Rajma Chawal

About the film

Rajma Chawal (transl. Red kidney beans rice) is a 2018 Hindi-language Indian comedy-drama film directed by Leena Yadav, produced by Gulab Singh Tanwar and Aseem Bajaj, which stars Rishi Kapoor, Anirudh Tanwar and Amyra Dastur in the lead. The film revolves around a father-son relationship in today's time. The film was released by Netflix on 30 November 2018.

Plot

Raj Mathur (Rishi Kapoor) and his son Kabir move from their New Delhi house back to the family's old house in Chandni Chowk after Kabir's mother dies in an accident. Kabir, a guitar player, is unhappy with the move and resent his dad for forcing him to leave his friends, his band and the house with the memories of his mother. Raj hides his troubles explains that he wants to shift in with his old friends. Kabir accuses his dad and becomes more withdrawn from his dad, and the two start shouting and fighting with each other.

Raj is troubled by the lack of any communication between them. He decides to join Facebook to connect with his son, only to be blocked by Kabir. At Beeji's suggestion, he steals the identity of a girl disconnected from Facebook and pretends to be "Tara" to talk to his son.

Meanwhile, Tara's real-life persona Seher (Amyra Dastur) is a salon girl constantly borrowing money from her abusive boyfriend Baljeet to stay afloat. She is exploited by her boyfriend and running away from him since he is abusive, but she returns due to her financial situation.

Music

The film music and score were composed by Hitesh Sonik, while the lyrics were written by Irshad Kamil.

Release

Rajma Chawal premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2018, and was released on Netflix on 30 November.

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