One new Hindi movie opens in the Chicago area on May 1, 2015. Akshay Kumar plays a corruption-busting vigilante in Gabbar is Back.
Gabbar is Back opens on Friday at the AMC River East 21 in Chicago, Regal Gardens Stadium 1-6 in Skokie, MovieMax Cinemas in Niles, AMC South Barrington 30 in South Barrington, Regal Cantera Stadium 17 in Warrenville, and AMC Loews Woodridge 18 in Woodridge. It has a listed runtime of 2 hrs. 11 min.
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! gets a fifth week at the South Barrington 30.
Other Indian movies showing in the Chicago area this weekend include both the Tamil and Telugu versions of Uttama Villain at the Muvico Rosemont 18 in Rosemont and MovieMax, which also carries Vai Raja Vai (Tamil), Ganga (Telugu), Dohchay (Telugu), Bhaskar the Rascal (Malayalam), Oru Vadakkan Selfie (Malayalam), OK Kanmani (Tamil), and OK Bangaram (Telugu).
Trailer looks awesome Kathy! Alas, sometimes when you’ve seen the trailer you’ve seen all the best bits, but hopefully this isn’t the case with this one. I usually like Akshay Kumar so reckon I’ll like this. Thanks for the heads-up. If I get to the cinema this weekend I’ll let you know what I thought.
Let me know what you think, Paul. I was not a fan: http://accessbollywood.net/2015/05/01/movie-review-gabbar-is-back-2015/
Lol! After reading your review I figured it might be best to do something else instead. I ended up watching ‘Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year’ on Spuul instead. Shame though, as it has been a while since there have been any really great Hindi films on at our local cinema. I think the last one was Badlapur, but I might be wrong. Here’s hoping there’ll be something soon as I’m missing my big-screen fix Kathy.
You’re in luck, Paul. The summer season is finally underway, so there should many more films coming to theaters during the next few months. Bombay Velvet (May 15) and Dil Dhadakne Do (June 5) both look promising. Since the UK historically opens more Bollywood titles in theaters than the US does, you’ll probably have even more options than just the films on this list:
http://accessbollywood.net/upcoming-bollywood-releases/