HINDI FILM REVIEW: Gulabo Sitabo Movie Review

Gulabo Sitabo Movie Review : A well-crafted satire that evokes a riot of emotions

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Gulabo Sitabo movie is an 2020 Bollywood comedy-drama film directer is Shoojit Sircar and producer are Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar, and writer was Juhi Chaturvedi.

Gulabo Sitabo Movie Backdrop is in Lucknow, it staring Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana. Eponymous glove puppet characters, Gulabo and Sitabo are from Uttar Pradesh, their story is full of local humor, depicting day-to-day struggle of common man. The movie schedule for release on 17 April 2020 But Corona Virus lockdown now this film is releasing directly on Amazone Prime App and not releasing theatre.

Critic's Rating : 3.5/5

In-depth Analysis

Our overall critic’s rating is not an average of the sub scores below.

Direction : 3.5/5

Dialogues : 3.0/5

Screenplay : 3.5/5

Music : 3.5/5

Visual appeal : 4.0/5

Gulabo Sitabo Film Story:

Fatima Mahal is at the centre of a long feud between its owner’s husband Mirza (Amitabh Bachchan) and their stubborn tenant Baankey Rastogi (Ayushmann Khurrana). But there are other players involved in this rat race and everyone’s in it for their own vested interest.

Gulabo Sitabo Movie Review:

Located in Lucknow, the 100-year-old mansion Fatima Mahal is in shambles and close to ruination, and home to multiple families who pay a measly rent ranging from 30-70 rupees. But there is just one ‘pest’ who neither leaves nor pays the rent on time—Baankey. Of all the people who are tired of his go-to excuse, “Main gareeb hoon,” Mirza is the angriest of all. This 78-year-old abuse-hurling, prank-pulling man harbours only one dream his whole life, that of becoming the legal owner of the mansion he dearly loves and lives in. And, from time to time, he devices scheming ways of achieving his unfulfilled desire. When all else fails to get the chakki-selling Baankey to leave after he breaks the brick wall of the common toilet, a huffing-puffing Mirza rushes off to the police station to settle the raging dispute.

In comes the officer of Archaeological Survey of India (Lucknow Circle), Mr. Gyanesh Mishra (Vijay Raaz). This conniving bully of a public servant senses that the dilapidated haveli has the potential to become a national heritage property (or maybe not) and convinces Baankey how this plan will work best for him and the other tenants. But Mirza is no fool and is quick to launch his own secret weapon, Christopher Clark (Brijendra Kala). Clark only “speaks English at home” and boasts of a repertoire dedicated to resolving property woes. The mansion is now mayhem personified and everyone’s hankering after one thing or the other. Why is this sprawling, ageing piece of property more important than those who inhabit it? Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Gulabo Sitabo’ is a social commentary, a satire on the psyche of mankind and how when greed serves as a guiding force in your life — it can take you to strange places.

Three-time National Award winner Abhik Mukhopadhyay takes charge behind the camera, with almost every other frame reeking of Lucknow’s old-world charm –its decaying but beautiful mansions, tuk-tuks and cycle rickshaws running across the narrow lanes of the city. His camera says to you as it takes you through the city, 'Muskuraiye ki aap Lucknow mein hain'.

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Directer : Shoojit Sircar

Producer : Ronnie Lahiri,Sheel Kumar

Writer : Juhi Chaturvedi

Star Cast : Amitabh Bachchan,Ayushmann Khurrana,Nalneesh Neel

Music Directer : Pritam

Cinematography : Setu (Satyajit Pande)

Film Editing :Chandrashekhar Prajapati

Casting :Jogi Mallang

Art Direction :Pradip Jadhav

Set Decoration :Harshvardhan Purohit

Makeup Department :Lars Carlsson,Pia Cornelius

Production company : Rising Sun Films,Kino Works

Genre : Comedy, Drama

Release date : 12 June 2020. Releasing Directly on Amazon Prime App.

Country : India

Language : Hindi

Amitabh Bachchan ,

Ayushmann Khurrana

Production:

In May 2019, in an interview Shoojit Sircar informed that Juhi Chaturvedi and he worked on the script. He also revealed Chaturvedi came up with a quirky story. He said, "As soon as I read the script, I shared it with Mr Bachchan and Ayushmann at the same time. I thought it would take some time to develop and take it forward, but everyone was so enthusiastic to work on this script, they figured out their dates and here we are..." He further informed that the title of the film is a colloquial term used in Lucknow.

Film Shooting:

Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana were cast for the lead roles, making it their first film together. The filmShooting Starete in the third week of June 2019 in Lucknow.

Marketing and release:

The first look of Amitabh Bachchan from the film, a quirky teaser poster was presented on 21 June, 2019. The film was scheduled for release on 17 April, 2020.

The release date of the film was initially announced for November 2019, but was then advanced to 28 April, 2020 and later preponed to February 28, 2020. The film's release date was again postponed to 17 April, 2020. The film was then scheduled to be released on 17 April 2020, and then was further postponed.

On 22 May, 2020 the official trailer was launched by Amazon Prime Video.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was not released theatrically, but was released worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on 12 June 2020.