3 Movies in 1 DVD Mirch (2010) Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 2010 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Comedy, Drama Description Maanav is a struggling filmmaker who is unwilling to compromise on the script he has written. His girlfriend Ruchi, a successful film editor, arranges for him to meet Nitin, a film producer. Nitin likes the script, but is not very sure of its commercial prospects. Maanav then suggests a story from the Panchtantra: A WOMAN IS CAUGHT RED-HANDED WITH HER LOVER BY HER HUSBAND AND YET, SHE MANAGES TO WRIGGLE OUT OF IT SCOT-FREE!
Nitin loves the story, but finds it too short for a feature film. Maanav then creates three more stories based on the same premise: in a way, the Panchantra story travels in different versions to the modern times through the film. The four stories are woven together by a common story. Mirch itself echoes this structure, with four stories mingling with the main narrative.
The message is simple - if you have your wits about you, you can salvage even the most impossible situation.
At a deeper level, Mirch is about the gender equality in relationship; and at a still deeper level, it is about how an artist finds creative freedom in today's mercantile world?
Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Konkona Sen, Tisca Chopra, Boman Irani, Raima Sen, Sushant Singh, Saurabh Shukla, Rajpal Yadav, Ila Arun, Shahana Goswami, Arunoday Singh, Prem Chopra, Pushkar Shrotri | Director: Vinay Shukla Music Director: Monty Sharma | 7 Khoon Maaf (2011) Also Known As: Ek Batta Saath, Saat Khoon Maaf, Susanna's Seven Husbands Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 2011 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller Description The romantic misadventures of Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, a beautiful lass who over the course of thirty-five odd years, gets married seven times due to the untimely and mysterious deaths of half a dozen of her hapless husbands. The strange circumstances of their deaths, makes Susanna a prime accused. Did the husbands deserve to die? Were the murders out of necessity or pure blood-lust? Does Susanna ever find her one true love?
Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham, Irfan Khan, Annu Kapoor, Aleksandr Dyachenko, Vivaan Shah, Usha Uthup | Director: Vishal Bhardwaj Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj Story: Ruskin Bond Special Appearance: Konkona Sen | Chitkabrey: Shades of Grey (2011) Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 2011 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama, Thriller Description The film revolves around the lives of seven couples entwined in the complexities of relationships. Through different couples, the film shows different facets of relationships. From the outside, each of them seem like a happy close knit family. However, it gets murkier, as we delve deeper into their secret lives. There is a treachery, deceit and lies!
Through the means of the film, the director has tried to bring across the truth behind the relations. Do they actually have the strength to survive the test of time or do they wither away or maybe become stronger, forms the crux of the story line. In the end, Chitkabrey - Shades of Grey has a message that no relationship can be perfectly black or white - it is usually blended into shades of grey and a strong human foundation makes a better society.
Cast: Ravi Kissen, Rahul Singh, Rajesh Shringarpore, Sanjay Swaraj, Bobby Vatsa, Divya Divedi, Pooja Gupta, Vishwanath Chatterjee, Kuldeep Dubey, Amit Bhardwaj, Jaswinder Gardner, Manoylo Svitlana, Susana Mohan, Akshharaa Gowda | Director: Suneet Arora | | Format: DVD Label: Reliance Big Home Video Catalog No: 01219 (8) No Of Disks: 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |