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Film: "X-Men: First Class"; Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence; Director: Matthew Vaughn; Rating: ***1/2

Americans, in the absence of their own ancient mythology unlike the Indians, Chinese or Europeans, have developed a national mythology of a different kind where instead of gods and goddesses, they have their Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader and Superman. "X-Men - First Class", with its near perfect script, apt direction and some breathtaking visual effects, firmly enforces another mythological universe to this - those of the mutants.

Mumbai, June 11 : Indian equities markets benchmark indices closed in the red this week on disappointing economic data, especially low industrial output coupled with stubbornly high inflation.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), lost 0.59 percent or 107.94 points in the largely low-volume trade this week.

The benchmark Sensex slumped 116.36 points or 0.63 percent to close at 18,268.54 points Friday.

Film: Badrinath; Cast: Allu Arjun, Tamanna, Prakash Raj, Kelly Dorjee, Ashwini Kalsekar, Brahmanandam, Krishna Bhagawan and others; Producer: Allu Arvind; Director: V. V. Vinayak; Story; Chinni Krishna; Camera: Ravi Verman; Music: Keervani; Art Director: Anand Sai; Rating: **

Allu Arjun is a really talented actor. But his home production "Badrinath" - made with a whopping Rs. 35 crore and with the best of the technicians in the Telugu film industry - is a dampener.

Film: "West Is West"; Cast: Om Puri, Aqib Khan, Linda Bassett, Ila Arun; Director: Andy DeEmmony; Rating: ***1/2

In 1999, a film set 28 years back in Britain, "East is East", stole the hearts of everyone globally who watched it -- what with its inherent family struggle and a patriarch trying to imbibe in his children the values he grew up with and the kids exerting the values of the country they were growing up in.

Film: "Aaranya Kaandam"; Cast: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Kri

Film: "Namitha I Love You"; Cast: Namitha, Prithviraj, Srikanth, Akshata Shetty, Shobana, Gollahalli Shivaprasad, Tennis Krishna, Bank Janardhan and Dingri Nagaraj; Producer: Ravi Teja Reddy; Director: Jayasiha Reddy; Camera: Diwakar; Rating: *

One warning. Even if you are a die-hard fan of Namitha, the diva from south, don't expect too much from this film. There is nothing titillating in this film except for a song or two that exhibits her dancing skills.