A veiled newlywed bride gets swapped with an unknown woman on a train soon after her wedding, leading to a series of rib-tickling incidents as the groom embarks on a mission to find his missing wife in the trailer of Kiran Rao’s comedy drama Laapataa Ladies, dropped by the makers on Wednesday.
Set in a fictional Indian village, where women don’t even get their pictures clicked without a ghoonghat (veil), the film starring Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastav and Nitanshi Goel marks the directorial return of Dhobi Ghat helmer Kiran after a 13-year gap.
“Ghunghat uth chuke hai #LaapataaLadies trailer is out,” wrote the makers on Instagram, dropping the two-minute-twenty-five-second-long trailer on Wednesday.
The trailer begins with Sparsh's Deepak Kumar bringing his newlywed bride home after the wedding ceremony. However, the joyous celebrations come to an abrupt halt when the groom and his family realise that the bride Phool (Nitanshi) has been swapped with an unknown woman, Pushpa Rani (Pratibha), at the train station. The following day, when Deepak goes to file an FIR, a sardonic police officer (played by Ravi Kishan) subjects him and Pushpa to interrogation.
The traditional Indian practice of women covering their faces with a ‘ghoonghat’ plays a crucial role in the trailer, with the veil becoming both the root cause and the key to the mystery. Pushpa adamantly refuses to be photographed without her veil, while the only image Deepak has of his missing wife shows her concealing her face behind her ‘ghoonghat’. A humorous and thrilling journey unfolds as the police closely monitor Pushpa, suspecting her of harbouring ulterior motives in coming to Deepak's place. Meanwhile, subsequent sequences depict Phool in significant distress as she struggles to find her way back home.
The upcoming comedy is produced by Kiran’s ex-husband and actor Aamir Khan with Jyoti Deshpande of Jio Studios serving as the co-producer.
The makers recently shared a carousel on Instagram featuring pictures of Aamir, Kiran and the lead actors attending a special preview of the movie’s trailer in Mumbai.
Laapataa Ladies, which was screened at Toronto International Film Festival last year, is slated to release theatrically on March 1.
