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Sultan (2016)

The Plot Aakash Oberoi ( Amit Sadh ) founder of the Pro Takedown MMA league is desperate to pump some life into his floundering promotion which is on the verge of closing down due to poor viewership. Aakash's father (veteran Parikshit Sahni ) cites the lack of homegrown talent as a reason for the league's failure ( Valid Point! ) and recommends Aakash to bring in Sultan ( Salman Khan ) a former world champion wrestler, to boost audience interest. ( Why not bring in a native MMA fighter instead of a wrestler? ) Aakash traces out Sultan only to find out that Sultan is  a shell of his former self and  is eking out a meager existence. Sultan summarily turns Aakash's offer down. Not one to give up Aakash approaches Sultan's best friend Govind ( Anant Vidhaat Sharma )  who lets him know of Sultan's past. ( Flashback Begins ) Sultan, a carefree bachelor ( Super Stars never age! ) falls madly in love with Aarfa ( Anushka Sharma ) an aspiring wrestler. Sultan immediatel...

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

" Jerry Burton arrives in Lymstock along with his sister to recover from a bad crash. The peaceful country side, the fresh air and the benevolent families of the village immediately take the brother-sister duo in. Everything seems rather idyllic and rather perfect until an anonymous letter arrives with a spiteful message. The nasty letter is quickly forgotten as a mischievous prank until Jerry discovers that people across the village have been receiving such slanderous letters. The anonymous letters soon become the talk of the town leaving everyone in a tailspin as to who this sick mind could be. Just when the letters are about to be dismissed as nothing more than a prank, the first victim falls. Before the community recovers another one goes down. As the body count rises, everyone's a suspect and anyone could be the next victim. It's a race against time for Jerry to stop the culprit as the next one to fall might well be his own. " The Moving Finger Now that...