A romantic comedy. A survival saga. A metatextual comedy. Two action thrillers. There’s a lot on offer at cinemas this weekend. Here’s all you need to know about movies releasing in theatres today.

Dream Girl 2 (Hindi)

Directed by: Raaj Shaandilyaa

Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Ananya Panday, Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Asrani, Abhishek Banerjee, Manjot Singh and Seema Pahwa

Karam (Ayushmann Khurrana) is a simpleton from the quaint town of Mathura who finds himself in a soup trying to settle the debts incurred by his father (played by Annu Kapoor). He is also in love with a girl named Pari (Ananya Panday) whose strict father (played by Paresh Rawal) has set some prerequisite conditions for his prospective son-in-law. In order to manage his financial struggles, Karam assumes the identity of Pooja, leading to a series of uproarious confusions and a delightful blend of comedic mishaps.

Akelli (Hindi)

Directed by: Pranay Meshram

Cast: Nushrratt Bharuccha, Nishant Dahiya, Rajesh Jais, Tsahi Halevi and Amir Boutrous

Jyoti (Nushrratt Bharuccha), a simple girl from India, decides to take up a job in a clothing factory in Mosul, Iraq, in order to take care of her family. She befriends a coworker, Rafeeq (Nishant Dahiya), and finds herself trapped in a war-ravaged country, yearning to return home. A sudden terrorist attack on the factory leaves her and fellow workers captive, leading to her courageous stand against the odds for survival in an unfamiliar and dangerous territory.

Asteroid City (English)

Directed by: Wes Anderson

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Steve Carell and Margot Robbie

Taking place in a 1950s-inspired world, Asteroid City depicts the televised adaptation of an eponymous fictitious play written by the renowned playwright Conrad Earp. The play revolves around a site of an asteroid landing that serves as the venue for an annual meetup of young astronomy enthusiasts.While the events in the play are showcased in colour, the TV broadcast is depicted in the classic black-and-white format.

Retribution (English)

Directed by: Nimród Antal

Cast: Liam Neeson, Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell, Jack Champion, Embeth Davidtz, and Matthew Modine

Liam Neeson takes on the role of Matt, an American investment banker living in Berlin in Retribution, a remake of a 2015 Spanish film of the same name. One fateful day, as Matt is driving his teenage son and daughter to school, he receives a phone call from a mysterious person who informs him that bombs have been planted in her car. This explosive device is rigged to go off if he halts the car, makes an attempt to exit, or disobeys the instructions of the enigmatic caller. Throughout this nerve-wracking ordeal, Matt becomes an inadvertent witness to a series of car bombings that tragically claim the lives of multiple colleagues, gradually implicating him in the chain of events.

King of Kotha (Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi)

Directed by: Abhilash Joshiy

Cast: Dulquer Salmaan, Shabeer Kallarakkal, Prasanna, Gokul Suresh and Aishwarya Lekshmi

King of Kotha is an action thriller set in a fictitious town called Kotha in the 1960s. Shahul Hassan (Prasanna), who has recently been transferred to Kotha as CI, learns about the narcotics addiction among the youth in the town. His investigation leads him to uncover the reign of gangster Kannan Bhai (Shabeer Kallarakkal). Shahul learns from his colleague Tony Titus (Gokul Suresh) that Kannan’s empire could only be brought down by Raju (Dulquer Salmaan), a dreaded assassin who has mysteriously disappeared. Shahul locates Raju and seeks his help to take on the might of Kannan. Aishwarya Lekshmi plays Raju’s love interest Tara in the movie.