Chicago area Bollywood fans get two new films to choose from the weekend beginning October 26, 2018. Saif Ali Khan’s Wall Street-esque thriller Baazaar gets a head start, opening in local theaters on October 25.
Baazaar opens Thursday at 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. 20 min.
On Friday, the English-language, American-produced romantic comedy 5 Weddings — starring Rajkummar Rao and Nargis Fakhri — opens at the AMC River East 21 in Chicago. It has a listed runtime of 1 hr. 30 min.
After a great opening weekend, Badhaai Ho carries over at MovieMax, South Barrington 24, and Cantera 17 and expands to the AMC Loews Woodridge 18 in Woodridge. Andhadhun carries over at MovieMax and the South Barrington 24, which also holds onto Namaste England a second week.
Other Indian movies showing in Chicago area theaters this weekend:
- Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu (Telugu w/English subtitles) and Hello Guru Prema Kosame (Telugu w/English subtitles) at MovieMax, Century Stratford Square in Bloomingdale, and Cinemark at Seven Bridges in Woodridge
- Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (Telugu w/English subtitles) at MovieMax and Stratford Square
- Vada Chennai (Tamil w/English subtitles) at MovieMax and Seven Bridges
- Genius (Tamil), Jarugandi (Tamil), Kayamkulam Kochunni (Malayalam), Aate Di Chidi (Punjabi), 96 (Tamil w/English subtitles), and Ratsasan (Tamil) at MovieMax