Trailer
Plot summary
Born in a village near Pathankot, Laal Singh Chaddha has legs that need braces, and his mother, Gurpreet Kaur Chaddha, raises him on the belief that he can do anything. She works as a maid so that he can attend a missionary school, where he meets Rupa D'Souza, the only friend he makes. Rupa pictures a glamorous life. When bullies chase him and break his leg braces, Laal finds he can run, fast enough to get him into Hindu College in Delhi. There Rupa turns to modeling, while Laal is swept up in demonstrations over the Mandal Commission and rioting around Babri Masjid. He then joins the Indian Army, as others in his family have, and befriends Balaraju Bodi, a fellow soldier with plans for an undergarment factory of his own.
Cast
- Ahmad Ibn Umaras Young Laal
- Hafsa Ashrafas Young Rupa
- Gitikka Ganju Dharas Manjeet maasi
- Aarya Sharmaas Lady in train
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Laal Singh Chaddha (2022)
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- Netflix initially bought the digital rights to the film for ₹150 crore, but after its catastrophic box-office performance it cancelled that deal and came back with an offer of ₹50 crore.
- The adaptation of Forrest Gump into Laal Singh Chaddha took two decades: writer Atul Kulkarni spent the first ten years adapting the script and another ten years acquiring the remake rights.
- Aamir Khan cracked a rib while shooting an action sequence, but took painkillers and kept working so that a schedule with special arrangements made for it would not be delayed.
- Hindu nationalists campaigned to boycott the film before its release, a reaction to Aamir Khan's 2015 remarks about "growing intolerance" in India, his 2014 film PK, and his meetings with Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan.
- Manushi Chhillar was the first choice for the female lead but was already under contract to Yash Raj Films, and Vijay Sethupathi, signed alongside Aamir Khan in August 2019, later opted out because of other commitments.
- Aamir Khan called off the Ladakh shooting schedule on 6 July because of the India-China standoff in the Galwan Valley, and later decided to shoot in Turkey instead, scouting new locations there.
- While the film was being shot at Delhi Public School Srinagar, a 12-year-old visually impaired student interviewed Aamir Khan for the school's in-house radio station, Radio DPS.
