Sharmaji Namkeen (2022)

Original title

शर्माजी नमकीन

Directed by

Hitesh Bhatia

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 59m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired man in Delhi discovers a new passion for cooking snacks in his kitchen. His hobby brings together a group of unlikely friends and family members.

warmgentlebittersweetnostalgicmildly comedicslice-of-lifeearthyuplifting

What happens

Sharmaji Namkeen (transl.  Sharmaji's Savoury Snacks) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film written and directed by debutante Hitesh Bhatia, co-written by Supratik Sen, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under Excel Entertainment as well as Honey Trehan and Abhishek Chaubey under MacGuffin Pictures. Marking the first instance in Hindi film history of two actors playing the same character simultaneously, it stars Rishi Kapoor (in his posthumous final film appearance) and Paresh Rawal as the titular character, with Juhi Chawla, Satish Kaushik, Sheeba Chaddha, Isha Talwar, Suhail Nayyar and Taaruk Raina in supporting roles. The film began production in January 2020 but filming was halted due to Rishi Kapoor's death on 30 April 2020. Paresh Rawal was cast to finish Kapoor's remaining scenes. The film premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 31 March 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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