Hansal Mehta is getting applause for his recently directed web-series 'Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story' which is based on the book by Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu 'The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away'. The series has been ranked with a 9.6 IMDb rating and taken social media by Storm with immense love from the audience and critical acclaim. Now, Hansal is all set for the release of his next directorial venture 'Chhalaang'. Recently, the maker has announced that the film will release on a digital platform despite the fact that theatres are re-opened from today onwards. According to the source, the film trailer will be released on this Saturday.
‘Chhalaang' is a hilarious yet inspirational journey of a PT Master from a semi government-funded school in Northern India. Montu (Rajkummar) is a typical PT Master for whom it's just a job. When circumstances put everything that Montu cares for at stake, including Neelu, being played by Nushrratt Bharuccha who he loves, Montu is forced to do what he has never done in his life.
Recently, Amazon Prime geared up its streaming service and announced its fresh slate of films that are set to release digitally from October to December months. The films include South star Suriya's 'Soorarai Pottru', Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan’s Coolie No 1, Bhumi Pednekar’s 'Durgavati' and Rajkummar Rao and Nushratt Baruchaa’s 'Chhalaang' and others.
Chhalaang is a social black comedy film directed by Hansal Mehta starring Rajkummar Rao as 'Manjit Singh', aka 'Montu', Nushrratt Bharuccha as 'Neelu', Saurabh Shukla as 'Venkat Mehat' aka 'Masterji,' and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as 'Akash'. The film is produced by Ajay Devgn, Luv Ranjan, Ankur Garg and Bhushan Kumar. The plot is set in a small town of Uttar Pradesh and the film is set to release on the occasion of Diwali, November 13th, 2020 on Amazon Prime Video.

Thursday, October 15, 2020 10:39 IST