What did pet love need to do with the crime-infested world of Weapons & Gulaabs? Lots, because the viewers witnessed within the present. Author Suman Kumar admits creator duo Raj-DK’s sequence—starring Rajkummar Rao, Dulquer Salmaan and Adarsh Gourav—has its roots in teenage romance. “Raj and I felt we wanted to inform a feel-good [story]. He had a premise in thoughts: there’s a small-town 14-year-old boy, who’s a topper, till a metropolis woman comes and replaces him. I instructed Raj-DK that we wanted extra. Whereas researching, I got here throughout opium smuggling, and thought it might be enjoyable if this world collided with that of adolescence,” remembers Kumar.
Suman Kumar; Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK
That set the ball rolling on the Netflix crime comedy that packs in a number of themes, from teenage romance to childhood trauma and drug commerce. Kumar felt like a toddler in a sweet retailer as a result of he loves writing romance. “The theme in my thoughts was ‘Love hurts’. Arjun Varma [Salmaan] had [feelings for] Yamini [Shreya Dhanwanthary] that got here again to harm him. It was an analogous case for different principal characters too. I’m extra of a romantic than Raj-DK. Weapons & Gulaabs was the proper place to unleash my hopeless romantic self,” he smiles.
The author can be glad that the present enabled him to discover gender fluidity via Gourav’s character, Jugnu, who comes out as a transgender individual. Kumar says authenticity was key within the observe. “As males who don’t know what it’s to be a lady, penning this was a brand new expertise. We spoke to gender consultants and consultants. We didn’t wish to strike a [false] notice.”