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For the thrill of it

After the huge success of 2012 Kahaani, Vidya Balan returns for the sequel which also stars Arjun Rampal and centres around the disappearance of a little girl. Here's a look at a few other notable recent thriller films from Bollywood

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Drishyam

A remake of Jeethu Joseph’s 2013 Malayalam movie Drishyam, the film which released in 2015 starred Ajay Devgn in the role of a father who will go to any lengths to protect his family from harm after an accidental crime is committed. On the other hand Tabu plays a cop who follows her instincts in trying to uncover the truth of the matter.

Te3n

Based on the 2013 Korean movie Montage, Amitabh Bachchan plays the role of John Biswas who is in search of his grand daughter Angela. Despite the police led by Vidya Balan repeatedly telling him that there has been no lead in the case, Biswas continues to press on. However when another child disappears all of a sudden and the police note a similarity of pattern, the case is reopened.

Jazbaa

Here's one more Korean movie adaptation, this time around it's Seven Days. Hailed as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's comeback movie, the film sees her in the role of an attorney who is pressured into defending a criminal after her daughter is kidnapped. Helping her out is her close friend and police inspector Irrfan Khan. Shabana Azmi in the role of the mother of the victim plays a key role in this suspense film.

Raman Raghav 2.0

Inspired by serial killer Ramn Raghav who operated in Mumbai in the late 1960's and convicted of 41 murders, the film stars Nawazzudin Siddiqui as a psychotic killer while Vicky Kaushal is the cop assigned to investigate the killings. However the cop himself is shady “ a trigger happy , drug paddling guy.

Talaash

A car accident of a well-known actor opens up a mysterious trail of events that happened three years back involving three friends and a call girl. As Inspector Shekhawat is out solving the case layer by layer, he also copes with his own marriage falling apart ever since the death of his son. The catch is Rosie, who helps him in the case, but is only visible to him!

A Wednesday

A remake of the Hollywood film A Common Man, the film sees an about-to-retire police commissioner recount the most memorable case of his career wherein he was informed about a bomb scare in Mumbai, as the sequence of events unfolded on a particular Wednesday between 2 pm and 6 pm. They do not exist in any written record, only in his mind and in those who were involved.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa

Despite warnings of the house being haunted, an NRI and his wife move into his ancestral home. However it soon becomes obvious that perhaps they should have paid heed to the advice as a series of inexplicable events began to take place forcing the man to call in a psychiatrist to solve the mystery. It is soon revealed that his wife suffered from dissociative identity disorder. Vidya Balan as Manulika and her dance makes for a scary yet unforgettable scene.

36 China Town

When a wealthy casino owner Sonia Chang is murdered, a police investigator swings into action to solve it. The film which is directed by Abbas-Mustan and stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Upen Patel, Johny Lever, Isha Koppikar and Paresh Rawal will keep you guessing till the very end. The movie is said to be a remake of English movie Once Upon a Crime in 1992.

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A Wes Anderson Christmas

The Goan Network
Published Nov 30, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
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A Wes Anderson Christmas

The Christmas season is upon us and in America, where things start a little earlier than here in Goa, Christmas themed ads are already on television. These are no ordinary ads, but those directed by big names and sometimes even starring a few known actors. Take this H&M ad by the famous Wes Anderson. The ad stars Adrien Brody and features a group of people stuck on a train for Christmas. In true Wes Anderson style, the camera work is structured and the character and the…

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