Culture & Living
7 Bollywood and Hollywood movies to look forward to this September
From the eagerly-awaited Downton Abbey movie to Sonam Kapoor Ahuja's next, these are the films that everyone will be talking about—all month long
From Pulitzer Prize-winning novels to New York magazine exposes, this month’s roster of releases takes cues from the reel as well as the real to dish out gripping tales of reinvention and redemption. While Sonam Kapoor Ahuja assumes the title of lady luck for the Indian cricket team in The Zoya Factor, Jennifer Lopez fronts her own Ocean’s Eleven crew of strippers in Hustlers. Elsewhere, It’s Pennywise returns to give kids, and the adults watching them, some sleepless nights. Cue the popcorn, with extra caramel, as you gear up to watch these Bollywood and Hollywood releases this month.
Chhichhore (Releases September 6, 2019
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After taking down the bad guys in Saaho, Shraddha Kapoor will be swapping the pistols for a killer perm in the Nitesh Tiwari’s upcoming directorial. Featuring an ensemble cast, headlined by Sushant Singh Rajput, Prateik Babbar, Naveen Polishetty and more, the Dangal director dials back the clock to the shenanigans of seven college friends. The movie then takes one FaceApp-approved leap forward in time for a look at how the bonds formed at the alma mater hold up in the face of real life crises.
It Chapter Two (Releases September 6, 2019
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Pennywise, The Dancing Clown’s reign of terror is slated to continue in the town of Derry, twenty seven years after the events of the first instalment. Stephen King’s enduring tale of terror and misery finds fresh iteration as kids begin disappearing again, compelling the adult versions of the Losers Club to return home and confront their deepest fears.
Dream Girl (Releases September 13, 2019
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Boring is blasphemous in Ayushmann Khurrana’s book, and it should come as zero surprise that his next outing will see him probing the conventional bounds of masculinity. The trailer opens with Khurrana donning a sari as the quintessential Sita, and eventually finding employment in a call centre under the guise of a seductive female operator named Pooja. Having candidly dubbed the project as the most commercial movie of his career, the National Award-winning star will be seen alongside Nushrat Bharucha and Annu Kapoor.
The Goldfinch (Releases September 13, 2019)
With a bluechip cast in Nicole Kidman and Ansel Elgort, and acclaimed director John Crowley at the helm, Warner Bros offers a gripping tale primed for award season. Based on the eponymous Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Donna Tartt, the movie unfolds as a coming-of-age story after a thirteen year old tragically loses his mother in a terrorist bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Through the spiralling pain, his only tangible connection to the day is the prized painting of a bird chained to its perch, The Goldfinch, which eventually leads him to the world of art forgery.
Downton Abbey (Releases September 13, 2019
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Your inner Anglophile can rejoice as every familiar face from the original TV series returns to the big screen for a full-length feature. Set in the year 1927, the noble Crawleys find themselves playing host to King George V and Queen Mary, with frosted pastries set against the backdrop of equally frosty face-offs. Don’t forget to lace up your corset and glide on your evening gloves for one last sojourn through post-Edwardian aristocracy.
Hustlers (Releases September 13, 2019)
Gilded glamour and greed take equal turns under the spotlight as director Lorene Scafaria trains her eye on the enterprising world of strippers. Inspired by an article in New York Magazine on the borderline illegal ring of strippers fleecing their clients, the movie sees Jennifer Lopez lead Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart and more towards financial infamy by bleeding their Wall Street clients dry—likely in more ways than one.
The Zoya Factor (Releases September 20, 2019)
Anuja Chauhan’s bestselling book will find a fresh audience on the silver screen, with Sonam Kapoor Ahuja taking on the role of the eponymous Zoya opposite South Indian heartthrob, Dulquer Salmaan. In keeping with her role of an advertising exec who becomes an overnight sensation as the lucky mascot of the Indian cricket team, the actor has vowed to only wear the auspicious colour of red for the entirety of the movie’s promotions.
