Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani trailer: Days after superstar Shah Rukh Khan dropped the teaser of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, Karan Johar has released the trailer of the film and it looks promising. Starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the lead, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani offers a family drama we’ve all been craving for years now.
The trailer gives a glimpse into the lives of Rocky Randhawa and Rani Chatterjee, whose lives stand as a stark contrast to one another. While Rocky is a beefed-up Punjabi boy hailing from an affluent Punjabi family, Rani belongs to a Bengali household where knowledge and intelligence is given an importance over anything else. In what Karan had once described as a story from ‘a real life family anecdote’ that was shared by his father, late producer Yash Johar, these forces collide and fall in love, but there’s a twist.
Much like its teaser, the trailer of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani rides high on the quintessence of Bollywood. It makes for an interesting blend of everything that Hindi films in the 1990s and the early 2000s stood for – melodrama, romance, comedy, stunning costumes, opulent sets and elaborate song-and-dance sequences. Having inspired an entire generation with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and then with Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2021), which has achieved a cult status over the years, Karan returns to his comfort zone with Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, which promises to be a true-blue saga which is ‘all about loving your family’.
Ranveer and Alia had earlier collaborated on filmmaker Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy (2019) but that was a world far removed from the milieu of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani. Tum Kya Mile might have received a mixed reaction from the audience but it will be interesting to see this dynamic duo romancing each other in the most Bollywood-esque fashion.
The film also stars veteran actors like Shabana Azmi, Dharmendra and Jaya Bachchan, who play Rocky and Rani’s grandparents. The trio don’t get much screen time in the trailer and that has only piqued our curiosity about their dynamic. Who also stand out among the cast are acclaimed Bangla actors, Churni Ganguly and Tota Roy Chowdhury, who play Rani’s parents. They get some of the funniest lines and their awkward encounters with Rocky are hilarious.
With its heart and soul in the right place, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani indeed has upped our expectation. The film is presented by Viacom18 Studios and Dharma Productions and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan and Apoorva Mehta under the banner of Dharma Productions. It is all set to hit the big screen on July 28, 2023.
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