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  • Release date
    March 18, 2011
  • Starring
    Chris Massoglia, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble, Teri Polo, Bruce Dern
  • Director
    Joe Dante
  • Producer
    Michel Litvak, David Lancaster, Vicki Sotheran
  • Synopsis
     
    A story which explores the fears and secrets buried deep in the human mind. Two brothers discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their new home. As the brothers explore the depths of the mysterious hole, they soon discover that their deepest fears and darkest nightmares are coming to life.
  • Genre
    Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
  • Runtime
    92 minutes
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  • Release date
    March 25, 2011
  • Starring
    Ashutosh Rana, Divya Dutta, Rajit Kapur, Yashpal Sharma, Tinu Anand, Kitu Gidwani, Dadhi Raj, Saurabh Dubey 
  • Director
    Sushen Bhatnagar
  • Producer
    Kush Bhargava
  • Synopsis
     
    The movie is about an ambitious woman who gets trapped in circumstances beyond her control and is murdered. 
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Release date
    March 25, 2011
  • Starring
    Sharmila Tagore, Girish Karnad, Soha Ali Khan, Om Puri, Neerja Naik, Mukulika Banerjee, Christopher Hatherall, Steph Patten
  • Director
    Sangeeta Datta
  • Producer
    Stormglass Productions
  • Synopsis
     
    A contemporary British Asian family drama centering around the conflict between a father and his three daughters spanning the six days between the death of his wife and the funeral.
  • Genre
    Drama, Family
     
  • Release date
    March 25, 2011
  • Starring
    Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino
  • Director
    Zack Snyder
  • Synopsis
     
    Sucker Punch is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, but her incredible adventures blur the lines between whats real and what is imaginarywith potentially tragic consequences.
  • Genre
    Action, Fantasy, Thriller
  • Release date
    March 25, 2011
  • Starring
    Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Jake Hoffman
  • Director
    Richard J. Lewis
  • Producer
    Robert Lantos
  • Synopsis
     
    Take a ride through the life and memories of Barney Panofsky, a hard-drinking, cigar-smoking, foulmouthed 65-year old hockey fanatic and television producer, as he reflects on his life's successes and (numerous) gaffes and failures as the final chapters of his own existence come sharply into focus.
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Runtime
    134 minutes
  • Release date
    March 25, 2011
  • Starring
    Jamie Bell, Channing Tatum, Donald Sutherland
  • Director
    Kevin Macdonald
  • Synopsis
     
