One new Hindi film opens in the Chicago area on March 31, 2017. Naam Shabana is a spin-off origin story about Taapsee Pannu’s character from the 2015 action film Baby.
Naam Shabana opens Friday at the AMC River East 21 in Chicago, MovieMax Cinemas in Niles, AMC South Barrington 24 in South Barrington, and Regal Cantera Stadium 17 in Warrenville. It has a listed runtime of 2 hrs. 9 min.
Also new this week is the timely English-language film For Here or to Go?, starring Ali Fazal as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur caught up in America’s convoluted immigration system.
For Here or to Go? opens Friday at all four of the above theaters. Click here for a national theater list. The movie has a runtime of 1 hr. 45 min.
Phillauri carries over for a second week at MovieMax, South Barrington 24, Marcus Addison Cinema in Addison, and AMC Loews Woodridge 18 in Woodridge. Both MovieMax and South Barrington 24 hold over Badrinath Ki Dulhania for a fourth week.
Other Indian movies showing in the Chicago area this weekend include:
- Katamarayudu (Telugu w/English subtitles) at MovieMax, Century Stratford Square in Bloomingdale, and Cinemark at Seven Bridges in Woodridge
- Guru (Telugu) at MovieMax and Seven Bridges
- Take Off (Malayalam), Kavan (Tamil), Raajakumara (Kannada), Dora (Tamil), Rogue (Telugu), and Oru Mexican Aparatha (Malayalam) at MovieMax
Take off – the malayalm movie was absolutely brilliant.
Here is the brilliant review by Anna M Vetticad of the brillant movie
http://annavetticadgoes2themovies.blogspot.in/2017/03/review-481-take-off.html?m=1
Thanks, Mohzin!
It is nice to see two women centred film running in the theatre at th same time. Take off was brilliant hoping naam shabana is also really good.