Most Awaited Movies Of 2016

It promises to be a bang-for-the-buck year at the movies. After looking through scores of release plans, these are the movies we are most excited about. Apart from the ones listed, we will also get to watch Vishal Bhardwajs Rangoon, a period romance set in World War II inspired by Casablanca, pitting Kangana Ranaut against Saif Ali Khan and Shahid Kapoor. Next year will also see the return of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra with Mirzya, a love story with four newcomers, and Aditya Chopra shedding his angst-in-love baggage for a light-hearted romance in Befikre.

- Sunaina Kumar

Mohenjo Daro: Love in the time of Harappa

Ashutosh Gowariker is quite capable of delivering turkeys. Ask those who have tried watching What’s Your Rashee? and felt every hair on their head turn grey in a movie that drags on longer than a Scandinavian winter. Sometimes, though, Gowariker can give us movie magic that is impossible to surpass. Lagaan, Swades and Jodhaa Akbar are examples of his Jekyll-Hyde complex as a filmmaker. Mohenjo Daro is likely to bring out all his strengths as a director of mainstream historicals that are both entertaining and erudite. A love story set in the Harappan Civilisation, it was oddly enough shot largely in South Africa. Apparently, Hrithik Roshan is in full work-out mode for the film, and is likely to turn the Harappan Man into the new pin-up.

Bahubali 2: Bigger, Better, Louder

Until Bahubali, Indian audiences had never seen homegrown fantasy fiction. But along it came and gave us our very own Game of Thrones meets LOTR meets South Indian camp. The most thrilling part of the film was its ending, where it was revealed that there will be a sequel. And so we will have, next year. The trailer for the sequel makes it seem even more visually spectacular than the first. Hopefully there’ll be less sexism and women will be more than just props, in which case we’ve got ourselves a movie date.

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