Mumbai: Valentine's day is incomplete without watching a mushy movie! This Valentine's Day, Star Movies pays homage to the trials and tribulations of romance with a full-day marathon of die-hard romantic films. So if you want to have some cheerful moments of laughter and joy, with your loved ones, don't forget to tune into 'Shallow Hal' and of course you can re-live the romance by watching some romantic valentine movies like 'Maid in Manhattan' and 'If Only'. So book your date with Star Movies, this Valentine's Day, 14 February beginning 2:20 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb 14 at 2:20 p.m.
MAID IN MANHATTAN
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci
Marisa Ventura (Lopez) is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall (Fiennes), a handsome heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx.
Wednesday, Feb 14 at 4:35 p.m.
IF ONLY
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paul Nicholls
After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha (Hewitt), dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), a grief-stricken British businessman, Ian Wyndham (Nicholls), living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed...
Wednesday, Feb 14 at 6:40 p.m.
SHALLOW HAL
Starring: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander
Following the advice of his dying father, Hal dates only women who are physically beautiful. One day, however, he runs into self-help guru Tony Robbins, who hypnotizes him into recognizing only the inner beauty of women. Hal thereafter meets Rosemary, a grossly obese woman whom only he can see as a vision of loveliness. But will their relationship survive when Hal's equally shallow friend undoes the hypnosis?
So tune in to Star Movies this Valentine's Day and get set for that perfect date, you had always wished for!!!
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