Thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown, release of some big banner films such as the much-awaited Salman Khan starrer Radhe, have been postponed. Others such as Shoojit Sircar’s Gulabo Sitabo have decided to take the online-release route. After what seems like a long drought of trailers, we saw the release of the Gulabo Sitabo trailer which is promising and funny and delightful. In view of still-shut theatres and multiplexes, the movie will release on Amazon Prime on 12 June 2020.
Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vijay Raaz and others, this one is directed by Shoojit Sircar of Piku fame.
The film – based on traditional glove puppet pair of Uttar Pradesh of the same name – promises to be engaging and entertaining; just not in the usual Bollywood formulaic way.
If chai-sutta is a priceless Jodi, so are these two.
We see a barely-recognisable, curmudgeonly old Bachchan – lending himself completely to the role, complete with makeup, body language, gruff voice, mannerisms and terrible teeth.
The story seems to revolve around a ramshackle looking property – a so-called ‘haveli’, its old owner and tenant.
Ayshmann Khurrana is the poor but combative tenant, constantly at loggerheads with his old landlord.
This is not exactly the 'sanskaari' young man respectful of his seniors.
The young man tells the old man to stop yelling because he may get a heart attack.
I didn’t know you were so poor – if ever there was a line made for memes, it is this!
Versatile and meme-worthy!
We’ve all filtered price from ‘low to high’ at some point, haven’t we?
When there seems to be no way out, the tenant suggests adoption to his landlord.
This one is relevant, in view of the recent brouhaha about producing papers to prove citizenship.
Set in Lucknow, the film promises a local flavour in terms of the backdrop as well as the local dialect/accent.
Indian audiences, starved for movie releases during the past months of lockdown are delighted with the Gulabo Sitabo trailer and are looking forward to watching the movie when it premieres on Amazon Prime on 12 June.
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