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How Sonu Dariyapur, Delhi’s top gangster, ‘killed’ cousin’s husband over slight. Rajrani, whose husband Monu was murdered by Delhi’s most wanted gangster Sonu Dariyapur, says his arrest makes no difference to her. Neither I, nor Monu were scared of him when he would roam freely. I am not scared of him now that he is in jail. Sonu also knows this very well,” says a stern- sounding Rajrani. Her marriage reportedly drew a wedge between the two friends and gangsters Sonu and Monu.

Sonu is Rajrani’s cousin and had allegedly had gunned down Monu inside his car in outer Delhi’s Paschim Vihar in May. Sonu was arrested by the special cell on Thursday from Narela after being on the run for eight years. He is not someone to sit silent. Till now he terrorised people from outside, now he will also bully and trouble the weak prisoners,” Rajrani told HT over phone. He is an extremely violent man.

I remember him shooting a gun more carelessly than we burst crackers. He has little regard for life. His ego is everything,” she said. Monu and Sonu, residents of Dariyapur village in outer Delhi, were close friends since childhood.

Monu was into finance and real estate business. Sonu too ran his own business, even as the two friends faced a host of criminal charges. In 2. 00. 6, Monu took a liking to Sonu’s cousin Rajrani.

Their friendship was opposed by Rajrani’s family, but the couple went ahead and tied the knot. A few weeks after the wedding, an argument between the two friends turned ugly when Monu allegedly teased Sonu that he was now his ‘saala’ (brother- in- law). Sonu took an offence to the remark and started looking for an opportunity to kill the couple. A few months later, as Monu and Rajrani were driving in a car in west Delhi, Sonu and his men allegedly targeted them near the Punjabi Bagh Flyover. The assailants fired multiple shots at the couple before fleeing.

Monu was hit four times and his wife twice, but both survived. In May this year, a decade since he first attacked them, Sonu allegedly targeted Monu again and succeeded in killing him. Read: Tunda to Langarpuria, the stories behind quirky aliases of Delhi gangsters. Having lost her husband, Rajrani regrets that a “non- issue” left so many of her loved ones dead.

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Neither my parents, nor Monu’s were against our marriage,” she claimed, adding that only Sonu and his parents had problems with the relationship. Monu and I don’t even belong to the same gotra. Our marriage was totally within the acceptable social norms,” she claimed. The problem apparently began when an invitation for the wedding was sent to Sonu and his family. Sonu is the son of Rajrani’s father’s sister.

I still regret why we informed Sonu about my wedding. He was a criminal and needn’t have even known about my wedding.

But an invite was sent to him out of courtesy. He responded to the courtesy by destroying my family,” she said.

She claimed that the two sides of the family did all to keep Sonu away from preventing the marriage, but his ego that his best friend was marrying his sister took over common sense. It was two consenting adults marrying. He thinks he did it for his honour. Where is the honour now,” she asks.

My Sassy Girl, Musa, Friend, Take Care of My Cat, My Wife is a Gangster, Volcano High and more. The past few years have been very strong for Korean cinema, but 2. Led by such smash hits as Friend (the best- selling Korean movie of all time), My Sassy Girl, My Wife is a Gangster, Kick the Moon, Hi Dharma, Guns & Talks, and Musa - - all of which drew more than two million viewers - - Korean cinema has approached a 5. With Hollywood films accounting for less than 4. Korea has become just about the only place in the world where local films outdraw Hollywood. Nonetheless, the presence of so many blockbuster films has not meant the death of more artistic work. Visitors to the 2.

Pusan Film Festival who had heard that Korean cinema had "gone commercial" were pleasantly surprised by the high number of original, quality films on display. Films such as One Fine Spring Day, Flower Island and Take Care of My Cat have been eagerly sought after by foreign festivals, and Korean cinema's rapidly expanding talent base gives hope that the industry will continue to make good films long into the future.     Reviewed below:    I Wish I Had a Wife(Jan 1. A Day(Jan 2. 0)  - -  Tears(Jan 2. Bungee Jumping of Their Own(Feb 3)  - -  Last Present(Mar 2. Friend(Mar 3. 1)  - -  Failan(Apr 2. Kick the Moon(Jun 2. My Sassy Girl(Jul 2.

Sorum(Aug 4)  - -  Musa(Sep 7)  - -  One Fine Spring Day(Sep 2. My Wife is a Gangster(Sep 2. Nabi (The Butterfly)(Oct 1. Guns & Talks(Oct 1. Take Care of My Cat(Oct 1. Waikiki Brothers(Oct 2.

Hi, Dharma(Nov 7)  - -  Wanee & Junah(Nov 2. Flower Island(Nov 2. Volcano High(Dec 8).

The Best Selling Films of 2. Korean Films. Nationwide.

Seoul. Release Date. Weeks. 1Friend. 8,1. Mar 3. 11. 52. My Sassy Girl. Jul 2. 71. 03. Kick the Moon. Jun 2. 31. 04. My Wife is a Gangster. Sep 2. 88. 5Hi, Dharma.

Nov 7. 86. My Boss, My Hero. Dec 8*9. 7Guns & Talks. Oct 1. 27. 8Musa. Sep 7. 69. Volcano High. Dec 8*5. 10. Bungee Jumping Of Their Own. Feb 3. 11. All Films.

Nationwide. Seoul. Release Date. Weeks. Friend (Korea)8,1.

