Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana and Shoojit Sircar discussing a shot at Gulabo Sitabo set
The countdown for Gulabo Sitabo release has begun. And its lead star Amitabh Bachchan has made sure his Bollywood colleagues keep talking about the film as he has challenged co-star Ayushmann Khurrana and a bunch of other celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Kartik Aaryan and Bhumi Pednekar to try a Gulabo Sitabo tongue twister.
Khurrana, who was the first one to respond to the challenge, nailed it and further nominated his friends from the industry like Karan Johar and Taapsee Pannu. The upcoming satire, written by Juhi Chaturvedi, features Bachchan and Khurrana as the ever-bickering landlord and tenant.
This is the first time the two actors are sharing screen space in a film. They have collaborated with Shoojit and Juhi in individual capacities earlier – Bachchan did Piku and Ayushmann starred in Vicky Donor.
Gulabo Sitabo releases on Amazon Prime Video on June 12, becoming the first mainstream Bollywood film to bypass a theatrical release, in an after-effect of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Gulabo Sitabo makers today released multiple pictures of Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana and Shoojit Sircar from the shoot.
Gulabo Sitabo director Shoojit Sircar, writer Juhi Chaturvedi and the team had to battle quite a few controversies to bring their film to the screens. While the producers' decision to release Gulabo Sitabo on Amazon Prime Video invited a lot of criticism from the exhibition sector, Juhi Chaturvedi was accused of plagiarism.
From Karan Johar, Vicky Kaushal to Bhumi Pednekar and Neha Dhupia, Bollywood cannot get enough of Gulabo Sitabo.
Gulabo Sitabo star Amitabh Bachchan, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, has reserved heavy praise for his co-star Ayushmann Khurrana. When the reporter asked him how he felt working with a rising star like Ayushmann, Bachchan corrected him, saying, "Correction, Ayushmann Khurrana, is not a rising star... he is a very risen prominent star, living up to his name Ayushmann which means long lasting, LONGEVAL."
Gulabo Sitabo star Amitabh Bachchan has penned in his blog praise for his director, Shoojit Sircar, a day before the film's release. 'Shoojit Sarkar is no mean director .. he is many creative beings in one form of his body .. an alumni of the prestigious NSD – the National School of Drama, his acting qualities far outweigh his qualities as a Director ..” Bachchan has written. Gulabo Sitabo marks Bachchan's third outing with Sircar after the unreleased Shoebite and the National Award-winning film, Piku.
Gulabo Sitabo fever has caught Bollywood as many stars including Vicky Kaushal, Taapsee Pannu, Varun Dhawan and Rajkummar Rao have been trying the tongue twister challenge.
Gulabo Sitabo star Amitabh Bachchan tofay took to Twitter to share lines from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan's poem to pay homage to his character, Mirza.
Actor Vicky Kaushal, who will next be seen in Shoojit Sircar's Udham Singh, performed the Gulabo Sitabo tongue twister.
As Gulabo Sitabo makers announced last month that it would premiere on Amazon Prime Video, Amitabh Bachchan reflected on the many firsts he has been a part of in his long-standing career.
Taapsee Pannu today took the Gulabo Sitabo tongue twister challenge and took to Instagram to share her attempts.
Amazon Prime Video has shared a behind the scenes footage of Gulabo Sitabo, showing how Amitabh Bachchan and the team created his character Mirza.
Gulabo Sitabo director Shoojit Sircar opens up about the "fascinating" world he created with Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana in Lucknow.
Gulabo Sitabo director Shoojit Sircar in an interview to the Indian Express has revealed Uttar Pradesh's traditional glove puppets, Gulabo Sitabo, were the inspiration behind the film's title. "The name Gulabo Sitabo is used as a metaphor for Lucknow. We thought why don’t we celebrate this dying art of puppetry with this title? This was not our original title. Juhi and I thought of this while watching some Gulabo Sitabo puppet shows on YouTube."
Filmmkar Karan Johar today posted his own version of the Gulabo Sitabo tongue twister.
Acepting Amitabh Bachchan's Gulabo Sitabo tongue twister, Bhumi today posted on Instagram her attempt.