Meet the Batras! Gulmohar featuring National award winners Sharmila Tagore, Manoj Bajpayee, Amol Palekar with Simran and Suraj Sharma! Trailer out now : Bollywood News

A beautiful and absorbing story for all ages to watch with their loved ones directed by Rahul V.Chittella. Gulmohar will see the luminous and graceful Sharmila Tagore return to cinema after 12 years, with acting powerhouses Manoj Bajpayee, Amol Palekar, Simran and Suraj Sharma. Gulmohar, which is set in Delhi, chronicles the Batra family's final four days in their 34-year-old house before they move to a new city.

Meet the Batras! Gulmohar featuring National award winners Sharmila Tagore, Manoj Bajpayee, Amol Palekar with Simran and Suraj Sharma! Trailer out now

Tagore made her debut with Satyajit Ray’s The World of Apu in 1959 and was last seen in Break Ke Baad in 2010 featuring Deepika Padukone and Imran Khan. Gulmohar is a Star Studios production in association with Chalkboard Entertainment and Autonomous Works. The film’s original music is composed by Siddhartha Khosla (‘This is Us’).

Director Chittella told Variety, “I was in Delhi for some meetings in early 2019 and visited the house as it was getting packed up. As I saw all my favourite paintings and photographs get removed from the walls by the movers and packers, that was when I got the idea of having Arpita’s and my story of familial ties be placed against the backdrop of a home being sold and getting packed up over the next four days.”

Gulmohar is designed as a heart-warming family film. Chittella said, “I wanted to explore the meaning of family and home in current times, the only two things that have ever mattered, more so now than ever. I wanted to explore the idea of togetherness in times when we are building walls between each other.” She further added, “My assistant once asked me – ‘Why can’t we go a bit dark with the script?’ But Arpita and I clearly wanted our characters to smile, cry, and love together. It was perhaps the phase of life that we were in. There’s too much polarization and darkness and divide among ourselves. We need to sit back, breathe and feel each other’s presence. It’s a real treasure that we often take for granted.”

Directed by Rahul Chittella, written by Rahul Chittella and Arpita Mukherjee, Gulmohar will stream on Disney+ Hotstar from March 3, 2023.

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