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Streaming Video News: April 5, 2024

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I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime with the streaming debut of Shahid Kapoor & Kriti Sanon’s February theatrical release Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya.

I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Hulu with three dubbed versions of the 2024 Telugu film Hanu-Man, now available in Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil. The original Telugu version of Hanu-Man streams on Zee5.

Speaking of Zee5, they just added the 2023 Hindi heist film Farrey to their catalogue. It’s a remake of the 2017 Thai movie Bad Genius.

Another 2023 Hindi film that’s been awaiting a streaming release is Manoj Bajpayee’s well-regarded drama Joram. Thanks to @CinemaRareIN on X for noting that the full version of Joram (with English subtitles) is now streaming on the Zee Music Company YouTube channel:

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Opening April 5: Chashme Baddoor

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For the second week in a row, a Hindi remake of an ’80s film hits Chicago area theaters. This time its Chashme Baddoor, which stars Ali Zafar and is distinguished from the original — Chashme Buddoor — by a slight spelling change in the title.

Chashme Baddoor opens on Friday, April 5, 2013, at the Big Cinemas Golf Glen 5 in Niles and AMC South Barrington 30 in South Barrington. It has a listed runtime of 2 hrs. 30 min.

Last weekend’s remake, Himmatwala, performed poorly at the box office, earning just $197,770 from 99 U.S. theaters. Nevertheless, it carries over at the Golf Glen 5, South Barrington 30, and Regal Cantera Stadium 17 in Warrenville.

The other big Indian release of note this week is the Telugu film Baadshah. It opens on Thursday, April 4, at the Golf Glen 5, Cinemark Century 12 Evanston in Evanston (one-time-only showing on Thursday), Cinemark Century Stratford Square in Bloomingdale, and Cinemark at Seven Bridges in Woodridge. It has a runtime of 2 hrs. 38 min. and is showing locally without English subtitles.

Other Indian films playing at the Golf Glen 5 this weekend include the Tamil movies Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga and Settai. The Century Stratford Square has the Punjabi movie Sadda Haq, which is showing with English subtitles.

Opening April 5: Housefull 2

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The all-star comedy sequel Housefull 2 deviates from the norm, arriving in Chicago area theaters on Thursday, April 5, 2012. I feel like I’ve already seen the trailer a million times, but here it is again:

Housefull 2 opens tomorrow at the Big Cinemas Golf Glen 5 in Niles, AMC South Barrington 30 in South Barrington, and Regal Cantera Stadium 17 in Warrenville. On top of its 2 hr. 35 min. runtime, Housefull 2 will reportedly be preceded by six movie trailers. Read my review of Housefull 2 here.

After theater schedules adjust to accommodate new Hollywood films opening on Friday, both the Golf Glen 5 and South Barrington 30 will continue carrying over Agent Vinod and Kahaani. Agent Vinod‘s total earnings for its first two weeks in U.S. theaters are $632,446.

Other Indian movies showing at the Golf Glen 5 this weekend include 3 (Tamil) and Rachcha (Telugu).

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