CLASSIC REEL: MODERN TIMES

Chaplin films would easily find their way into all-time classic listings. In Modern Times, Chaplin reprises his acclaimed Little Tramp character, failing at everything he does but managing to find love. The film was a commentary on the Great Depression, and depicts Chaplin’s views on industrialisation.

Year of release: 1936
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard

Lukka Chuppi
March 1

Directed by
Laxman Utekar

Starring
Kartik Aryan
Kriti Sanon

The romcom revolves around a TV reporter in Mathura who falls for a feisty woman. Aryan plays a goodie good boy while Sanon is a stereotype-buster.

Photograph
March 8

Directed by
Gregory Plotkin

Starring
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Sanya Malhotra
Farrukh Jaffar

What happens when a street photographer gets a stranger to pose as his fiancee, so that his grandmother stops pressuring him to get married? The second directorial outing by The Lunchbox director is sure to raise some curiosity.

Dumbo
March 29

Directed by
Tim Burton

Starring
Eva Green
Colin Farrell
Danny DeVito

Disney’s rendering of the fantasy adventure film is bound to get the crowds into the theatres. If you have doubts, one look at the adorable elephant in the trailer should be enough.