19 January,2009 07:08 AM IST | | A Correspondent
B-Town banks on Korea for fresh ideas in movies and music. This week, the capital can bank on the action-packed desh for its daily dose of entertainment
If you didn't know that Mallika Sherawat starrer Ugly Aur Pagli was a spin-off from popular Korean flick My Sassy Girl, or that tinsel town's new songster Pritam copied his hit 'Pehli Nazar Mein' number from a Korean track titled Sarang hae yo, there's no two ways about attending UTV World Movies' new Korean film fest in town.
Starting today and stretching over the next seven days, the do will screen movies dealing with varied subjects miracles, mystery, rebirth, horror, wife warriors and guy talk. Wh@t's On previews the filmy fungama...
Acacia
A couple, unable to conceive adopts a boy, who is obsessed with drawing pictures of an acacia tree. He believes it is the reincarnation of his dead mother. Creepy, no?
Director: Park Ki-hyeong
Runtime: 103 minutes
When: Tomorrow, 7 pm
My Wife is a Gangster
This is the story of how Eun-jin became a legend in the South Korean underworld by defeating an army of gangsters. Fancy a bride like that?
Director: Cho Jin-gyu
Runtime: 107 minutes
When: January 21, 7 pm
Ghost Taxi
On his way to propose to his girlfriend, a taxi driver meets with an accident and dies on the spot. Forty-nine days later, he awakes from his grave and races through the city streets in search of his beloved. Horn ok please?
Director: Seung-jun Heo
When: January 22, 7 pm
Two Guys
An action-comedy about two friends living through the ups and downs of life. Go with your BFF, boy, this ain't a girlfriend watch.
Director: Hun-Su Park
Runtime: 110 minutes
When: January 25, 7 pm
A Tale Of Two Sisters
A chiller about two girls struggling with their icy stepmother and a pervading sense of supernatural unease in a haunted house. An American remake called The Uninvited, starring Emily Browning and Arielle Kebbel as the sisters, is slated for a release this year.
Director: Kim Ji-woon
Runtime: 89 minutesu00a0
When: Today, 7 pm
UTV World Movies Korean film fest
When: January 19 to 25, 7 pm onwards.u00a0
Where: Gulmohar Hall, Indian Habitat Centre,
Lodhi Road, Ring: 24682001-09; Entry free
