It’s not each day in Hindi cinema that one sees a narrative a few Muslim household, devoid of the neighborhood’s stereotypical illustration. The Nice Shamsuddin Household is a welcome exception in that regard. After we spoke with Kritika Kamra, she credited director Anusha Rizvi for exhibiting a Muslim household via a brand new lens.
“I agree that the movie breaks the typecast of Muslim illustration on display screen. I’ve been a part of tasks the place there’s a sure lens of wanting on the neighborhood. Though these tales are necessary, you additionally want tales like The Nice Shamsuddin Household,” stated Kamra, emphasising that the JioHotstar film exhibits that persons are extra comparable than completely different, regardless of their backgrounds. “We now have far more in widespread with one another than not, however someway we are inclined to concentrate on the variations. Tales like this inform you how comparable all of us are ultimately.”
To Kamra, the dramedy — additionally starring Shreya Dhanwanthary and Juhi Babbar — felt so common that the characters’ non secular id didn’t even register initially. “Once I learn it the primary time, I didn’t even concentrate on the truth that it was a Muslim household.” When requested if telling such a narrative was brave in at this time’s India, she replied, “I do know that it shouldn’t be.”