With big films releasing post WC, small-budget films find screen space

It wouldnt be incorrect to say that during the World Cup cricket is a bigger threat to the commercial success of a film than other films Which is why many filmmakers take a back seat during this season and avoid releasing their films However small budget films which in any other situation get lesser slots in theatres as opposed to a bigger film make this their festival monthAditi Rao Hydari in The Legend of Michael MishraThis year being no exception several small content oriented films will make their way onto the silver screen this cricket season while many bigbudget films have been pushed back and will release post the World Cup hitlist takes a look at the small content oriented films which are releasing during the seasonBhumi Pednekar and Ayushmann Khurrana in Dum Laga Ke HaishaFilmDum Laga Ke HaishaDirector Sharat KatariyaThis film which marks the debut of Bhumi Pednekar stars her and Ayushmann Khurrana in lead roles The film which is shot in Rishikesh and Haridwar has Kumar Sanu doing a cameoQissa was screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film FestivalFilmQissaDirector Anup SinghWith Irrfan and Tillotama Shome essaying pivotal roles this IndianGerman drama film has already made its presence felt in the international film circuit Qissa was screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and received the NETPAC Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema award for Best Asian CinemaHunterrr revolves around a sex addict and his lustful journeyFilmHunterrrDirector Harshavardhan KulkarniThe movie stars Gulshan Devaiah Radhika Apte and Sai Tamahankar and revolves round a sex addict and his lustful journeyFilm Coffee BloomDirector Manu WarrierThe directors debut feature film comprising Sugandha Garg and Mohan Kapoor along with other actors premiered in India at the Mumbai Film Festival 2014 in the New Faces of Indian Cinema sectionEmraan Hashmi in TigersOther releases this seasonIn addition to the above several other films releasing during the cricket season aregtgtHey Bro starring Ganesh Acharya and Hanif HilalgtgtBadmashiyaan which stars Sharib Hashmi and Karan MehragtgtTigers which has Emraan Hashmi in the leadgtgtDosakh In Search of Heaven directed by debutant Zaigham Imam and comprising Lalit Tiwari Garrick Chaudhary and Ruby SainigtgtLucknowi Ishq with Adhyayan Suman and Karishma Kotak in the leadgtgtDharam Sankat Mein starring Naseeruddin Shah and Paresh RawalgtgtDilliwaali Zaalim Girlfriend with Jackie Shroff and Divyendu Sharma in pivotal rolesFilms that have been pushed aheadWhile many films will release this cricket season a few producers prefer to push the release of their film to post World Cup We give you a lowdown of a few that will wait a whileArshad Warsi in The Legend of Michael MishraThe Legend of Michael MishraDirector Manish JhaThis quirky comedy was to earlier release on March 20 but will now hit theatres post the World Cup The release date however remains undecided The film has Arshad Warsi Boman Irani Kayoze Irani and Aditi Rao Hydari in pivotal rolesGuddu RangeelaDirector Subhash KapoorThis film too stars Arshad Warsi and Aditi Rao Hydari along with Amit Sadh and Ronit Roy The film was pushed from February 27 to June 3HeroDirector Nikhil AdvaniHero which is the remake of the 1983 film of the same name will mark the debut of two star kids mdash Sooraj Panscholi and Athiya Shetty The project which is being produced by Salman Khan productions will release in JuneSushant Singh Rajput and Swastika Mukherjee in Detective Byomkesh BakshyDetective Byomkesh BakshyDirector Dibakar BanerjeeFearing that the IndiaPakistan match might hamper the films collection this Sushant Singh Rajput starrer was pushed from February 13 to April 10 The movie is based on the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi and also has Swastika Mukherjee and Anand Tiwari in main roles