Mar 3. 11. 52. My Sassy Girl (Korea)4,8. Jul 2. 71. 03. Harry Potter.. U. S.)4,0. 30,0. 00.

Dec 1. 4*8. 4Kick the Moon (Korea)4,3. Jun 2. 31. 05. My Wife is a Gangster (Korea)5,1.

Sep 2. 88. 6Hi, Dharma (Korea)3,7. Nov 7. 87. My Boss, My Hero (Korea)3,3. Dec 8*9. 8Shrek (U. S.)2,3. 44,7. 00. Jul 0. 66. 9Pearl Harbor (U. S.)2,2. 61,1. 00. Jun 2. 71. 0The Mummy Returns (U.

S.)2,3. 41,8. 00. Jun 1. 67. * Includes tickets sold in 2. Market share:   Korean 5. Imports 4. 9. 9% (nationwide)Films released:   Korean 6.

Imported 3. 06. Total attendance:   8. Number of screens:   8.

Exchange rate (2. US dollar. Average ticket price:   5,8. US$4. 5. 9)Exports to other countries:   US$1. Average budget:   1. Source: Korean Film Council (KOFIC).

These are some reviews of the features released in 2. They are listed in the order of their release. I Wish I Had a Wife. Long before this film hit the theaters, I Wish I Had a Wife drew interest for its pairing of two of Korea's most respected stars: Sol Kyung- gu (Peppermint Candy) and Jeon Do- yeon (Happy End). Shut Up And Play The Hits Full Movie Part 1.

In their first crack at romantic comedy, Sol and Jeon take on parts which, although lacking the emotional extremes of their previous roles, form the very heart of this charming film. Sol plays a lovesick bank teller who can't get marriage off his mind. He records videos for his future wife, telling her how curious he is to find out who she will turn out to be. When he meets a former classmate (played by Jin Hee- kyung), he thinks he's finally found his match. Jeon, meanwhile, plays a teacher who works across the street from his bank. After a few accidental meetings, she works up the courage to ask him out, but is rudely rebuffed.

This is the debut work of director Park Heung- shik, who worked as assistant director to Hur Jin- ho for Christmas in August (1. The influence of the latter film can be seen in I Wish I Had a Wife: in its visual style, its grounding in everyday life, and also in a subtle reworking of Christmas's famous umbrella scene. At times the film's music recalls a Sleepless in Seattle or When Harry Met Sally, but I Wish I Had a Wife is a much different kind of movie. Content to revel in the ordinary, it lingers on unimportant details and its heroes' various quirks.

Although at times this comes at the expense of plot, it imparts to the film a sense of honesty, as well as an unhurried pleasure. By the latter half of the film we begin to feel quite intimate with the characters. Ultimately this movie feels like a comfortable old pair of jeans. While it makes little effort to leap out and grab one's attention, viewers will be pulled in by its light humor and the way it makes its characters' lives feel so familiar.     (Darcy Paquet)     A Day.

I was scared, really scared, when I turned to the back cover of the DVD for Han Ji- sung's A Day and saw the couple sitting by a tree. At the sight of that image, I immediately flashbacked to the top- grossing Korean film of 1. Lee Jeong- guk's The Letter, since a tree had significance in that film. The Letter, to me, exemplifies a melodrama gone wrong, horribly cheezy and forced. Still, it was successful at the Korean box office, so perhaps those in charge of marketing A Day felt an allusion to the imagery of The Letter would allow A Day to dovetail that film's success even though such a scene by a tree never occurs in A Day. A Day tells a story of more than one day in the life of the marriage between Kang Jin- won (Ko So- young) and Lee Suk- yun (Lee Sung- jae).

They are a couple who very much wants a child but have had trouble conceiving. When they are finally successful, with the help of modern medical technology, their fantasies about the family life they feel should emerge are challenged by further obstacles that arise. The film becomes a story on how this couple processes their adversity and how it strengthens rather than weakens their bond.

Thankfully, A Day does not end up being to the letter of The Letter. It comes close at moments, particularly due to the lesser performance of Lee Sung- jae who initially fails in making the playful moments that lovers share convincible. Such is disappointing because Lee's previous work in Bong Joon- ho's Barking Dogs Never Bite was exemplary. Still, Lee's character does grow on you, with the help of a confident performance by Ko So- young as his wife, and you begin to appreciate him more.

Most of the fights and intimate moments between the couple are believable and notable in what they convey about the growth of the characters and the moral dilemmas their predicament poses. The standout performance, however, is by Kwon Hae- hyo, the only tolerable presence in an excruciating film of the same year, O Ki- hwan's Last Present. Kwon is masterful in his comic delivery in a small part as the manager of a store that sells baby items. As evidence of his skill, let me note that a smirk just emerged on my face while thinking about his brief appearance.) I look forward to a vehicle that allows Kwon to shine in a feature role developed from his gifted repetoire. Kim Chang- won also delivers a finely sober performance as the couple's doctor and indirect marriage counselor. Without moralizing a message upon the audience, A Day presents a moral quandry that, thankfully, leaves the decision up to the parties most directly effected. While watching the film, I found myself referencing one of my favorite novels by my favorite Japanese writer, both of which will go unmentioned because such would risk revealing main aspects of the plot.

Although very different works, particularly in their intended audience, A Day a popular drama and the book a major literary work, there is a similarity in the point of struggle. Whereas that book's little bird tells a tale of a man choosing an isolated struggle with his responsibility to act on life's random trials, A Day addresses the communal struggle of this couple while hinting at the professional quandries and societal constraints around them.