Sharmaji Namkeen

Sharmaji Namkeen (2022)

शर्माजी नमकीन

There is no age to coming of age

Late Rishi Kapoor in his swansong plays B. G. Sharma, a 58-year old middle-class widower living in West Delhi. After being laid off from the company he has worked for his entire life, Sharmaji struggles to deal with the beast called retirement. His struggle to stay relevant in front of his two sons finally ends when he rekindles his love for cooking through a kitty party. A bunch of merry women rekindle in Sharma, a passion for cooking and chutzpah in general, that help him find his true calling.

Date of release
2022-03-31
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (34)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Hitesh Bhatia

Casting

Interesting facts

Sharmaji Namkeen is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film written and directed by debutante Hitesh Bhatia, co-written by Supratik Sen, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under Excel Entertainment as well as Honey Trehan and Abhishek Chaubey under MacGuffin Pictures. Marking the first instance in Hindi film history of two actors playing the same character simultaneously, it stars Rishi Kapoor and Paresh Rawal as the titular character, with Juhi Chawla, Satish Kaushik, Sheeba Chaddha, Isha Talwar, Suhail Nayyar and Taaruk Raina in supporting roles.

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