Guns & Gulaabs(Netflix, 8 Episodes)
Can violence ever be humorous? It can, if you are Quentin Tarantino or Guy Ritchie, or nearer home Sriram Raghavan or Raj-dk, the duo that sticks its neck out so far, you fear for their hair.
Guns & Gulaabs (probably a tilt of the protagonist Tipu’s topi to the rock band Guns & Roses) is set around the 1970s and 80s in a lawless town named Gulaabganj, adjoining the town Sherganj . Just when you thought there would be a Romeo and Juliet from the two warring towns , we are told there is a lovelorn Romeo, Tipu played by the irresistibly goofy Rajkummar Rao who pines for a school teacher Lekha on a mo’ped(T J Bhanu).
Now Tipu is no Sultan of romance. Fuck, he can’t even write! So he gets a prim and propah schoolboy who listens to love songs by Aerosmith...
Can violence ever be humorous? It can, if you are Quentin Tarantino or Guy Ritchie, or nearer home Sriram Raghavan or Raj-dk, the duo that sticks its neck out so far, you fear for their hair.
Guns & Gulaabs (probably a tilt of the protagonist Tipu’s topi to the rock band Guns & Roses) is set around the 1970s and 80s in a lawless town named Gulaabganj, adjoining the town Sherganj . Just when you thought there would be a Romeo and Juliet from the two warring towns , we are told there is a lovelorn Romeo, Tipu played by the irresistibly goofy Rajkummar Rao who pines for a school teacher Lekha on a mo’ped(T J Bhanu).
Now Tipu is no Sultan of romance. Fuck, he can’t even write! So he gets a prim and propah schoolboy who listens to love songs by Aerosmith...
- 8/26/2023
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Producer Sandeep Singh on Monday announced that he’s shelving the film on Tipu Sultan, the celebrated king of Mysore and shared that the reason behind this is because he, his family and friends are getting threats from Tipu’s followers.
He took to Twitter on Monday to announce the shelving of the contentious film on Tipu Sultan.
“The film on Hazrat Tipu Sultan will not be made. I kindly request my fellow brothers and sister to refrain from threatening or abusing my family, friends and me. I sincerely apologise if I have unintentionally hurt anyone’s religious sentiments,” he tweeted.
The statement further read: “It was never my intention to do so, as I firmly believe in respecting all beliefs. As Indians, let us forever unite and always give respect to one another!”
The film was supposed to be co-produced by Sandeep, Eros International and Rashmi Sharma Films.
It...
He took to Twitter on Monday to announce the shelving of the contentious film on Tipu Sultan.
“The film on Hazrat Tipu Sultan will not be made. I kindly request my fellow brothers and sister to refrain from threatening or abusing my family, friends and me. I sincerely apologise if I have unintentionally hurt anyone’s religious sentiments,” he tweeted.
The statement further read: “It was never my intention to do so, as I firmly believe in respecting all beliefs. As Indians, let us forever unite and always give respect to one another!”
The film was supposed to be co-produced by Sandeep, Eros International and Rashmi Sharma Films.
It...
- 7/24/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
MoviesThe announcement regarding Tipu comes parallel to the country-wide release of The Kerala Story, another film that has stirred controversy based on the allegations of containing anti-Muslim sentiments.FilmPosterIn what appears to be yet another Hindutva propaganda piece in the making, a film on Tipu Sultan has been announced. The film, titled Tipu, is produced by Rashmi Sharma and by Sandeep Singh, who also produced the biopic on RSS ideologue Savarkar, which is expected to release later this year. According to the announcement, the production house Eros International will be bankrolling Tipu and the film will be directed by Pawan Sharma. The announcement of the Tipu Sultan film was accompanied by a short video clip that makes multiple claims which come off as Islamophobic in nature. The video clip claims that during Tipu’s time, “8000 temples and 27 churches were destroyed.” It also adds, “Four million Hindus were forced to convert...
- 5/5/2023
- by BharathyS
- The News Minute
Days before the Karnataka Assembly polls, where the name of Tipu Sultan keeps getting invoked by his right-wing critics, the makers of ‘Tipu’, the film, have announced that their feature will present a “different side” of the king of Mysuru.
Tipu Sultan, till the Bjp questioned the narrative, was known as a freedom fighter, an able administrator and the man who introduced India to rocketry. For some years now, the Bjp in Karnataka has made a political issue out of Tipu’s record of forced conversions, which is exactly what the film seeks to highlight.
The Bjp’s north-east strategist, adviser to the Manipur Chief Minister and well-known author and TV commentator Rajat Sethi has done the research for the film.
The film’s director, Pawan Sharma, said: “What we are taught in school about Tipu Sultan is gross misinformation. I stood absolutely shaken and disillusioned to know his reality as a bigoted king.
Tipu Sultan, till the Bjp questioned the narrative, was known as a freedom fighter, an able administrator and the man who introduced India to rocketry. For some years now, the Bjp in Karnataka has made a political issue out of Tipu’s record of forced conversions, which is exactly what the film seeks to highlight.
The Bjp’s north-east strategist, adviser to the Manipur Chief Minister and well-known author and TV commentator Rajat Sethi has done the research for the film.
The film’s director, Pawan Sharma, said: “What we are taught in school about Tipu Sultan is gross misinformation. I stood absolutely shaken and disillusioned to know his reality as a bigoted king.
- 5/4/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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