket team, is turned into a dull, dispirited tale.
‘Azhar’ was presumably made because it had such a controversial figure at its centre, arising out of the fixing-matches-for-money controversy itself, which had such a deep-seated impact on the game not just nationally but internationally.
You can also see that it’s been made to clear the real player’s name: a court did over-turn the ban but the whole process took so long that it became besides the point. The film remains strangely ambivalent about its hero while mouthing ‘seeti-maar’ dialogue about ‘desh’ and ‘qaum’: to have made the point the way it needed to be made, the film needed to have been braver and sharper. Alas, this bio-pic has no teeth. Oops, sorry, this ain’t no bio-pic, ‘coz, look momma, it names no names.
Not only is there a parade of Kapils and Sachins (no, gasp, Dev or Tendulkar), the eponymous hero is not, double gasp, Mohammad Azharduddin but `Azhar Mohd’ who just happens to be a Hyderabad lad, whose affections for a Bollywood starlet lead him to abandon his first wife, and whose accidental dealings with a bookie leads him into abyss.
Emraan Hashmi, usually so watchable, is buried under the inept script, which hints at shadowy dons and the guilty parties in a fuzzy, indistinct manner. But Hashmi is earnest, and the only saving grace here. Prachi Desai is rouged and demure and distressed, Nargis Fakhri as Sangeeta (not, never, Bijlani) is pouty, Lara Dutta as the lawyer for the cricket council (not, never, BCCI), is svelte but miscast, and Roy Kapur struggles with a bad wig and exaggerated accent.
This could have been a great cautionary tale about a great sport at a time when it was just becoming the arena it has grown into—full of big money and glamour, bigger endorsements and never-ending temptations: it is, instead, an inept ‘tamasha’, not very different from the stuff Bollywood churns out, the cricket just the superstructure for tired song-and-dance and melodrama, in living rooms and courtrooms.
Nope, this ‘Azhar’ doesn’t hit it out of the stadium.
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Prachi Desai, Nargis Fakhri, Lara Dutta, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Director : Tony D’Souza
One and a half stars.
Upcoming Bollywood Movies 2016
 Beiimaan Love Release on: 31/12/16 |  Sachin: A Billion Dreams Release on: 31/12/16 |  Dangal Release on: 26/12/16 |
 Force 2 Release on: 12/12/16 |  Befikre Release on: 09/12/16 |  Rock On!! 2 Release on: 11/11/16 |
 Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Release on: 28/10/16 |  Shivay Release on: 28/10/16 |  No entry Mein Entry Release on: 25/10/16 |
 Half Girlfriend Release on: 07/10/16 |  Mirzya Release on: 07/10/16 |  Rangoon Release on: 30/09/16 |
 Baar Baar Dekho Release on: 09/09/16 |  M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Release on: 02/09/16 |  A Flying Jatt Release on: 25/08/16 |
 Rustom Release on: 12/08/16 |  Mohenjo Daro Release on: 12/08/16 |  Hera Pheri 3 Release on: 12/08/16 |
 Julie 2 Release on: 12/08/16 |  Raaz 4 Release on: 31/07/16 |  Dishoom Release on: 29/07/16 |
 Great Grand Masti Release on: 22/07/16 |  Happy Bhaag Jayegi Release on: 15/07/16 |  Sultan Release on: 06/07/16 |
 Raman Raghav 2.0 Release on: 24/06/16 |  Udta Punjab Release on: 17/06/16 |  Madaari Release on: 10/06/16 |
 Te3n Release on: 10/06/16 |  Housefull 3 Release on: 03/06/16 |  Jagga Jasoos Release on: 03/06/16 |
 Cabaret Release on: 31/05/16 |  Veerappan Release on: 27/05/16 |  1234 Release on: 27/05/16 |
 Phobia Release on: 27/05/16 |  Sarabjit Release on: 20/05/16 |  Azhar Release on: 13/05/16 |
 1920 London Release on: 06/05/16 |  Traffic Release on: 06/05/16 |  Waiting Release on: 29/04/16 |
 Baaghi : A Rebel For Love Release on: 29/04/16 |  One Night Stand Release on: 22/04/16 |  Santa Banta Pvt. Ltd. Release on: 22/04/16 |
 Laal Rang Release on: 22/04/16 |  Fan Release on: 15/04/16 |  One Way Ticket Release on: 08/04/16 |
 Love Games Release on: 08/04/16 |  And Jara Hatke Release on: 08/04/16 |  Ghantaa Release on: 01/04/16 |
 Ki and Ka Release on: 01/04/16 |  Rocky Handsome Release on: 25/03/16 |
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