In a profession pivot, Indian star Ayushmann Khurrana will subsequent be seen within the satirical thriller An Motion Hero, the place he performs a self-involved film star who will get embroiled in a high-stakes chase plot proper out of one in all his movies.
In An Motion Hero, Khurrana performs the Bollywood star Maanav, who might need been concerned in a hit-and-run incident, whereas Jaideep Ahlawat performs Bhoora, the brother of the person who died within the accident. Bhoora swears vengeance, and engages Maanav in a chase that takes them from Mumbai to London. The deluded Maanav can’t imagine his dangerous luck as he goes on the run, with the identical followers who have been tripping over themselves to get selfies with him now calling for his blood. His movies are being boycotted — a reference to a real-life pattern that was witnessed this 12 months — and crusading primetime information anchors are demanding to know his whereabouts.
The trailer factors out simply how clueless some individuals within the film enterprise may be, utterly unaware that they’re profitable solely as a result of audiences have paid to observe their work. Bhoora represents the frequent man, and he factors out Maanav’s privilege on multiple event. As an example, when Maanav fails to acknowledge a person who has a gun pointed at him, Bhoora rolls his eyes and says, “Don’t you acknowledge anybody? Are all of us bloody idiots, attempting to kill you?”
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Ahlawat is excellent within the trailer, delivering a scenery-chewing efficiency because the vengeful Bhoora. After a sequence of bit-parts for over almost a decade, he grew to become one thing of an in a single day sensation due to a starring function within the acclaimed Prime Video crime sequence Paatal Lok.
Khurrana, alternatively, shortly grew to become some of the bankable younger stars in Bollywood after a sequence of massively profitable movies centered round taboo subjects — in his hit comedy dramas, he has performed characters with every little thing from untimely ejaculation to untimely balding. Nonetheless, within the post-pandemic period, the three movies that he has headlined— the comedy-dramas Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui and Physician G, and the political thriller Anek — have all underperformed on the field workplace. An Motion Hero is about as large a inventive deviation for Khurrana because the darkish comedy thriller Andhadhun was some years in the past. Andhadhun turned out to be one in all his greatest hits, each critically and commercially. Will probably be attention-grabbing to see if the viewers responds to An Motion Hero the identical method.
Directed by Anirudh Iyer and co-produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Aanand L. Rai, An Motion Hero can be launched in theaters on December 2. You possibly can watch the trailer and take a look at the poster under, and keep tuned to Collider for extra updates.
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