Bollywood Movies

These lesser-known movies that stand on the power of their stories and script do a balancing act for Bollywood's unrealistic big-budget movies. Leaving an indelible mark in the pages of Indian cinema, these movies end up touching a nerve with the audiences too.

The joke's on all of them really, you realize as the muddled mess plays out. Varun Dhawan tries to do a Govinda -- and a Mithun and a Bachchan and a Nana for good measure. Sara Ali Khan hits frantic mode with pelvic thrusts, she was out to prove she can be darling of the masses, too. David Dhawan comes out of some sort of a time warp thinking this is 1995.

The original starred R. Madhavan as righteous police officer Vikram while Vijay Sethupathi played the gangster Vedha. In the Hindi remake, Hrithik will play the gangster while Saif essays the cop. The film draws from the ancient lore of Vikram-Betaal, where a wily gangster manages to escape every time a determined cop nabs him, by narrating a new story drawn from his own life.

Rashmika, who is all set to make her Bollywood debut with the film, said: "As an actor it is always the story of the film that I connect with, and the language of the film is never a barrier for me. I am grateful to the makers for offering me Mission Majnu which is written beautifully, and I am super excited to be part of a team that has so much passion."

"Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi" revolves around the Bhargava family that comes together for 13 days to perform the 'tehrvi' function after the head of the family passes away.

Actor Gajraj Rao is excited about working with Manoj Bajpayee after decades in an upcoming anthology series titled X-Ray.

As the story moves into its last episode, several situations that unfold surprisingly seem forced. It's almost as if Nambiar and team were in a rush to wrap up their tale with a sleekly executed chase sequence and some filmi melodrama.