New Delhi: All eyes this weekend are on Prakash Jha's film Aarakshan that has stirred up the hornet's nest in three states with various caste-based groups demanding that film be banned for its alleged anti-reservation stance.
The week's two other Bollywood releases, Phirr and Will to Live are snowed under the publicity hailstorm that the controversy surrounding Aarakshan has created.
The film, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Deepika Padukone and Prateik Babbar centres around an idealistic teacher who believes quotas are meant to provide opportunities to the weaker sections of society to help them succeed on their own merits.
But many caste groups complained the film portrayed them in a negative light because of certain scenes in which characters say Dalits are dirty and fit to polish the shoes of their social betters.
The film is produced and directed by Jha who is known for making hardhitting films intended to make a socio-political statement.
'Will to Live', the small budget film that also hits the screens this Friday is a father’s brave fight to save his son who is suffering from cancer. The American makes his journey into the jungles of Himalayas in the quest of a rare herb that may cure his son's cancer.
The film is directed by Charles Sleichter and Paul Emami and stars a predominantly Bengali cast. Geoffrey Broderick, Anusha Singh, Erik Altemus, Tara Emerson, Arjun Chakraborty, Subhasis Mukherjee and Pallavi Chatterjee play the lead roles. Bappi Lahiri and American rap artist MC Hammer scores the music for the film.
Director Girish Dhameeja has directed thriller Phirr, produced by the makers of Haunted and 1920. Rajneesh Duggall plays Dr Kabir Malhotra who has a fairly good life with his new bride Sia, played by Roshni Chopra, till one day she goes missing mysteriously. Duggall is on a rollercoaster ride along with a sympathetic cop played by Adah Sharma who has a special gift – she can foresee glimpses from the past and the present.
In other releases, the superhero, Captain America, featured in many comic books, short films and other promotional materials marks his resurrection, for the umpteenth time, this time on the silver screen.
Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is a lanky and weak young man who is perennially bullied. Yet he desperately wants to serve the country by enlisting in the army during the Second World War. He is rejected, till a scientist recognises his good heart and injects him with a serum that turns him into a superhero. The film is directed by Joe Johnston, maker of 'The Rocketeer' two decades ago.
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