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The Devil's Double

Studio – Icon Films (Previous Film: The Resident)

Director - Lee Tamahori (Previous Film: Next)

In a nutshell....

Bagdad is the playground for the rich and famous where anything can be bought for a price. One such man is Uday Hussein. He gets everything he desires with ease. Army lieutenant Latif Yahia is summoned to Saddam's palace, and is requested to be Hussein's 'fiday' i.e. a body double. Latif's family is in danger as he has to do what he is asked to else they would lose their lives. Latif has to escape from this situation.

Runtime - 108 mins

Genre - Action/Drama/Biography

Rated - 18

Principal Cast

Dominic Cooper - Uday Hussein/Latif Yahia (Last seen in: Tamara Drewe)

Ludivine Sagnier - Sarrab (Last seen in: Paris, Je T'Aime)

Raad Rawi - Munem (Last seen in: Green Zone)

Principal Crew

Michael Thomas, Latif Yahia (novel) - Writers

Sam McCurdy - Director Of Photography

Luis Carballar - Editor

Christian Henson - Music Director

Film’s USP

Story

Anticipation Level - Wait For The Reviews

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Aarakshan

Studio – Prakash Jha Productions (Previous Film: Yeh Saali Zindagi)

Director - Prakash Jha (Previous Film: Raajneeti)

In a nutshell....

Prabhakar Anand is the idealistic principal of the best college in the state, and his disciple, Deepak Kumar, would do anything for his guru. He is in love with Anand's daughter, Poorbi, and his best friend, Sushant Seth. Things were just fine when the Supreme Court passes an order on the reservations and quotas pertaining to education which creates a rift between Deepak and Sushant. Deepak believes in reservation while Sushant claims merit is the right way to go about. Prabhakar Anand has now a big issue to deal with as his college is now divided in two camps.

Runtime - Unknown

Genre - Drama

Rated - 12A

Principal Cast

Amitabh Bachchan - Dr. Prabhakar Anand (Last seen in: Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap)

Saif Ali Khan - Deepak (Last seen in: Kurbaan)

Manoj Bajpai - Mithilesh Singh (Last seen in: Dus Tola)

Deepika Padukone - Poorbi Anand (Last seen in: Dum Maaro Dum)

Prateik Babbar - Sushant Seth (Last seen in: Dum Maaro Dum)

Principal Crew

Prakash Jha, Arjun Rajabali - Writers

Sachin Kumar Krishnan - Director Of Photography

Santosh Mandal - Editor

Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonca - Music Directors

Film’s USP

Cast

Anticipation Level - Pick Of The Week (POTW)