Director & Producer--R. Balki
Here's what went down behind making the poster of Kapoor And Sons (since 1921)The film stars Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Fawad Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Rajat Kapoor, Ratna Pathak.Studios R Balki's a revolutionary filmmaker. Yet he doesn't make films with an intention to create a revolution of sorts. Ditto for Ki and Ka. From a time when people scoffed off at the mere idea of visualising Arjun Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor as a couple to now loving them and calling their jodi one of the most refreshing pairings of recent times. Well, they say three things exists - atoms, spaces and opinions. And it doesn't take too much for opinions to shift. Same has happened for Ki and Ka.
Revolving around the lives of Kia and Kabir, the film is a fresh take on relationships- one where the wife is the husband and the husband plays the wife. Nahi samjhe? It's a story of role reversal. Living in a patriarchal society for ages now, somewhere all our perceptions about life are a little prejudiced. Will this film be the shape-shifter? It might well be one. But that 'change' isn't the idea behind making a film like Ki and Ka. Agrees Arjun, "We are not making films to bring in a revolution in the society. Practically speaking, it will never happen with just one film or even ten films like this. But there needs to be a certain growth in that direction. That's what we hope happens. Like in Kareena's relationship with Saif, it's a very healthy, balanced division that exists. I will be happy if we can achieve that mid-point in our lives at least."
Not only does Balki hit out at the pre-conceived societal norms in a subtle fashion, he also puts light at the way the 'Hindustani sabhyata' dictates the way we function in our day to day lives. Come on, let's face it! We live in a time zone, a society which is plagued by several taboos- some of which are not even qualified enough to be tagged taboos. And Balki's instrumental in tackling a few of them in his next. There might be more but these are the three we found from the trailer itself. In Theatres 18th March, 2016