ZWIGATO teaser: Netizens in awe of Kapil Sharma's serious avatar in this Nandita Das directorial, call it 'exemplary'
The teaser of the much-awaited Nandita Das directorial ZWIGATO is finally out. The movie stars comedian Kapil Sharma in his first ever serious role with Shahana Goswami playing his wife.
Updated : August 18, 2022 12:07 PM ISTThe teaser of the much-awaited Nandita Das directorial ZWIGATO is finally out. The movie stars comedian Kapil Sharma in his first ever serious role with Shahana Goswami playing his wife.
Kapil Sharma ZWIGATO
The teaser of the much-awaited Nandita Das directorial ZWIGATO is finally out. The movie stars comedian Kapil Sharma in his first ever serious role with Shahana Goswami playing his wife. The film is a take on the trials and tribulations of a food delivery driver.
The teaser begins with a discussion between Kapil Sharma and Shahana Goswami who play a couple belonging to the lower middle-class strata of society. From their discussion, it is clear that they are struggling financially, especially after the COVID-19 lockdown. Shahana’s character has gotten a new job as a cleaning lady which will also give her a decent remuneration. However, her husband is against her working.
Kapil Sharma’s character who is a food delivery driver by profession is shown to be unhappy with his wife taking up the cleaning lady job and getting a higher salary than him. The couple has a heated discussion over the same but ultimately Kapil agrees to his wife working since they also have the expenditures of their house rent, their children, and the male protagonist’s mother to tend to. Take a look at the teaser of ZWIGATO.
In the World Premiere of ZWIGATO, director @nanditadas trains her sociopolitical gaze on the gig economy with this story about the trials and tribulations of a food app delivery driver. Starring @KapilSharmaK9 and @shahanagoswami. #TIFF22 https://t.co/cl8a1WASTL pic.twitter.com/gOVxM0Ewym
— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) August 17, 2022
As soon as the teaser was released, netizens were left in awe of Kapil Sharma’s serious avatar in the movie. They couldn’t stop hailing the pitch-perfect casting along with the hard-hitting reality-based subject of the film. One netizen stated, “Cant wait to see # Zwigato and welcome @nanditadas and her exemplary movie to @TIFF_NET this fall” while another user said, “This looks interesting! @shahanagoswami fits the character like water in a glass and @KapilSharmaK9 promises to surprise with his serious avatar. Refreshing to see him shedding his funny side. @nanditadas looking forward.” Another user said, “Are Bhai gazab...the surprise factor of watching Kapil Sharma in this role makes it more delicious or this is actually that good?” The movie will be premiered at the 47th Annual Toronto International Film Festival.