Good news for DStv subscribers who haven't had access to the movie rental service Box Office... you can now stay in your PJs and ditch the trip to the video shop because it's available on every bouquet.
It was previously only accessible on the Premium, Extra and Compact bouquets but now it's been made available to everyone who has an HD PVR and Explora and we'd highly recommend using it.
It's a firm favourite in the TVSA offices because of how easy and quick it is to use. We haven't been to a video shop once since it launched.
DStv's also adding Bollywood fliks to the line-up as part of the service extension. These will be available from Wednesday, 12 October starting with these titles:
*Movies cost R35 each.
Madaari
Madaari (English: Puppeteer) is a 2016 Indian social-thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat. It is produced by Shailesh Singh, Madan Paliwal, Sutapa Sikdar, and Shailja Kejriwal. The film stars Irrfan Khan, Vishesh Bansal, Jimmy Shergill, Tushar Dalvi and Nitesh Pandey and was released on 22 July 2016.
Synopsis:
A 10-year-old child, Rohan, is kidnapped from his hostel. Rohan is the only son of the Home Minister. The army and the CBI storm into action. CBI officer Nachiket Verma (Jimmy Shergill) heads the case and gets a restraining order from all the other security agencies to make sure that the kidnappers don't panic and kill Rohan.
Initially the case is thought of mistaken identity wherein the kidnapper might have tried to kidnap the friend of Rohan, Cheeku who was also drugged while kidnapping. For a long time, there is silence from the kidnapper and everyone is left guessing who it might be and at the same time the investigation is kept extremely secret, so as to keep the kidnaper(s) from killing Rohan.
See the trailer here: Madaari
Kabali
Kabali is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language gangster-drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu.
The film revolves around the gang war between Kabaleeswaran (played by Rajinikanth) and Tony Lee (portrayed by Winston Chao). Radhika Apte, Dhansika, Dinesh Ravi,Kalaiyarasan, and John Vijay also star in pivotal roles.
Principal photography for the film began on 21 August 2015 in Chennai. While filming mostly occurred in Malaysia, smaller scenes were shot in Bangkok and Hong Kong.
The film was released in Tamil along with dubbed versions in Telugu and Hindi on 22 July 2016, while the film was released in Malay a week later.
Kabali was released on 3200 screens in India, of which 2200 were in South India. Upon release, the film had the largest opening weekend for any Indian film worldwide and became the second highest grossing Tamil film ever.
See the trailer here:
Kabali
Dilwale
Dilwale (Translation: The Big Hearted) is a 2015 Indian romantic action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty, and produced by Gauri Khan and Rohit Shetty under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment and Rohit Shetty Productions respectively.
The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan, and Kriti Sanon in lead roles, with Johnny Lever andVarun Sharma in supporting roles.
Dilwale has grossed over $55 million worldwide, becoming the second highest-grossing film starring Shah Rukh Khan after Chennai Express, also directed by Shetty. However, Khan expressed disappointment with the box office collections and the film's performance, especially in India.
See the trailer here:
Dilwale