After working in the entertainment industry for more than 30 years an actor of repute Anupam Kher believes that his upcoming motion picture Shiv Shastri Balboa is significant because it offered him to play the title role. The film, written by Ajayan Venugopalan is being marketed as an engaging story of one Indian man's struggle to survive in a tiny town in America. Anupam Kher in a recent interview about his movie Shiv Shastri Balboa, recently said to reporters "Neena as well as I've been doing a lot of work over the years. Today, we've received this recognition. Before, I was an unassuming face on the poster of a movie. In the last 38 years, I am working in the film industry, I'm on the main poster alongside my character. This is an amazing achievement".
"All this is possible through hard work, but certainly not (with) fame. In my career of 37 years I have met many people who have left and came back, however, we're there," he further added.
The actress Neena Gupta, who's career began after appearing in films such as Badhaai Ho and Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar and in the Netflix show Masaba Masaba, said she feels blessed to not be stereotyped as a mother on screen. She stated, "I am getting to play roles that are similar the same age as me. I'm not just doing mommy roles. In one movie I play the role of the title character. It's a major deal for me."
Story:
Shiv Shastri Balboa is the story about an avid enthusiast of Rocky Balboa who established the local Rocky Boxing Club retires and is permanently settled in the US to be with the family of his son. In the US, he is confronted with the effects of cultural shift and isolation as he embarks on a wild trip towards Philadelphia along with his housekeeper who he meets, and decides to live instead of just live.
Review:
Shiv Shankar Shastri (Anupam Kher) is a huge lover of the film Rocky in which Sylvester Stallone played boxer Rocky Balboa who is the main character of the plot. Although he's not a professional fighter but he has trained several boxers that have received awards for the country. He is now retired and moves in the USA to be in the United States with daughter Rahul (Jugal Hansraj) as well as his wife, two sons , and the dog Casper. His paths cross paths together with Elsa Zachariah (Neena Gupta) as he slowly adjusts to the bustling city life in the USA, and makes a vow to reconnect with her family back in India. It happens that they are traveling together across in the American Midwest, ultimately starting an exploration of self-love, and self-discovery. Shastri along with Elsa also meet Cinnamon Singh (Sharib Hashmi) and Siya (Nagris Fakhri) along their journey, who help them reach their destination. However, when Elsa is identified as "wanted" by the authorities and is incarcerated the situation begins to turn to the south. The second half of the film focuses on Shastri's attempts to free her and fulfill his own goal while doing it.