Bollywood films to watch out for in 2017 Reuters – WBNews

left right Ram Pratap Verma, a 32-year-old aspiring Bollywood film actor, watches a film at a cinema in Mumbai May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Files 1/3 left right Cinema goers watch a Bollywood movie inside Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai December 11, 2014. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Files 2/3 left right Cinema-goers wait to collect their tickets at a PVR Multiplex in Mumbai November 10, 2013. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Files 3/3 Mumbai Sequels, biopics, history lessons, fantasies and a prequel – that is what Bollywood has lined up for movie buffs in 2017, a year in which the Indian film industry will hope to produce better content and stand up to the increasing presence of Hollywood blockbusters in the country’s movie calendar. While 2016 had a shortage of good films, it showed that Indian audiences have developed an appetite for movies that don’t always tick the traditional check boxes. “Dangal”, the highest grossing Hindi movie of all time, featured Aamir Khan as a pot-bellied, at-times despotic father; “Pink” spoke openly about promiscuity and consent, and yet was a sleeper hit. Shah Rukh Khan’s “Raees” (Rich) and Hrithik Roshan’s “Kaabil” (Able) are two big-ticket films that will kick off 2017. Directed by Rahul Dholakia, “Raees” is the story of a bootlegger (played by Khan) and is said to be based on the true story of gangster Abdul Latif, although the makers have denied it. Khan will be hoping that his latest film makes a bigger impact at the box office than his last few releases. SEASON OF…more detail