I'd go to everyone on set and ask them to teach me certain things about Facebook. I’d never been on social media before doing this film. We are both exact opposites of our characters. Unlike your character in the film, we hear you aren't very savvy with social media in real life, while your co-star, Rishi Kapoor, is a big rage on Twitter… However, when I see the response Rajma Chawal is getting on social media, I feel very fortunate to have debuted in the digital space,” the actor tells us. Initially, I too had fantasies of watching my debut on the big screen with people coming and hugging me outside theatres. “Nothing compares to the reach and popularity of Netflix. Initially intended for theatrical release, the film was picked up by Netflix India in the wake of its aggressive Hindi-centric programming.Īnirudh, who quit his career as a commercial pilot in 2012 and moved to Mumbai to work in cinema, considers OTT platforms the way of the future. Rajma Chawal had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October, followed by a screening at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. The comedy-drama explores the role of technology in both widening and lessening the generational gap between parents and children, as Kapoor repurposes the defunct Facebook profile of a young girl (played by Amyra Dastur) to strike up a friendship with his son. Her drama Parched, starring Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte and Surveen Chawla, was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015.In Leena Yadav’s Rajma Chawal - a new Netflix India Original film released on November 30 - veteran actor Rishi Kapoor plays a widowed father who uses social media to bond with his emotionally-distant son, portrayed by debutant Anirudh Tanwar.
Yadav made her directorial debut with Shabd (2005).
“Being on Netflix invites the whole world into the lives of a family in Chandni Chowk, and we are excited to bring the tumult, colour and vitality of both the family and the area to newer audiences.” “The father-son dynamic is a universal human theme, and Netflix, with its global reach and ability to address a range of audiences with rich and resonant stories, was the ideal partner for us,” Yadav said in a press release. The cast also includes Amyra Dastur and Aparshakti Khurana. Produced by Saarthi Entertainment, Rajma Chawal stars Rishi Kapoor as Raj Mathur, a father attempting to reconnect with his estranged son Kabir (debutant Anirudh Tanwar) by creating a fake profile on social media. The family drama will be premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in October and will be released worldwide on Netflix on November 30. Netflix has acquired the rights to Leena Yadav’s upcoming film Rajma Chawal, the streaming company announced on Wednesday. Top 10 Omicron updates: India suspends international passenger flights till January 31.‘Trying our best to save the survivor from helicopter crash’: Rajnath Singh in Parliament.‘Writing has to show what can be otherwise’: 2021 Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah’s lecture.Watch: Opera singer pauses during song, student joins in from the audience to fill the gap.Omicron has arrived in peak wedding season.
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