    The story moves you into 140 AD, the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland after twenty years, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes , accompanied only by his British slave Esca and make peace with his father's memory.
  • Genre
    Adventure, Drama
  • Runtime
    114 minutes
  • Release date
    March 11, 2011
  • Starring
    Aaron Eckart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan
  • Director
    Jonathan Liebesman
  • Producer
    Jeffrey Chernov, Neal H. Moritz
  • Synopsis
    For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world - Buenos Aires, Seoul, France. But in 2011, these sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered before.
  • Genre
    Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
  • Runtime
    116 minutes
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  • Release date
    March 11, 2011
  • Starring
    Matt Damon, Cecile De France, Bryce Dallas Howard
  • Director
    Clint Eastwood
  • Producer
    Clint Eastwood, Kathleen Kennedy, Robert Lorenz
  • Synopsis
    A drama centered on three people haunted by mortality in different ways. George is a blue-collar American who has a special connection to the afterlife. On the other side of the world, Marie, a French journalist, has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. When Marcus, a London schoolboy, loses someone closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each on a path in search of the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might-or must-exist in the hereafter.
  • Genre
    Fantasy
  • Runtime
    129 minutes
Release date
March 4, 2011
  • Starring
    Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Peter Weir, Saoirse Ronan
  • Director
    Peter Weir
  • Writer
    Keith R. Clarke
  • Synopsis
    At the camp in Siberia, Janusz, a Polish POW is sentenced to 20 years in the gulag. At the camp in Siberia, Janusz meets a few other criminals and form a group to make an escape. The Way Back depicts their super-adventurous escape and their journey over thousands of miles across five hostile countries. 
  • Genre
    Adventure, Drama
  • Runtime
    133 Min
  • Release date
    March 4, 2011
  • Starring
    Anupam Kher, Rushad Rana, Tena Desae, Pavan Malhotra
  • Director
    Yogesh Mittal
  • Producer
    Omprakash Mittal
  • Synopsis
    Arunima is the daughter of Devinder Devilal Dua, one of the biggest builders in town. She loves her father a lot but also misses her mother who's no more. She's contented with the fact that her father and mother lived happily till they were together. But discovering a few contradictory facts about her parents, she gets confused if she really knows them or not. Hence Arunima's journey to find the truth about her father's and mother's pasts starts.
  • Genre
    Drama 
  • Release date
    March 4, 2011
  • Starring
    Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Benjamin Millepied, Ksenia Solo
  • Director
    Darren Aronofsky
  • Synopsis
    Nina, a featured dancer finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company. BLACK SWAN takes a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.
  • Genre
    Drama, Fantasy
  • Runtime
    108 minutes 
  • Release date
    February 25, 2011
  • Starring
    Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, Charlotte Ross, Katy Mixon, David Morse
  • Director
    Patrick Lussier
  • Synopsis
    Milton, a hardened felon has broken out of hell for one last chance at redemption. The police are after him too. And worse, an enigmatic killer known only as "The Accountant" who has been sent by the Devil to retrieve Milton and deliver him back to hell. Intent on stopping a vicious cult who murdered his daughter, he has three days to stop them before they sacrifice her baby beneath a full moon.
  • Genre
    Action, Thriller
  • Runtime
    104 Min
  • Release date
    February 25, 2011
  • Starring
    Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo
  • Director
    David O. Russell
  • Producer
    David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Ryan Kananaugh, Mark Wahlberg, Dorothy Aufiero, Paul Tamasy
  • Synopsis
    The fighter is inspired by the true story of two brothers who, against all the odds, come together to train for a historic title bout that will unite their fractured family, redeem their past, and at last, give their hard-luck town what its been waiting for: Pride.
  • Genre
    Biography, Drama, Sport
  • Runtime
    115 min
  • Release date
    March 4, 2011
  • Starring
    Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
  • Director
    Tom Hooper
  • Producer
    Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
  • Synopsis
    The story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war. 
  • Genre
    Drama, History
  • Runtime
    118 minutes
  • Release date
    February 25, 2011
  • Starring
    Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Hailee Steinfeld
  • Synopsis
    Fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross's father has been shot in cold blood by the coward Tom Chaney, and she is determined to bring him to justice. Enlisting the help of a trigger-happy, drunken U.S. Marshal, Rooster Cogburn, she sets out with him, over his objections, to hunt down Chaney. Her father's blood demands that she pursue the criminal into Indian territory and find him before a Texas Ranger named LeBoeuf catches him and brings him back to Texas for the murder of another man.
  • Genre
    Adventure, Drama
  • Runtime
    110 Mins
  • Release date
    February 25, 2011
  • Starring
    Jackie Shroff, Kay Kay Menon, Zakir Hussain, Rajpal Yadav, Sanjay Mishra, Rupali Ganguly
  • Director
    Vineet Khetrapal
  • Producer
    Vineet Khetrapal
  • Synopsis
    The film revolves around an eight year old runaway kid who runs away from his village in Nainital to Mumbai with his 4 other friend.
  • Genre
    Drama 
  • Release date
    February 18, 2011
  • Starring
    Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Naseeruddin Shah, Annu Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Vivaan Shah, Aleksandr Dyachenko, Konkona Sen Sharma(Guest appearance), Usha Uthup 
  • Director
    Vishal Bhardwaj
  • Producer
    Ronnie Screwvala, Vishal Bhardwaj
  • Synopsis
    The romantic misadventures of Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, a beautiful lass who over the course of thirty-five odd years, gets married seven times due to the untimely and mysterious deaths of half a dozen of her hapless husbands. The strange circumstances of their deaths, makes Susanna a prime accused. Did the husbands deserve to die? Were the murders out of necessity or pure blood-lust? Does Susanna ever find her one true love? 
  • Genre
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  • Runtime
    154 minutes
  • Release date
    February 25, 2011
  • Starring
    R. Madhavan, Jimmy Shergill, Deepak Dobriyal, Eijaz Khan, Swara Bhaskar, Kangana Ranaut
  • Director
    Aanand Rai
  • Producer
    Shailesh R. Singh, Vinod Bachchan, Surya Sonal Singh
  • Synopsis
    Manu, a Doctor from London, is intelligent, temperate and belongs to a respectable family. He is the perfect groom which every parent wants for the daughter. Family pressure leads him to Kanpur to meet Tanu who's a smart, intelligent girl and does everything that her parents will disapprove. With a mind of her own and a love for rebellion, Tanu is dead against an arranged marriage. But destiny holds something totally different for these dramatically diverse personalities.
  • Genre
    Comedy, Romance
  • Release date
    February 11, 2011
  • Starring
    Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia
  • Director
    Nikhil Advani
  • Producer
    Bhushan Kumar, Mukesh Talreja
  • Synopsis
    At Patiala House lives the Kahlon family ruled by Bauji. They follow his diktats as he tries to hold onto his "Indian values" in the land of the "goras". The younger generation at the Patiala House wants to assert themselves and follow their dreams, but is held back by their respect and love for Bauji and the shining example of Bauji's eldest son, Parghat Singh Kahlon aka Gattu who gave up his dream at the altar of Bauji's biases.
  • Genre
    Drama, Family 
  • Release date
    March 4, 2011
  • Starring
    Alexandra Daddario, Owen Wilson, Alyssa Milano, Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate, Jason Sudeikis
  • Director
    Bobby Farrelly
  • Synopsis
    Rick and Fred are best friends who have a lot in common, including the fact that they have each been married for many years. But when the two men begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives take a bold approach to revitalizing their individual marriages: granting them a hall pass, one week of freedom to do whatever they wantno questions asked. 
  • Genre
    Comedy
  • Runtime
    105 minutes
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