Laal Singh Chaddha

Laal Singh Chaddha is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Advait Chandan with production by Aamir Khan Productions and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures.[3] Loosely based on American drama Forrest Gump (1994) tracing historical things, it stars Aamir Khan in the title role with Kareena Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi (in his Hindi film debut) and Mona Singh.[4][5]

Laal Singh Chaddha
Poster with initial release date
Directed byAdvait Chandan
Produced by
Screenplay byAtul Kulkarni
Based onForrest Gump
by Winston Groom
Starring
Music byPritam[1]
CinematographySetu (Satyajit Pande)
Edited byManik Dawar
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 24 December 2021 (2021-12-24)[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Filmed in more than 100 locations in India as of 31 October 2019 to present beginning from Chandigarh with muhurat shot given by Khan's mom Zeenat Hussain, the film was officially announced on 14 March 2019 and has been finalised for release in December 2020.[6][7][8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was delayed by an entire year, will now release on Christmas 2021.[2]

Plot

Events in India's history unfold through the perspective of Laal Singh Chaddha (Aamir Khan), a man with a low intellect.[9]

Cast

Production

In March 2019, Bollywood actor and producer Aamir Khan announced he will produce and star in Laal Singh Chaddha,[12][13] an Indian remake of Tom Hanks's 1994 American film Forrest Gump, with Advait Chandan as director.[14][15] Laal Singh Chaddha is co-produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures.[16] The film was also announced to trace historical things that were in the original version Forrest Gump.[9] Kareena Kapoor joined the film in June 2019,[17][18] and it marked the third time she is working with Khan following 3 Idiots (2009) and Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012).

It was announced in September 2019 that film will be shot in more than 100 Indian locations.[19][20] The principal photography commenced in Chandigarh on 31 October 2019 with Khan filming his scenes and Kapoor joined him the following day.[21] The looks from the film sets were leaked in mid-November and the first schedule ended on 22 November 2019.[22][23] Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi as well as Bollywood actress Mona Singh, who had also played Kapoor's sister in 3 Idiots, were added to the film cast too.[24] A romantic track of the film picturized on Khan and Kapoor was wrapped up on 28 November.

The second schedule begun in Kolkata on 5 December 2019. The images of Khan from the film sets in Kolkata were leaked on 9 December 2019. On 12 December, he flew to Kerala for the second portion of that schedule.[25] His photos and videos from Changanassery, Paravur Thekkumbhagam near Kollam city[26][27] and Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram district from Kerala went viral on 16 December. The second schedule was also filmed in Jaisalmer. The third schedule of the film started on 21 December in Goa and later on moved to Himachal Pradesh on 5 January 2020, which eventually completed on 12 February.

In August 2020, it was announced that the production of the film had moved to Turkey, due to the continuing coronavirus crisis in India.[28]

Marketing and release

On 6 November 2019, official logo of the film was launched by Viacom18 Motion Pictures.[29]

Via his social media account,[30] Aamir Khan shared the first official poster on 18 November 2019.[31]

The character poster of Kareena Kapoor's character from the film was released on 14 February 2020, coinciding with Valentine's Day.[9]

The film is finalised to be released in cinemas in December 2020.[32] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was delayed by an entire year, will now release in December 2021.[2][33]

References
  1. Aamir Khan and Pritam along with team Lal Singh Chaddha work together in Panchgani. Bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved on 27 February 2020.
  2. "Aamir Khan's Laal Singh Chaddha delayed by an entire year, will now release on Christmas 2021". Hindustan Times. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. "BREAKING! Aamir Khan starrer Laal Singh Chaddha to release on Christmas 2020". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  4. "IT'S OFFICIAL... Kareena Kapoor Khan teams up with Aamir Khan in #LaalSinghChaddha... Inspired by the classic #ForrestGump... Directed by Advait Chandan... Written by Atul Kulkarni... Produced by Viacom18 Studios and Aamir Khan Productions... #Christmas 2020 release". Retrieved 16 September 2019 – via Twitter.
  5. "Mark the date... Aamir Khan's new film #LaalSinghChaddha to release on #Christmas 2020... Stars Aamir in title role... Directed by Advait Chandan... Written by Atul Kulkarni... #Viacom18Movies". Retrieved 16 September 2019 – via Twitter.
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  28. https://variety.com/2020/film/news/aamir-khan-forrest-gump-remake-turkey-release-1234730211/
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