With all the analyses over the last year’s movies coming to an end, movie buffs are now eagerly awaiting the impending releases for the coming weekends.

Buzz is already on over which movie will hit the screens first. Rajkumar Santhoshi’s Halla Bol is leading the race with its release date set to January 11, 2008.

This crux of this film is based on the life of a film star and how he handles a crisis in his life that brings out the commoner in him. The star cast includes Ajay Devgan, Vidya Balan and Pankaj Kapur. This iconic director is now contemplating making a film based on Dr Asghar Wajahat’s book ‘Jis Lahore Nahin Dekhiya, O Jamian He Nahin’. He is already working on the script for Ramayana, which is being co-written by his favorite screenwriter Anjum Rajabali. Ramayana is a mega budget venture and is expected to take off this year as soon as the script is ready.

The cast of the film is also being finalized and Prakash Raj has bagged one of the most important characters, Ravana. It is to be noted that Rajinikanth was approached for this role but he turned down the offer citing dissatisfaction with the characterization.